NP FLASHCARD QUESTIONS - 1
HOW OFTEN IS INSULINE GLARGINE GIVEN
DAILY
NEWBORK WITH ONE EYE TURNED INWARD, WHAT IS NEXT STEP
PROMPT REFERRAL TO PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGIST
COMPLICATED UTI IN MALE, UNCONTROLLED DM, PREGNANCY, ELDERLY WOMEN, IMMUNO COMPROMISED PATIENTS SHOULD BE TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS FOR HOW LONG
MINIMUM 7 DAYS
IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THYROID HORMONE THAT REGULATES GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND METABOLIC RATE IS
IODINE
A PT WILL EXPERIENCE LETHARGY, WEIGHT GAIN, BRADYCARDIA AND GOITER IF DEFICIENT IN WHAT?
IODINE
THIS MINERAL IS ASSOCIATED WITH GROWTH AND BONE HEALTH
CALCIUM
THIS MINERAL IS ASSOCIATED WITH DENTAL DECAY AND SUBJECT TO OSTEOPOROSIS
FLORIDE
DEFICIENCY IN THIS MINERAL CAUSES RESTLESSNESS, IRRITABILITY, MUSCLE WEAKNESS, CRAMPS, AND POSSIBLE N/V
SODIUM
WHAT IS LEAST COMMON PATHOGEN FOUND IN COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNM
PSEDOMONAS AERUGINOSA
WHAT IS MOST COMMON PATHOGEN FOUND IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS AND HOSPITALIZED PTS
PSEDOMONAS AERUGINOSA
2 EXAMPLES OF ANTIOBOTICS THAT CAN BE USED TO TREAT MILD CASE OF COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNM
CIPRO, LEVOFLXACIN (LEVAQUIN)
SPIRONOLACTONE IS AN EXAM OF WHAT TYPE OF DIURETIC
POTASSIUM SPARING
UMENTANIDE (BUMEX) AND FUROSEMIDE (LASIX) ARE 2 EXAMPLES OF WHAT TYPE OF DRUG
LOOP DIURETICS
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE IS WHAT TYPE OF DIURETIC
THIAZIDE DIURETIC
LAB TEST FOR A PITUITARY TUMOR
PROLACTIN
PTU USED TO TREAT
HYPERTHROIDISM
DRUG USED TO TREATE SEVERE DEPRESSION IN ALZHEISMERS PT
MEMANTINE
WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR MEMANTINE
NAMENDA
BEST DX TOOL FOR RULING OUT ENDOMETRITIS CAUSED BY RETAINED PRODUCTS OF CONCEPTION, UTERINE ABSESSES, OR INFECTED HEMATOMA
ULTRASOUND
TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA THAT CUASES SHOCK LIKE FACIAL PAIN
TYPE 1 TIC DOULOREUX
TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA THAT IS DESCRIBED AS CONSTANT, ACHING, AND FACIAL PAIN LESS INTENSE
TYPE 2 TIC DOUBOUREUX
WHAT TEST CONFIRMS DIAGNOSIS OF TURNERS SYNDROME
KARYOTYPE
WHICH NODES ARE FOUND IN DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE
HERBERDENS
THICKENED SKIN DUE TO HYPOTHROIDISM IS CALLED WHAT
MYEXEDEMA
DRUG USED TO TX IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA
FERROUS SULFATE
SYMPTOMS PRESENTING WITH SUDDEN ONSET OF SEVERE, SHARP, EXCRUCIATING PAIN IN ABD, BACK OR FLANK AREA
DISSECTING ABD AORTIC ANEURYSM
4 YR OLD TODDLER - PUS AND SMALL AMOUNT OF BLOOD OOZING FROM EAR THAT SUDDENLY BECOMES NO LONGER PAINFUL - WHAT CONDX?
ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA WITH RUPTURED TYPANIC MEMBRANE
ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA TX WITH WHAT 3 MEDS
OFLOXACIN EAR DROPS, AMOXICILLIN, AMOXICILLIN CLAULANATE
2 POSSIBLE SIXE EFECTS OF NIFEDIPINE (PROCARDIA XL)
EDEMA OF ANKLES, HEADACHE
NIFEDIPINE (PROCARDIA XL) IS A CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER - T/F?
