Nursing 3100 Final Exam 2025-2026 With
Questions and Answers Rated A+.
Access Medicine - Answer available through UConn Library Nursing Database; provides access
to medical and scientific textbooks
www.cdc.gov - Answer online resource for vaccines and infectious disease
www.choosemyplate.gov - Answer online resource supported by the USGA for diet and
nutrition recommendations
www.nih.gov - Answer online resource of the National Institutes of Health. Provides
information on multiple health topics
PRAXIS - Answer the philosophy of the SON at UConn
p in praxis - Answer professionalism in behavior, presentation, and conduct
r in praxis - Answer respect for others, richness, and diversity
a in praxis - Answer accountability for actions
x in praxis - Answer excellence in research, practice, teaching, and service
i in praxis - Answer integrity and inquisitiveness
s in praxis - Answer service to students, the profession and community
the nursing process - Answer a systematic approach used to develop critical thinking skills in
the nursing care of patients/families/ communities
,patient's blood glucose level - Answer important nursing consideration when administering
medications for diabetes
hypoglycemia - Answer blood sugar falls below 60-70 mg/dl and can be life threatening if <50
mg/dl
symptoms of hypoglycemia - Answer tremor, anxiety, palpitations, sweating, and hunger
symptoms of hypoglycemia lower than 50 mg/dl - Answer impaired cognition, along with
weakness, lethargy, confusion, incoordination, and blurred vision, convulsions, coma, brain
damage, or death
hypoglycemia potential of diabetes - Answer insulins, sulfonylureas, meglitinides, GLP-1
receptor agonists
Insulins - Answer rapid, short and intermediate acting-Homalog, Novalog, NPH
Sulfonylureas - Answer glipizide, glyburide, glimepramide
Meglitinides - Answer (glinides): Prandin, Starlix
GLP-1 receptor agonists - Answer Liraglutide [Victoza]; Exenatide [Byetta] [Bydureon]
serum TSH - Answer most important tests for thyroid dysfunction
0.4-4.0 microunits/ml - Answer normal adult serum TSH reference range
hypothyroidism - Answer serum TSH is elevated
hyperthyroidism - Answer serum TSH is below
Levothyroxine - Answer drug of choice for hypothyroidism
, osteoporosis t-score - Answer t-score <- 2.5
normal t-score - Answer t-score >-1.0
osteopenia t-score - Answer t-score between -1.0 and -2.5
Bisphosphonates - Answer drugs most commonly used to treat osteoporosis, sometimes for
osteopenia
severe esophagitis - Answer this is associated with bisphosphonates if taken incorrectly
alendronate [Fosamax] - Answer most commonly used medication used for osteoporosis
fracture and subsequent disability - Answer concern with osteoporosis
prevention of osteoporosis - Answer includes weight bearing exercise and calcium
supplementation; 1200 mg of calcium with vitamin D daily
GI system - Answer starts at the mouth and ends at the anus
accessory organs of the GI tract - Answer liver, gallbladder and pancreas
salivary glands - Answer the mouth contains this to produce saliva and enzymes (alpha-
amylase) which begin the digestive process
esophagus - Answer conveys chewed food to the stomach
lower esophageal sphincter (LES) - Answer prevents backward flow of stomach products into
the esophagus
layers of the GI tract - Answer mucosal layer, serosa, muscalaris, submucosa
Questions and Answers Rated A+.
Access Medicine - Answer available through UConn Library Nursing Database; provides access
to medical and scientific textbooks
www.cdc.gov - Answer online resource for vaccines and infectious disease
www.choosemyplate.gov - Answer online resource supported by the USGA for diet and
nutrition recommendations
www.nih.gov - Answer online resource of the National Institutes of Health. Provides
information on multiple health topics
PRAXIS - Answer the philosophy of the SON at UConn
p in praxis - Answer professionalism in behavior, presentation, and conduct
r in praxis - Answer respect for others, richness, and diversity
a in praxis - Answer accountability for actions
x in praxis - Answer excellence in research, practice, teaching, and service
i in praxis - Answer integrity and inquisitiveness
s in praxis - Answer service to students, the profession and community
the nursing process - Answer a systematic approach used to develop critical thinking skills in
the nursing care of patients/families/ communities
,patient's blood glucose level - Answer important nursing consideration when administering
medications for diabetes
hypoglycemia - Answer blood sugar falls below 60-70 mg/dl and can be life threatening if <50
mg/dl
symptoms of hypoglycemia - Answer tremor, anxiety, palpitations, sweating, and hunger
symptoms of hypoglycemia lower than 50 mg/dl - Answer impaired cognition, along with
weakness, lethargy, confusion, incoordination, and blurred vision, convulsions, coma, brain
damage, or death
hypoglycemia potential of diabetes - Answer insulins, sulfonylureas, meglitinides, GLP-1
receptor agonists
Insulins - Answer rapid, short and intermediate acting-Homalog, Novalog, NPH
Sulfonylureas - Answer glipizide, glyburide, glimepramide
Meglitinides - Answer (glinides): Prandin, Starlix
GLP-1 receptor agonists - Answer Liraglutide [Victoza]; Exenatide [Byetta] [Bydureon]
serum TSH - Answer most important tests for thyroid dysfunction
0.4-4.0 microunits/ml - Answer normal adult serum TSH reference range
hypothyroidism - Answer serum TSH is elevated
hyperthyroidism - Answer serum TSH is below
Levothyroxine - Answer drug of choice for hypothyroidism
, osteoporosis t-score - Answer t-score <- 2.5
normal t-score - Answer t-score >-1.0
osteopenia t-score - Answer t-score between -1.0 and -2.5
Bisphosphonates - Answer drugs most commonly used to treat osteoporosis, sometimes for
osteopenia
severe esophagitis - Answer this is associated with bisphosphonates if taken incorrectly
alendronate [Fosamax] - Answer most commonly used medication used for osteoporosis
fracture and subsequent disability - Answer concern with osteoporosis
prevention of osteoporosis - Answer includes weight bearing exercise and calcium
supplementation; 1200 mg of calcium with vitamin D daily
GI system - Answer starts at the mouth and ends at the anus
accessory organs of the GI tract - Answer liver, gallbladder and pancreas
salivary glands - Answer the mouth contains this to produce saliva and enzymes (alpha-
amylase) which begin the digestive process
esophagus - Answer conveys chewed food to the stomach
lower esophageal sphincter (LES) - Answer prevents backward flow of stomach products into
the esophagus
layers of the GI tract - Answer mucosal layer, serosa, muscalaris, submucosa
