NUR 205 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔immunizations are... - ✔✔an important aspect of health promotion during childhood
✔✔Children gender dysphoria - ✔✔an incongruence between ones experienced and
expressed gender and assigned gender of a duration of at least 6 months
✔✔End of life care legal and ethical issues - ✔✔outcomes related to care during illness
and the dying experience should be based on the clients wishes
✔✔Delirium - ✔✔an acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication,
and other disorders and is characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of
thought and speech.
✔✔Dementia - ✔✔a slowly progressive decline in mental abilities, including memory,
thinking, and judgment, that is often accompanied by personality changes
✔✔Depression - ✔✔A prolonged feeling of helplessness, hopelessness, and sadness
✔✔Polypharmacy - ✔✔The use of many different drugs concurrently in treating a
patient, who often has several health problems.
✔✔Most common adverse sign to a medication in the elder adult - ✔✔Mental status
change
✔✔Enteric-coated and extended release tablets or capsules - ✔✔should never be
crushed or opened
✔✔Marconutrients - ✔✔Carbs, Proteins and fats
✔✔Mirconutrients - ✔✔vitamins and minerals needed for health
, ✔✔Birth weight.... - ✔✔doubles by 6 month and triple by 1 year of age.
✔✔malnutrition - ✔✔lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to eat, not
eating enough of the right things, or being unable to use the food that one does eat.
-insufficient (anorexia nervosa)
-excessive (bingeing/inadequate)
✔✔Vegans need? - ✔✔vitamin B12, zinc, calcium and iron
✔✔Risk factors for malnutrion - ✔✔pregnancy
very young (premies)
very old
✔✔Celiac disease - ✔✔autoimmune disease caused by sensitivity to gluten
✔✔TPN - ✔✔total parenteral nutrition
-if it runs dry there is a high risk of BS dropping rapidly
-needs dextrose fast
-do not let it go empty
-Q6 BS checks
✔✔Cellulitis - ✔✔Infection/inflammation of skin cells
✔✔Athletes foot - ✔✔Fungus infection usually in the skin of the toes and soles
✔✔Sun burns - ✔✔mild redness to deep tissue injury depending on degree
✔✔Photosensitivity - ✔✔increased reaction of the skin to exposure to sunlight; side
effect to some drugs
✔✔ Largest Organ of the body - ✔✔The Skin
✔✔Two layers of the skin - ✔✔Epidermis and Dermis
✔✔Epidermis - ✔✔top layer of skin
✔✔Stratum Corneum - ✔✔Outermost layer of the epidermis, which consists of flattened,
keratinized cells
✔✔Define Pressure Ulcers - ✔✔Described as impaired skin integrity related to
unrelieved, prolonged pressure, usually over a boney prominence
✔✔Pressure Ulcer Risk Factors - ✔✔-decreased mobility
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔immunizations are... - ✔✔an important aspect of health promotion during childhood
✔✔Children gender dysphoria - ✔✔an incongruence between ones experienced and
expressed gender and assigned gender of a duration of at least 6 months
✔✔End of life care legal and ethical issues - ✔✔outcomes related to care during illness
and the dying experience should be based on the clients wishes
✔✔Delirium - ✔✔an acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication,
and other disorders and is characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of
thought and speech.
✔✔Dementia - ✔✔a slowly progressive decline in mental abilities, including memory,
thinking, and judgment, that is often accompanied by personality changes
✔✔Depression - ✔✔A prolonged feeling of helplessness, hopelessness, and sadness
✔✔Polypharmacy - ✔✔The use of many different drugs concurrently in treating a
patient, who often has several health problems.
✔✔Most common adverse sign to a medication in the elder adult - ✔✔Mental status
change
✔✔Enteric-coated and extended release tablets or capsules - ✔✔should never be
crushed or opened
✔✔Marconutrients - ✔✔Carbs, Proteins and fats
✔✔Mirconutrients - ✔✔vitamins and minerals needed for health
, ✔✔Birth weight.... - ✔✔doubles by 6 month and triple by 1 year of age.
✔✔malnutrition - ✔✔lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to eat, not
eating enough of the right things, or being unable to use the food that one does eat.
-insufficient (anorexia nervosa)
-excessive (bingeing/inadequate)
✔✔Vegans need? - ✔✔vitamin B12, zinc, calcium and iron
✔✔Risk factors for malnutrion - ✔✔pregnancy
very young (premies)
very old
✔✔Celiac disease - ✔✔autoimmune disease caused by sensitivity to gluten
✔✔TPN - ✔✔total parenteral nutrition
-if it runs dry there is a high risk of BS dropping rapidly
-needs dextrose fast
-do not let it go empty
-Q6 BS checks
✔✔Cellulitis - ✔✔Infection/inflammation of skin cells
✔✔Athletes foot - ✔✔Fungus infection usually in the skin of the toes and soles
✔✔Sun burns - ✔✔mild redness to deep tissue injury depending on degree
✔✔Photosensitivity - ✔✔increased reaction of the skin to exposure to sunlight; side
effect to some drugs
✔✔ Largest Organ of the body - ✔✔The Skin
✔✔Two layers of the skin - ✔✔Epidermis and Dermis
✔✔Epidermis - ✔✔top layer of skin
✔✔Stratum Corneum - ✔✔Outermost layer of the epidermis, which consists of flattened,
keratinized cells
✔✔Define Pressure Ulcers - ✔✔Described as impaired skin integrity related to
unrelieved, prolonged pressure, usually over a boney prominence
✔✔Pressure Ulcer Risk Factors - ✔✔-decreased mobility
