NP Certification Q&A

A 17 yo male presents for follow up on a “fainting” episode that occurred during football practice at the end of a running exercise. He states, “I do not know what happened. We finished a set of runn…

A 40 year-old accountant presents for advice on measles prevention. He reports disembarking from an airplane approximately 40 hours ago, and now being notified that one of the passengers on the plane…

A nurse practitioner receives a message from a neighbor, a 35-year-old woman who is asking for a prescription to treat a “urine infection”. The neighbor states she's had this condition occur in the p…

Which of the following best describes a disease that should be reported to the local or regional public health department?  

A. Diseases where public health intervention is needed to help prevent spre…

A 6-year-old presents with his parents, with a chief complaint of a 3 day history of sore throat, intermittent frontal headache and fever with a 1 day history of a non pruritic fine, raised rash, wit…

A 50 yo woman presents with a 6-month history of intermittent RUQ abdominal pain, bloating and nausea, particularly after eating fatty food, describing the discomfort as sharp, occasionally radiating…

An 18-month-old toddler presents for a sick visit with a chief complaint of recent onset of fever and skin lesions.  Which of the following is most consistent with the presentation of measles (rubeol…

A 28 year old assigned male at birth presents with the chief complaint of a "new problem in my private parts” He states he feels well otherwise. Which of the following would be most consistent with t…

A 52-year-old man presents for an initial primary care visit at the nurse practitioners practice period he has not seen any health care providers since age 38, stating that he has been in good health…

A 10-year-old of Middle Eastern ancestry , assigned female at birth, is seen for routine well child care. 

She is generally healthy and plays soccer, reporting excellent exercise tolerance, stating, “…

A 70 year old man with a 35 year history of hypertension, dyslipidemia, and a 20 year history of type 2 diabetes presents. He was recently diagnosed with systolic heart failure, presenting with dyspn…

Which of the two following findings would be anticipated in the normal funduscopic exam of a healthy 40-year-old woman who is normotensive, generally in good health and without ocular complaint?  

A. …

Which of the following is most consistent with the clinical presentation of a person with folate-deficiency anemia? 

A. A 45-year-old woman with uterine fibroids, menorrhagia and a microcytic, hypochr…

A 70 year old man with a history of BPH, HTN and dyslipidemia presents with a 3-day history of perineal pain, intermittent fever, dysuria, and difficulty initiating urine stream. He denies GI upset a…

Which of the following clinical scenarios is most consistent with an older adult presenting with acute bacterial prostatitis?  

A. A 65  year old male who presents with a 6 month history of urinary fr…

The NP sees a 74-year-old woman with a BMI=30 kg/m2 who has a 30-year history of type 2 diabetes, HTN, and dyslipidemia. Pertinent social history includes the following: a retired elementary school t…

Mrs. Mahem is a 68-year-old patient with a 25-year history of type 2 diabetes mellitus. In the past year, her A1c remains at around 8.5% with the use of the following medications: metformin, sitaglip…

A patient presents with a chief complaint of a gradual onset vision change, present for the past 6 months, while denying eye pain, redness or trauma. The funduscopic exam, extraocular movements and p…

A 27-year-old woman presents as a new patient to your practice.  She is without chief complaint. She asks to, “get a refill on my birth control pills” , having used combined oral contraceptives for t…

A 29-year-old who is 8 weeks pregnant presents with a chief complaint of nausea and vomiting. She states, “I’ve been like this for three weeks. I don’t know why this is called morning sickness since …