APEA Pearls to help pass FNP boards Title question and answers 2024/2025
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APEA Pearls to help pass FNP boards Title question and answers 2024/2025
Oxacin - ANS -fluoroquinolones
terol - ANS -beta agonist
tropium - ANS -inhaled anticholinergic "prevents bronchospasm" ipratropium (atrovent)
one or ide - ANS -inhaled steriods
-lol - ANS -beta blocker
tropium - ANS -inhaled anticholinergic "prevents bronchospasm" ipratropium (atrovent)
one or ide - ANS -inhaled steriods
-lol - ANS -beta blocker
triptan - ANS -migraine (constricts cerebral arteries--to not overuse)
mycin - ANS -macrolide
-pam - ANS -benzo
-dine - ANS -h2 blockers (famotidine)
prazole - ANS -proton pump inhibitor
-ide - ANS -thiazide diuretic
-pril - ANS -ace inhibitor
-sartan - ANS -ARB
-lol - ANS -Beta Blocker
-pine - ANS -calcium channel blocker---first line for ISH
-gliptan - ANS -diabetic med--no hypoglycemia
-sin - ANS -alpha adrenergic blockers (tx BPH)
4 indications for cxr with acute cough - ANS -abnormal VS
rales, consolidation
>75 years vintage
fever
Who gets PPSV23 vaccine?? - ANS --unmarried dose sixty five or older
,-single dose 19-sixty four if persistent infection, smoker, group home
-Immunocompromised receive every other dose at 5 YEAR c program languageperiod
-ALWAYS get dose at sixty five even though received in advance doses as long as 5 Years has
handed!!
Bacteria liable for maximum pneumonia deaths - ANS -Strep pneumonae (Gram -)
Three most common micro organism - CAP - ANS -S. Pneumoniae
Mycoplasma pneumoniae (strolling pneumonia)
Chlamydophila pneumoniae
Best preliminary antibiotics for pneumonia if no antibiotic exposure in last 3 months - ANS
-Doxycycine or Macrolide (Azithromycin or Clarithromycin) ----because they cowl for atypicals
Best initial antibiotics for pneumonia if comorbidities or antibiotics in 90 days - ANS --Resp
quinolone (levofloxacin, gemifloxacin, moxifloxacin) or IF ALLERGY
-Beta-lactam (PCN or cephalosporin) PLUS macrolide
How lengthy course of antibiotics for pneumonia - ANS -three days longer than s/s of infection.
Pneumonia severity index??? - ANS -CRB-sixty five
-Confusion
-RR >30
-BP low
-Age >65
What confirms COPD on PFTs??? - ANS -FEV1/FVC <70%
COPD staging - ANS -Bigger number more severe
What med is crucial for COPD patient - ANS -SABA!!
Where are beta1 receptors - ANS -Heart
Where are beta2 receptors - ANS -Lungs
What is the maintenance drug of choice for all levels of asthma? - ANS -Inhaled corticosteroid.
What classifies persistent asthma ? - ANS ->2 days /wk symptoms; middle of the night sx >three
x month
How do postitive PPD readings vary for immunocompromixed patients? - ANS -smaller size of
induration nice if immunocompromized (>15 mm if healthy, >5mm if HIV)
, What does Baciille Calmette Guerin vaccine defend in opposition to? - ANS -BCG vaccine for
TB. Given in different international locations.
At what age have to you do a f/u CXR after remedy for pneumonia - ANS -Anyone over forty
Possible sequelae of long time inhaled steroid use - ANS -cataract formation
osteoporosis
growing A1C
What cardiac magnificence is horrific for COPD /Asthma - ANS --lol; Beta Blockers...Contrary
affect of SABA and LABAs
Which sufferers normally have to have higher h&h??? - ANS -Hgh altitudes, people who smoke,
COPDers
What populace "typically" has lower h&h? - ANS ->65
Range of "normocytic" MCV rbc - ANS -eighty-90fl
<80 microcytic
>96 Macrocytic
on a cbc, the scale of rbc is defined with the aid of the - ANS -MCV
On a cbc, the hemoglobin content of RBCs is decribed by means of the - ANS -MCH (imply
corpucular hgb) hypo/hyperchromic??
Normal Hgb - ANS -11-15g/dl
everyday Hct - ANS -33-forty five%
RDW - what is it ? What is ordinary? - ANS -shows degree of variant in RBC size (<15 is
normal) ...Do not want large variation in rbc sizes!
Serum iron measures? - ANS -measure of iron in circulation (reciprocal with TIBC) egg carton
serum ferritin measures? - ANS -iron in storage
TIBC (transferrin) - ANS -total Iron binding capacity-reciprocal with iron level
Microcytic , hypochromic anemia - ANS -Iron deficiency anemia
Most common causes of iron deficiency anemia - ANS -hemolysis
impaired rbc production
blood loss
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