NSG 6001 FINAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
You are in the clinic with your mentor observing exercise test of a 45 year old who has
been experiencing slight chest pressure almost daily during exercise. While observing
your patient your mentor points out that the left ventricle wall is thinning and there is
some hyperkinesia of the ventricular wall. From your time in the clinic you know that this
test will be what type of result - Answers -positive
What are the most common mechanisms to produce cardiac arrhythmias? - Answers -
enhanced automaticity, triggered activity or reentry
A 65 year old white male arrives in your clinic with general complaints of slight
abdominal discomfort. He has a known history of smoking two packs per day for 40
years and hypertension. He also has COPD and has been treated numerous times with
oral steroids. You consider optimal diagnoses. Of the ones listed below which should be
included as a potential top suspect in our choice diagnosis - Answers -abdominal aortic
aneurysm
More than half of all cardiac arrhythmias involve in the atria - Answers -true
What are the most common symptoms caused by tachyarrhythmias - Answers -
palpitations
For women with known cad and diabetes, which is the most appropriate to assess CAD
risk - Answers -ETT with imaging
Of the following, which is the best answer when asked about the advantage of
echocardiogram exercise testing over thallium stress testing - Answers -Results are
available more quickly
Your patient has uncomplicated pyelonephritis. In deciding your recommended
treatment, you consider the most common pathogenic reason for this diagnosis. What
pathogen accounts for the majority of pyelonephritis? - Answers -E. coli
What purpose does the principle of fidelity serve - Answers -Ensures that providers
honor their commitment to the patient
In CAD after both systolic and diastolic dysfunction have occurred. The typical pattern of
chest pain and related EKG changes occur. During an ekg you should expect to see ST
segment and T wave changes that are central to demonstration of ischemia occurring
relatively late in the ischemic cascade is this true or false - Answers -true
, The leads on the ECG showing ischemic changes during or immediately after an ETT
can correlate roughly to the culprit artery or arteries with significant CAD. Is this true or
false - Answers -true
Skin cancer is the most common malignant neoplasms in males in the US. What is the
second leading cause of cancer deaths in men greater than 50 years of age - Answers
-Prostate cancer
What ech changes can reduce the specificity of the ETT - Answers -paced rhythm and
resting bundle branch blocks
You have confirmed that your patient does indeed have an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
In teaching your patient about symptoms to report immediately to the vascular surgeon
you instruct the patient to report which of the following - Answers -back pain or flank
pain
Which is one of the common causes of a saccular abdominal aneurysm - Answers -
trauma
The diagnostic accuracy of stress testing is decreased among women compared to men
for what reasons - Answers -women usually have single vessel or non-obstructive
disease
population disease management is a term used to describe - Answers -high prevalence
specific diseases
You receive a report back on the suspected abdominal aortic aneurysm for your patient.
It confirms your suspicion of AAA. The report describes the aneurysm as a symmetric
weakness of the entire circumference of the aorta. You know that this form of aneurysm
is referred to as what kind of aneurysm - Answers -Fusiform
You practice partner just ordered an exercise echocardiograph DE for a patient with
suspected cardiovascular risk. This patient has known resting wall motion abnormalities.
Why would this not be the best test to assess this patient's cardiac risk - Answers -
sensitivity is decreased
Your 60-year-old male patient arrives for his appointment . He complains of general
malaise and fever over the past several days with low back pain. He also states that he
is getting up at night more often to urinate and never feels his bladder is completely
empty. What differential diagnosis should you consider in this patient - Answers -acute
bacterial prostatitis
We all know that collaboration in integral to becoming a successful nurse practitioner.
Among collaboration, however, only one can be considered the most important. t
collaboration. The one that occurs - Answers -Between the patient and the nurse
practitioner
You are in the clinic with your mentor observing exercise test of a 45 year old who has
been experiencing slight chest pressure almost daily during exercise. While observing
your patient your mentor points out that the left ventricle wall is thinning and there is
some hyperkinesia of the ventricular wall. From your time in the clinic you know that this
test will be what type of result - Answers -positive
What are the most common mechanisms to produce cardiac arrhythmias? - Answers -
enhanced automaticity, triggered activity or reentry
A 65 year old white male arrives in your clinic with general complaints of slight
abdominal discomfort. He has a known history of smoking two packs per day for 40
years and hypertension. He also has COPD and has been treated numerous times with
oral steroids. You consider optimal diagnoses. Of the ones listed below which should be
included as a potential top suspect in our choice diagnosis - Answers -abdominal aortic
aneurysm
More than half of all cardiac arrhythmias involve in the atria - Answers -true
What are the most common symptoms caused by tachyarrhythmias - Answers -
palpitations
For women with known cad and diabetes, which is the most appropriate to assess CAD
risk - Answers -ETT with imaging
Of the following, which is the best answer when asked about the advantage of
echocardiogram exercise testing over thallium stress testing - Answers -Results are
available more quickly
Your patient has uncomplicated pyelonephritis. In deciding your recommended
treatment, you consider the most common pathogenic reason for this diagnosis. What
pathogen accounts for the majority of pyelonephritis? - Answers -E. coli
What purpose does the principle of fidelity serve - Answers -Ensures that providers
honor their commitment to the patient
In CAD after both systolic and diastolic dysfunction have occurred. The typical pattern of
chest pain and related EKG changes occur. During an ekg you should expect to see ST
segment and T wave changes that are central to demonstration of ischemia occurring
relatively late in the ischemic cascade is this true or false - Answers -true
, The leads on the ECG showing ischemic changes during or immediately after an ETT
can correlate roughly to the culprit artery or arteries with significant CAD. Is this true or
false - Answers -true
Skin cancer is the most common malignant neoplasms in males in the US. What is the
second leading cause of cancer deaths in men greater than 50 years of age - Answers
-Prostate cancer
What ech changes can reduce the specificity of the ETT - Answers -paced rhythm and
resting bundle branch blocks
You have confirmed that your patient does indeed have an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
In teaching your patient about symptoms to report immediately to the vascular surgeon
you instruct the patient to report which of the following - Answers -back pain or flank
pain
Which is one of the common causes of a saccular abdominal aneurysm - Answers -
trauma
The diagnostic accuracy of stress testing is decreased among women compared to men
for what reasons - Answers -women usually have single vessel or non-obstructive
disease
population disease management is a term used to describe - Answers -high prevalence
specific diseases
You receive a report back on the suspected abdominal aortic aneurysm for your patient.
It confirms your suspicion of AAA. The report describes the aneurysm as a symmetric
weakness of the entire circumference of the aorta. You know that this form of aneurysm
is referred to as what kind of aneurysm - Answers -Fusiform
You practice partner just ordered an exercise echocardiograph DE for a patient with
suspected cardiovascular risk. This patient has known resting wall motion abnormalities.
Why would this not be the best test to assess this patient's cardiac risk - Answers -
sensitivity is decreased
Your 60-year-old male patient arrives for his appointment . He complains of general
malaise and fever over the past several days with low back pain. He also states that he
is getting up at night more often to urinate and never feels his bladder is completely
empty. What differential diagnosis should you consider in this patient - Answers -acute
bacterial prostatitis
We all know that collaboration in integral to becoming a successful nurse practitioner.
Among collaboration, however, only one can be considered the most important. t
collaboration. The one that occurs - Answers -Between the patient and the nurse
practitioner
