NR 603 Week 7 Quiz & Answers

(NR 603 wk7)

(Possible Questions & Answers)

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Osteo Arthritis

• Question: Which patient below should be screened for osteoporosis?
• Question: … medication is recommended by the American college of rheumatology as first line agent for a patient who has been unsuccessful with non-pharmacologic interventions for osteoarthritis pain?
• Question: Which joints are least commonly involved in osteoarthritis?
• Question: A 75-year-old female who is otherwise healthy has mild osteoarthritis in her right knee. She complains of pain not relieved by acetaminophen 2000 mg daily. What should … done?
• Question: An 80-year-old patient is very active but presents today with posterior hip pain for the past week. Which of the following is least likely part of the differential diagnosis?
• Question: A 62-year-old female presents with atraumatic right knee pain. On exam she has mildly swollen right knee that is not war or tender to touch. She has a negative McMurry test. Her x-ray demonstrates tibiofemoral joint narrowing and visualization of osteophytes. How should the nurse practitioner interpret the results of this x-ray?

Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Question: Which findings are most commonly … with rheumatoid arthritis?
• Question: Which of the following test if positive is part of the criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)?
  
  

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Week 7 Quiz (Study Topics)

QUIZ will end focusing on the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of Osteo and Rheumatoid Arthritis.

OSTEO ARTHRITIS

• progressive loss of cartilage
• joint pain (progressive deterioration)
• osteophytes (bone spurs)
• cartilage disintegrates
• bone & cartilage “float” into joint (crepitus)
  Smokers increased risk, more in women.…………document continue 

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

• common connective tissue disease (joint destruction)
• chronic, progressive, systemic
• synovial joints
• autoantibodies form & attack healthy tissue (inflammation)
  symmetrical……………………document continue

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Week 7 Quiz (RA & OA)

RA                                                          OA

• Identifying factors
• First line treatment
• What do you monitor during treatment
• What’s effected
• Unilateral vs bilateral

Polymyalgia Rheumatica              Temporal Arteritis (giant cell)

• Identifying factors
• First line treatment
• What do you monitor during treatment
• What’s effected
• Unilateral vs bilateral

Systemic lupus Erythematous

• Identifying factors
• First line treatment
• What do you monitor during treatment
• What’s effected
• Week 7 Quiz & Answers