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NR603 CEA EXAM {CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY
ASSESSMENT (CEA)} | {LATEST 2026/ 2027
UPDATE} COMPLETE ACTUAL AND AUTHENTIC
EXAM | BRAND NEW!
During a post - hospital discharge visit, you notice your 71 - year-
old female patient has been diagnosed with a "new murmur"
found by the hospitalist during their recent hospitalization for
CHF exacerbation. In evaluating the patient, during which phase
of the cardiac cycle would you anticipate auscultation of a S3 or
S4 heart sound?
*Diastole
*53 in systole while S4 in diastole
*Systole
*S4 in diastole while S3 in systole
Diastole
While evaluating a patient in your clinic for a routine health visit,
you auscultate crackles in the poster left lower lobe, have the
patient cough, with follow - up auscultation revealing clear breath
sounds. Which one of the following would you suspect?
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*Congestive heart failure.
*Atelectasis.
*Laryngospasm.
*Bronchiactasis.
Atelectasis
The sexually active 19 year old female patient with a shuffling
gate and inguinal pain is most likely to be diagnosed with the
following assessment and plan of care?
*Molar pregnancy, order transvaginal ultrasound
*Pelvic inflammatory disease, treat for Chlamydia only in females
*Ectopic pregnancy, check human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG)
level
*Pelvic inflammatory disease, treat for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia
Pelvic inflammatory disease, treat for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia
You are working in an urgent care setting as a NP when a patient
presents with shortness of breath after a fall from a ladder
earlier this morning. You obtain a chest xray and radiologist on
call notifies you that it appears to be a tension pneumothorax.
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Which one of the following findings would you expect to see on
the xray if this was the correct diagnosis?
*The trachea shifted toward the unaffected side.
*The trachea shifting toward the pneumothorax on inspiration
and away from the pneumothorax on expiration...NOT THIS ONE
*The trachea shifted toward the side of the pneumothorax.
*Midline with no movement due to changes in intrapleural
pressure.
The trachea shifted toward the unaffected side.
Your 39 year old patient who has recently been hospitalized for
an appendectomy and is being seen in your clinic for post -
operative follow - up with primary care. On assessment, the
patient complains of some incisional pain and otherwise
examination is norma l, with the exception of dull percussion
sounds noted on the thorax over lung tissue. Which of the
following diagnoses would be explained by this finding in post -
operative patient?
*Left- sided heart failure.
*Chronic bronchitis.
*Atelectasis.
*Healthy pa tient with no coexising disease.
Atelectasis
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Which one of the following patients would you most anticipate to
complain of hemoptysis?
*Acute asthmatic.
*Acute laryngitis.
*Lung cancer.
*Acute bronchitis
Lung cancer
Gladys, a 72 year old patient with a history of anemia of chronic
disease from kidney failure, diabetes mellitus, and
hypothyroidism presents today with concerns her thyroid
medication is not working well enough. Her most recent labs
reflect her TSH is 5.9 (normal range 0.5 - 5 kU/mL) and Free T4 is
0.3 ng/dL (normal range 0.8 - 2.8 ng/dL). Which one of the
following clinical signs and/or symptoms would you expect a
patient with these findings to present with?
*Weight loss.
*Excessive sweating
*Cold intolerance .
*Palpitations.
NR603 CEA EXAM {CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY
ASSESSMENT (CEA)} | {LATEST 2026/ 2027
UPDATE} COMPLETE ACTUAL AND AUTHENTIC
EXAM | BRAND NEW!
During a post - hospital discharge visit, you notice your 71 - year-
old female patient has been diagnosed with a "new murmur"
found by the hospitalist during their recent hospitalization for
CHF exacerbation. In evaluating the patient, during which phase
of the cardiac cycle would you anticipate auscultation of a S3 or
S4 heart sound?
*Diastole
*53 in systole while S4 in diastole
*Systole
*S4 in diastole while S3 in systole
Diastole
While evaluating a patient in your clinic for a routine health visit,
you auscultate crackles in the poster left lower lobe, have the
patient cough, with follow - up auscultation revealing clear breath
sounds. Which one of the following would you suspect?
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*Congestive heart failure.
*Atelectasis.
*Laryngospasm.
*Bronchiactasis.
Atelectasis
The sexually active 19 year old female patient with a shuffling
gate and inguinal pain is most likely to be diagnosed with the
following assessment and plan of care?
*Molar pregnancy, order transvaginal ultrasound
*Pelvic inflammatory disease, treat for Chlamydia only in females
*Ectopic pregnancy, check human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG)
level
*Pelvic inflammatory disease, treat for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia
Pelvic inflammatory disease, treat for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia
You are working in an urgent care setting as a NP when a patient
presents with shortness of breath after a fall from a ladder
earlier this morning. You obtain a chest xray and radiologist on
call notifies you that it appears to be a tension pneumothorax.
,Page 3 of 86
Which one of the following findings would you expect to see on
the xray if this was the correct diagnosis?
*The trachea shifted toward the unaffected side.
*The trachea shifting toward the pneumothorax on inspiration
and away from the pneumothorax on expiration...NOT THIS ONE
*The trachea shifted toward the side of the pneumothorax.
*Midline with no movement due to changes in intrapleural
pressure.
The trachea shifted toward the unaffected side.
Your 39 year old patient who has recently been hospitalized for
an appendectomy and is being seen in your clinic for post -
operative follow - up with primary care. On assessment, the
patient complains of some incisional pain and otherwise
examination is norma l, with the exception of dull percussion
sounds noted on the thorax over lung tissue. Which of the
following diagnoses would be explained by this finding in post -
operative patient?
*Left- sided heart failure.
*Chronic bronchitis.
*Atelectasis.
*Healthy pa tient with no coexising disease.
Atelectasis
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Which one of the following patients would you most anticipate to
complain of hemoptysis?
*Acute asthmatic.
*Acute laryngitis.
*Lung cancer.
*Acute bronchitis
Lung cancer
Gladys, a 72 year old patient with a history of anemia of chronic
disease from kidney failure, diabetes mellitus, and
hypothyroidism presents today with concerns her thyroid
medication is not working well enough. Her most recent labs
reflect her TSH is 5.9 (normal range 0.5 - 5 kU/mL) and Free T4 is
0.3 ng/dL (normal range 0.8 - 2.8 ng/dL). Which one of the
following clinical signs and/or symptoms would you expect a
patient with these findings to present with?
*Weight loss.
*Excessive sweating
*Cold intolerance .
*Palpitations.
