MN580 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM PREP
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
STUDY RESOURCE
●● When billing Medicaid, NPs get the authority to bill their services
from:
Answer: State and federal law
●● You have initiated therapy for an 18 yom with acne vulgaris and
have prescribed doxycycline. He returns in 3 weeks, complaining that
his skin is no better. Your next action is to:
Answer: Counsel him that 6-8 weeks of treatment is often needed before
significant improvement is achieved
●● For a Grade I ankle sprain, weight-bearing should be avoided for at
least:
Answer: 24 hours
●● Hemoglobin A1c best provides information on glucose control over
the past:
Answer: 21-47 days
, ●● 18 yom presents with periumbilical pain, vomiting, and abdominal
cramping over the past 48 hours. Physical examination reveals rebound
tenderness and laboratory analysis shows the presence of bandemia and
a total WBC of 28,000. To support the diagnosis of acute appendicitis
with suspected appendiceal rupture, you consider obtaining the
following:
Answer: CT scan
●● 2 yof presents with a 3-day history of fever, crankiness, and
congested cough. Her respiratory rate is more than 50% of the upper
limits of normal for age. Tubular breath sounds are noted at the right
lung base. Skin turgur and normal, and she is wearing a wet diaper. She
is alert, resisting the examination as age appropriate, and engages in eye
contact. Temperature is 38.3. Her diagnostic evaluation should include:
Answer: Chest x-ray
●● Aortic stenosis in a 15 yom is:
Answer: A result of a congenital defect
●● Which of the following laboratory tests can identify the causative
organism of bronchiolitis?
Answer: Nasal washing antigen test
●● A Still murmur:
Answer: Has a humming or vibratory quality
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
STUDY RESOURCE
●● When billing Medicaid, NPs get the authority to bill their services
from:
Answer: State and federal law
●● You have initiated therapy for an 18 yom with acne vulgaris and
have prescribed doxycycline. He returns in 3 weeks, complaining that
his skin is no better. Your next action is to:
Answer: Counsel him that 6-8 weeks of treatment is often needed before
significant improvement is achieved
●● For a Grade I ankle sprain, weight-bearing should be avoided for at
least:
Answer: 24 hours
●● Hemoglobin A1c best provides information on glucose control over
the past:
Answer: 21-47 days
, ●● 18 yom presents with periumbilical pain, vomiting, and abdominal
cramping over the past 48 hours. Physical examination reveals rebound
tenderness and laboratory analysis shows the presence of bandemia and
a total WBC of 28,000. To support the diagnosis of acute appendicitis
with suspected appendiceal rupture, you consider obtaining the
following:
Answer: CT scan
●● 2 yof presents with a 3-day history of fever, crankiness, and
congested cough. Her respiratory rate is more than 50% of the upper
limits of normal for age. Tubular breath sounds are noted at the right
lung base. Skin turgur and normal, and she is wearing a wet diaper. She
is alert, resisting the examination as age appropriate, and engages in eye
contact. Temperature is 38.3. Her diagnostic evaluation should include:
Answer: Chest x-ray
●● Aortic stenosis in a 15 yom is:
Answer: A result of a congenital defect
●● Which of the following laboratory tests can identify the causative
organism of bronchiolitis?
Answer: Nasal washing antigen test
●● A Still murmur:
Answer: Has a humming or vibratory quality
