NURS-6531N-8,Adv. Practice Care of Adults.2018 Summer Qtr Midterm Exam

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When completing this quiz, did you comply with Walden University’s Code of Conduct including the expectations for academic integrity?Selected

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Ye s

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Ye s No  Question 2

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The most common cancer found on the auricle is:

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Basal cell carcinoma

Answers: Actinic keratosis

Basal cell carcinoma Squamous cell carcinoma Acral-lentiginous melanoma  Question 3

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Which of the following medication classes should be avoided in patients with acute or chronic bronchitis because it will contribute to ventilation-perfusion mismatch in the patient?

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Anticholinerg ics

Answers: Xanthines

Antihistimine s Steroids Anticholinerg ics  Question 4

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A 47 year old male patient presents to the clinic with a single episode of a moderate amount of bright red rectal bleeding. On examination, external hemorrhoids are noted.How should the nurse practitioner proceed?Selected

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Instruct the patient on measures to prevent hemorrhoids such as bowel habits and diet.

Answers: Instruct the patient on measures to prevent hemorrhoids such as

bowel habits and diet.Order a topical hemorrhoid cream along with a stool softener.

Refer the patient for a barium enema and sigmoidoscopy.

Refer the patient for a surgical hemorrhoidectomy. Question 5

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Which of the following patient characteristics are associated with chronic bronchitis?Selected

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Underweight, pink skin, and increased respiratory rate

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Overweight, cyanosis, and normal or slightly increased respiratory rate

Underweight, pink skin, and increased respiratory rate

Overweight, pink skin, and normal or slightly increased respiratory rate

Normal weight, cyanosis, and greatly increased respiratory rate  Question 6

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A 65-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and polymyalgia rheumatica presents to urgent care with new onset left lower quadrant pain.Her current medications include omeprazole 20 milligrams po daily, lisinopril 20 milligrams po daily, simvastatin 20 milligrams po daily, and prednisone 12 milligrams po daily. The nurse practitioner suspects acute diverticulitis and possibly an abscess. The

most appropriate diagnostic test for this patient at this time is:

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CT scan

Answers: CBC/dif

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Abdominal ultrasound

CT scan  Question 7

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A patient reports “something flew in my eye” about an hour ago while he was splitting logs. If there were a foreign body in his eye, the nurse practitioner would expect to find

all except:

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Purulent drainage

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Purulent drainage

Tearing

Photophobia

A positive fluorescein stain

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A 21 year old college student presents to the student health center with copious, markedly purulent discharge from her left eye. The nurse practitioner student should

suspect:

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Gonococcal conjunctivitis

Answers: Viral conjunctivitis

Common pink eye

Gonococcal conjunctivitis

Allergic conjunctivitis  Question 9

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A 35 year old man presents with radicular pain followed by the appearance of grouped vesicles consisting of about 15 lesions across 3 diferent thoracic dermatomes. He

complains of pain, burning, and itching. The nurse practitioner should suspect:

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A complicated case of shingles and prescribe acyclovir, an analgesic, and a topical cortisone cream

Answers: A common case of shingles and prescribe an analgesic and an antiviral

agent

A complicated case of shingles and prescribe acyclovir, an analgesic, and a topical cortisone cream

Herpes zoster and consider that this patient may be immunocompromised

A recurrence of chickenpox and treat the patient’s symptoms  Question 10

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