EXAM 3 EDII - STUDY QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2025/26
• If a person has frequent bloody noses, what would be a good treatment o A
humidifier: important to know
• What is perfusion:
o Movement of blood in and out of capillary beds to body and organs
Know: Ventlaton, difusion, perfusion, and .
• What part of the brain is responsible for the basic body functons?
o Brain stem
• A person is hyperventlatng. Why do you have them breathe in and out of a paper
bag o To increase CO2 in the lungs and blood
• What are symptoms of a tension pneumothorax o Tracheal deviaton (not
midline)
• When a patent has left sided heart failure, what else can they develop? o
Pulmonary edema
• What disorder commonly presents with dyspnea? o Emphysema
• What substance decreases surface tension in the alveoli o Surfactant
• What is a nosocomial infecton? o An infecton when hospitalized
• How oxygen transported in the body o Bound to hemoglobin
• Difusion of respiratory gases takes place at the o Alveolocapillary membrane
• why would an 80-year-old with dyspnea have increased residual volume with
pulm. Functon testng o normal decreased chest wall compliance associated
with age
• what term should the nurse use to describe the coughing up of bloody secretons
o hemoptysis
• with trauma to the lungs and chest wall with respiratory failure, what lab values
would be abnormal o elevated PaCO2
• which of the following is an example of the protein hormone o insulin
• a patent has hyperthyroidism, what would you expect her thyroid functon tests
to look o grabes disease: hyperthyroidism
, lOMoARcPSD|47061011
RNSG 1301 Exam 3 PRACTICE QUESTIONS
too much thyroid hormone
autoimmune disorder
o high t4, low tsh, positve thyroid antbodies o metabolism up
o majority of your hormones are regulated by a negatve
feedback loop
• what is graves disease:
o hyperthyroidism
• what does the hypophyseal portal system do o transports releasing hormones
from hypothalamus to ant. Pituitary gland
• the posterior pituitary secretes only two hormones o antdiuretc hormone and
oxytocin
• what pituitary hormone stmulates uterine contractons? o Oxytocin
• What would cause someone to have a thyroid goiter o Inflammaton of the
gland due to an autoimmune process
• Which disorders are caused by an autommine process 95% of the tme o Thyroid
disorders (hype and hyper)
• What is the best way to tell the diference between hyper and hypothyroidism
• This disorder is caused by secreton of too much ADH o Syndrome of
inappropriate antdiuretc hormone
• What is a severe complicaton of hyponatremia o Neurological damage
• A patent has a new dx of graves disease. Which of the following symptoms would
you expect to find o Skin hot and moist, rapid heart rate
• A patent diagnosed with thyroid carcinoma would be expected to have T3 and T4
levels that are: o Normal
• What is the role of insulin o Insulin transports the glucose from blood to cells
• A lack of cortsol can be life threatening. What type of hormone is it o
Glucocortcoid
• What is one of the most common causes of SIADH o Pituitary adenoma (brain
control)
• What type of diabetes is caused by an autoimmune process?
o Type 1 diabetes
• What hormone is the primary cause of signs of virilizaton in an infant o
Exposure to testosterone in utero
, • An infant born with ambiguous genitalia should have gentc testng done to
determine sex and look for what disorder o Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
• Adrenal insufficiency or CAH is characterized by a lack of what hormone o
Cortsol
• Why can a rabbit have a lot of baby bunnies without getting infectons from all
those men o Her vagina mucosa has a low ph.
• What is a common cause of an ectopic pregnancy?
o Fertlized egg gets stuck in the fallopian tube
• Why do menstrual cycles fluctuate?
• What is a leading cause of infertlity in woman?
o Polycystc ovary syndrome
• Why would I want to review the anatomy and functon of a testcle? o To figure
out what is going on in there so I can answer a queston
• How are tnea corporis and candida albicans alike o Both are fungal infectons
• What is another name for a uterine fibroids o Leiomyomas
• Cervical cancer rates decreased after vaccinaton for what STI was introduced o
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
• The hormone that promotes breast development during puberty is o Estradiol
• Cells of ___ have receptors for gonadotropins o The ovaries
• An 18 year old female is diagnosed with dysmenorrhea. What symptoms wil she
most likely experience o Painful menstruaton
• What is one pathological finding which would lead a woman to buy depends
underwear o Cystocele
• What is phimosis
o Foreskin of penis is pulled back, penis swells up, and foreskin is stuck
• What is the term for a n undescended testcle o Cryptorchidism
• What conditon can cause older men to get up and pee several tmes a night o
Benign postatc hypertrophy
• What electrolyte problem would you expect if someone had their parathyroid
glands removed o Hypocalcemia
o Parathyroid glands: 4
Regulate calcium
• What is the most common bacterial (not viral) STI in the US o Chlamydia
AND ANSWERS 2025/26
• If a person has frequent bloody noses, what would be a good treatment o A
humidifier: important to know
• What is perfusion:
o Movement of blood in and out of capillary beds to body and organs
Know: Ventlaton, difusion, perfusion, and .
