FREE Acute Care Nurse Practitioner MCQ Question and Answers

Question 1

The Cerebral Spinal Fluid's (CSF) major purpose is to...

Accepted Answer

providing mechanical protection to the brain and the spinal cord.

Answer

establishing a connection between the brain and the spinal cord.

Answer

none of the above

Question 2

A nephrotoxic substance most likely contributed to a patient's acute tubular necrosis. What would the NP's first course of action be?

Accepted Answer

Make sure that no further exposure to the nephrotoxic agent is happening

Answer

Monitor the kidney function on a daily basis

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Stop the patient's medications for diabetes

Answer

None of the above

Question 3

Shortness of breath, severe weariness, and an irregular heartbeat are among a collection of symptoms that have suddenly appeared in a patient with end-stage renal disease. What is most likely the root of these symptoms?

Accepted Answer

Hyperkalemia

Answer

Hypertension

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Hypercalcemia

Answer

None of the above

Question 4

Please indicate which of the following circumstances increases the risk of liver failure.

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Answer

Acetaminophen (Tylenol) overdose

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Biliary atresia

Answer

Autoimmune hepatitis

Question 5

Pancreatic juice is being secreted too much in a patient with acute pancreatitis. Please specify which drug class is most likely to reduce this symptom.

Accepted Answer

Anticholinergics

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Antipyretics

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Analgesics

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Statins

Question 6

Please indicate which of the following is not an illustration of a task that a nurse practitioner may delegate to a nursing assistant.

Accepted Answer

Assessing a patient's signs and symptoms

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Assisting a patient's ambulation

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All of the above are appropriate tasks to be assigned to a nursing assistant

Question 7

Which of the following measures renal physiology and functions the most correctly?

Accepted Answer

GFR (glomerular filtration rate)

Answer

BUN (blood urea nitrogen)

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Either of the above, they are equally accurate

Answer

None of the above