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1. Question: As the nurse practitioner working in a primary care clinic, you have been notified from a hospitalist that your long-term patient with a history of HFrEF (heart failure with reduced ejection fraction) with an ejection fraction of 40% two years ago who is also not on optimal medical therapy has been diagnosed with a myocardial infarction this admission and received emergent placement of a drug-eluting stent to the left anterior descending artery. As the patient’s medical home who will manage this patient after discharge, which of the following would you expect to be a priority in the patient’s care for their heart failure after an acute MI?

2. Question: What is the key long-term benefit of using carvedilol for patients with coronary artery disease and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF)?

3. Question: Your patient presents with pale, waxy legs, weak peripheral pulses, and states he is having difficulty walking great distances due to the pain in his calves. The most appropriate non-invasive test to evaluate his leg vascular flow quality is which of the following exams?

4. Question: Which of the following medication classes is the foundation of the care of heart failure and has been shown to reduce mortality?

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150 questions and correct answers 

146. Question: Pleural effusion is NOT associated with which of the following conditions?

147. Question: Which two lobes of the lung are most associated with aspiration pneumonia?

148. Question: The patient is exhibiting a productive cough and a low-grade fever. Chest X- ray on PA view shows a left lower chest area of consolidation adjacent to the left border of the heart approximately 2 rib spaces above the costophrenic angle. The lateral x-ray view shows this lesion absent of the window posterior to the cardiac silhouette. Which is the most likely location of this area of focal consolidation?

149. Question: An adult presents for f/u regarding asthma. He has been waking up at night twice a week and using his albuterol three days of the week. The next best prescription management would be:

150. Question: Which of the following assessments is most useful for evaluating respiratory function in a patient with suspected chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?