FNP AANP Practice EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWER A nurse practitioner is evaluating a 40-year-old patient suspected of having a pulmonary embolus. The patient complains of anxiety and cough. A stat chest X-ray is normal. Which of the following tests should the nurse practitioner perform next? - answer>>>Helical CT pulmonary angiography Which of the following laboratory tests are most widely accepted as indicators of the progression of HIV infection? - answer>>>CD4 count and viral load A 10-month-old presents with a rash, runny nose, and cough. Examination reveals a cluster of tiny white papules with an erythematous base on the buccal mucosa. What does this suggest? - answer>>>Measles A 72-year-old female presents with a medical history unremarkable except for the occasional headache. She enjoyed emotional health throughout marriage and childrearing, although her family history is significant for strokes and nervous breakdowns. Since her husband died a year ago, however, she has been waking every morning at 3:00 A.M., is reluctant to go out although she has family members living nearby, and feels a continual urge to sleep. She cannot discuss her late husband without crying. Differential diagnoses would include: - answer>>>depression, unresolved grief, and hypothyroidism. Trigeminal neuralgia manifests itself primarily