ACHPN STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
In providing education about the prevention of HIV/AIDS, which of the following statements would the
palliative APRN state is the most effective action?
A. Early initiation of prophylactic antiviral drug therapy
B. Suggestion of total sexual abstinence
C. Oral sexual encounters only
D. Use of condoms with or without a spermicidal agent. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅D. Use of
condoms with or without a spermicidal agent.
A patient meets with their primary care APRN and reports fever and flu-like symptoms. The patient
reports that they have had sexual encounters with males and is worried that they he may have HIV.
Given their symptoms, what is the most appropriate laboratory test that would be sensitive to HIV at
this stage?
A. An antibody lab test.
B. An antibody-antigen lab test.
C. An ELISA lab test.
D. A nucleic acid lab test. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅C. An ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent
assay) lab test
Which organism is responsible for an increase in cervical cancer in women and increased anal cancer in
men?
A. Candida albicans fungal infection
B. Cryptococcus neoformans infection
C. Epstein-Barr viral infection
D. Human papillomavirus infection - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅D. Human papillomavirus infection
The APRN is preparing to visit a female patient with a six year history of systemic lupus erythematosus.
The patient complains of fatigue, intermittent fever, and myalgias. Which statement about lupus disease
progression would best guide the APRN's physical assessment and diagnostic workup?
A. Production of excess white blood cells.
B. Production of excess red blood cells.
, C. Production of antinuclear antibodies.
D. Production of high uric nitrogen. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅C. Production of antinuclear
antibodies.
Which of the following statements best describes the fatigue experienced by patients with systemic
lupus erythematosus?
A. Fatigue experienced by lupus patients is intermittent and mild in presentation.
B. Fatigue experienced by lupus patients is best correlated with episode of infection.
C. The fatigue experienced by patients with lupus is related to the use of long-term corticosteroids.
D. Fatigue is the most common symptom in lupus and can be disabling. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅D.
Fatigue is the most common symptom in lupus and can be disabling.
Physical examination findings of rheumatoid arthritis include which of the following?
A. Unilateral joint involvement.
B. Stiffness lasting most of the day.
C. Joint deformities in the distal phalanges.
D. Lower back pain and stiffness. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅C. Joint deformities in the distal
phalanges.
*affects PIP (Bouchard's nodes) and swan neck deformities
Treatment for rheumatoid arthritis is geared toward which goal
A. To relieve symptoms and decrease progression of disease
B. To alter the etiology of the disease
C. To cure the disease
D. To reduce the number of medications - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A. To relieve symptoms and
decrease progression of disease
A patient with RA may have decreased quality of life due to all of the following EXCEPT?
A. Depression
In providing education about the prevention of HIV/AIDS, which of the following statements would the
palliative APRN state is the most effective action?
A. Early initiation of prophylactic antiviral drug therapy
B. Suggestion of total sexual abstinence
C. Oral sexual encounters only
D. Use of condoms with or without a spermicidal agent. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅D. Use of
condoms with or without a spermicidal agent.
A patient meets with their primary care APRN and reports fever and flu-like symptoms. The patient
reports that they have had sexual encounters with males and is worried that they he may have HIV.
Given their symptoms, what is the most appropriate laboratory test that would be sensitive to HIV at
this stage?
A. An antibody lab test.
B. An antibody-antigen lab test.
C. An ELISA lab test.
D. A nucleic acid lab test. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅C. An ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent
assay) lab test
Which organism is responsible for an increase in cervical cancer in women and increased anal cancer in
men?
A. Candida albicans fungal infection
B. Cryptococcus neoformans infection
C. Epstein-Barr viral infection
D. Human papillomavirus infection - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅D. Human papillomavirus infection
The APRN is preparing to visit a female patient with a six year history of systemic lupus erythematosus.
The patient complains of fatigue, intermittent fever, and myalgias. Which statement about lupus disease
progression would best guide the APRN's physical assessment and diagnostic workup?
A. Production of excess white blood cells.
B. Production of excess red blood cells.
, C. Production of antinuclear antibodies.
D. Production of high uric nitrogen. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅C. Production of antinuclear
antibodies.
Which of the following statements best describes the fatigue experienced by patients with systemic
lupus erythematosus?
A. Fatigue experienced by lupus patients is intermittent and mild in presentation.
B. Fatigue experienced by lupus patients is best correlated with episode of infection.
C. The fatigue experienced by patients with lupus is related to the use of long-term corticosteroids.
D. Fatigue is the most common symptom in lupus and can be disabling. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅D.
Fatigue is the most common symptom in lupus and can be disabling.
Physical examination findings of rheumatoid arthritis include which of the following?
A. Unilateral joint involvement.
B. Stiffness lasting most of the day.
C. Joint deformities in the distal phalanges.
D. Lower back pain and stiffness. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅C. Joint deformities in the distal
phalanges.
*affects PIP (Bouchard's nodes) and swan neck deformities
Treatment for rheumatoid arthritis is geared toward which goal
A. To relieve symptoms and decrease progression of disease
B. To alter the etiology of the disease
C. To cure the disease
D. To reduce the number of medications - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A. To relieve symptoms and
decrease progression of disease
A patient with RA may have decreased quality of life due to all of the following EXCEPT?
A. Depression
