• Question 4
0 out of 1 points
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
Answer: 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
0 out of 1 points
Which of the following patient characteristics are associated with chronic bronchitis?
Selected
Answer: Underweight, pink skin, and increased respiratory rate
Answer
s: 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
1 out of 1 points
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:
Selected
Answer: CT scan
Answers: CBC/diff
Erythrocyte
sedimentation
rate
Abdominal ultrasound
CT scan
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
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:
Selected
Answer: Purulent drainage
Answer
s: Purulent
drainage
Tearing
Photophobia
A positive
fluorescein stain
, • Question
8 1 out of 1
points
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:
Selected
Answer: Gonococcal
conjunctiviti
s
Answers: Viral
conjunctivitis
Common pink
eye
Gonococcal
conjunctiviti
s
Allergic
conjunctiviti
s
• Question 9
0 out of 1 points
A 35 year old man presents with radicular pain followed by the appearance of
grouped vesicles consisting of about 15 lesions across 3 different thoracic
dermatomes. He complains of pain, burning, and itching. The nurse practitioner
should suspect:
Selected
Answer: 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
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