NR 507 FINAL EXAM SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
SHEET FULL PRACTICE SET 200
◉ Meningitis.
Answer: Bacterial- Meningococcus and S. pneumococcus bacteria
are most common
Viral- Specific pathogen cannot be found in CSF
◉ Prostate cancer prevention.
Answer: -Eat a low fat diet
- Slow growing cancer so DRE and PSA testing prevents
◉ BPH and the urinary system.
Answer: - Chronic inflammation
-Bladder outflow obstruction
-Urge to pee often
-delay in starting stream
- Decreased force of stream
-Urinary retention/ overflow incontinence (late sign)
,Complications: Hematuria, infections, bladder calculi, retention,
hydronephrosis, renal insufficiency
◉ Cause of respiratory Alkalosis.
Answer: - fever
-anemia,
-anxiety, panic
-thyrotoxicosis
-hyperventilation
◉ buffer molecules.
Answer: -Plasma- Bicarbonate-carbonic acid and HGB.
-Intracellular- Phosphate and protein
Renal- Ammonia and Phosphate
◉ Cushing's disease.
Answer: - Excess endogenous secretion of ACTH (Corticotropin).
-from a pituitary adenoma or by an ectopic secreting non pituitary
tumor such as small cell carcinoma of the lung.or adrenal tumor
(rare)
, - HYPERnatremia, HYPERtension, INCREASED blood volume,
HYPOkalemia, HYPERglycemia, weight gain, thin hair, moon face,
easy bruising, buffalo hump, protein wasting
◉ Cause of hypoparathyroidism.
Answer: -decreased PTH
-Damage to or removal of the parathyroid gland during thyroid
surgery.
- genetic syndromes, familial hypoparathyroidism, diGeorge
syndrome, and idiopathic, or autoimmune
◉ Primary hypothyroidism labs.
Answer: *Increased levels of TSH and decreased levels of TH (Total
T3 and total and free T4*
Autoimmune- Presence of thyroperoxidase and thyroglobulin
antibodies
◉ Thyroid Storm.
Answer: -occurs in people who have severe hyperthyroidism and are
subject to extreme stress (infection, trauma, burns, surgery,
emotional).
-Sudden release and increased action of thyroxine (T4) and
triiodothyronine (T3) exceeding metabolic demands.
AND SOLUTIONS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
SHEET FULL PRACTICE SET 200
◉ Meningitis.
Answer: Bacterial- Meningococcus and S. pneumococcus bacteria
are most common
Viral- Specific pathogen cannot be found in CSF
◉ Prostate cancer prevention.
Answer: -Eat a low fat diet
- Slow growing cancer so DRE and PSA testing prevents
◉ BPH and the urinary system.
Answer: - Chronic inflammation
-Bladder outflow obstruction
-Urge to pee often
-delay in starting stream
- Decreased force of stream
-Urinary retention/ overflow incontinence (late sign)
,Complications: Hematuria, infections, bladder calculi, retention,
hydronephrosis, renal insufficiency
◉ Cause of respiratory Alkalosis.
Answer: - fever
-anemia,
-anxiety, panic
-thyrotoxicosis
-hyperventilation
◉ buffer molecules.
Answer: -Plasma- Bicarbonate-carbonic acid and HGB.
-Intracellular- Phosphate and protein
Renal- Ammonia and Phosphate
◉ Cushing's disease.
Answer: - Excess endogenous secretion of ACTH (Corticotropin).
-from a pituitary adenoma or by an ectopic secreting non pituitary
tumor such as small cell carcinoma of the lung.or adrenal tumor
(rare)
, - HYPERnatremia, HYPERtension, INCREASED blood volume,
HYPOkalemia, HYPERglycemia, weight gain, thin hair, moon face,
easy bruising, buffalo hump, protein wasting
◉ Cause of hypoparathyroidism.
Answer: -decreased PTH
-Damage to or removal of the parathyroid gland during thyroid
surgery.
- genetic syndromes, familial hypoparathyroidism, diGeorge
syndrome, and idiopathic, or autoimmune
◉ Primary hypothyroidism labs.
Answer: *Increased levels of TSH and decreased levels of TH (Total
T3 and total and free T4*
Autoimmune- Presence of thyroperoxidase and thyroglobulin
antibodies
◉ Thyroid Storm.
Answer: -occurs in people who have severe hyperthyroidism and are
subject to extreme stress (infection, trauma, burns, surgery,
emotional).
-Sudden release and increased action of thyroxine (T4) and
triiodothyronine (T3) exceeding metabolic demands.
