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Endocrine
Research
Gastrointestinal
Health delivery systems
Respiratory
100
Hgb A1C 6.5%
What is level at which one is diagnosed with DM?
100
Resources available to answer the NP's questions while seeing the patient
What are point of care resources?
100
Vaccine-preventable food/water borne illness which may cause nausea, tea-colored urine, jaundice, fatigue, low-grade fever
What is Hepatitis A?
100
The acronym for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
What is CMS?
100
A reversible obstructive lung disorder
What is asthma?
200
Hirsutism, obesity, amenorrhea are associated with this endocrine disorder
What is PCOS?
200
A body which studies the best clinical evidence available for coming to diagnostic conclusions---reviews the strength of studies written about related topics
What is the Cochrane Collaboration? Cochrane Review?
200
A 17 y/o woman presents to clinic complaining of vague abdominal pain. The first diagnostic test you must order is
What is a pregnancy test?
200
HMOs and Capitated payments are included in this insurance category
What is managed care?
200
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) includes these two disease entities
What are chronic bronchitis and emphysema?
300
Uric acid crystals are found in the joints of people with this disorder
What is gout?
300
A high-level overview of primary research on a particular research question that tries to identify, select, synthesize and appraise all high quality research evidence relevant to that question in order to answer it.
What is a systematic review? meta-analysis?
300
Esophageal condition associated with GERD, having an increased risk of cancer.
What is Barrett's Esophagus?
300
Government entity that administers Medicaid programs
What is the state?
300
Drooling, stridor, and extreme odynophagia may be symptoms of this emergent disorder
What is epiglottitis?
400
Central obesity, increased fasting glucose levels, elevated b/p, dyslipidemia
What is metabolic syndrome?
400
The most respected research study type
What is a randomized controlled trial?
400
Gold standard for diagnosing cholecystitis
What is ultrasound?
400
The payment system in which health care providers are compensated according to the outcomes of their care
What is pay for performance?
400
Persons with HIV or at high risk for HIV, persons with CXR evidence of healed TB, persons recently exposed to active TB patients, and persons with organ transplants would have their PPD read as positive at this size
What is >5mm?
500
Carpopedal spasm is present in this pathology
What is hypocalcemia?
500
The numeric level of quality of evidence consisting of opinion of authorities and/from expert committees
What is Level VII? lowest level?
500
Severe hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) (1000 to 1999 mg/dL, 11.2 to 22.4 mmol/L), and very severe HTG(>2000 mg/dL, >22.4 mmol/L) [4] may cause this disorder.
What is pancreatitis?
500
The 4 professional nursing titles/credentials that comprise Advanced Practice Nursing
What are NPs, CRNAs, CNMs, CNSs?
500
Chronic hypoxia as seen in chronic bronchitis and emphysema stimulates increased renal erythropoetin leading to this hematologic condition
What is polycythemia?