TRUE
WOUND PRESENTS WITH RASH ON WRIST AND HAND AND RAPIDLY PROGRESS TO TRUNK
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER
WOUND PRESENTS AS CIRCULAR RED RASH THAT SLOWLY EXPANDS AS TARGET OR BULLSEYE (ERYTHEMA MIGRANS) CAUSED BY
EARLY LYME DISEASE
YELLOW TRIANGULAR THICKENING OF THE CONJUNCTIVA THAT EXTENDS ACROSS THE CORNEA ON THE NASAL SIDE IS CALLED
PTEYGIUM
YELLOWISH RAISED GROWTH ON CONJUNCTIVA NEXT TO CORNEA
PINGUECULA
CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF THE MELBOMIAN GLAND
CHALAZION
STYE OR ABSCESS OF A HAIR FOLLICLE AND SEBACEOUS GLAND ON EYELID IS KNOWN AS?
HORDEOLUM
SQUAMOUS CELL CANCER OF EPIDERMIS THAT HAS NOT INVADED DERMIS YET IS WHAT DZ?
BOWENS DISEASE
HOW IS BOWENS DZ TREATED?
CURETTAGE AND ELECTRODESSICATION
METFORMIN IS WHAT CLASS DRUG?
BIGUANIDES
GLUCOPHAGE IS WHAT CLASS DRUG
BIGUANIDES
DIABETIC MED THAT STIMULATES BETA CELLS THAT HAS A LONG HALF LIFE AND RISK FOR HYPOGLYCEMIC EVENTS
SULFONYLUREAS
MIRONASE, GLYBURIDE, GLUCOTROL, GLIPIZIDE ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT CLASS OF DRUG
SULFONYLUREAS
DIABETIC DRUG CLASS THAT SHOULD NOT BE USED IN PTS WITH HX OF BLADDER CANCER/HEART FAILURE
THIAZOLIDINEDIONES
CLASS OF DIABETIC MED THAT STIMULATES PANCREATIC RELEASE OF INSULIN AND ARE INDICATED IN PTS WITH POSTPRANDIAL HYPERGLYCEMIA
MEGLITINIDES (DIABINESE, GLIPIZIDE, GLUCOTROL, DIABETA)
CRANIAL NERVE ASSOCIATED WITH HERPES ZOSTER OPTHALMICUS
V
CRANIAL NERVE ASSOCIATED WITH BELLS PALSY
VII
CRANIAL NERVE ASSOCIATED WITH MUSCLE FUNCTION OF EYES AND PUPIL RESPONSE
CN III
CRANIAL NERVE ASSOCIATED WITH CONTROL OF SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE THAT PERMITS EYES TO MOVE UP/DOWN AND LATERAL MOVEMENT
CN IV
ANTIOBIOTIC USED TO TREAT MYCOPLASMA PNEUMOIAE
AZITHROMYCIN X 5 DAYS
DIAG TEST USED TO CONFIRM VAGINAL CANDIDA INFECTION
WET MOUNT
TEST USED TO EVALUATE HERPETIC INFECTION
TZANCK SMEAR
WHAT SHOULD NP DO FOR PT WITH FREQUENT/RECURRENT UTI (3 TREATMENT PLAN)
- RECHECK UA, 2. SEND URINE FOR C&S, REFER TO NEPHROLOGY
LIKELY DIAG FOR UNDERWEIGHT RUNNER WITH PROGRESSIVE BILATERAL LEG PAIN X 5-6 WEEKS AND AMENORRHEA X 1 YEAR
MEDIAL TIBIAL STRESS SYNDROME
WHAT IS PES PLANUS
FLAT FEET
LAB MARKER FOR INFLAMMATION SIGNALED BY THE LIVER
C REACTIVE PROTEIN
WHAT LAB ASSESS OVERALL PLATELET FUNCTION AND USED TO EVALUATE HOW LONG IT TAKES BLOOD TO CLOT
PROTHROMBIN TIME (PT)
