IGNATAVICIUS MEDICAL SURGICAL
NURSING UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● The community health nurse is designing programs to reduce kidney
problems and kidney injury among the general public. In order to do so,
the nurse targets health promotion and compliance with therapy for
people with which conditions?
a. diabetes mellitus with hypertension
b. frequent episodes of STD
c. Osteoporosis and other bone diseases
d. Gastroenteritis and poor eating habits
Answer: a. diabetes mellitus with hypertension
●● The nurse is caring for a patient who developed acute pre-renal
kidney injury secondary to severe and extensive burn injuries. What is
the primary concept that underlies the etiology of the acute kidney
injury?
a. Elimination
b. Tissue integrity
,c. Immunity
d. Perfusion
Answer: d. Perfusion
●● A patient can develop intra-renal kidney injury from which causes?
Select all that apply.
a. Vasculitis
b. Pyelonephritis
c. Strenuous exercise
d. Exposure to nephrotoxins
e. Bladder cancer
f. Systemic infection (sepsis)
Answer: a. Vasculitis
b. Pyelonephritis
d. Exposure to nephrotoxins
f. Systemic infection (sepsis)
●● The nurse is caring for patients who have cancers of the bladder,
cervix, colon, and prostate. These patients have a risk for developing
which type of acute kidney injury?
a. Pre-renal injury
, b. Intra-renal injury
c. Post-renal injury
d. Intrinsic renal failure
Answer: c. Post-renal injury
●● When shock or other problems cause an acute reduction in blood
flow to the kidneys, how do the kidneys compensate? Select all that
apply.
a. Constrict blood vessels in the kidneys
b. Activate the RAAS pathway
c. Release beta blockers
d. Dilate arteries throughout the body
e. Release ADH
f. Restrict secretion of glucocorticoids
Answer: a. Constrict blood vessels in the kidneys
b. Activate the RAAS pathway
e. Release ADH
●● What might the nurse notice if the patient is experiencing reduced
perfusion and altered urinary elimination related to acute kidney injury?
Select all that apply.
NURSING UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● The community health nurse is designing programs to reduce kidney
problems and kidney injury among the general public. In order to do so,
the nurse targets health promotion and compliance with therapy for
people with which conditions?
a. diabetes mellitus with hypertension
b. frequent episodes of STD
c. Osteoporosis and other bone diseases
d. Gastroenteritis and poor eating habits
Answer: a. diabetes mellitus with hypertension
●● The nurse is caring for a patient who developed acute pre-renal
kidney injury secondary to severe and extensive burn injuries. What is
the primary concept that underlies the etiology of the acute kidney
injury?
a. Elimination
b. Tissue integrity
,c. Immunity
d. Perfusion
Answer: d. Perfusion
●● A patient can develop intra-renal kidney injury from which causes?
Select all that apply.
a. Vasculitis
b. Pyelonephritis
c. Strenuous exercise
d. Exposure to nephrotoxins
e. Bladder cancer
f. Systemic infection (sepsis)
Answer: a. Vasculitis
b. Pyelonephritis
d. Exposure to nephrotoxins
f. Systemic infection (sepsis)
●● The nurse is caring for patients who have cancers of the bladder,
cervix, colon, and prostate. These patients have a risk for developing
which type of acute kidney injury?
a. Pre-renal injury
, b. Intra-renal injury
c. Post-renal injury
d. Intrinsic renal failure
Answer: c. Post-renal injury
●● When shock or other problems cause an acute reduction in blood
flow to the kidneys, how do the kidneys compensate? Select all that
apply.
a. Constrict blood vessels in the kidneys
b. Activate the RAAS pathway
c. Release beta blockers
d. Dilate arteries throughout the body
e. Release ADH
f. Restrict secretion of glucocorticoids
Answer: a. Constrict blood vessels in the kidneys
b. Activate the RAAS pathway
e. Release ADH
●● What might the nurse notice if the patient is experiencing reduced
perfusion and altered urinary elimination related to acute kidney injury?
Select all that apply.
