State /
exam
/ /
revision (past state paper Questions with answers)
/ // // // // // // //
You /
/are /
/caring /
/for /
/bill, //
a //50 //year //old //man //who //has //been //hospitalised //with //a //possible //diagnosis //of //pancreatitis
1. //Which //of //the //following //symptoms //would //you //anticipate //observing //in //bill
a) //Elevated //white //blood //cell //count, //ankle //oedema //and //right //groin //pain
b) //Left //upper //quadrant //abdominal //pain, //nausea, //and //vomiting
c) //Hypoglycaemia, //hypertension, //and //hypochondrial //pain
d) /
/Epigastric /
/pain, /
/pyrexia, /
/and /
/elevated /
/white /
/blood /
/cell //count //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Left //upper //quadrant //abdo //pain, //nausea, //vomiting
The /
/initial /
/diagnosis /
/of /
/pancreatitis /
/would //be //confirmed //if //bills //blood //test //showed //a //significant //elevation //in //serum
a) //Amylase
,b) //Glucose
c) //Potassium //
d) //Trypsin //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Amylase
Pain /
/control /
/is /
/an /
/important /
/nursing //goal. //Which //of //the //following //medications //would //be //the //drug //of //choice
a) //Pethidine
b) //Cimetidine
c) //Morphine
d) //Codeine //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Morphine
4. /
/You /
/monitor //bills //vital //signs //frequently, //observing //for //the //signs //of //shock. //Shock //is //extremely
//difficult //to //manage //in //pancreatitis //primarily //because //of //the
a) //Frequency //and //severity //of //gastrointestinal //haemorrhage
b) //Vasodilating //effects //of //kinin //peptides
c) //Tendency //towards //congestive //heart //failure
d) /
/Frequent /
/incidence /
/of /
/acute /
/tubular /
/necrosis //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Frequency //and //severity //of //gastrointestinal //haemorrhage
,While /
/helping /
/bill /
/change /
/position /
/in /
/bed, /
/you /
/note /
/bill /
/has /
/muscle /
/twitching /
/in /
/his /
/bands /
/and /
/forearms. /
/These /
/symptoms //are //significant //because //clients //who //suffer //from //pancreatitis //are //at //risk //of
a) //Hypermagnisemia
b) //Hypoglycaemia //
c) //Hypocalcaemia //
d) //Hyponatremia //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Hypocalcaemia
Bill /
/does /
/not //drink //alcohol //because //of //his //religious //beliefs. //When //the //physician //persists //in //asking
//him /
/about /
/his /
/alcohol /
/intake, /
/bill /
/becomes //annoyed. //You //explain //the //reasoning //behind //the //questioning //by //telling //bill //that
, a) //There //is //a //strong //link //between //alcohol //use //and //pancreatitis
b) //Alcohol //intake //can //interfere //with //some //of //the //tests //used //to //diagnose //pancreatitis
// Alcoholism //is //a //major //health //problem //and //all //hospitalised //clients //are //asked //about
// their //alcohol //intake
d) /
/The /
/physician /
/must /
/obtain /
/the /
/pertinent /
/facts, /
/and /
/religious /
/beliefs /
/cannot /
/be /
/considered //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Alcoholism /
/is //a //major //health //problem //and //all //hospitalised //clients //are //asked //about
// their //alcohol //intake
home /
/care /
/nurse /
/begins /
/caring /
/for //
a/
/25 /
/year /
/old /
/female /
/called //Lydia //who //has //just //been //diagnosed //with //human //immunodeficiency //virus //(HIV)
exam
/ /
revision (past state paper Questions with answers)
/ // // // // // // //
You /
/are /
/caring /
/for /
/bill, //
a //50 //year //old //man //who //has //been //hospitalised //with //a //possible //diagnosis //of //pancreatitis
1. //Which //of //the //following //symptoms //would //you //anticipate //observing //in //bill
a) //Elevated //white //blood //cell //count, //ankle //oedema //and //right //groin //pain
b) //Left //upper //quadrant //abdominal //pain, //nausea, //and //vomiting
c) //Hypoglycaemia, //hypertension, //and //hypochondrial //pain
d) /
/Epigastric /
/pain, /
/pyrexia, /
/and /
/elevated /
/white /
/blood /
/cell //count //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Left //upper //quadrant //abdo //pain, //nausea, //vomiting
The /
/initial /
/diagnosis /
/of /
/pancreatitis /
/would //be //confirmed //if //bills //blood //test //showed //a //significant //elevation //in //serum
a) //Amylase
,b) //Glucose
c) //Potassium //
d) //Trypsin //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Amylase
Pain /
/control /
/is /
/an /
/important /
/nursing //goal. //Which //of //the //following //medications //would //be //the //drug //of //choice
a) //Pethidine
b) //Cimetidine
c) //Morphine
d) //Codeine //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Morphine
4. /
/You /
/monitor //bills //vital //signs //frequently, //observing //for //the //signs //of //shock. //Shock //is //extremely
//difficult //to //manage //in //pancreatitis //primarily //because //of //the
a) //Frequency //and //severity //of //gastrointestinal //haemorrhage
b) //Vasodilating //effects //of //kinin //peptides
c) //Tendency //towards //congestive //heart //failure
d) /
/Frequent /
/incidence /
/of /
/acute /
/tubular /
/necrosis //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Frequency //and //severity //of //gastrointestinal //haemorrhage
,While /
/helping /
/bill /
/change /
/position /
/in /
/bed, /
/you /
/note /
/bill /
/has /
/muscle /
/twitching /
/in /
/his /
/bands /
/and /
/forearms. /
/These /
/symptoms //are //significant //because //clients //who //suffer //from //pancreatitis //are //at //risk //of
a) //Hypermagnisemia
b) //Hypoglycaemia //
c) //Hypocalcaemia //
d) //Hyponatremia //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Hypocalcaemia
Bill /
/does /
/not //drink //alcohol //because //of //his //religious //beliefs. //When //the //physician //persists //in //asking
//him /
/about /
/his /
/alcohol /
/intake, /
/bill /
/becomes //annoyed. //You //explain //the //reasoning //behind //the //questioning //by //telling //bill //that
, a) //There //is //a //strong //link //between //alcohol //use //and //pancreatitis
b) //Alcohol //intake //can //interfere //with //some //of //the //tests //used //to //diagnose //pancreatitis
// Alcoholism //is //a //major //health //problem //and //all //hospitalised //clients //are //asked //about
// their //alcohol //intake
d) /
/The /
/physician /
/must /
/obtain /
/the /
/pertinent /
/facts, /
/and /
/religious /
/beliefs /
/cannot /
/be /
/considered //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Alcoholism /
/is //a //major //health //problem //and //all //hospitalised //clients //are //asked //about
// their //alcohol //intake
home /
/care /
/nurse /
/begins /
/caring /
/for //
a/
/25 /
/year /
/old /
/female /
/called //Lydia //who //has //just //been //diagnosed //with //human //immunodeficiency //virus //(HIV)
