Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Question 6

 

A 65-year-old female with   a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and polymyalgia   rheumatica presents to urgent care with new onset left lower quadrant pain.   Her current medications include omeprazole 20 milligrams po daily, lisinopril   20 milligrams po daily, simvastatin 20 milligrams po daily, and prednisone 12   milligrams po daily. The nurse practitioner suspects acute diverticulitis and   possibly an abscess. The most appropriate diagnostic test for this patient at   this time is:

 

CBCdiff
 

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
 

Abdominal ultrasound
 

CT scan

· Question 7

 

A patient reports “something   flew in my eye” about an hour ago while he was splitting logs. If there were   a foreign body in his eye, the nurse practitioner would expect to find all   except:

 

Purulent drainage
 

Tearing
 

Photophobia
 

A positive fluorescein stain