NURS 337: NEPHROLOGY PRACTICE QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Signs of nephritic syndrome include
A. Hematuria
B. Proteinuria
C. Mild edema
D. All the listed signs are associated with nephritic syndrome
E. Cholesterol - Answers - D. All the listed signs are associated with nephritic syndrome
An appropriate question to ask the patient with a presume diagnosis of acute
glomerulonephritis is
A. Do you have a history of heart failure?
Correct!
B. Have you had any type of infection, e.g., strep-throat, within the last 2 weeks?
C. Have you recently had kidney stones?
D. Have you been diagnosed with diabetes type lI?
E. Are you sexually active and does not wear condoms? - Answers - B. Have you had
any type of infection, e.g., strep-throat, within the last 2 weeks?
A 54-year-old female is diagnosed with nephritic syndrome. Which of the following is
key in differentiating nephritie from nephrotic syndrome?
A. Hematuria
B. Dysuria
C. Oliguria
D. Proteinuria - Answers - A. Hematuria
Acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis is primarily caused by:
A. swelling of mesangial cells in the Bowman space in response to the presence of
bacteria.
B. immune complex deposition in the glomerular capillaries and inflammatory damage.
C. inflammatory factors that stimulate cellular proliferation of epithelial cells.
D. accumulation of antiglomerular basement membrane antibodies. - Answers - B.
immune complex deposition in the glomerular capillaries and inflammatory damage.
A 30-year-old male is demonstrating hematuria with red blood cell casts and proteinuria
exceeding 3-5 grams per day, with albumin being the major prote The most probable
diagnosis the nurse will see documented on the chart is:
A. cystitis
B. chronic pyelonephritis.
C. acute glomerulonephritis.
D. renal calculi. - Answers - C. acute glomerulonephritis.
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Signs of nephritic syndrome include
A. Hematuria
B. Proteinuria
C. Mild edema
D. All the listed signs are associated with nephritic syndrome
E. Cholesterol - Answers - D. All the listed signs are associated with nephritic syndrome
An appropriate question to ask the patient with a presume diagnosis of acute
glomerulonephritis is
A. Do you have a history of heart failure?
Correct!
B. Have you had any type of infection, e.g., strep-throat, within the last 2 weeks?
C. Have you recently had kidney stones?
D. Have you been diagnosed with diabetes type lI?
E. Are you sexually active and does not wear condoms? - Answers - B. Have you had
any type of infection, e.g., strep-throat, within the last 2 weeks?
A 54-year-old female is diagnosed with nephritic syndrome. Which of the following is
key in differentiating nephritie from nephrotic syndrome?
A. Hematuria
B. Dysuria
C. Oliguria
D. Proteinuria - Answers - A. Hematuria
Acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis is primarily caused by:
A. swelling of mesangial cells in the Bowman space in response to the presence of
bacteria.
B. immune complex deposition in the glomerular capillaries and inflammatory damage.
C. inflammatory factors that stimulate cellular proliferation of epithelial cells.
D. accumulation of antiglomerular basement membrane antibodies. - Answers - B.
immune complex deposition in the glomerular capillaries and inflammatory damage.
A 30-year-old male is demonstrating hematuria with red blood cell casts and proteinuria
exceeding 3-5 grams per day, with albumin being the major prote The most probable
diagnosis the nurse will see documented on the chart is:
A. cystitis
B. chronic pyelonephritis.
C. acute glomerulonephritis.
D. renal calculi. - Answers - C. acute glomerulonephritis.
