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NURS 620 EXAM 1 (MARYVILLE) NEWEST 2025
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In treating a patient with allergic conjunctivitis, the most appropriate
treatment option is:
- Ophthalmological antihistamines
- Bacitracin-polymyxin
- Corticosteroid ophthalmic drops
- Cromolyn ophthalmic drops - Correct Answer - A. Ophthalmological
antihistamines
The clinician is assessing a patient complaining of hearing loss. The clinician places a tuning fork over the patient's mastoid process, and when the sound fades away, the fork is placed without restriking it over the external auditory meatus. The patient is asked to let the clinician know when the sound fades away. This is an example of which type of test?
- Rinne test
- Weber test
- Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) test
- Schwabach test - Correct Answer - A. Rinne test
As diabetic retinopathy progresses, the presence of "cotton wool" spots can be detected. Cotton wool spots refer to: 1 / 4
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- Blood vessel proliferation
- Nerve fiber layer infarctions
- Venous beading
- Retinal hemorrhage - Correct Answer - B. Nerve fiber layer
infarctions
Acute otitis media is diagnosed when there is:
- Fluid in the middle ear without signs or symptoms of an ear infection.
- A diagnosis of three or more episodes of otitis media within 1 year.
- Fluid in the middle ear accompanied by otalgia and fever.
- Fluid within the middle ear for at least 3 months - Correct Answer -
- Fluid in the middle ear accompanied by otalgia and fever.
Martin, age 24, presents with an erythematous ear canal, pain, and a recent history of swimming. What do you suspect?
- Acute otitis media
- Chronic otitis media
- External otitis
- Temporomandibular joint syndrome - Correct Answer - C. External
otitis
A client complains of frequent bouts of severe, intense, disabling left- sided facial pain accompanied by excessive left eye lacrimation (tearing) and worsening anxiety. The pain wakes him at night, and he has even contemplated harming himself during these episodes due to the intensity 2 / 4
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pg. 3 and unrelenting nature of the pain. What kind of headache is he describing?
- Classic migraine
- Tension headache
- Sinus headache
- Cluster headache - Correct Answer - D. Cluster headache
Jill states that her 5-year-old daughter continually grinds her teeth at
night. You document this as:
- Temporal mandibular joint malocclusion.
- Bruxism.
- A psychosis.
- An oropharyngeal lesion. - Correct Answer - B. Bruxism.
Jill presents with symptoms of hay fever, and you assess the nasal mucosa of her turbinates to be pale. What diagnosis do you suspect?
- Allergic rhinitis
- Viral rhinitis
- Nasal polyps
- Nasal vestibulitis from folliculitis - Correct Answer - A. Allergic
rhinitis
While doing a face, head, and neck examination, you note that the palpebral fissures are abnormally narrow. What are you examining?
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- Nasolabial folds
- The openings between the margins of the upper and lower eyelids
- The thyroid gland in relation to the trachea
- The distance between the trigeminal nerve branches
Feedback - Correct Answer - B. The openings between the margins of the upper and lower eyelids
The most common cause of loss of vision in the adult over 45 is:
- Photopsia.
- Presbyopia.
- Age-related macular degeneration.
- Myopia. - Correct Answer - B. Presbyopia.
Mark, age 18, has a persistent sore throat, fever, and malaise not relieved with penicillin therapy. What would you order next?
- A throat culture
- A monospot test
- A rapid antigen test
- A Thayer-Martin plate test - Correct Answer - B. A monospot test
Your client, a 75-year-old smoker of 50 years, is at the office today for a routine physical. During your inspection of the oral mucosa, you discover a lesion that you suspect to be cancerous. You document your
finding as:
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