NR511 / NR 511 Midterm Exam Differential Diagnosis & Primary Care Practicum
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1.A 32 year old male patient presents to the clinic with a 2 day history of hoarseness, sore throat and dry cough. The NP diagnoses him with laryngi- titis. Which is the best treatment?
a.bactrim
b.supportive care
c.amoxicillin
d.levo
: b. supportive care
2.Medicare part a covers which of the following services:
a.outpt provider visits
b.eye glasses and routine dental c.hospital services
: C. Hospital Services
3.A 35 year old male uses high potency corticosteroid cream for dermatosis, he also
currently has tinea corporis. Which should the clinician advise regard- ing the cream.
a."You must use this for an extended period of time for it to be effective."
b."It will work better if you occlude the area."
c."It may exacerbate your concurrent tinea corporis."
d."Be sure to use it daily."
: c. "It may exacerbate your concurrent tinea corporis." If a client uses a high-potency corticosteroid cream for a dermatosis, tell the client that it may exacerbate concurrent conditions such as tinea corporis and acne. Topical corticosteroids should not be used indiscriminately on all cutaneous eruptions.
Topical corticosteroids should not be used for an extended period of time. The area should not be occluded. If a client uses a high-potency corticosteroid cream for a dermatosis, tell the client that it may exacerbate concurrent conditions such as tinea corporis and acne. Topical corticosteroids should not be used indiscriminately on all cutaneous eruptions.Intermittent therapy with high-potency agents, such as every other day, or 3 to 4 consecutive days per week, may be more effective and cause fewer adverse
effects than continuous regimens. This is also true of lower potency corticosteroids. .a 21 year old male presents to the clinic with pruritic and emacerated skin in the groin area. Which is this
?: tinea cruris
5.Marcia, age 4, is brought in to the office by her mother. She has a sore throat, difficulty swallowing, copious oral secretions, respiratory difficulty, stridor, and a temperature of 102°F but no pharyngeal erythema or cough. What do you suspect?
•Epiglottitis
•Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis
•Tonsillitis •Diphtheria
: • Epiglottitis (A symptom cluster of severe throat pain with difficulty swallowing, copious oral secretions, respiratory difficulty, stridor, and fever but without pharyngeal
erythema or cough is indicative of epiglottitis)
(Streptococcal pharyngitis presents with cervical adenitis, petechiae, a beefy-red uvula, and a tonsillar exudate) (A mild case of tonsillitis may appear to be only a slight sore throat. A more severe case would involve inflamed, swollen tonsils; a very sore throat; and a high fever) (Diphtheria starts with a sore throat, fever, headache, and nausea, and then progresses to patches of grayish or dirty-yellowish membranes in the throat that eventually grow into 1 membrane)
6.Peptic ulcer disease symptom
: Burning/nawing
7.you are assessing a first grader, and find that the tonsils are touching the uvula:
: 3
(Grade 1 indicates the tonsils are visible)
(Grade 2 indicates the tonsils are halfway between the tonsillar pillars and the uvula) (Grade 3 indicates the tonsils are touching the uvula. Tonsils are enlarged to 2, 3, or 4 with an acute infection)
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