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NUR 256 Psych Exam 3 | Questions and Answers | Update | 100% Correct-Galen College. Procedure for taking urine sample from catheter bag? - ANSWER -Old catheter: clean port, take from there w/ syringe New catheter: collect from bag When do you FIRST do a self breast exam? - ANSWER -after first period starts - "menarchy" When to do a self breast exam? - ANSWER -7-10 days from the day period starts, DO ONCE A MONTH Names of self breast exam search patterns? - ANSWER -Wedge, circles, lines What are you looking for in a self breast exam? - ANSWER - Asymmetry, dimpling, orange peel skin, drainage What else should you do in a self breast exam? - ANSWER -Palpate the tail of spence (armpit muscle), pinch nipple gently to check for drainage How often to do a clinical self breast exam? - ANSWER -Once a year When should men FIRST do a testie self exam? How often? - ANSWER -at start of puberty ONCE A MONTH How is a self testie exam done? - ANSWER -start at base, work down, palpate testies, retract foreskin What are you looking for in a self testie exam?? - ANSWER -painless lumps, absent testie, discharge How is a 24 hour urine test done? - ANSWER -Toss the first void, start clock then, collect all urine for next 24 hours into one jug - marking each end What happens if you miss a sample during a 24 hour urine test? - ANSWER -You start over What is done before a 24 hour creatinine clearance test? - ANSWER - Height and weight is take, blood sample is taken (to compare serum creatinine levels to urine levels) Levels should be what in a 24 hour creatinine test? - ANSWER - HIGH!! HIGH IS GOOD - means kidneys are working and clearing waste When is a pap smear FIRST done? - ANSWER -when she becomes sexually active or at age 21 When is the best time do to a pap smear? - ANSWER -7-10 days from first day of period Prep to do before a pap smear? - ANSWER -No sex for 24 hours, no douching for 24-48 hours What position is a pap smear done in? - ANSWER -Lithotomy (feet in stirrups) - PUT LEGS UP AT SAME TIME TO AVOID TEARING How do you store urine for 24 hour test? - ANSWER -over ice or in fridge What are the upper UTIs and the pain they create? - ANSWER - Pyelonenephritis (kidney) Ureteritis (ureters) CAUSE FLANK AND/OR ASCENDING PAIN What are the lower UTIs and the pain they create? - ANSWER -Cystitis (bladder) Urethritis (urethra) CAUSE LOW ABD AND/OR PELVIC PAIN AND PAINFUL URINATION S/S OF UTI - ANSWER -fever, pain, urge and frequency, uremic frost, hematuria (if stones) What are the labs indicating a UTI? - ANSWER -Positive for: leukocytes, nitrates, and ESR Risk factors for UTI? - ANSWER -female, old age, hyperglycemia, pregnancy, menopause, steroids and immunosuppressents What is the first initial s/s of UTI in elderly? - ANSWER -confusion because the infection causes hypoxia What is the treatment for UTI? - ANSWER -Give broad spectrum antibiotic first while you wait for cultures, send cultures, when diagnosed; give specific antibiotic What are teachings for UTI treatment/prevention? - ANSWER -Finish all antibiotics, drink 3-5mL water a day, wear cotton underwear, avoid pH unbalancing products, avoid baths and douching What are some exception s/s of UTI? - ANSWER -Only see redness in urethritis (bc it's outside)

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NUR 256 Psych Exam 3 | Questions and Answers |
Update | 100% Correct-Galen College.

Procedure for taking urine sample from catheter bag? - ANSWER -Old
catheter: clean port, take from there w/ syringe

New catheter: collect from bag

When do you FIRST do a self breast exam? - ANSWER -after first
period starts - "menarchy"

When to do a self breast exam? - ANSWER -7-10 days from the day
period starts, DO ONCE A MONTH

Names of self breast exam search patterns? - ANSWER -Wedge,
circles, lines

What are you looking for in a self breast exam? - ANSWER -
Asymmetry, dimpling, orange peel skin, drainage

What else should you do in a self breast exam? - ANSWER -Palpate the
tail of spence (armpit muscle), pinch nipple gently to check for drainage

How often to do a clinical self breast exam? - ANSWER -Once a year

When should men FIRST do a testie self exam? How often? -
ANSWER -at start of puberty

ONCE A MONTH

How is a self testie exam done? - ANSWER -start at base, work down,
palpate testies, retract foreskin

, What are you looking for in a self testie exam?? - ANSWER -painless
lumps, absent testie, discharge

How is a 24 hour urine test done? - ANSWER -Toss the first void, start
clock then, collect all urine for next 24 hours into one jug - marking each
end

What happens if you miss a sample during a 24 hour urine test? -
ANSWER -You start over

What is done before a 24 hour creatinine clearance test? - ANSWER -
Height and weight is take, blood sample is taken (to compare serum
creatinine levels to urine levels)

Levels should be what in a 24 hour creatinine test? - ANSWER -
HIGH!! HIGH IS GOOD - means kidneys are working and clearing
waste

When is a pap smear FIRST done? - ANSWER -when she becomes
sexually active or at age 21

When is the best time do to a pap smear? - ANSWER -7-10 days from
first day of period

Prep to do before a pap smear? - ANSWER -No sex for 24 hours, no
douching for 24-48 hours

What position is a pap smear done in? - ANSWER -Lithotomy (feet in
stirrups) -

PUT LEGS UP AT SAME TIME TO AVOID TEARING

How do you store urine for 24 hour test? - ANSWER -over ice or in
fridge

, What are the upper UTIs and the pain they create? - ANSWER -
Pyelonenephritis (kidney)
Ureteritis (ureters)

CAUSE FLANK AND/OR ASCENDING PAIN

What are the lower UTIs and the pain they create? - ANSWER -Cystitis
(bladder)
Urethritis (urethra)

CAUSE LOW ABD AND/OR PELVIC PAIN AND PAINFUL
URINATION

S/S OF UTI - ANSWER -fever, pain, urge and frequency, uremic frost,
hematuria (if stones)

What are the labs indicating a UTI? - ANSWER -Positive for:
leukocytes, nitrates, and ESR

Risk factors for UTI? - ANSWER -female, old age, hyperglycemia,
pregnancy, menopause, steroids and immunosuppressents

What is the first initial s/s of UTI in elderly? - ANSWER -confusion
because the infection causes hypoxia

What is the treatment for UTI? - ANSWER -Give broad spectrum
antibiotic first while you wait for cultures, send cultures, when
diagnosed; give specific antibiotic

What are teachings for UTI treatment/prevention? - ANSWER -Finish
all antibiotics, drink 3-5mL water a day, wear cotton underwear, avoid
pH unbalancing products, avoid baths and douching

What are some exception s/s of UTI? - ANSWER -Only see redness in
urethritis (bc it's outside)

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