Family Nurse Practitioner Exam Actual Questions and
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1. What is the main reason for administering a progestational medication to perimenopausal women who use estrogen?
Preventing hot flashes.
Preventing osteoporosis.
Promoting growth of the uterine lining.
Decrease the risk of endometrial hyperplasia.
2. The family nurse practitioner asks a patient to perform rapid, alternating movements of the hands to evaluate:
cerebellar functioning.
cognitive functioning.
reflex arc functioning.
, stereognostic functioning.
3. Which drug is associated with increased lipoprotein levels?
Furosemide (Lasix).
Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ).
Spironolactone (Aldactone).
Triamterene (Dyrenium).
4. A 38-year-old patient who is Vietnamese tells the family nurse practitioner that his or her parent died in his or her 40s from
liver cancer. The nurse practitioner assesses that the patient is at risk for:
hepatitis B. malaria.
tularemia.
tyrosinemia.
5. A 55-year-old male patient who is Chinese has a follow-up appointment after cardiac bypass surgery. The patient brings his
father with him into the examination room. The family nurse practitioner provides culturally sensitive care by:
asking the patient's father if he has any questions regarding his son's care.
asking the patient's father to leave the room due to confidentiality issues.
performing the examination without commenting to the patient's father.
performing the examination, then telling the patient's father the examination findings.
answers 2026 update
Answers at the last page
1. What is the main reason for administering a progestational medication to perimenopausal women who use estrogen?
Preventing hot flashes.
Preventing osteoporosis.
Promoting growth of the uterine lining.
Decrease the risk of endometrial hyperplasia.
2. The family nurse practitioner asks a patient to perform rapid, alternating movements of the hands to evaluate:
cerebellar functioning.
cognitive functioning.
reflex arc functioning.
, stereognostic functioning.
3. Which drug is associated with increased lipoprotein levels?
Furosemide (Lasix).
Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ).
Spironolactone (Aldactone).
Triamterene (Dyrenium).
4. A 38-year-old patient who is Vietnamese tells the family nurse practitioner that his or her parent died in his or her 40s from
liver cancer. The nurse practitioner assesses that the patient is at risk for:
hepatitis B. malaria.
tularemia.
tyrosinemia.
5. A 55-year-old male patient who is Chinese has a follow-up appointment after cardiac bypass surgery. The patient brings his
father with him into the examination room. The family nurse practitioner provides culturally sensitive care by:
asking the patient's father if he has any questions regarding his son's care.
asking the patient's father to leave the room due to confidentiality issues.
performing the examination without commenting to the patient's father.
performing the examination, then telling the patient's father the examination findings.
