NR 507 Advanced Pathophysiology Final
Questions
What is a symptom of a lower urinary tract infection? - Answer-Urgency
What is true regarding complicated UTIs? - Answer-Can be caused by a structural urinary tract disorder
What can help prevent a UTI? - Answer-Increased water consumption
True/False: Women are at higher risk of developing UTI because they have a shorter urethra - Answer-
True
What is a risk factor for developing a UTI? - Answer-Pregnancy
What is true regarding an uncomplicated UTI? - Answer-- Occurs in the normal urinary tract
- Responds well to short-course of antibiotics
What is true regarding a complicated UTI? - Answer-- UTI that extends beyond the bladder
- Infants & older adults are usually affected
- Caused by structural/functional urinary tract abnormalities or a untreated UTI
, What will the urinalysis of a patient with a UTI show? - Answer-WBCs & casts
The NP knows an uncomplicated UTI because - Answer-the UTI responds well to a short-course of
antibiotic therapy
Highly suspective that causative bacteria of UTI is gram negative because of the presence of - Answer-
Nitrites
A common organism that causes a UTI includes - Answer-Staphylococcus saprophyticus
True/False: There is a significant risk for men with BPH to develop cellular mutations that lead to
prostate cancer - Answer-False
True/False: The peripheral zone of the prostate is the largest zone - Answer-True
On digital rectal exam to assess quality of prostate, NP would be concerned with a hard nodule because
- Answer-it indicates prostate cancer
The patient most often develops symptoms of BPH when - Answer-the prostatic urethra becomes
obstructed
True/False: The purpose of straining in BPH is to overcome the obstruction encountered during
urination - Answer-True
What is the reaction of 5-Alpha reductase inhibitors? - Answer-To cause shrinkage of the prostate gland
Where are the hyper plastic nodules of BPH located? - Answer-Periurethral zone
Questions
What is a symptom of a lower urinary tract infection? - Answer-Urgency
What is true regarding complicated UTIs? - Answer-Can be caused by a structural urinary tract disorder
What can help prevent a UTI? - Answer-Increased water consumption
True/False: Women are at higher risk of developing UTI because they have a shorter urethra - Answer-
True
What is a risk factor for developing a UTI? - Answer-Pregnancy
What is true regarding an uncomplicated UTI? - Answer-- Occurs in the normal urinary tract
- Responds well to short-course of antibiotics
What is true regarding a complicated UTI? - Answer-- UTI that extends beyond the bladder
- Infants & older adults are usually affected
- Caused by structural/functional urinary tract abnormalities or a untreated UTI
, What will the urinalysis of a patient with a UTI show? - Answer-WBCs & casts
The NP knows an uncomplicated UTI because - Answer-the UTI responds well to a short-course of
antibiotic therapy
Highly suspective that causative bacteria of UTI is gram negative because of the presence of - Answer-
Nitrites
A common organism that causes a UTI includes - Answer-Staphylococcus saprophyticus
True/False: There is a significant risk for men with BPH to develop cellular mutations that lead to
prostate cancer - Answer-False
True/False: The peripheral zone of the prostate is the largest zone - Answer-True
On digital rectal exam to assess quality of prostate, NP would be concerned with a hard nodule because
- Answer-it indicates prostate cancer
The patient most often develops symptoms of BPH when - Answer-the prostatic urethra becomes
obstructed
True/False: The purpose of straining in BPH is to overcome the obstruction encountered during
urination - Answer-True
What is the reaction of 5-Alpha reductase inhibitors? - Answer-To cause shrinkage of the prostate gland
Where are the hyper plastic nodules of BPH located? - Answer-Periurethral zone
