Week 9 nsg 6420 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Week 9 Return to deck 1. The three cardinal features of Parkinson’s disease are: Essential tremor, postural rigidity, and infarcts of the basal ganglion Bradykinesia, rigidity, and tremor Shuffling gait, constipation, positional freezing. Dementia, incontinence, and infarcts of the basal ganglion 2. Mr. Marshall was administered the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE). Which of the following statements pertaining to this tool is a true statement? Adverse drug effects Urinary tract infect...

Week 9 Quiz Two questions on risk factors for Parkinson’s 1. Risk factors for Parkinson’s include all except for Repeated head injury Abnormal olfaction patient on antipsychotic drugs known exposure to neurotoxins Risk factors include: family hx, exposure to pesticides, hx of head trauma resulting in concussion, living in urban or industrial areas with high copper, manganese or lead, exposure to hydrocarbon solvents, esp trichlorethylene, living in rural area, farming or agricultura...

NSG 6420 WEEK 10 FINAL EXAM 1. In AR disorders, carriers have: • Two mutated genes; two from one parent that cause disease • A mutation on a sex chromosome that causes a disease • A single gene mutation that causes the disease • One copy of a gene mutation but not the disease 2. 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 brea...

NSG 6420 WEEK 10 FINAL EXAM 1. In AR disorders, carriers have: • Two mutated genes; two from one parent that cause disease • A mutation on a sex chromosome that causes a disease • A single gene mutation that causes the disease • One copy of a gene mutation but not the disease 2. 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 brea...

NSG 6420 Week 10 Final Exam 1.In AR disorders, carriers have: 2. 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: 3. The nurse practitioner is discussing life...

NSG 6420 Week 7 Quiz 1. When a patient presents with a skin-related complaint, it is important to first: 2. The appearance of a 2-10 cm. herald patch with subsequent development of parallel oval lesions on the trunk in a christmas tree distribution involving the upper arms and upper legs are common in 3. Mr. Fitzgerald is a 68-year-old previously healthy man with a history of significant sun exposure who presents with a progressively enlarging 18 x 16 mm erythematous pruritic oval patch on h...

NSG 6420 Week 6 Quiz 1. What ETHNIC GROUP has the HIGHEST INCIDENCE of PROSTATE CANCER? 2. Men with an initial PSA level below 2.5 ng/ml can reduce their screening frequency to what intervals? 3. Your 55-year-old male patient presents to your office with complaints of sudden development of severe right-sided, colicky lower abdominal pain. He cannot sit still on the examining table. The patient has previously been in good health. On physical examination, there are no signs of peritoneal inflam...

NSG 6420 Week 8 Quiz 1.Which of the following best describes the pain associated with osteoarthritis? 2.Your 63-year-old Caucasian woman with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) will begin treatment with corticosteroids until the condition has resolved. You look over her records and it has been 2 years since her last physical examination and any laboratory or diagnostic tests as she relocated and had not yet identified a health-care provider. In prioritizing your management plan, your first orders sh...

NSG 6420 Week 9 Quiz 1.The three cardinal features of Parkinson’s disease are:  2.Mr. Marshall was administered the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE). Which of the following statements pertaining to this tool is a true statement? 3. Mr. Marshall was administered the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE). Which of the following statements pertaining to this tool is a true statement? 4. When assessing a patient who complains of a tremor, the nurse practitioner must differentiate essential tremor from...

NSG 6420 Week 5 Mid-term 1. A 22-year-old female comes to your office with complaints of right lower quadrant abdominal pain, which has been worsening over the last 24 hours. On examination of the abdomen, there is a palpable mass and rebound tenderness over the right lower quadrant. The clinician should recognize the importance of Digital rectal examination 2. Which of the following clinical reasoning tools is defined as evidence-based resource based on mathematical modeling to express the l...