NFDN 2005 COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS ALL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Varicella (Chicken Pox) - ✔✔highly contagious infection caused by the varicella
zoster virus
- S/S = fever, malaise
- Acute Stage S/S = itchy lesions
- Stops being infectious when the lesions have scabbed over
- Complications:
· Pneumonia, Sepsis, Shingles, Skin Infections
- Treatments:
· Tylenol, Antihistamines, Oatmeal bath, Calamine Lotion, Antivirals (immuno-
compromised individuals), Vaccination
✔✔Mononucleosis - ✔✔"the kissing disease" caused by the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)
- Spread by saliva
- Can be asymptomatic
- S/S = fever, fatigue, swollen lymph nodes, decrease in weight, hepatomegaly,
splenomegaly
- Diagnosis:
· Mono-spot blood test
- Treatment:
· Tylenol for fever
· Rest as the recovery period is 3 months
✔✔Warts - ✔✔- HPV
- Contagious
- Can lead to cervical cancer
- Condoms don't prevent the spread
- Will resolve on own
, ✔✔Scarlet Fever - ✔✔bacterial illness that develops in people who have streptococcal
infection (strep throat)
- S/S = high fever, strawberry tongue, sore throat, characteristic rash
- Treatment:
· Penicillin VK
- Complications:
· Rheumatic fever
· Glomerulonephritis
✔✔Impetigo - ✔✔very contagious strep infection on the skin
- Red sores on the face, nose and mouth
- Treatment:
· Antibiotics
· Stay home till antibiotics have been in effect for 48 hours
✔✔Pertussis (Whooping Cough) - ✔✔highly contagious respiratory diseases caused by
the bacterium Bordetella Pertussis
- Vaccine preventable
- May not have a "whoop" in babies
- Cough for 7 weeks
- S/S = high fever, cough, paroxysms of coughing (vomiting)
- Treatment:
· Antibiotics
✔✔Candidiasis - ✔✔yeast infection in the mouth, genitals, skin folds, mother's nipples
- S/S = vaginal discharge, white curdy coating on the tongue, characteristic rash
- Treatment:
· Topical clotrimazole
· Nystatin
- Prevention:
· Eat yogurt
· Use antibiotics only when necessary as they can be the cause
· Cotton underwear
· Don't wear non-breathable clothing
✔✔Ring Worm - ✔✔contagious fungal infection caused by common mold-like parasites
that live on the cells in the outer layer of the skin
- Appear in the groin, feet, body, head
- Treatment:
· Topical antifungals (Ketoconazole)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Varicella (Chicken Pox) - ✔✔highly contagious infection caused by the varicella
zoster virus
- S/S = fever, malaise
- Acute Stage S/S = itchy lesions
- Stops being infectious when the lesions have scabbed over
- Complications:
· Pneumonia, Sepsis, Shingles, Skin Infections
- Treatments:
· Tylenol, Antihistamines, Oatmeal bath, Calamine Lotion, Antivirals (immuno-
compromised individuals), Vaccination
✔✔Mononucleosis - ✔✔"the kissing disease" caused by the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)
- Spread by saliva
- Can be asymptomatic
- S/S = fever, fatigue, swollen lymph nodes, decrease in weight, hepatomegaly,
splenomegaly
- Diagnosis:
· Mono-spot blood test
- Treatment:
· Tylenol for fever
· Rest as the recovery period is 3 months
✔✔Warts - ✔✔- HPV
- Contagious
- Can lead to cervical cancer
- Condoms don't prevent the spread
- Will resolve on own
, ✔✔Scarlet Fever - ✔✔bacterial illness that develops in people who have streptococcal
infection (strep throat)
- S/S = high fever, strawberry tongue, sore throat, characteristic rash
- Treatment:
· Penicillin VK
- Complications:
· Rheumatic fever
· Glomerulonephritis
✔✔Impetigo - ✔✔very contagious strep infection on the skin
- Red sores on the face, nose and mouth
- Treatment:
· Antibiotics
· Stay home till antibiotics have been in effect for 48 hours
✔✔Pertussis (Whooping Cough) - ✔✔highly contagious respiratory diseases caused by
the bacterium Bordetella Pertussis
- Vaccine preventable
- May not have a "whoop" in babies
- Cough for 7 weeks
- S/S = high fever, cough, paroxysms of coughing (vomiting)
- Treatment:
· Antibiotics
✔✔Candidiasis - ✔✔yeast infection in the mouth, genitals, skin folds, mother's nipples
- S/S = vaginal discharge, white curdy coating on the tongue, characteristic rash
- Treatment:
· Topical clotrimazole
· Nystatin
- Prevention:
· Eat yogurt
· Use antibiotics only when necessary as they can be the cause
· Cotton underwear
· Don't wear non-breathable clothing
✔✔Ring Worm - ✔✔contagious fungal infection caused by common mold-like parasites
that live on the cells in the outer layer of the skin
- Appear in the groin, feet, body, head
- Treatment:
· Topical antifungals (Ketoconazole)
