NURS 432 Complex 2 Exam 2 Review questions with
accurate answers
A stress ulcer can cause what Ans✓✓✓ ischemia, so blood flow is
decreased due to hemorrhage, trauma, or burns
Acute Kidney Injury Ans✓✓✓ sudden loss of kidney function impacting
fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance (azotemia and oliguria is
observed)
AKI has what electrolyte imbalances Ans✓✓✓ hyponatremia,
hyperkalemia, hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, hypermagnesemia
An arterial hemorrhage that causes a longitudinal tear typically in the
esophagus? Ans✓✓✓ Mallory-Weiss tear
Atarixis Ans✓✓✓ wrist flapping, high ammonia levels from hepatic
encephalopathy,
Azotemia Ans✓✓✓ (excessive) urea and nitrogenous substances in the
blood/ ammonia
Blood supply to the GI tract Ans✓✓✓ splanchnic circulation
calories for AKI should be Ans✓✓✓ 25-35 kcal/kg of ideal body weight
per day
, Causes of intrarenal Ans✓✓✓ ischemia, contrast, nephrotoxic agents,
rhabdomyolysis
Causes of postrenal Ans✓✓✓ tumor, kidney stone
Causes of prerenal Ans✓✓✓ volume depletion, vasodilation, shock,
decreased cardiac output
Curling's ulcers are caused by Ans✓✓✓ burns
Cushing's ulcers are caused by Ans✓✓✓ head trauma or brain surgery
resulting in hypersecretion of acid
Discoloration around umbillicus Ans✓✓✓ Cullen's sign
Discoloration of flank Ans✓✓✓ Turner's sign
Do urine output decrease or increase with GI bleed? Ans✓✓✓ decrease
Do we auscultate or palpate the abdomen first Ans✓✓✓ auscultate
Does BUN and creatinine increase or decrease during GI bleed?
Ans✓✓✓ increase
accurate answers
A stress ulcer can cause what Ans✓✓✓ ischemia, so blood flow is
decreased due to hemorrhage, trauma, or burns
Acute Kidney Injury Ans✓✓✓ sudden loss of kidney function impacting
fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance (azotemia and oliguria is
observed)
AKI has what electrolyte imbalances Ans✓✓✓ hyponatremia,
hyperkalemia, hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, hypermagnesemia
An arterial hemorrhage that causes a longitudinal tear typically in the
esophagus? Ans✓✓✓ Mallory-Weiss tear
Atarixis Ans✓✓✓ wrist flapping, high ammonia levels from hepatic
encephalopathy,
Azotemia Ans✓✓✓ (excessive) urea and nitrogenous substances in the
blood/ ammonia
Blood supply to the GI tract Ans✓✓✓ splanchnic circulation
calories for AKI should be Ans✓✓✓ 25-35 kcal/kg of ideal body weight
per day
, Causes of intrarenal Ans✓✓✓ ischemia, contrast, nephrotoxic agents,
rhabdomyolysis
Causes of postrenal Ans✓✓✓ tumor, kidney stone
Causes of prerenal Ans✓✓✓ volume depletion, vasodilation, shock,
decreased cardiac output
Curling's ulcers are caused by Ans✓✓✓ burns
Cushing's ulcers are caused by Ans✓✓✓ head trauma or brain surgery
resulting in hypersecretion of acid
Discoloration around umbillicus Ans✓✓✓ Cullen's sign
Discoloration of flank Ans✓✓✓ Turner's sign
Do urine output decrease or increase with GI bleed? Ans✓✓✓ decrease
Do we auscultate or palpate the abdomen first Ans✓✓✓ auscultate
Does BUN and creatinine increase or decrease during GI bleed?
Ans✓✓✓ increase
