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NUR 176 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100% GUARANTEED
PASS (LATEST UPDATE)
If you assess and you cannot see the stoma - ANS ✓the stoma has retracted
and this is an emergency
Peritonitis s/s: - ANS ✓rebound tenderness, muscular rigidity, laying still
w/fast shallow breaths, distended abd, ascites, fever; can happen with perforated
colon, burst appendix, PD infection; figure out the cause
Primary hypertension - ANS ✓denotes high blood pressure from an
unidentified cause; also called essential hypertension; 2 readings over 140/90 to
confirm
Secondary hypertension - ANS ✓high blood pressure caused by the effects of
another disease (tumor, stroke, etc.)
Malignant hypertension - ANS ✓severe and rapid high blood pressure that can
damage internal organs; occludes the blood flow
Coronary artery disease/heart failure risk factors - ANS ✓Cigarette smoking
Hypertension
Hypercholesterolemia (high LDL; low HDL)
Diabetes
Heredity
Increasing age
Obesity (abdominal fat)
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Male sex
Inactivity
Dietary factors
BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia) - ANS ✓noncancerous enlargement of the
prostate; urinary frequency, urgency, difficulty starting stream, no relief, nocturia
TURP treatment - ANS ✓transurethral resection of the prostate; continuous
bladder irrigation to ensure no blood clots form; watch color of urine so you
know when to slow down bladder irrigation
Foley after TURP, 200cc out, hour later no output what do you check for? -
ANS ✓is it kinked or clotted off, check foley, make sure patient isn't sitting on it;
still no urine and patient complains of abd pain cause may be a bladder spasm;
check tip of catheter
hemodialysis - ANS ✓the process by which waste products are filtered directly
from the patient's blood; patient may have AVF/AVG
How do you know the fistula or graft is working? - ANS ✓listen for the bruit;
feel for the thrill; complication hypotension
prevention of complications in hemodialysis - ANS ✓peripheral pulse, thrill,
bruit, capillary refill (check these); no bp in arm with new or old fistula; use the
thigh
peritoneal dialysis - ANS ✓the lining of the peritoneal cavity acts as the filter to
remove waste from the blood
peritoneal dialysis complications - ANS ✓fibrin clots, peritonitis (cloudy
drainage in outflow drain bag), slow flow out of drain (check fluid in drain bag
for floating fibrin, reposition pt, cath may be pushing against the wall, may be
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NUR 176 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100% GUARANTEED
PASS (LATEST UPDATE)
If you assess and you cannot see the stoma - ANS ✓the stoma has retracted
and this is an emergency
Peritonitis s/s: - ANS ✓rebound tenderness, muscular rigidity, laying still
w/fast shallow breaths, distended abd, ascites, fever; can happen with perforated
colon, burst appendix, PD infection; figure out the cause
Primary hypertension - ANS ✓denotes high blood pressure from an
unidentified cause; also called essential hypertension; 2 readings over 140/90 to
confirm
Secondary hypertension - ANS ✓high blood pressure caused by the effects of
another disease (tumor, stroke, etc.)
Malignant hypertension - ANS ✓severe and rapid high blood pressure that can
damage internal organs; occludes the blood flow
Coronary artery disease/heart failure risk factors - ANS ✓Cigarette smoking
Hypertension
Hypercholesterolemia (high LDL; low HDL)
Diabetes
Heredity
Increasing age
Obesity (abdominal fat)
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Male sex
Inactivity
Dietary factors
BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia) - ANS ✓noncancerous enlargement of the
prostate; urinary frequency, urgency, difficulty starting stream, no relief, nocturia
TURP treatment - ANS ✓transurethral resection of the prostate; continuous
bladder irrigation to ensure no blood clots form; watch color of urine so you
know when to slow down bladder irrigation
Foley after TURP, 200cc out, hour later no output what do you check for? -
ANS ✓is it kinked or clotted off, check foley, make sure patient isn't sitting on it;
still no urine and patient complains of abd pain cause may be a bladder spasm;
check tip of catheter
hemodialysis - ANS ✓the process by which waste products are filtered directly
from the patient's blood; patient may have AVF/AVG
How do you know the fistula or graft is working? - ANS ✓listen for the bruit;
feel for the thrill; complication hypotension
prevention of complications in hemodialysis - ANS ✓peripheral pulse, thrill,
bruit, capillary refill (check these); no bp in arm with new or old fistula; use the
thigh
peritoneal dialysis - ANS ✓the lining of the peritoneal cavity acts as the filter to
remove waste from the blood
peritoneal dialysis complications - ANS ✓fibrin clots, peritonitis (cloudy
drainage in outflow drain bag), slow flow out of drain (check fluid in drain bag
for floating fibrin, reposition pt, cath may be pushing against the wall, may be
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