MIDTERM REVIEW
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[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
,Certainly! Here are all the questions numbered with their correct answers:
1. Nausea is difficult to discern in a young child. What question might you ask to determine if
a child has nausea?
**Answer:** 1. "Are you sick to your tummy?"
2. Zena just had a hemorrhoidectomy. You know she has not understood your teaching when
she tells you she will:
**Answer:** 3. Decrease her dietary fiber for 1 month.
3. Susan, age 59, has no specific complaints but has type 2 DM, hypertension, dyslipidemia,
and obesity. How would you diagnose her?
**Answer:** 3. As having metabolic syndrome.
4. Simon, age 72, has bowel movements every third day. You respond:
**Answer:** 4. "There is no such thing as a 'normal' pattern of defecation."
5. Matt, after camping and eating canned food, has gastroenteritis. Which pathogen do you
suspect?
**Answer:** 3. Clostridium perfringens.
6. Timothy, age 68, with abrupt change in defecation pattern, you evaluate for:
**Answer:** 2. Colorectal cancer.
7. Martina, with AIDS and diarrhea, you suspect which protozoal infection?
**Answer:** 3. Cryptosporidiosis.
8. Anson tells you his antacids cause diarrhea. You respond:
**Answer:** 4. "Antacids contain magnesium, which decreases bowel transit time and may
contain poorly absorbed salts that draw fluid into the bowel."
, 9. Tina, with hepatitis C, asks about transmission prevention. You reply:
**Answer:** 4. "Abstain from sex during your period."
10. Marcie, with traveler's diarrhea, treatment:
**Answer:** 2. Supportive care.
11. Rose, with GERD, you advise to avoid:
**Answer:** 2. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
12. Lucy, age 49, with pain in quadrants, suspects:
**Answer:** 3. Pelvic inflammatory disease.
13. Rose, with GERD, you know she misunderstands when she says:
**Answer:** 3. Have a snack before retiring so that the esophagus and stomach are not
empty at bedtime.
14. Marty, age 52, with a bulge in the midline, you identify as:
**Answer:** 3. Epigastric hernia.
15. Gordon, with costovertebral angle tenderness, you suspect:
**Answer:** 2. Inflammation of the kidney.
16. Marvin, with cirrhosis and bleeding problems, you respond:
**Answer:** 2. "There is an interruption of the normal clotting mechanism."
17. Shelby, with pancreatitis, you recognize Grey Turner sign as:
**Answer:** 2. Bluish discoloration over the flanks.