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NUR 2063 | NUR2063 Exam 3 Study
Guide | Essentials of
Pathophysiology Rasmussen |
2024/2025 Guide

Addison's disease
- Correct Answer - occurs when the adrenal glands do not
produce enough of the hormones cortisol or aldosterone


Addison's disease symptoms
- Correct Answer - bronze pigmentation of skin, changes in
distribution of body hair, GI disturbances, weakness,
hypoglycemia, postural hypotension, weight loss


Cushing's syndrome
- Correct Answer - a condition caused by prolonged exposure
to high levels of cortisol


Cushing's syndrome symptoms
- Correct Answer - Moon face appearance and buffalo hump


phenochromocytoma
- Correct Answer - a small vascular tumor of the
adrenal medulla, causing irregular secretion of epinephrine
and norepinephrine, leading to attacks of raised blood
pressure, palpitations, and headache.

,Hyperthyroidism
- Correct Answer - excessive activity of the thyroid gland




Hyperthyroidism symptoms
- Correct Answer - heat intolerance, weight loss, sweating,
anxiety, irritability, hyperactive reflexes, palpitations,
EXOPTHALMOS (lid lag when gaze moves from downward to
upward)


Hypothyroidism
- Correct Answer - condition of hyposecretion of the thyroid
gland causing low thyroid levels in the blood that result in
sluggishness, slow pulse, and often obesity


Hypothyroidism symptoms
- Correct Answer - Fatigue, lethargy. Modest weight gain with
anorexia. Dry, coarse skin and cold intolerance. Swelling of
face, hands, and legs. Constipation. Weakness, muscle
cramps, arthralgias, paresthesias, impaired memory and
hearing.


UTI
- Correct Answer - urinary tract infection


UTI signs and symptoms

,- Correct Answer - Burning, frequency, urgency, foul smell,
sediment, abdominal pain, chills, fever, darkness, confusion


Why are women more susceptible to UTIs?
- Correct Answer - shorter urethra and closer to anus


cystitis
- Correct Answer - inflammation of the urinary bladder


Cystitis symptoms
- Correct Answer - 1) urinary frequency
2) urgency
3) burning
4) dysuria

**Young, otherwise healthy women are the most common case
presented.


urinary incontinence
- Correct Answer - inability to control urination


overflow incontinence
- Correct Answer - inability to empty the bladder completely,
dribbling or weak stream. > men caused by damage to bladder
or nerves or blockage


chronic overdistension

, - Correct Answer - Condition caused by a perceived inability to
interrupt work to void. This chronic avoidance of emptying the
bladder results in detrusor muscle areflexia and overflow
incontinence. Also called nurse's bladder and teacher's bladder.


mixed incontinence
- Correct Answer - the combination of stress incontinence and
urge incontinence


functional incontinence
- Correct Answer - urine loss caused by the inability to reach
the toilet because of environmental barriers, physical
limitations, loss of memory, or disorientation


gross total incontinence
- Correct Answer - continuous leaking of urine or the periodic
uncontrollable leaking of volumes of urine


transient incontinence
- Correct Answer - temporary or occasional incontinence that is
reversed when the cause is treated


Predisposing factors of bladder cancer
- Correct Answer - Working with chemicals in laboratories and
industry
Particularly aniline dyes, rubber, aluminum
Cigarette smoking

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