LIKELY DIAG FOR CHILD WITH WHEEZING, DIFFUSE CRACKLES, THROAT THAT IS ERYTHEMATOUS (WITHOUT PUS/EXUDATE), LOW GRADE TEMP, COUGH FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, AND DIFFUSE INTERSTITIAL INFILTRATES ON CXR
ATYPICAL PNM
TX FOR FOR CHILD WITH WHEEZING, DIFFUSE CRACKLES, THROAT THAT IS ERYTHEMATOUS (WITHOUT PUS/EXUDATE), LOW GRADE TEMP, COUGH FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, AND DIFFUSE INTERSTITIAL INFILTRATES ON CXR
AZITHROMYCIN X 5 DAYS, INCREASE FLUIDS, AND ANTITUSSIVES PRN
DIAG FOR PT WITH LUPUS WITH COLD HANDS/FEET. STATES FINGERTIPS BECOME NUMB, TURN BLUE IN COLOR, THEN EVENTUALLY DARK RED
RAYNAUDS PHENOMENON
WHAT CAN TRIGGER RAYNAUDS PHENOMENON
STRESS OR COLD WEATHER
WHAT LEVEL HEART MURMUR IS A THRILL PALPATED
GRADE IV
COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING IN ADULTS BETWEEN WHAT AGES
45 TO 75
COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING DISCONTINUED AT WHAT AGE
75
HOW OFTEN IS THE FOBT DONE
ANNUALLY
HOW OFTEN IS COLONOSCOPY DONE
EVERY 10 YEARS
HOW OFTEN IS FLEX SIG/CT COLONOSCOPY DONE
EVERY 5 YEARS
2 ANTIBIOTICS (QUINOLONES) SHOULD NOT BE PRESCRIBED TO CHILDREN UNDER 18
CIPRO AND LEVOFLOXACIN
ANTIBIOTIC SHOULD NOT BE PRESCRIBED TO PT UNDER 9
DOXYCYCLINE
PREMATURE TODDLER IS AT HIGH-RISK FOR HEARING LOSS IF NEWBORN ASSESSMENT REVEALS WHAT?
LOW APGAR SCORES <6
MAMMOGRAMS SHOULD START AT AGE
50
MAMMOGRAMS SHOULD BE REPEATED EVERY XX YEARS
TWO
MAMMOGRAMS SHOULD BE DISCONTINUED AT WHAT AGE
74
MAMMOGRAMS SHOULD START AT WHAT AGE IF HX OF GENETIC MUTATIONS, FAMILIAL BREAST CANCER, CHEST RADIATION AT YOUNG AGE, OR PREVIOUS DIAG WITH HIGH RISK BREAST LESION
40
WHAT ARE PRIORITY TX FOR PT WITH ASTHMA EXACERBATION
NEBULIZER TREATMENT EVERY 20 MINS AS NEEDED ALONG WITH SHORT COURSE OF ORAL CORTICOSTERIOID
ASTHMA PTS - WHAT 2 MEDICATION CHOICES
LOW DOSE INHALED CORTICOSTEROID OR SHORT ACTING BETA2 AGONIST (SABA)
2 EXAMPLES OF LOW DOSE INHALED CORTICOSTEROID
FLOVENT, PULMICORT
EXAMPLE OF SABA
ALBUTEROL
IF THERE IS A > OR = ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCE IN O2 SAT BETWEEN UPPER AND LOWER EXTREMITIES, WHAT SHOULD NP DO NEXT BECAUSE IT MAY SUGGEST CONGENITAL HEART DZ
REPEAT O2 SAT IN ONE HOUR
THIS IS VENTRAL SHORTENING AND CURVATURE OF PENIS, COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH A MORE PROXIMAL URETHRAL DEFECT SUCH AS PROXIMAL HYPOSPADIAS
CHORDEE
CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DZ OF THE CHEEKS, CHIN, AND NOSE THAT IS DRY, WITH ACNE-LIKE PAPULES AND REDDENED AREAS.
