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NURS 6531 Midterm Exam
Course NURS-6531D-1/NURS-6531N-1-Adv. Practice Care of Adults
Test Midterm Exam
Status Completed
Attempt Score 100 out of 100 points
Time Elapsed 1 hour, 50 minutes out of 1 hour and 50 minutes
Question 1
A patient has experienced nausea and vomiting, headache, malaise, low grade fever,
abdominal cramps, and watery diarrhea for 72 hours. His white count is elevated with a
shift to the left. He is requesting medication for diarrhea. What is the most appropriate
response?
Prescribe a broad-spectrum antibiotic such as ciprofloxacin (Cipro), and symptom
management.
Question 2
Which type of lung cancer has the poorest prognosis?
Small cell carcinoma
Question 3
Stacy, age 27, states that she has painless, white, slightly raised patches in her mouth.
They are probably caused by:
Candidiasis
Question 4
,An 80-year-old male admits to difficulty swallowing during the review of systems. The
nurse practitioner recognizes the differential diagnosis for this patient’s dysphagia is:
GERD& Cancer
Question 5
A 40 year old presents with a hordeolum. The nurse practitioner teaches the patient to:
apply a topical antibiotic and warm compresses.
Question 6
Marvin has sudden eye redness that occurred after a strenuous coughing episode. You
diagnose a subconjunctival hemorrhage. Your next step is to:
Do nothing other than provide reassurance Isoniazid ppd
Question 7
Which of the following is not a goal of treatment for the patient with cystic fibrosis?
Replace water-soluble vitamins
Question 8
The most common cancer found on the auricle is:
basal cell carcinoma
Question 9
Which of the following color changes in a pigmented lesion suggests malignant
transformation?
,ALL COLORS
Question 10
Antibiotic administration has been demonstrated to be of little benefit to the treatment of
which of the following disease processes?
Acute bronchitis
Question 11
The Centorcriteria for diagnosis of Group A B-hemolytic streptococcus includes which of
the following?
A and B only
Question 12
When teaching a patient with hypertension about restricting sodium, you would include
which of the following instructions?
Seventy-five of sodium intake is derived from processed foods
Question 13
Mark has just been given a diagnosis of congestive heart failure. Which of his
medications should be discontinued?
Nifedipine (Procardia XL) for long-term management of his chronic stable angina.
, Question 14
Which of the following patient characteristics are associated with chronic bronchitis?
overweight, cyanosis & normal or slighted increased resp. rate "blue bloaters"
Question 15
Treatment of acute vertigo includes:
-bedrest and an antihistamine
Question 16
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:
herpes zoster and consider that this patient may be immunocompromised.
Question 17
A 20 year old is diagnosed with mild persistent asthma. What drug combination would be
most effective in keeping him symptom-free?
A bronchodilator PRN and an inhaled corticosteroid
Question 18
Diagnosis of Crohn’s disease is made considering signs, symptoms and:
Intestinal obstruction demonstrated by plain x-ray of the abdomen
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