NR 325 Exam 1 with correct answers
What disorder causes low serum osmolality?
A. SIADH
B. DI - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. SIADH
What disorder causes hemoconcentration of electrolytes?
A. SIADH
B. DI - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B. DI (because you are peeing out all of the
H2O)
What sound is indicative of a post-op thyroidectomy pt declining rapidly? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Stridor (upper airway obstruction)
What would a pt experience with a thyroidectomy? What medication would
they be on? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Pt would experience hypothyroidism.
Pt would be on Synthroid (levothyroxine) for life.
Pt is flushed, tachycardic, can't sleep, has brittle hair, and is experiencing
weight loss; what do they have? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Hyperthyroidism
Pt has a below normal temperature, hypotension, and hypoventilation; what is
the pt experiencing? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Myxedema coma
, What conditions would cause the pt to have high BP? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔SIADH
Hyperthyroidism
What condition would cause a low urine specific gravity? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔DI (<1.005)
What causes low levels of T3, T4, and high levels of TSH? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Hypothyroidism
A pt is urinating 19L a day and constantly drinking; what condition do they
have? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔DI
What condition do you treat with desmopressin? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔DI
Desmopressin is a synthetic ADH (DI you are lacking ADH)
What condition do you treat with IV diuretics? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔SIADH (because of fluid retention)
What is the antidote for CT dye and Tylenol? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Mucomyst (acetylcysteine)
What is the antidote for heparin? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Protamine
sulphate
What disorder causes low serum osmolality?
A. SIADH
B. DI - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. SIADH
What disorder causes hemoconcentration of electrolytes?
A. SIADH
B. DI - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B. DI (because you are peeing out all of the
H2O)
What sound is indicative of a post-op thyroidectomy pt declining rapidly? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Stridor (upper airway obstruction)
What would a pt experience with a thyroidectomy? What medication would
they be on? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Pt would experience hypothyroidism.
Pt would be on Synthroid (levothyroxine) for life.
Pt is flushed, tachycardic, can't sleep, has brittle hair, and is experiencing
weight loss; what do they have? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Hyperthyroidism
Pt has a below normal temperature, hypotension, and hypoventilation; what is
the pt experiencing? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Myxedema coma
, What conditions would cause the pt to have high BP? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔SIADH
Hyperthyroidism
What condition would cause a low urine specific gravity? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔DI (<1.005)
What causes low levels of T3, T4, and high levels of TSH? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Hypothyroidism
A pt is urinating 19L a day and constantly drinking; what condition do they
have? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔DI
What condition do you treat with desmopressin? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔DI
Desmopressin is a synthetic ADH (DI you are lacking ADH)
What condition do you treat with IV diuretics? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔SIADH (because of fluid retention)
What is the antidote for CT dye and Tylenol? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Mucomyst (acetylcysteine)
What is the antidote for heparin? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Protamine
sulphate