Study Tips for BOARDS Exam | Nursing Students
(BOARDS Exam)
Cardiac
- Know … what does it mean.
- Know … it is a sign of what?
- A murmur that is loud and heard with your scope plus … A loud murmur that you …
- They tell you a … murmur one that radiates to the neck and one the radiates to the axilla
- How do you rule out AAA
- You have a pt with HTN and osteoporosis what medication do you put them on for …
- HTN drug for … neuropathy
- You have a patient that on eye exam you notice copper and … what else do you assess them for
- You have an elderly patient with ISH BP log what medication do you start?
- PAD pt what is treatment
- PAD what test
- Know chronic venous insuff
- Test you do for stable angina
- Know Systolic and Diastolic Murmur … other one is mid systolic.
- Question about Grade III/VI Murmur:
- Know the difference between … Insufficiency.
- Question about JVD causes?
- Know Bacterial endocarditis …. Osler’s nodes
- Questions about carotid bruit signs can signifies what
GI
- High triglycerides increase the risk of …
- You have a pt with chronic Hep C what will be high the AST or … or Both
- First line tx GERD …
- Hep serology you have … see Hollier notes
- You have a positive … and it is positive. What does this mean?
- Rovsing sign
- with GERD and Barrett’s esophagus:
- Question about Hepatitis B active Immunology.
- Question about pyloric stenosis
- Common causes of GERD.
- Increase in triglyceride can cause …
- First line treatment for Zollinger is PPI
Skin
- What is honey crusted lesions how do you treat
- Actinic keratosis … Leik how it presents
- Rosacea tx with
- How do you treat shingles
- Older induration that has been there awhile what do you do?
- Basal Cell Cancer:
- Actinic Keratosis:
- Melanoma question:
- Subungal Hematoma tx:
- Tx for moderate acne
- Review your skin issues for adult and kids.
- How do you treat a skin fungal infection
Peds
- What puts a new born at high risk for hyperbilirubinemia the answer is …
- Tanner stage III female …
- 14 yo boy cc of bony mass on anterior tibial tubercle …
- They describe a weak baby, doesn’t feed well sleeps a lot- it has …
- Least likely signs of child abuse, bruise in buttocks, retinal hemorrhage or …
- ADHA question …
- First line tx of ADHD
- … : Know that systolic BP on lower extremities is supposed to be higher compare to upper extremities.
- ADHD is a behavior disease …
- Most common cause of death in children …
- Question about molliscum …
- Peds pt has sausage like mass this is what …
- If you have a both parents with a genetic defect what is the percentage the child will have it …
- Baby is 6 days old. Has eye discharge. What is it …
Psy
- Know how an anorexia presents
- Antipsychotics lead to risk of obesity, DM2 hyperlipidemia
- You put a patient on zyrexa what do you monitor- BMI
- The most common side effect of Paxil
- You will get a young female with depression what med do you start?
- You have an elderly female with depression what med do you start SSRI if they list … chose it. Has the shortest list of interactions
- Kava Kave question …
- Which medication causes low sperm count for a patient …
- Question about grandiosity …
- They will ask you what is MME and then they will give you a question like you are asking an elderly patient to repeat three words. What test are you doing? …
- A patient 77 yo is on benzo’s how do you get them off …
- Zeprexa (What lab and intervention to put in place) …
- Question about what’s the common bug in children with diarrhea.
- What drug do you give in an ACUTE anxiety attack
Gero
- You have an elderly patient that has new rapid onset of confusion … for reversible causes? …
- Sensorineural …
- Know types of Alzheimer’s: Question about a pt. expericieng memory loss, and increase in confusion and she has a history of stroke, HTN, What type of Alzheimer. Options include …
Neuro
- Your patient has essential/famililal tremor what is first line treatment …
- How do abort migraines drug?
- Prophylactic tx migraines?
- They describe a pt with Trigemial … ?
