ANCC FNP Board TEST BANK QUESTIONS & ACCURATE
DETAILED ANSWERS \VERIFIED 100% GRADED A+
Chamberlain University-Illinois \NR 667
As an FNP you understand that all of the following statements about chronic
heart failure are accurate EXCEPT:
-The preponderance is in females until the age of 75, then there is equal
occurrence in males and females.
-Patients who are underweight have a greater risk of CHF.
The FNP has a 45-year-old male patient with BPH who has poison ivy. The FNP
plans to prescribe Benadryl for this. What is a possible adverse effect with the
use of Benadryl for this patient?
urinary retention
In addition to being overweight, the American Diabetes Association recommends
type 2 diabetes mellitus testing in adults who:
have an HDL level of < 35 mg/dL
,You are testing a client suspected of having Parkinson's disease. You support the
client's elbow with his forearm extended in your hand and grasp his wrist, flexing
the forearm. You find rigid resistance to this motion. This is considered which of
the following?
Cogwheeling
The complex network of nerve fibers that innervate the organs within the
abdomen like the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, and gall bladder is the
enteric nervous system
Aplastic anemia would be classified as which of the following?
normocytic anemia
Charles Darwin wrote On the Origin of Species about human evolution. He also
is known for which of the following?
developing the "baby journal" as a systematic method to document observed
behavioral development
,Your patient has AIDS. He is in the hospital suffering from an infection. He
presented with severe watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, malaise and
has an electrolyte imbalance. Which of the following opportunistic infections do
these symptoms best describe?
cryptosporidiosis
Cryptosporidiosis presents with severe watery diarrhea - sometimes as many as
30-40 stools per day. The patient also has abdominal cramps, nausea, malaise
and tests will show an electrolyte balance.
A patient with sensitive skin had a TB skin test but has no symptoms. He returns
with redness and swelling that appears positive. What is the next step?
Schedule a CXR
The nurse practitioner should not cross certain boundaries with patients. Which
of the following would not be considered crossing one of these boundaries?
Not sharing personal information with the patient
, 1/25/26, 11:00 PM ANCC FNP Board
The United States Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening older
patients for depression:
at each primary care visit
You have a 35-year-old female patient who is complaining of wrist pain. She is an
administrative assistant who does a great deal of computer work in her job. You
will test her for carpal tunnel syndrome. When you tap at the volar surface of the
wrist you are performing which of the following tests?
Tinel's sign
A gastrinoma located on the pancreas or the stomach which secretes gastrin,
stimulating high levels of acid production in the stomach is which of the
following?
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
A 16-year-old male is in the office. He has a insect bite on his left forearm and you
suspect a brown recluse spider bite. What medical management would you
provide?
ice pack and elevation of the area
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DETAILED ANSWERS \VERIFIED 100% GRADED A+
Chamberlain University-Illinois \NR 667
As an FNP you understand that all of the following statements about chronic
heart failure are accurate EXCEPT:
-The preponderance is in females until the age of 75, then there is equal
occurrence in males and females.
-Patients who are underweight have a greater risk of CHF.
The FNP has a 45-year-old male patient with BPH who has poison ivy. The FNP
plans to prescribe Benadryl for this. What is a possible adverse effect with the
use of Benadryl for this patient?
urinary retention
In addition to being overweight, the American Diabetes Association recommends
type 2 diabetes mellitus testing in adults who:
have an HDL level of < 35 mg/dL
,You are testing a client suspected of having Parkinson's disease. You support the
client's elbow with his forearm extended in your hand and grasp his wrist, flexing
the forearm. You find rigid resistance to this motion. This is considered which of
the following?
Cogwheeling
The complex network of nerve fibers that innervate the organs within the
abdomen like the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, and gall bladder is the
enteric nervous system
Aplastic anemia would be classified as which of the following?
normocytic anemia
Charles Darwin wrote On the Origin of Species about human evolution. He also
is known for which of the following?
developing the "baby journal" as a systematic method to document observed
behavioral development
,Your patient has AIDS. He is in the hospital suffering from an infection. He
presented with severe watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, malaise and
has an electrolyte imbalance. Which of the following opportunistic infections do
these symptoms best describe?
cryptosporidiosis
Cryptosporidiosis presents with severe watery diarrhea - sometimes as many as
30-40 stools per day. The patient also has abdominal cramps, nausea, malaise
and tests will show an electrolyte balance.
A patient with sensitive skin had a TB skin test but has no symptoms. He returns
with redness and swelling that appears positive. What is the next step?
Schedule a CXR
The nurse practitioner should not cross certain boundaries with patients. Which
of the following would not be considered crossing one of these boundaries?
Not sharing personal information with the patient
, 1/25/26, 11:00 PM ANCC FNP Board
The United States Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening older
patients for depression:
at each primary care visit
You have a 35-year-old female patient who is complaining of wrist pain. She is an
administrative assistant who does a great deal of computer work in her job. You
will test her for carpal tunnel syndrome. When you tap at the volar surface of the
wrist you are performing which of the following tests?
Tinel's sign
A gastrinoma located on the pancreas or the stomach which secretes gastrin,
stimulating high levels of acid production in the stomach is which of the
following?
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
A 16-year-old male is in the office. He has a insect bite on his left forearm and you
suspect a brown recluse spider bite. What medical management would you
provide?
ice pack and elevation of the area
/ 4/38
