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FNP PEDS exam questions and answers |100% correct |graded A+ |2025/2026 The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner is performing a pre-participation sports physical examination on a 14-year-old male who will be on the wrestling team at school. What will the nurse practitioner include when discussing healthy practices with this adolescent?
- Risks associated with repeatedly losing and gaining weight
- The need for an electrocardiogram or echocardiogram prior to participation
- The need to consume 20 to 30 grams of protein after exercise
- To consume water with CHO prior to activity lasting up to an hour - ANSWER-a. Risks associated
with repeatedly losing and gaining weight
The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner counseling the parent of an overweight school-age child about improving overall fitness. What will the nurse practitioner include?
- Encourage the child to begin by engaging in swimming or cycling.
- Exercise will help lower total cholesterol and low-density lipoproteins.
- School-age children need 60 minutes of moderate exercise daily.
- Strength training exercises are not safe for school-age children. - ANSWER-a. Encourage the child
to begin by engaging in swimming or cycling.
The parent of a high school basketball player tells the primary care pediatric nurse practitioner that the adolescent becomes short of breath only when exercising. What will the nurse practitioner recommend?
- Permanent discontinuation of all strenuous and aerobic activities
- Enrollment in a conditioning program to improve performance
- Evaluation for underlying cardiac causes of this symptom
- Treatment for exercise-induced asthma with a bronchodilator - ANSWER-c. Evaluation for
underlying cardiac causes of this symptom
A 15-year-old female basketball player who has secondary amenorrhea is evaluated by the primary care pediatric nurse practitioner who notes a BMI in the 3rd percentile. What will the nurse practitioner counsel this patient?
- That amenorrhea in female athletes is not concerning
- That she should begin a program of plyometrics and strength training
- To consider a different sport, such as volleyball
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