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NURS 6551 Midterm Exam – Question and Answers

1. Why do adolescents have the highest risk of developing pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)?
2. Gonadotropin hormone-releasing agonists are recommended for only short-term use to treat heavy bleeding due to:
3. If a patient has not reported a sexual assault to law enforcement, all of the following clinician actions are important except:
4. Which of the following factors associated with increased risk for developing osteoporosis appears to be the best predictor of risk?
5. The second most commonly reported STI after chlamydia is:
6. What is the most common STI in the United States?
7. What had been a significant problem in medical research well into the 1990s?
8. What is the screening recommendation by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists for intimate partner violence (IPV)?
9. What should be used for women whose hirsutism remains refractory after 6 months of combined oral contraceptive use?
10. How is screening for the rubella immunity accomplished?
11. Which of the following is associated with increased risk of endometriosis?
12. Which one of the following statements about genital trauma associated with rape is false?
13. What procedure is used to evaluate abnormal Pap smears and genital tract lesions?
14. The most common sites of metastatic spread of invasive breast cancer include all of the following except:
15. A first-line recommended treatment for women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is:
16. What is one of the side effects of hormonal contraceptives?
17. Routine HPV vaccination is recommended for girls of what age?
18. What is the current recommendation by the CDC regarding HIV testing?
19. Where in the breast do most malignancies develop?
20. Which of the following should NOT be a part of taking a health history?
21. Which contraceptive methods have inherent failure rates?
22. Which of the following is considered primary prevention?
23. Which of the following is an ethical issue that is specifically associated with pre-implantation testing with ART?
24. Which organism causes 90% of vulvovaginal candidiasis episodes in women?
25. Which cancer has the highest mortality rate of all gynecological cancers?
26. What is the term for the absence of menses for 3 to 6 months in a woman who has previously menstruated and is not pregnant, breastfeeding, or menopausal?
27. Which type of counseling results in a statistically significant reduction in STIs?
28. What is the danger of giving estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) to menopausal women with an intact uterus?
29. Which of the following is caused by an anaerobic one-celled protozoan that commonly lives in the vagina?
30. Who should be screened regularly for STIs?
31. In respect to an evidentiary examination:
32. How many stages does the Tanner scale use to stage sexual maturity?
33. What is the major source of normal vaginal secretions?
34. Although barrier contraception methods are less effective in preventing pregnancy than more modern methods, interest in them is on the rise because they:
35. What area of injury prevention is a focus of the USPSTF’s guidelines for counseling all healthy, asymptomatic women?
36. Why is it often more difficult to detect STIs in women than in men?
37. Patients presenting for STI treatment should be screened for HIV:
38. Which factor bears most on women’s health care today?
39. A risk factor that could lead to endometrial cancer is:
40. What term refers to the period from about 7 to 10 days before menstrual flow begins until the first or second day of menstrual flow?
41. What is generally the cause of Bartholin’s cyst?
42. The P in the mnemonic EMPOWER is meant to help the clinician remember to:
43. What has contributed to the decreased incidence of hepatitis B over the past 20 years?
44. Signs of endometrial or cervical cancer may present abnormal uterine bleeding, often as heavy, prolonged bleeding or:
45. How does topical application of eflornithine treat facial hirsutism?
46. Which one of the following statements about intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy is false?
47. Which one of the following statements about intimate partner violence (IPV) is false?
48. The most common benign breast masses are:
49. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within Western societies?
50. What is the USPSTF recommendation regarding firearms?