ACNE ROSACEA
AT WHAT BILIRUBIN LEVEL SHOULD PHOTOTHERAPY BE INITIATED ON AN INFANT
> OR = 15
THIS AFFECTS ONE SIDE OF HEAD WITH SUDDEN VESICULAR LESIONS ON SCALP, NOSE, AND FOREHEAD. PT ALSO REPORTS PHOTOPHOBIA, EYE PAIN, AND BLURRED VISION
HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS
WHAT CAUSES RASH WITH ABRUPT ONSET OF HIGH FEVER, CHILLS, SEVERE HEADACHE, PHOTOPHOBIA AND N/V
ROCKY MTN SPOTTED FEVER
RASH STARTS ON WRIST, FOREARMS, AND FEET THEN MOVES UP TO TRUNK
PRETECHIAL RASH
MOST LIKELY DX FOR CHILD PRESENT WITH EXTERNAL EAR PAIN, SWELLING, DECREASED HEARING
OTITIS EXTERNA
OTITIS EXTERNA IS ALSO KNOWN AS
SWIMMERS EAR
THIS TYPE OF MURMUR IS TYPICALLY MID SYSTOLIC, BEST HEAR OVER THE RIGHT SECOND INTERCOSTAL SPACE WITH RADIATION TO THE RIGHT NECK.
AORTIC STENOSIS SYSTOLIC MURMUR
AORTIC STENOSIS SYSTOLIC MURMER PRESENTS WITH HARSH QUALITY SOUND AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH PALPABLE SLOW RISE OF THE CARTOID UPSTROKE. T/F
TRUE
INITIAL TREATMENT FOR URINARY STRESS INCONTINENCE
KEGAL EXERCISE
INITIAL TX FOR FUNCTIONAL INCONTINENCE
GAIT TRAINING & STRENGTHENING
2 MEDS USED TO TX URGE INCONTINENCE
OXYBUTYNIN (DITROPAN) IMIPRAMINE
MED USED TO TX BPH IN MEN
TERAZOSIN (HYTRIN)
TERAZOSIN IS AKA
(HYTRIN)
WHY IS PT PRECREIBED WARAFIN INSTRUCTED TO AVOID GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES?
VIT K DECREASES INR BLEEDING TIME
COPD (EMPHYSEMA, CHRONIC BRONCHITIS), ASTHMA, BRONCHIECTASIS, AND CYSTIC FIBROSIS ARE ALL CONSIDERED WHAT FORM OF LUNG DZ
OBSTRUCTIVE
INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE (IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS), SARCOIDOSIS (AUTOIMMUNE DZ), OBESITY, SCOLIOSIS, AND NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES (MS, ALS) ARE CONSIDERED WHICH FORM OF LUNG DISEASE
RESTRICTIVE
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS), ASTHMA, BRONCHIECTASIS, AND CYSTIC FIBROSIS ARE ALL CONSIDERED WHAT FORM OF LUNG DZ
OBSTRUCTIVE
INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE (IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS), SARCOIDOSIS (AUTOIMMUNE DZ), ARE CONSIDERED WHAT FORM OF LUNG DZ
RESTRICTIVE
RAISED HEMOGLOBIN A IS ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT HYPOCHROMIC DISORDER
THALASSEMIA MINOR
LESION LARGER THAN 6MM (1/4 INCH) WITH ASYMMETRY, BORDER IRREGULARITY, COLOR VARIETY, AND ENGLARGEMENT OVER TIME IS SUSPECT FOR WHAT CONDX
MELANOMA
PT WITH SERUM KETONES AND DERUM GLUCOSE LEVELS > 300MG/DL IS LIKELY EXPERIENCING
DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS