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ANCC FNP Board Questions with Correct
Answers
A middle-age female patient presents to the clinic with a recurrence of mild hidradenitis suppurativa
after topical therapies failed. Which first-line treatment is recommended? - ANSWER✔✔-Tetracycline
Twelve weeks of oral tetracycline (Sumycin) is the recommended first-line treatment for hidradenitis
suppurativa.
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Hidradenitis suppurativa is a disorder of the terminal follicular epithelium in apocrine gland-bearing skin.
It is a chronic, disabling disorder that progresses, often causing keloids, contractures, and immobility. It is
characterized by comedone-like follicular occlusion, chronic and relapsing inflammation, mucopurulent
discharge, and progressive scarring.
Arthropathy associated with hidradenitis may be present. Typical presentation includes nodules and
sinus tracts (inflamed or noninflamed), abscesses, and scarring found in the axilla, genitofemoral area,
perineum, gluteal area, and inframammary area in women.
Recommended treatments include antibiotics, steroids, retinoids, dapsone, and anti-tumor necrosis
factor agents. A dermatology consultation should also be considered.
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First-line treatment is a 12-week course of an oral tetracycline (Sumycin) such as doxycycline. For
patients who do not respond to doxycycline, the next recommended step is a combination of twice-daily
clindamycin (Cleocin) and rifampicin (Rifadin) for 10-12 weeks. If treatment fails, acitretin (Soriatane, for
males and nonfertile females) or dapsone (Aczone) may be considered by a dermatologist. In patients
with moderate to severe hidradenitis suppurativa, adalimumab (Humira) may possibly be considered.
When providing culturally competent health care services to an American Indian elder, the nurse
practitioner understands which is traditionally true? - ANSWER✔✔-The "Medicine Wheel" is used by
many for the purpose of health and healing
The "Medicine Wheel" is traditionally used and contains four directions; north, south, east, and west.
Traditionally each tribe has different meanings for each direction and they may represent the season of
the year or stage of life. It is aimed at providing a holistic view of life.
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An understanding of different cultural preferences leads to cultural competence in healthcare. Some
patients may value traditional culture and preferences as it relates to healthcare. These individual
preferences should be included in the interview and treatment plan for patients.
Traditionally, the American Indian culture values a holistic approach to health care integrating the
person, lifestyle, environment, family, and religion. Patients adhering to these traditional cultural
practices often feel that illness is due to a lack of harmony with the physical body, mind, spirit, and
emotions. Patients may seek care from western medicine for specific ailments while also consulting with
traditional healers for spiritual guidance.
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Healthcare providers should seek to understand relevant cultural factors and assess each individual's
healthcare literacy in order to provide culturally competent care.
The nurse practitioner sees an older adult patient in the clinic with the primary report of hearing loss
and a sensation of fullness in the right ear. The nurse practitioner suspects conductive hearing loss.
Which could contribute to this? - ANSWER✔✔-Cerumen, commonly called earwax, is a combination of
secretions and sloughed epithelial cells that protects the ears from infection, water, and insects. It is
normally expelled from the ear canal through natural jaw movement. When this self-cleaning process
fails, cerumen can become impacted. Cerumen impaction occludes the ear canal and can press against
the tympanic membrane, resulting in conductive hearing loss.
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Conductive hearing is the transition of sound from the external and middle ear to the inner ear.
Conductive hearing loss is caused by problems in the external and middle ear that interfere with the
transmission of sound and its conversion to mechanical vibration. Causes of conductive hearing loss
include obstruction of the external auditory canal by cerumen, foreign bodies, debris from otitis externa,
and large exocytosis and osteomas.
Sensorineural hearing loss involves difficulty converting mechanical vibrations to electrical potential in
the cochlea or in auditory nerve transmission to the brain. It is mostly caused by permanent damage in
the organ of Corti. It can be caused by age-related hearing loss, noise trauma, medications, autoimmune
diseases, mechanical trauma, Meniere disease, infection, and neoplasm (acoustic neuroma).
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