HONDROS NUR 212 CORRECT FINALS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What is a major complication from peritoneal dialysis? - ✔✔Peritonitis
✔✔If patient begins to have pain or cramping during peritoneal dialysis what should the
nurse do? - ✔✔Slow down the infusion rate
✔✔At what temperature is peritoneal dialysis given? - ✔✔Must be warmed to body
temperature
✔✔What medication can cause an IBS flare up? - ✔✔Sulfasalazine (anti-inflammatory
medication)
✔✔Treatment goals for CKD? - ✔✔Treat hyperkalemia, HTN, and mineral/bone disease
✔✔Potassium enriched foods? - ✔✔Bananas, tomatoes
✔✔Why would a patient with CKD have pruritus? - ✔✔Due to uremic frost (urea
crystallizes on skin)
✔✔cure for ulcerative colitis - ✔✔illiostomy, removal of colon, J-pouch
✔✔issues for Crohns can happen from where? - ✔✔From mouth to anus
✔✔Common signs/symptoms of Crohn's disease and ulcerative Colitis - ✔✔diarrhea,
weight loss abdominal pain, fever and fatigue
✔✔drug classes used to treat IBD - ✔✔corticosteroids - decreases inflammation
immunosuppressants - suppresses immune response
antimicrobials - prevent or treat secondary infection
aminosalicylates - decreases inflammation
, ✔✔indications a illeostomy or other surgical therapy may be needed are - ✔✔- fistulas
- intestinal obstruction
- inability to decrease corticosteroids
✔✔what may increase your risk for an exacerbation with IBD's? - ✔✔-stress
-illness
- infection
✔✔Fluid/ electrolyte complications with IBD? - ✔✔-hypokalemia
-hypovalemia
✔✔In the oliguric phase when may the onset be delayed for as long as a week? -
✔✔when nephrotoxic drugs are involved
✔✔recovery phase - ✔✔GFR increases; BUN/CR plateau and decrease; major
improvements in 1-2 weeks, impaired function for 12 months, if no recovery=CKD
✔✔What blood gas issue are you at risk for with CKD? - ✔✔Metabolic acidosis - patient
may develop kussmaul respiration's
✔✔patient with AKI, what are some post-renal causes? - ✔✔renal calculi
BPH
Obstruction
✔✔Pre-renal Kidney causes? - ✔✔hypertension
sclerotic changes
issues vasscularization
hypovalemic shock
✔✔intrarenal causes? - ✔✔trauma
meds
ischemia
✔✔Pt newly admitted with high potassium, what is your first response? - ✔✔Put patient
on a heart monitor
✔✔Pt is on peritoneal dialysis and is suspected to have peritonitis what is the order of
care? - ✔✔1. vitals
2. culture
3. antibiotics
✔✔What does the term anasarca mean? - ✔✔edema of the whole ass body
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What is a major complication from peritoneal dialysis? - ✔✔Peritonitis
✔✔If patient begins to have pain or cramping during peritoneal dialysis what should the
nurse do? - ✔✔Slow down the infusion rate
✔✔At what temperature is peritoneal dialysis given? - ✔✔Must be warmed to body
temperature
✔✔What medication can cause an IBS flare up? - ✔✔Sulfasalazine (anti-inflammatory
medication)
✔✔Treatment goals for CKD? - ✔✔Treat hyperkalemia, HTN, and mineral/bone disease
✔✔Potassium enriched foods? - ✔✔Bananas, tomatoes
✔✔Why would a patient with CKD have pruritus? - ✔✔Due to uremic frost (urea
crystallizes on skin)
✔✔cure for ulcerative colitis - ✔✔illiostomy, removal of colon, J-pouch
✔✔issues for Crohns can happen from where? - ✔✔From mouth to anus
✔✔Common signs/symptoms of Crohn's disease and ulcerative Colitis - ✔✔diarrhea,
weight loss abdominal pain, fever and fatigue
✔✔drug classes used to treat IBD - ✔✔corticosteroids - decreases inflammation
immunosuppressants - suppresses immune response
antimicrobials - prevent or treat secondary infection
aminosalicylates - decreases inflammation
, ✔✔indications a illeostomy or other surgical therapy may be needed are - ✔✔- fistulas
- intestinal obstruction
- inability to decrease corticosteroids
✔✔what may increase your risk for an exacerbation with IBD's? - ✔✔-stress
-illness
- infection
✔✔Fluid/ electrolyte complications with IBD? - ✔✔-hypokalemia
-hypovalemia
✔✔In the oliguric phase when may the onset be delayed for as long as a week? -
✔✔when nephrotoxic drugs are involved
✔✔recovery phase - ✔✔GFR increases; BUN/CR plateau and decrease; major
improvements in 1-2 weeks, impaired function for 12 months, if no recovery=CKD
✔✔What blood gas issue are you at risk for with CKD? - ✔✔Metabolic acidosis - patient
may develop kussmaul respiration's
✔✔patient with AKI, what are some post-renal causes? - ✔✔renal calculi
BPH
Obstruction
✔✔Pre-renal Kidney causes? - ✔✔hypertension
sclerotic changes
issues vasscularization
hypovalemic shock
✔✔intrarenal causes? - ✔✔trauma
meds
ischemia
✔✔Pt newly admitted with high potassium, what is your first response? - ✔✔Put patient
on a heart monitor
✔✔Pt is on peritoneal dialysis and is suspected to have peritonitis what is the order of
care? - ✔✔1. vitals
2. culture
3. antibiotics
✔✔What does the term anasarca mean? - ✔✔edema of the whole ass body
