Adult Nurse Practitioner Exam Sample Questions and Answers Latest Version 2023 Guaranteed Success First name: Last name:
- During an annual health visit, a 15-year-old female patient is found to have grown 5 in (12.7 cm)
over the past year. She has not reached menarche. Her mother is concerned because the patient's sister reached menarche at age 11 and the mother reached menarche at age 12. Examination reveals that the patient's breasts are enlarged, with the areolae forming a mound above the general contour of each breast, and that the left breast is larger than the right. Axillary hair is absent and the pubic hair is dark, coarse, curly, dense, and similar in pattern to that of an adult female. These
findings are consistent with a diagnosis of:
hypothyroidism.normal development.polycystic ovary syndrome.Turner syndrome.
- A pale, thin 54-year-old male patient reports a two-month history of numbness in his feet. Past
medical history includes hypertension and a subtotal gastrectomy. An examination reveals a decreased vibratory sensation and position sense. Blood tests indicate a hematocrit of 27%, mean corpuscular volume of 105 fL, mean corpuscular hemoglobin of 45 pg, and reticulocytes of 1.5%.
The diagnosis is:
chronic simple anemia.folate deficiency anemia.iron deficiency anemia.vitamin B12 deficiency anemia.
- Upon referral from a gynecologist, an adult nurse practitioner evaluates an 89-year-old female
nursing home resident for vaginal bleeding. The patient has a history of occasional periods of confusion and memory loss. The gynecologist recommended dilation and curettage and the patient consented to the procedure after the gynecologist answered her questions, but the patient's
daughter protests. The nurse practitioner's ethical duty is to support the:
daughter, because she might file a lawsuit over unsatisfactory care.daughter, because the patient is occasionally confused and incapable of granting informed 1 / 2
consent.nursing home administration, which may choose to support either the patient or the daughter.patient, who has given informed consent.
- A 16-year-old patient has been diagnosed with mononucleosis and has a positive throat culture
for group Alpha-hemolytic streptococcal infection. The medication of choice for this patient is: amoxicillin (Amoxil).doxycycline (Vibramycin).erythromycin (E-Mycin).trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim).
- A 70-year-old patient reports fatigue and a nonproductive cough with pain on inspiration and
expiration. The patient denies a sore throat, fever, nasal congestion, or postnasal drip. Examination reveals a well-developed patient in no acute distress who is afebrile and has respirations of 32 breaths/min. The patient's lungs have diminished breath sounds. The heart rate is 70 beats/min, regular with no murmur. There is no edema of the extremities. An adult nurse practitioner orders: a chest x-ray.a lung perfusion scan.over-the-counter treatments for symptomatic relief.pulmonary function tests.
- Before placing a patient with onychomycosis on a pulsed dose of itraconazole (Sporanox), which
laboratory values does an adult nurse practitioner obtain?Liver function studies Platelet count Renal function studies White blood cell count
- An adult nurse practitioner is educating a female patient about her newly diagnosed phobia. The
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nurse practitioner explains that phobias differ from other anxiety disorders in that phobias: are innate and can be prevented.are related to specific trigger experiences.