• What part of the brain is responsible for the basic body functons?
o Brain stem
• A person is hyperventlatng. Why do you have them breathe in and out of a paper
bag o To increase CO2 in the lungs and blood
• What are symptoms of a tension pneumothorax o Tracheal deviaton (not
midline)
• When a patent has left sided heart failure, what else can they develop? o
Pulmonary edema
• What disorder commonly presents with dyspnea? o Emphysema
• What substance decreases surface tension in the alveoli o Surfactant
• What is a nosocomial infecton? o An infecton when hospitalized
• How oxygen transported in the body o Bound to hemoglobin
• Difusion of respiratory gases takes place at the o Alveolocapillary membrane
• why would an 80-year-old with dyspnea have increased residual volume with
pulm. Functon testng o normal decreased chest wall compliance associated
with age
• what term should the nurse use to describe the coughing up of bloody secretons
o hemoptysis
• with trauma to the lungs and chest wall with respiratory failure, what lab values
would be abnormal o elevated PaCO2
• which of the following is an example of the protein hormone o insulin
• a patent has hyperthyroidism, what would you expect her thyroid functon tests
to look o grabes disease: hyperthyroidism
, lOMoARcPSD|47061011
RNSG 1301 Exam 3 PRACTICE QUESTIONS
too much thyroid hormone
autoimmune disorder
o high t4, low tsh, positve thyroid antbodies o metabolism up
o majority of your hormones are regulated by a negatve
feedback loop
• what is graves disease:
o hyperthyroidism
• what does the hypophyseal portal system do o transports releasing hormones
from hypothalamus to ant. Pituitary gland
• the posterior pituitary secretes only two hormones o antdiuretc hormone and
oxytocin
• what pituitary hormone stmulates uterine contractons? o Oxytocin
• What would cause someone to have a thyroid goiter o Inflammaton of the
gland due to an autoimmune process
• Which disorders are caused by an autommine process 95% of the tme o Thyroid
disorders (hype and hyper)
• What is the best way to tell the diference between hyper and hypothyroidism
• This disorder is caused by secreton of too much ADH o Syndrome of
inappropriate antdiuretc hormone
• What is a severe complicaton of hyponatremia o Neurological damage
• A patent has a new dx of graves disease. Which of the following symptoms would
you expect to find o Skin hot and moist, rapid heart rate
• A patent diagnosed with thyroid carcinoma would be expected to have T3 and T4
levels that are: o Normal
• What is the role of insulin o Insulin transports the glucose from blood to cells
• A lack of cortsol can be life threatening. What type of hormone is it o
Glucocortcoid
• What is one of the most common causes of SIADH o Pituitary adenoma (brain
control)
• What type of diabetes is caused by an autoimmune process?
o Type 1 diabetes
• What hormone is the primary cause of signs of virilizaton in an infant o
Exposure to testosterone in utero
, • An infant born with ambiguous genitalia should have gentc testng done to
determine sex and look for what disorder o Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
• Adrenal insufficiency or CAH is characterized by a lack of what hormone o
Cortsol
• Why can a rabbit have a lot of baby bunnies without getting infectons from all
those men o Her vagina mucosa has a low ph.
• What is a common cause of an ectopic pregnancy?
o Fertlized egg gets stuck in the fallopian tube
• Why do menstrual cycles fluctuate?
• What is a leading cause of infertlity in woman?
o Polycystc ovary syndrome
• Why would I want to review the anatomy and functon of a testcle? o To figure
out what is going on in there so I can answer a queston
• How are tnea corporis and candida albicans alike o Both are fungal infectons
• What is another name for a uterine fibroids o Leiomyomas
• Cervical cancer rates decreased after vaccinaton for what STI was introduced o
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
• The hormone that promotes breast development during puberty is o Estradiol
• Cells of ___ have receptors for gonadotropins o The ovaries
• An 18 year old female is diagnosed with dysmenorrhea. What symptoms wil she
most likely experience o Painful menstruaton
• What is one pathological finding which would lead a woman to buy depends
underwear o Cystocele
• What is phimosis
o Foreskin of penis is pulled back, penis swells up, and foreskin is stuck
• What is the term for a n undescended testcle o Cryptorchidism
• What conditon can cause older men to get up and pee several tmes a night o
Benign postatc hypertrophy
• What electrolyte problem would you expect if someone had their parathyroid
glands removed o Hypocalcemia
o Parathyroid glands: 4
Regulate calcium
• What is the most common bacterial (not viral) STI in the US o Chlamydia
