Chamberlain NR 511 Midterm Exam
Study Guide– 2026/2027 Edition –
Verified Questions and Answers
What are common causes of N/V associated with
gastritis? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Alcohol, NSAIDs,
ASA, ABX, and illicit substances
What is the most common cause of nausea and
vomiting? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Acute Gastroenteritis
(AGE)
What are some manifestations of AGE? -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea,
,fever, abdominal pain. May also include fatigue,
malaise, anorexia, tenesmus and borborygmus.
How is the severity of AGE gauged? - ✔✔ANSWER
✔✔-Dehydration secondary to profuse watery
diarrhea, fever greater than 101ºF (38.3ºC), vomiting,
or dysentery.
What are important parts of a patient's history when
AGE is suspected? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Travel,
dining locations, ABX history..
What happens to the pH of the stomach when
antacids are taken and how does this affect bacteria?
- ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-High pH can make it easier for
bacteria to survive and cause and infection.
,How does motility of the GI tract affect bacteria
colonization? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Small bowel
stasis as a result of obstruction, diverticulitis, or blind
loop syndrome frequently develop an overgrowth of
bacteria within the stagnant segment.
Which immunoglobulin may protect the GI tract
against invading organisms? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-
IgA...may also help protect against a future attack by
the same pathogen.
Onset of N/V begin within 6 hours after exposure. Is
this bacterial or viral? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Bacterial:
time frame suggests food poisoning resulting from
the ingestion of a preformed toxin such as that of
Bacillus cereus.
What two indications are highly suggestive of viral
AGE? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Incubation periods
, greater than 14 hours and the initial symptom of
vomiting.
If a patient presents with AGE and reports bloody
stools, what can be understood about the reason for
blood in the stool/ - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Mucosal
damage and inflammatory process secondary to
invasive pathogens.
What do frothy stools and flatus suggest? -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Malabsorption problem.
Patients with prolonged AGE illness who are
malnourished may present with edema. What is the
reason? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Hypoalbuminemia
T or F: Chronic diarrhea usually has a noninfectious
etiology. - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-True
Study Guide– 2026/2027 Edition –
Verified Questions and Answers
What are common causes of N/V associated with
gastritis? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Alcohol, NSAIDs,
ASA, ABX, and illicit substances
What is the most common cause of nausea and
vomiting? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Acute Gastroenteritis
(AGE)
What are some manifestations of AGE? -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea,
,fever, abdominal pain. May also include fatigue,
malaise, anorexia, tenesmus and borborygmus.
How is the severity of AGE gauged? - ✔✔ANSWER
✔✔-Dehydration secondary to profuse watery
diarrhea, fever greater than 101ºF (38.3ºC), vomiting,
or dysentery.
What are important parts of a patient's history when
AGE is suspected? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Travel,
dining locations, ABX history..
What happens to the pH of the stomach when
antacids are taken and how does this affect bacteria?
- ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-High pH can make it easier for
bacteria to survive and cause and infection.
,How does motility of the GI tract affect bacteria
colonization? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Small bowel
stasis as a result of obstruction, diverticulitis, or blind
loop syndrome frequently develop an overgrowth of
bacteria within the stagnant segment.
Which immunoglobulin may protect the GI tract
against invading organisms? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-
IgA...may also help protect against a future attack by
the same pathogen.
Onset of N/V begin within 6 hours after exposure. Is
this bacterial or viral? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Bacterial:
time frame suggests food poisoning resulting from
the ingestion of a preformed toxin such as that of
Bacillus cereus.
What two indications are highly suggestive of viral
AGE? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Incubation periods
, greater than 14 hours and the initial symptom of
vomiting.
If a patient presents with AGE and reports bloody
stools, what can be understood about the reason for
blood in the stool/ - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Mucosal
damage and inflammatory process secondary to
invasive pathogens.
What do frothy stools and flatus suggest? -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Malabsorption problem.
Patients with prolonged AGE illness who are
malnourished may present with edema. What is the
reason? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Hypoalbuminemia
T or F: Chronic diarrhea usually has a noninfectious
etiology. - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-True
