The FNP knows that this could be related to

Question

1. An older patient has been diagnosed with pernicious anemia. The FNP knows that this condition could be related to

Increased gastric acid secretion.
Decreased gastric acid secretion.
Delayed gastrointestinal emptying time.
Increased gastrointestinal emptying time.

2. The nurse is. examining a patient who tells the FNP “I sure sweat a lot especially on my face and feet but it doesn’t have an odor”. The FNP knows that this could be related to

Eccrine glands.
Apocrine glands.
Disorder of the stratum corneum.
Disorder of the stratum germinativum.

3. During an abdominal assessment the FNP elicits tenderness on light palpation in the right lower quadrant. The FNP interprets that this finding could indicate a disorder which of these structures?

Spleen
Sigmoid
Appendix
Gallbladder

4. An Inuit visiting Nevada from anchorage has come to the clinic in July during the hottest part of the day. It so happens that the clinics air conditioning is broken and the temperature is very hot. The FNP knows that which of these statements is true about the Inuit sweating tendencies?

They will sweat profusely all over their bodies because they are not used to the hot temperatures.
They don’t sweat because their diet is so high in roughage that their apocrine glands are less efficient in hot climates.
They will sweat more on their faces because this is an adaptation that has been made over