NR 602 FINAL EXAM REVIEW 2026
CHAMBERLAIN COLLEGE COMPLETE
STUDY SHEET 100% CORRECT
⩥ painful menstruation that prevents normal activity and requires
medication
3 types: primary (no organic cause), secondary (pathologic cause) and
membranous - causes intense cramping pain due to passage of a cast of
endometrium through undilated cervix. Answer: Dysmenorrhea
⩥ Dysmenorrhea treatment. Answer: Tx- NSAIDs/tyelnol, heat,
antiprostaglandins, OCP w/ increased estrogen- pain relief r/t absence of
ovulation, decreased prostaglandin production; surgery
⩥ Dysmenorrhea mechanism. Answer: prostaglandin activity
⩥ -vaginal wall weakens and stretches and allows the bladder to bulge
into the vagina. Answer: Cystocele
⩥ Sx-felling of fullness or pressure in vagina, increased discomfort
when you strain/cough/bear down, feeling of incomplete empty, repeated
bladder infection, pain or urinary leak during sex, bulge of tissue into
vaginal opening. Answer: Cystocele
,⩥ Cystocele prevention. Answer: kegels, prevent constipation, avoid
heavy lifting, avoid wt gain
⩥ Rectocele. Answer: -When thin tissue of vagina separates the vaginal
and rectum allowing vaginal wall to bulge
⩥ Sx- soft bulge of tissue in vaginal, difficult BM, sensation of rectal
pressure, incomplete emptying after BM, sexual concerns. Answer:
Rectocele
⩥ Causes of rectocele. Answer: Causes- constipation/strain, chronic
cough, heavy lifting, overweight, childbirth, age
⩥ Retocele prevention. Answer: Prevention- kegels, prevent
constipation, avoid heavy lifting, cough, avoid wt gain
⩥ -pelvic floor muscles and ligaments stretch and weaken and no longer
provide support for uterus and protrude into vagina.. Answer: Uterine
Prolapse
⩥ Uterine Prolapse causes. Answer: Causes- pregnancy, large baby
delivery, lower estrogen level after menopause, obesity Common in
postmenopausal and one or more childbirth
, ⩥ Uterine Prolapse symptom. Answer: Sx- heaviness or pulling into
pelvis, tissue protruding from vagina, urinary probs (leakage, retention),
trouble having BM, feeling of sitting on small ball, sexual concerns
⩥ Uterine Prolapse prevention. Answer: Prevention- kegels, treat
constipation, correct lifting, avoid wt gain
⩥ uterine prolapse treatment. Answer: Tx- pessary
⩥ chronic viral infection caused by HSV1 or HSV2, relapsing. Answer:
Herpes Simplex
⩥ Herpes Simplex prevention. Answer: Prevention: consistent condom
use b/c viral shedding can occur in asymptomatic periods and can lead to
transmission. W/ symptoms- Valacyclovir 500 mg daily
⩥ Herpes Simplex sign and symptoms. Answer: Sx-multiple painful
vesicular or ulcerative lesion on genitals, can be absent. Virus lays
dormant and can be reactivated
⩥ Herpes Simplex diagnosis. Answer: lays dormant and can be
reactivated
Dx-cell culture and PCR
CHAMBERLAIN COLLEGE COMPLETE
STUDY SHEET 100% CORRECT
⩥ painful menstruation that prevents normal activity and requires
medication
3 types: primary (no organic cause), secondary (pathologic cause) and
membranous - causes intense cramping pain due to passage of a cast of
endometrium through undilated cervix. Answer: Dysmenorrhea
⩥ Dysmenorrhea treatment. Answer: Tx- NSAIDs/tyelnol, heat,
antiprostaglandins, OCP w/ increased estrogen- pain relief r/t absence of
ovulation, decreased prostaglandin production; surgery
⩥ Dysmenorrhea mechanism. Answer: prostaglandin activity
⩥ -vaginal wall weakens and stretches and allows the bladder to bulge
into the vagina. Answer: Cystocele
⩥ Sx-felling of fullness or pressure in vagina, increased discomfort
when you strain/cough/bear down, feeling of incomplete empty, repeated
bladder infection, pain or urinary leak during sex, bulge of tissue into
vaginal opening. Answer: Cystocele
,⩥ Cystocele prevention. Answer: kegels, prevent constipation, avoid
heavy lifting, avoid wt gain
⩥ Rectocele. Answer: -When thin tissue of vagina separates the vaginal
and rectum allowing vaginal wall to bulge
⩥ Sx- soft bulge of tissue in vaginal, difficult BM, sensation of rectal
pressure, incomplete emptying after BM, sexual concerns. Answer:
Rectocele
⩥ Causes of rectocele. Answer: Causes- constipation/strain, chronic
cough, heavy lifting, overweight, childbirth, age
⩥ Retocele prevention. Answer: Prevention- kegels, prevent
constipation, avoid heavy lifting, cough, avoid wt gain
⩥ -pelvic floor muscles and ligaments stretch and weaken and no longer
provide support for uterus and protrude into vagina.. Answer: Uterine
Prolapse
⩥ Uterine Prolapse causes. Answer: Causes- pregnancy, large baby
delivery, lower estrogen level after menopause, obesity Common in
postmenopausal and one or more childbirth
, ⩥ Uterine Prolapse symptom. Answer: Sx- heaviness or pulling into
pelvis, tissue protruding from vagina, urinary probs (leakage, retention),
trouble having BM, feeling of sitting on small ball, sexual concerns
⩥ Uterine Prolapse prevention. Answer: Prevention- kegels, treat
constipation, correct lifting, avoid wt gain
⩥ uterine prolapse treatment. Answer: Tx- pessary
⩥ chronic viral infection caused by HSV1 or HSV2, relapsing. Answer:
Herpes Simplex
⩥ Herpes Simplex prevention. Answer: Prevention: consistent condom
use b/c viral shedding can occur in asymptomatic periods and can lead to
transmission. W/ symptoms- Valacyclovir 500 mg daily
⩥ Herpes Simplex sign and symptoms. Answer: Sx-multiple painful
vesicular or ulcerative lesion on genitals, can be absent. Virus lays
dormant and can be reactivated
⩥ Herpes Simplex diagnosis. Answer: lays dormant and can be
reactivated
Dx-cell culture and PCR
