Liberty NURS 210 Final with correct answers 2024/2025

Liberty NURS 210 FinalFibrocystic Disease - correct answer Benign fluid-filled cyst formation caused by ductal enlargement. Associated with a long follicular or luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. Sx: round, soft to firm, tense, mobile masses with well-delineated borders Breast Cancer - correct answer Increase of risk with age, female gender, history of breast cancer, white women, and breast density. Hernia - correct answer abdominal musculature that develops after a surgical incision, resulting in a protrusion in the area of the surgical scar hernia - correct answer Gout - correct answer a form of arthritis, disorder of purine metabolism that results from an elevated serum uric acid level. Sx: skin over the swollen joint may be shiny and red or purple. Chronic gout-uric acid crystals may form as tophi under the skin with chronic gout Uterine Prolapse - correct answer Descent of herniation of the uterus beyond the vagina. results in weakening of the supporting structures of the pelvic floor, often occurring concurrently with the cystocele and rectocele. Sx: 1:cervix remains in vagina. 2: cervix is at the intoitus, 3: cervix and vagina drop outside of the introitus Atelectasis - correct answer Collapsed lung. caused by outside pressure, resorption of gas from the alveoli in the presence of airway obstruction. signs include diminished breathsounds and deviated trachea Pleural effusion - correct answer non-purulent fluid in the pleural space. cause: infection, left sided heart failure, renal insufficiency, and trauma. signs: dullness to percussion and dullness to tactile fermitus Pneumothorax - correct answer presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity. cause: trauma or bleb. Signs: tracheal deviation away from affected lung