Walden University

1. Question: What is the strongest established risk factor for bipolar disorder? 2. Question: Which of the following medications are known as selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs)? 3. Question: Which disease state of a non-adherent patient is at greater risk for substance use, violence, and victimization as well as worse overall quality of life? 4. Question; Patient is a 72-year-old male with a past medical history significant for atrial fibrillation and COPD with a new diagnosis ...

1. Question: L. J. is a 55-year-old male who attended a funeral and found himself laughing during the service, but later that evening he was irritated with himself for what he had done. His wife said this was abnormal behavior and took him to his doctor to be evaluated. After L. J.’s MRI was reviewed, he was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. Which medication is recommended to help L. J. with his emotional outbursts? 2. Question: When can buprenorphine be initiated in a patient who is su...

1. Question: L. J. is a 55-year-old male who attended a funeral and found himself laughing during the service, but later that evening he was irritated with himself for what he had done. His wife said this was abnormal behavior and took him to his doctor to be evaluated. After L. J.’s MRI was reviewed, he was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. Which medication is recommended to help L. J. with his emotional outbursts? 2. Question: When can buprenorphine be initiated in a patient who is su...

1. Question: A patient with bipolar disorder is on divalproex sodium (Depakote) for mania. What test(s) would the family nurse practitioner monitor? 2. Question: A 68-year-old man is being treated for benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) and began treatment with finasteride (Proscar) 3 months ago. When planning the care of this patient, what desired outcome should the nurse prioritize? 3. Question: A 2-year-old child is diagnosed with a minor ailment and is to be administered medications at home...

1. Question: A contraindication to the use of combined contraceptives is: 2. Question: Which of the following would the nurse include in a teaching plan about the signs and symptoms of thrombophlebitis and thromboembolism that should be reported by a patient taking estrogen? 3. Question: A patient with chronic heart failure has begun treatment with epoetin alfa, which she will receive in her own home from a home health nurse. The nurse should teach the patient to supplement this treatment with...

1. Question: A male patient is trying to decide if he should use finasteride (Proscar) to treat benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). When providing information about the drug, the nurse will include which of the following as a risk associated with finasteride therapy? 2. Question: All of the following systemic drugs interfere with metabolism of oral contraceptives except 3. Question: The first line drug choice for a previously healthy adult patient who has been diagnosed with community acquired...

1. Question: In the adult, the apical impulse should be most visible when the patient is in what position? 2. Question: A pulsation that is diminished to the point of being barely palpable would be graded as: 3. Question: The goals of pre-participation sports evaluation include: 4. Question: An examiner has rotated a brush several times into the cervical. The brush was withdrawn and stroked lightly on a glass slide. The slide was sprayed with fixative. Which type of specimen requires this tec...

1. Question: When conducting a geriatric assessment, basic activities of daily living (ADLs) include: 2. Question: When palpating breast tissue, the examiner should use the at each site. 3. Question: You are reviewing an ECG of a 43year old new patient. The patient has a history of second-degree heart block. The ECG shows the PR interval is increases with each beat until a QRS is dropped. What is this type of block called? 4. Question: Throughout the history and physical examination, the clin...

1. Question: You are examining Mr. S., a 79-year-old diabetic man complaining of claudication. Which of the following physical findings is consistent with the diagnosis of arterial occlusion? 2. Question: An idiopathic spasm of arterioles in the digits is termed: 3. Question: If pitting edema is unilateral, you would suspect occlusion of a: 4. Question: The physical assessment technique most frequently used to assess joint symmetry is: 5. Question: A common finding in markedly obese and preg...

1. Question: When conducting a geriatric assessment, basic activities of daily living (ADLs) include: 2. Question: When palpating breast tissue, the examiner should use the at each site. 3. Question: You are reviewing an ECG of a 43year old new patient. The patient has a history of second-degree heart block. The ECG shows the PR interval is increases with each beat until a QRS is dropped. What is this type of block called? 4. Question: Throughout the history and physical examination, the clin...