Nurse practitioner Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NSG 6435 Final Exam Study Guide 3 with Answers A congenital heart abnormality often discovered during the newborn period is coarctation of the aorta. How is this assessed? A child who can stack a maximum of 5 blocks is probably: A 6 yr old child who has moderate persistent asthma is diagnosed with pneumonia after chest x-ray and lab studies. He developed a sudden onset of fever with chills. He is in no distress. What is the preferred treatment for him? A healthy appearing 3-yr old female presen...

NSG 6435 Final Exam Study Guide The nurse is seeing an adolescent boy and his parents in the clinic for the first time. What should the nurse do first? What action is most likely to encourage parents to talk about their feelings related to their child’s illness? What is the single most important factor to consider when communicating with children? What is an important consideration for the nurse who is communicating with a very young child? When introducing hospital equipment to a preschooler...

NSG 6020 Week 1 Quiz 1, Building a Comprehensive Health History When recording assessments during the construction of the problem-oriented medical record, the examiner should: What finding is unique to the documentation of a physical examination of an infant? The quality of a symptom, such as pain, is subjective information that should be: When communicating with older children & teenagers, you should be sensitive to their: J.M. has been seen in your clinic for 5 years. She presents today with ...

NSG 6020 Final Exam – Question with Answers – South University You are beginning the examination of the skin on a 25-year-old teacher. You have previously elicited that she came to the office for evaluation of fatigue, weight gain, and hair loss. You-strongly suspect that she has hypothyroidism. What is the expected moisture and texture of the skin of a patient with hypothyroidism? You are assessing a patient with joint pain and are trying to decide whether it is inflammatory or noninflamma...

NSG 6340 Final Exam Answers The nurse practitioner knows that a highly valuable assessment tool for evaluating urinary incontinence and contributing factors in daily life is: The nurse practitioner is counseling a 57 year-old patient with urinary incontinence. The patient desires to try non-pharmacological, non-invasive methods of treatment at this time. Which of the following should be included in the patient’s plan of care? Select all that apply. The nurse practitioner is performing a bima...

NSG 6020 Midterm Exam Question with Answers – South University (100 Question and Answers) When preparing to perform a physical examination on an infant, the examiner should: A patient’s laboratory data reveal an elevated thyroxine level. The nurse would proceed with an examination of the: The nurse practitioner is doing an oral assessment on a 40-year-old black patient and notes the presence of a 1-cm, nontender, grayish-white lesion on the left buccal mucosa. Which of the following is true...

NSG 5003 Final Exam Week 10 – Question with Answers It is important to not dilate the eye if ____ is suspected. An 18-year-old female patient presents with repeated urinary tract infections. She has no risk factors in her history, and her physical examination is unremarkable. She also has a normal pelvic exam. Which of the following should be obtained if anatomic abnormalities are suspected? The pathophysiological hallmark of ACD is: Which of the following is the most important question to as...

NSG 6420 Final Exam Week 10 – Question and Answers 1.In AR disorders, carriers have: A 76-year-old patient with a 200-pack year smoking history presents with complaints of chronic cough, dyspnea, fatigue, hemoptysis, and weight loss over the past 2 months. The physical exam reveals decreased breath sounds and dullness to percussion over the left lower lung field. The chest X-ray demonstrates shift of the mediastinum and trachea to the left. These are classic signs of: The nurse practitioner i...