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WHNP BOARDS EXAM NEWEST 2024 -2025 ACTUAL
EXAM COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS ( VERIFIED ANSWERS )
|ALREADY GRADED A+
presentation with rubella in a 26-year-old woman during her second trimester? - ANSWER- Fever, sore throat, malaise, and diffuse maculopapular rash lasting about 3 days
In considering treatment for melasma, the NP considers: -
ANSWER- Use of topical tretinoin following birth of her child.
You see a 38-year-old woman with hypothyroidism who is currently taking levothyroxine 75 mcg/d with excellent adherence, stating, "I take the medicine every morning on an empty stomach with a big glass of water." She is feeling well.Results of today's laboratory testing include a TSH=4.5
mIU/mL. The next best step in her care is to: - ANSWER-
Increase the levothyroxine dose by 25 mcg/d and repeat a TSH in 2 months.
33-year-old woman who reports a 10-year history of unilateral, pulsing headache that lasts about 6-10 hours, occurring 3‒4 1 / 4
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times per month. The headache is typically preceded by a gradual onset of paresthesia affecting the ipsilateral face and arm, which lasts about 20 minutes. She reports severe photophobia and phonophobia as well as left-sided cephalgia during the 6-10 h headache duration. She states the headaches appear randomly. What type of headache is this? - ANSWER- migraine with AURA
When considering evidence-based practice (EBP) recommendations for the use of prophylactic migraine treatment, which of the following is the preferred agent? - ANSWER- Propranolol
Loss of architecture of the external genitalia can occur with: -
ANSWER- Lichens sclerosis
most pronounced area of glandular nodularity in the breast is: -
ANSWER- In the upper outer quadrant
In a woman who reports a regular 24-day menstrual cycle, how long would you expect the luteal phase to be? - ANSWER- always 14 days in every woman
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According to the EBP recommendations, nutraceutical options
for the prevention of recurrent migraine include the use of: -
ANSWER- Feverfew.Magnesium.
Which type of estrogen is typically present in high amounts during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle? - ANSWER- Estradiol
Inhibin helps suppress what? - ANSWER- FSH
Progesterone is produced by the? - ANSWER- corpus luteum until around 7 weeks
Estrogen is produced by which cells? - ANSWER- granulosa cells
GnRH agonists (shut down release of GnRH) cause hypo or hyper estrogenism - ANSWER- hypoestrogenism
which hormone stimulates the LH surge? - ANSWER- Estrogen
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a 10 yr old girl started her period, is this precocious? - ANSWER- No
Oligomenorrhea is? - ANSWER- Menses occurring at intervals of greater than 35 days
Polymenorrhea is? - ANSWER- Menses at intervals of 21-24 days or fewer
Menometrorrhagia is? - ANSWER- Irregularly-occurring menses, heavy in duration and flow
Physical examination of a patient with a history of painful menses and heavy bleeding reveals a diffusely enlarged, non- nodular, nontender uterus. This finding is most likely associated
with: - ANSWER- Adenomyosis
A 42-year-old woman presents with report of increased vaginal bleeding with her menses for the past several months. History reveals that she recently began taking dietary supplements for PMS at the advice of her sister. Which of the following has been found to cause increased menstrual bleeding? - ANSWER- Ginkgo biloba.
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