NURS 6501- FINALS Exam AUG 2020.
• Question 1
A woman diagnosed with trichomoniasis asks if her sexual partner should be treated as well. What is the appropriate response by the healthcare professional?
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Sexual partners should be treated even if they are asymptomatic.• Question 2
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An infant is brought to the emergency department by parents who report that the baby's fontanels seem to be bulging outward. What action by the healthcare provider is most appropriate?
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Prepare the baby for a lumbar puncture and blood cultures.• Question 3
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A patient has polycythemia vera and presents to the Emergency Department with plethora and neurological changes. The student asks the healthcare professional to explain the primary cause of these symptoms. What response by the professional is best?
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Increased blood viscosity • Question 4
When are childhood cancers most often diagnosed?
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At peak times of physical growth • Question 5
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A severely malnourished patient is in the hospital to improve nutrition. On the second day, the patient reports palpitations and difficulty breathing. After placing the patient on a cardiac monitor, what action does the health care professional take next?
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Have lab drawn for electrolyte levels.
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• Question 6
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The student wants to know how the clinical manifestations and onset of juvenile
idiopathic arthritis (JIA) differ from those of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in adults. What answer by the healthcare professional is best?
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JIA begins insidiously with systemic signs of inflammation.• Question 7
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A patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the bone surfaces to partially lose contact with each other. What treatment does the health care professional prepare the patient for?
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Reduction and immobilization • Question 8
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A preschool teacher notices a child who has burrows on the hands that are several millimeters to 1 cm long, papules, and vesicular lesions. What other assessment finding would help the teacher determine the type of infestation the child has?
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Check the child's hair for the presence of small mites.• Question 9
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The disruption in cellular adhesion observed in bullous impetigo is caused by an exfoliative toxin related to which organism?
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Staphylococcus aureus • Question 10
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A mother reports that her young teens have voracious appetites. The healthcare professional would explain that which hormone is linked to an increase in appetite during puberty?
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Lepti n • Question 11
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What diagnosis is given to parents when their infant's hip maintains contact with the acetabulum but is not well seated within the hip joint?
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Subluxated hip • Question 12
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The healthcare professional directs a student to assess a teen who has Osgood-Schlatter disease. What assessment finding does the student anticipate for this disorder?
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Tendinitis of the anterior patellar tendon • Question 13
What are the clinical manifestations of testicular cancer?
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Firm, nontender testicular mass • Question 14
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A man reports to the healthcare professional that he had a sudden onset of malaise, low back pain, and perineal pain with high fever and chills, dysuria, nocturia, and urinary retention. What action by the healthcare professional is most appropriate?
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Assist the man in obtaining a urine sample.• Question 15
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An infant has been diagnosed with intussusception and the student asks the healthcare professional to explain the condition. What explanation by the professional is most accurate?
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One part of the intestine telescopes into another section of the intestine.• Question 16
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Which statement by the healthcare professional accurately describes childhood asthma?
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An obstructive airway disease characterized by reversible airflow obstruction, bronchial hyperreactivity, and inflammation • Question 17