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NSG 6001 Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Gastroenteritis - answer✔Any patient that complains of diarrhea/vomiting needs this differential
diagnosis
GERD - answer✔A patient that Wakes with bad taste in mouth/coughing has
Staphylococcus bacteria - answer✔The most common cause of food poisening
Bowel Sounds - answer✔A person must have this before advancing diet with food
HBsAG - answer✔Antigen found on surface of HBV; indicates hepatitis B infection.
Gastric Ulcer - answer✔Burning pain that radiates to the chest, wakes up at night, alka seltzer is
an antacid and pain reliever
Meckles diverticulum - answer✔congenital bulge in the lower part of the small intestines, left
over from the umbilical cord
Liver inflammation - answer✔Antihepatitis D causes this
elevated alkaline phosphatase - answer✔Acute Cholelithiasis has this present
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Ranson's Criteria - answer✔Scoring system used to assess prognosis in acute pancreatitis
11 parameters, 5 on admission, 6 during the next 48 hours.
Ranson's criteria within 48 hours of admission - answer✔Check for rise in blood urea nitrogen>5
mg (1/2 the weight of a grain of table salt), serum calcium>8 (weight of grain of table salt), base
deficit >4, fall in Hct>10, estimated fluid sequestration>6.1
Low fat diet for - answer✔Anyone with chronic pancreatitis
Barium enema - answer✔Used for cecal volvulus bowel obstruction
High fiber Diet for - answer✔A person with IBS
Primary sclerosing cholangitis - answer✔Chronic liver disease in which the bile ducts inside and
outside the liver become inflamed and scarred and will become narrow and blocked
Primary sclerosing cholangitis trademark - answer✔IBS
Wilson disease (hepatolenticular degeneration) - answer✔Genetic disease that causes excess of
copper buildup. Needs to avoid seafood
Urge incontenence - answer✔A person with MS can have
Lower Urinary tract Infection - answer✔WBC, nitrates
Pyleonephritis - answer✔CVA tenderness, high fever, chills, difficulty urinating