NP Certification Q&A
NP Certification Q&A
Fitzgerald Health Education Associates
Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Assessment
9 minutes Posted May 8, 2023 at 10:00 am.
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The NP is seeing a 65-year-old woman who a former smoker, having quit at age 40, with a 20 pack-year cigarette smoking history, and has been diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Which of the following is most often noted CAP finding in an adult who is deemed to be appropriate for outpatient treatment? 

A. Pleuritic chest pain

B. Dyspnea

C. Purulent sputum production

D. Cough

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