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What is the preferred treatment of tinea infections of the skin?…
What is the preferred treatment of tinea infections of the skin?
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Treatment with topical antifungal
Treatment with topical steroid cream
Treatment with oral steroids
Treatment with oral antifungals
The NP has diagnosed a 67 year old female patient with psoriasis. What initial treatment would you prescribe?
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Hydrocortisone topical 2.5% apply to affected area 2 to 4 times daily
Topical Vitamin D
Prednisone 10 mg one tab po qid
Methotrexate 25 mg po one a week
The NP is treating an immunocompetent patient recovering from herpes zoster ophthalmicus. The patient has asked if she should get a vaccine to prevent another herpes zoster outbreak. What would you advise?
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No need to get the vaccine since she has had herpese zoster and has immunity to it now
Recommend recombinant herpes zoster vaccine to reduce the chance of recurrance.
Only one dose of recombinant vaccine is indicated following a herpes zoster outbreak
The NP is seeing a 76-year-old female patient with a lesion on her right arm that has been there for three years. She states it alternately crusts and heals, and it began as a shiny papule, but now look like this. What is your working diagnosis?
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Melanoma
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Basal Cell Carcinoma
Merkel Cell Cancinoma
An 80 year-old male patient is seen for a lesion on his back. He requests that it be removed just in case it is cancer. The lesion appears wart like and has gotten bigger over the past 4 years. What is your working diagnosis?
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Wart
seborrheic keratosis
Melanoma
Squamous cell carcinoma
The NP is seeing a 76 year old male patient. He complains of peeling skin and itching mainly between his toes. What is your working diagnosis?
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Psoriasis
Tinea pedis
Yeast infection
Eczema
Describe the appearance of a pustule.
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plague or papule with a red border and pale center
raised lesion with pus filled fluid
lesions up to 1 cm diameter filled with clear fluid
Describe the appearance of a wheal.
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plague or papule with a red border and pale center
raised lesion with pus filled fluid
lesions up to 1 cm diameter filled with clear fluid
Describe the appearance of a vesicle
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plague or papule with a red border and pale center
raised lesion with pus filled fluid
lesions up to 1 cm diameter filled with clear fluid
What is your initial treatment plan for a lesion that you suspect to be melanoma?
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Biopsy
PET Scan for staging
Surgical excision
Chemotherapy
