NUR 113 BPH EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ANSWERS
The nurse is teaching a client who has been newly diagnosed with benign prostatic
hyperplasia about complications of the disease. What should the nurse include in the
teaching? Select all that apply. - Answer -Bladder hemorrhage
-UTI
The client is a male admitted with a diagnosis of a bladder infection. For what other
symptoms might the nurse be alerting that signal benign prostatic hyperplasia as an
underlying cause? Select all that apply. - Answer -Nocturia
-Bed wetting
-Incontinence
A client is diagnosed with benign prostatic hyperplasia and inquires about alternative
therapies to surgery. What does the nurse recommend? - Answer -Indwelling catheter
-Saw palmetto
-African plum
-Cernilton
The nurse is caring for a male client with bladder distention. Which outcome is the best
indication that he may have benign prostatic hyperplasia? - Answer He has a high
post-void residue as indicated by bladder scan
The nurse knows that which statements are true about benign prostatic hyperplasia
(BPH)? - Answer Incontinence is sometimes a result of BPH.
Removal of the prostate gland - Answer -open prostatectomy
, -Transurethral resection of the prostate
Shrinking or destroying the tissue of the prostate gland - Answer -Laser surgery
-Transurethral needle ablation
-Transurethral microwave therapy
-water-induced thermotherapy and transurethral ethanol ablation
Options for men who are not surgical candidates - Answer prostatic stents
Bleeding as a complication - Answer -transurethral needle ablation
-transurethral microwave therapy
-transurethral resection of the prostate
-transurethral incision of the prostate
-open prostatectomy
Options for small or moderately large prostate gland - Answer -transurethral resection
of the prostate
-transurethral incision of the prostate
-laser surgery
-transurethral microwave therapy
Performed with equipment passed through the urethra - Answer -transurethral
resection of the prostate
-water-induced thermotherapy and transurethral ethanol ablation
-prostatic stents
-transurethral microwave therapy
-transurethral needle ablation
-transurethral incision of the prostate
ACCURATE ANSWERS
The nurse is teaching a client who has been newly diagnosed with benign prostatic
hyperplasia about complications of the disease. What should the nurse include in the
teaching? Select all that apply. - Answer -Bladder hemorrhage
-UTI
The client is a male admitted with a diagnosis of a bladder infection. For what other
symptoms might the nurse be alerting that signal benign prostatic hyperplasia as an
underlying cause? Select all that apply. - Answer -Nocturia
-Bed wetting
-Incontinence
A client is diagnosed with benign prostatic hyperplasia and inquires about alternative
therapies to surgery. What does the nurse recommend? - Answer -Indwelling catheter
-Saw palmetto
-African plum
-Cernilton
The nurse is caring for a male client with bladder distention. Which outcome is the best
indication that he may have benign prostatic hyperplasia? - Answer He has a high
post-void residue as indicated by bladder scan
The nurse knows that which statements are true about benign prostatic hyperplasia
(BPH)? - Answer Incontinence is sometimes a result of BPH.
Removal of the prostate gland - Answer -open prostatectomy
, -Transurethral resection of the prostate
Shrinking or destroying the tissue of the prostate gland - Answer -Laser surgery
-Transurethral needle ablation
-Transurethral microwave therapy
-water-induced thermotherapy and transurethral ethanol ablation
Options for men who are not surgical candidates - Answer prostatic stents
Bleeding as a complication - Answer -transurethral needle ablation
-transurethral microwave therapy
-transurethral resection of the prostate
-transurethral incision of the prostate
-open prostatectomy
Options for small or moderately large prostate gland - Answer -transurethral resection
of the prostate
-transurethral incision of the prostate
-laser surgery
-transurethral microwave therapy
Performed with equipment passed through the urethra - Answer -transurethral
resection of the prostate
-water-induced thermotherapy and transurethral ethanol ablation
-prostatic stents
-transurethral microwave therapy
-transurethral needle ablation
-transurethral incision of the prostate
