A school-age child has a history of chronic otitis media and is seen in the clinic with vertigo. The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner notes profuse purulent otorrhea from both pressure-equalizing tubes and a pearly-white lesion on one tympanic membrane. Which condition is most likely? Cholesteatoma Correct Mastoiditis Otitis externa Otitis media with effusion  

A 15-year-old female reports fainting at school in class on two occasions. The adolescent’s orthostatic blood pressures are normal. The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner suspects a cardiac cause for these episodes and will order which tests before referring her to a pediatric cardiologist? 12-lead electrocardiogram Correct Endocardial biopsy Tilt table testing Treadmill exercise testing

During the Civil War, soldiers routinely injected themselves with morphine to cope with pain and the tragedies of war. 

A school-age child has had nasal discharge and daytime cough but no fever for 12 days without improvement in symptoms. The child has not had antibiotics recently and there is no significant antibiotic resistance in the local community. What is the appropriate treatment for this child? Amoxicillin 45 mg/kg/day Correct Amoxicillin 80-90 mg/kg/day Amoxicillin-clavulanate 80-90 mg/kg/day Saline irrigation for symptomatic relief

Extra Credit: Up to 2 points.List up to two organs that only receive innervation from one branch of the autonomic nervous system.

We want to measure the effect of job types on wages. The job variable contains four possible answers as follows: Job = 1 means a student; Job = 2 means a staff; Job = 3 means a professor; job =4 means a police officer. For this job type variable, we need to put _______ binary dummy variable(s) in a linear regression model.

A newborn with a history of meconium ileus should also be evaluated for congenital heart disease. congenital diaphragmatic hernia. cystic fibrosis. Correct  congenital pulmonary airway malformation

The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner performs a Hirschberg test to evaluate what? Color vision Ocular alignment Correct Peripheral vision Visual acuity

A 12-year-old child is brought to the clinic with joint pain, a 3-week history of low-grade fever, and a facial rash. The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner palpates an enlarged liver 2 cm below the subcostal margin along with diffuse lymphadenopathy. An antinuclear antibody (ANA) test is positive. Which follow up tests should be ordered? (Select all that apply.) Double stranded DNA Correct C reactive protein procalcitonin Extractable nuclear antigen panel Correct

An 18-month-old child has a 1-day history of intermittent, cramping abdominal pain with non-bilious vomiting. The child is observed to scream and draw up his legs during pain episodes and becomes lethargic in between. The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner notes a small amount of bloody, mucous stool in the diaper. What is the most likely diagnosis? Appendicitis Gastroenteritis Intussusception Correct Testicular torsion