Question: The APN would diagnose mild persistent asthma in an eight-year-old when the symptoms:

Answer Choices:
A. At nighttime one to two times a month
B. At nighttime three to four times a month
C. Less than twice a week
D. Daily

Answer:
B. At nighttime three to four times a month

Question: The nurse practitioner knows that factors that may adversely affect a patient’s adherence to a therapeutic drug regimen include:

Answer Choices:
complexity of the drug regimen
patient’s perception of the potential adverse effects of the drug
both a and b
neither a or b

Answer:
both a and b

Question: Hypoglycemia can result from the action of either insulin or oral hypoglycemia the APN instructs the patient and family the signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia include Fruity breath and rapid respiration Diarrhea abdominal pain weight loss and hypertension Dizziness confusion diaphoresis and tachycardia Easy bruising cardiac dysrhythmias and coma

Answer:
Dizziness confusion diaphoresis and tachycardia

Question: An advantage of prescribing a sublingual mediation is that the medication is:

Answer:
Absorbed rapidly

Question: In the crisis phase, fever is reduced by the hypothalamus stimulating vasoconstriction.

Answer:
False

Question: During a parasitic pathogen’s lifecycle, it reaches sexual maturity in the _______ host.

Answer Choices:
A. definitive
B. intermediate
C. paratenic
D. reservoir

Answer:
A

Question: Prior to prescribing metformin, the NP provider should:

Answer:
Draw a serum creatinine to assess renal function

Question: When prescribing this type of calcium channel blockers the nurse PR actioner will instruct the patient on the possible adverse effects of?

Answer:
Edema of the hands and feet

Question: Which statement is true?

Answer Choices:
A. Chronic inflammation is caused only by pathogens.
B. Granulomas are examples of chronic inflammation.
C. Mycobacterium tuberculosis does not cause granulomas.
D. Inflammation occurs only if a viral pathogen is present.

Answer:
B. Granulomas are examples of chronic inflammation.

Question: The factor that has the greatest effect on males developing male sexual characteristics is

Answer:
androgen production

Question: Martin is a 60-year-old with hypertension. The first-line decongestant to prescribe would be:

Answer Choices:
A. Oral pseudoephedrine
B. Oral phenylephrine
C. Nasal oxymetazoline
D. Nasal azelastine

Answer:
The correct answer cannot be determined as the answer options are not marked or provided in full.

Question: Cough and cold medications that contain a sympathomimetic decongestant such as phenylephrine should be used cautiously in what population: Older adults Hypertensive patients Infants All of the above

Answer:
4. All of the above

Question: Reglan improves GERD symptoms by

Answer:
increasing lower esophageal tone