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AANP AGPCNP PRACTICE Exam 75 Questions with Answers An 88-year-old presents with right-side weakness after being unable to rise unassisted following a fall to the bathroom floor. History includes aphasia and noncompliance with hypertension medication regimen. What is the most likely diagnosis? Left-sided or right-sided CVA? - CORRECT ANSWER LEFT-SIDED CVA Which of the following signs/symtpoms are often associated with headahces due to intracranial tumor? 1) pain worse laying down, ...

AANP AGPCNP PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ An 88-year-old presents with right-side weakness after being unable to rise unassisted following a fall to the bathroom floor. History includes aphasia and noncompliance with hypertension medication regimen. What is the most likely diagnosis? Left-sided or right-sided CVA? LEFT-SIDED CVA Which of the following signs/symtpoms are often associated with headahces due to intracranial tumor? 1) pain worse laying down, focal neurologi...

sensitivity vs specificity - Answer -sensitivity: can it ID those who have condition -specificity: can it ID patients w/o condition Joint Commission statement on identifying nutrition risk - Answer -nutr risk should be identified w/i 24 hours of admission -does NOT mandate method of screening what 3 screening tools focus on older adults? - Answer -MNA (mini nutritional assessment) -NSI (national screening initiative) -GNRI (geriatric nutrition risk index) SGA - Answer subjective g...

General Surgery EOR Topics questions and answers 100% accurate answers what are the 2 conditions under the inflammatory bowel disease umbrella? 1. ulcerative colitis 2. crohn's dz in comparing ulcerative colitis and crohn's dz, which is: -limited to the colon w/ rectum always involved VS mouth to anus -transmural VS mucosa/submucosa involved -LLQ VS RLQ pain -bloody diarrhea VS non -complications of perianal dz, strictures, fistulas & granulomas VS colon cancer & toxic megacolo...

NC BLET 2022/2023 Firearms Questions and answers, graded A+ What is the N.C.G.S that allows for officers to use deadly force? - -N.C.G.S.15A-401(d)(2) When is a LEO justified in using deadly force? - -1. [To] defend himself or a third person from what he reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of deadly physical force. 2. [To] effect an arrest or to prevent the escape from custody of a person who he reasonably believes is attempting to escape by means of a deadly weapon, or wh...

General Surgery EOR Topics questions and answers 100% correct what are the 2 conditions under the inflammatory bowel disease umbrella? 1. ulcerative colitis 2. crohn's dz in comparing ulcerative colitis and crohn's dz, which is: -limited to the colon w/ rectum always involved VS mouth to anus -transmural VS mucosa/submucosa involved -LLQ VS RLQ pain -bloody diarrhea VS non -complications of perianal dz, strictures, fistulas & granulomas VS colon cancer & toxic megacolon -colono...

AANP Exam Review 154 Questions with Answers microcytic hypochromic anemias - CORRECT ANSWER MCV <80 MCHC <31 Iron deficiency Anemia Thalassemia Minor always check ferritin and serum Fe with microcytic anemias to determine which one Iron deficiency anemia - CORRECT ANSWER microcytic hypochromic low: h/h, ferritin, serum Fe, RBC high: RDW* periph smear: poikilocytosis (var. shaped RBCs) & anisocytosis (var. sizes RBCs) s/s: pallor, fatigue, DOE, glossitis, pica, angu...

Medical intervention factors that affect risk of infection - ANSWER-indwelling devices, staffing ratio, lengths of stay, duration of invasive procedures, medications, # of exams by providers, type of institution, and knowledge/experience of providers environmental intervention factors that affect risk of infection - ANSWER-disinfectant type used, contact with animals, hand hygiene anatomical/phys factors that affect risk of infection - ANSWER-preexisting diseases, trauma, malignancies, age...

Transference - Answer- tendency to assign feelings & attitudes from their childhood onto someone in their present environment. Countertransference - Answer- redirecting psychotherapist's feelings towards a client; therapist's emotional entanglement with a client. A family brings in a non-responsive client. The family reports the client is catatonic due to schizophrenia, has a history of diabetes, seizures & COPD. What is the nurse's initial action? - Answer- check the client's blood su...

What is the first step in the process of diabetes self management education? a. assessment b. goal setting c. diagnosis d. referral - ANSWER-a. assessment the steps in order are: assessment, goal setting, planning, implementation, evaluation/monitoring Which option is an outcome of personal record keeping in relation to physical activity, according to recent studies? a. those who keep logs of PA are more adherent to other elements of tx (ie diet, meds) b. those who keep PA log...