- Treatment of cluster HA …
- Teen with dizziness and lateral gaze and returns to normal- this means what? …
- Pappiledema is a SS of …
- Question about Pt. complaining of headache after trauma: …
- Question about Migraine headache: Know the description and duration of headaches as well
- Question about …
- Question about Romberg test and how its done
- Question about a pt … hereditary. What’s the treatment? options include …
Legal
- I did have a question about HIPPA …
Heme
- Your pt has as big beefy tongue they have …
- You have a pt on coumadin INR is 1.4 hx of DVT what do you do? …
- Your pt t-score is 1.5. what does that mean …
- How do pt present for temporal arteritis and they ask for the gold …
- Anemia question, Vitamin B12 deficiency, Folate.
Men’s Health
- What is the first line treatment in BPH …
- Look up how acute prostatitis presents they ask you how to treat it …
STD
- If the patient is older than 35 its not likely STD but LUTS cipro BID or Levo 4 …
- They describe a patient with BV “look it up” treat with …
- They tell you your patient has strawberry cervix with green discharge. How do you treat? It …
- If you treat gonorrhea you also treat …
- If you have an HIV pt with a TB test that reads 5mm …
- They describe a pt with sypillis what lab do you …
- How to genital warts TCA …
- Question about chlamydia …
- Question about genital …
- Question about treating HIV pt …
Women’s Health
- Know the difference between probable, possible and positive signs of pregnancy. …
- Naegeles rule
- I had a pregnant patient in her 3rd trimester painless vaginal bleeding …
- Same as above but painful dark red blood …
- What abx do you give a preg pt for UTI answer …
- Question about … mini pill is ok for smoker???
- Question about a … Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions and High Grade Squamous Epithelia Lesion noted on the report, what should NP do? referring for …
- Question about NP palpating right ovaries on a 1-year postmenopausal woman. Answer is …
- Another question about who is at high risk for ovarian cancer …
- High risk for ectopic pregnancy: …
- Preeclampsia tx …
- Question about a pregnant female at slightly above symphysis pubic and Fundal height is 23cm (above the umbilical …
- Coombs test= Detects …
- Ovarian CA risk. options are (multipara, … and cant remember the rest).
- What test needed to differentiate lesion/cyst found on a breast …
Pulm
- Asthma first line treatment.
- They describe a pt with TB- fatigue fever … on Xray
- What causes the greatest increase in RR …
- You suspect sleep apnea which includes everything but -obesity, enlarge tonsils, macrognathia or …
- RML CXR
- Chronic bronchitis description and treatment
- Croup/Epiglottitis: Question about what condition would make you order … Options include: …
- Question about CURBS: Which of the options does not require hospitalization for pneumonia Review CURBS: …
- Which among the list can cause increase in respiration. …
HEENT
- What is the most common pathogen of otitis externa and how to treat
- Webber test- lateralization to only one ear is abnormal
- They describe a bilateral allergic conjunctivas
- Retinoblastoma …
- Question about AV nicking (Arterioles pressing on vein of the eye): …
- Question causes of …
- Question about horizontal nystagmus that stops when eye is close to midline in a college student …
- Weber/Rhinne Test
- Question about someone eating, painful lump noted on the jaw that comes and go. Options include …
Orthopedic
- Treatment for mild ankle sprain …
- Treatment for medial tibial stress syndrome- shin splint …
- A lot of Musculoskeletal questions: …
- lateral epicondylitis …
- Morton’s Neuroma description as someone has a mass or nodule on the …
- Question about an 88/yr. old patient in for follow up secondary …
- Question about medial …
- Question about osteoporosis risk factors. Options include …
- Tx to prevent fracture in a pt. with low vitamin d hydroxyl, high TSH and low Hct ….
- Navicular fx don’t show up on Xray right away they will in 2 weeks Leik 251 second add…
- Pageants disease first line treatment …
Renal
- How do you dx a kidney stone…
- Old lady with new onset of incontinence- you do what. …
- Know your urinalysis result
ENDO
- Hyper and Hypothyroidism
- Question about FRUCTOSESAMINE TEST. Test for how long sugar storage in system. Options include …
Cancer
- Question about pencil like stool …
