RNSG 1430 STUDY GUIDE 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
RATED A+
✔✔Minimally invasive treatment with a low wave radiofrequency needle. - ✔✔What is
Transurethral Needle Ablation (TUNA)?
✔✔Minimally invasive treatment that vaporizes with laser:
-little to no bleeding and short recovery
-can cause retrograde ejaculation - ✔✔What is Visual Laser Ablation of Prostate
(VLAP)?
✔✔Minimally invasive treatment that heats prostate tissue and turns it into vapor.
-can cause retrograde ejaculation - ✔✔What is Transurethral Vaporization of Prostate
(TUVP)?
✔✔Involuntary, unpredictable passage of urine or loss of bladder control.
-women are more susceptible to this because: shorter urethra, childbirth trauma to
pelvic floor, and menopausal changes. - ✔✔What is Urinary Incontinence?
✔✔Sudden arrival that lasts less than 6 months and is reversible; caused by:
-Infection
-Pharmaceuticals
-Vaginitis
-Urethritis
-Confusion - ✔✔What is transient urinary incontinence?
✔✔Chronic UI; several types:
-Functional (external obstacles, or cognitive problems that prevent getting to the toilet)
-Overflow (leakage from full bladder)
-Reflex (leakage without warning; from nerve damage)
-Stress (caused during physical movement)
-Urge (unexpected times, even when asleep) - ✔✔What is established urinary
incontinence?
✔✔-Constipation
-C. Diff
-Diarrhea - ✔✔What are Exemplars for Bowel Elimination?
✔✔-Stress free environment
-Following personal bowel habits with privacy
-High fiber diet
-Normal fluid intake (fruit juice and warm liquid)
-Exercise
-Squatting position
, -Properly administered laxatives - ✔✔What are factors that promote Bowel Elimination?
✔✔-Emotional anxiety
-Failure to heed reflex of defecation due to lack of privacy
-High carb and fat diet
-Reduced fluid intake
-Immobility and inactivity
-Inability to squat
-Overuse of catheters and narcotics - ✔✔What are some factors that impair Bowel
Elimination?
✔✔Infrequent passage of stool
Treatment:
-Increase fluid and fiber intake
-Increased activity level
-Administer enema
-May require laxatives or stool softeners
-Evaluate meds for GI side effects - ✔✔What is constipation and what can you do to
treat it?
✔✔A bacterium that can cause symptoms ranging from diarrhea to life threatening
inflammation of the colon.
-most commonly effects elderly in hospitals and long term care facilities - ✔✔What is
Clostridium Difficile?
✔✔-Passes through feces from bad hand hygiene
-Antibiotic therapy can destroy normal intestinal flora (increases growth of c. diff
bacteria)
-Usually occurs a few months after a course of antibiotics - ✔✔How does one get C.
Diff?
✔✔-Watery diarrhea 10-15x/day
-Abdominal cramping & pain
-Fever
-Blood or pus in stool
-Nausea
-Dehydration
-Loss of appetite
-Weight loss
-Swollen abdomen
-Kidney failure
-Increased WBC - ✔✔What are symptoms and findings associated with C. Diff?
✔✔-Stool specimen
RATED A+
✔✔Minimally invasive treatment with a low wave radiofrequency needle. - ✔✔What is
Transurethral Needle Ablation (TUNA)?
✔✔Minimally invasive treatment that vaporizes with laser:
-little to no bleeding and short recovery
-can cause retrograde ejaculation - ✔✔What is Visual Laser Ablation of Prostate
(VLAP)?
✔✔Minimally invasive treatment that heats prostate tissue and turns it into vapor.
-can cause retrograde ejaculation - ✔✔What is Transurethral Vaporization of Prostate
(TUVP)?
✔✔Involuntary, unpredictable passage of urine or loss of bladder control.
-women are more susceptible to this because: shorter urethra, childbirth trauma to
pelvic floor, and menopausal changes. - ✔✔What is Urinary Incontinence?
✔✔Sudden arrival that lasts less than 6 months and is reversible; caused by:
-Infection
-Pharmaceuticals
-Vaginitis
-Urethritis
-Confusion - ✔✔What is transient urinary incontinence?
✔✔Chronic UI; several types:
-Functional (external obstacles, or cognitive problems that prevent getting to the toilet)
-Overflow (leakage from full bladder)
-Reflex (leakage without warning; from nerve damage)
-Stress (caused during physical movement)
-Urge (unexpected times, even when asleep) - ✔✔What is established urinary
incontinence?
✔✔-Constipation
-C. Diff
-Diarrhea - ✔✔What are Exemplars for Bowel Elimination?
✔✔-Stress free environment
-Following personal bowel habits with privacy
-High fiber diet
-Normal fluid intake (fruit juice and warm liquid)
-Exercise
-Squatting position
, -Properly administered laxatives - ✔✔What are factors that promote Bowel Elimination?
✔✔-Emotional anxiety
-Failure to heed reflex of defecation due to lack of privacy
-High carb and fat diet
-Reduced fluid intake
-Immobility and inactivity
-Inability to squat
-Overuse of catheters and narcotics - ✔✔What are some factors that impair Bowel
Elimination?
✔✔Infrequent passage of stool
Treatment:
-Increase fluid and fiber intake
-Increased activity level
-Administer enema
-May require laxatives or stool softeners
-Evaluate meds for GI side effects - ✔✔What is constipation and what can you do to
treat it?
✔✔A bacterium that can cause symptoms ranging from diarrhea to life threatening
inflammation of the colon.
-most commonly effects elderly in hospitals and long term care facilities - ✔✔What is
Clostridium Difficile?
✔✔-Passes through feces from bad hand hygiene
-Antibiotic therapy can destroy normal intestinal flora (increases growth of c. diff
bacteria)
-Usually occurs a few months after a course of antibiotics - ✔✔How does one get C.
Diff?
✔✔-Watery diarrhea 10-15x/day
-Abdominal cramping & pain
-Fever
-Blood or pus in stool
-Nausea
-Dehydration
-Loss of appetite
-Weight loss
-Swollen abdomen
-Kidney failure
-Increased WBC - ✔✔What are symptoms and findings associated with C. Diff?
✔✔-Stool specimen
