UWM NURS 431 TURNING POINT
QUESTIONS EXAM CORRECT
ANSWERS
What effect causes potential hyperglycemia in the early morning hours due to release of
growth hormones while sleeping?
A Somogyi Effect
B Honeymoon phase
C Dawn Phenomenon
D Not eating immediately before bed. - Answer-C
All of the following complications occur with DKA except:
A Altered electrolytes
B Hyperglycemia
C Dehydration
D Metabolic alkalosis - Answer-D
Your adolescent patient is working with you to set goals related to their obesity. All of
the following are reasonable goals except:
A I will watch 30 minutes less TV every day.
B I will take a walk after dinner at least 3 days per week.
C I will eat one more serving of vegetables each week.
D I need to lose 50# to achieve my ideal body weight. - Answer-D
Insulin will eventually be needed to treat Type II Diabetes for the majority of patients
because of insulin resistance.
A True
B False - Answer-B
Palliative care can be introduced to patients & families at all of the following times
except:
A At time of diagnosis
B Only once the decision is made to stop treatment
C At end of life
D During active treatment to help with symptom management - Answer-B
Medications used to help with secretion control include:
A Anticholinergics and antimuscarinics
B Opioids & NSAIDS
C Benzodiazepines
D Serotonin 5H antagonists & Prokinetic agents - Answer-A
, You are speaking with a school age child about dying. You understand children at this
age view death as:
A A punishment
B Have no concept of death
C As permanent
D See death as temporary or reversible - Answer-C
All of the following are stages in the grief theory except:
A Denial
B Bargaining
C Anger
D Permanence - Answer-D
Which nursing intervention illustrates advocacy on the nurses' part to help family focus
on the child during the dying process?
A Work with provider to discontinue assessments & remove monitors
B Administer oxygen for comfort
C Assess pain
D Explain to parents that children are more comfortable when hospitalized at the time of
death. - Answer-A
What statement by parents illustrate understanding of potential risk factors for neural
tube defects?
A I should have undergone genetic testing before I got pregnant.
B My other children were not born with a neural tube defect so I don't anticipate
problems with this pregnancy.
C I am having a boy so there is no chance of him being born with a neural tube defect.
D I will need to make sure I take enough folic acid. - Answer-D
A nurse is educating parents whose son has muscular dystrophy. Which statement tells
the nurse more education is necessary?
A I should think about having my daughter undergo genetic testing.
B Tommy's muscular dystrophy is improving with physical therapy.
C Tommy is having eating difficulties and may need a g-tube soon.
D I need to encourage Tommy to use his incentive spirometer now that he is in his
wheelchair more. - Answer-B
Diagnostic labs used to help diagnose Celiac disease include:
A 72 hour fecal fat & IgA levels
B CBC & C-reactive protein
C Full chemistry panel for electrolyte evaluation
D Urinalysis & culture - Answer-A
You are working in a college health center and are caring for a 19 year old women who
has just been diagnosed with an initial outbreak of Herpes Simplex virus (HSV). Which
of the following teaching interventions would be most appropriate at this time?
QUESTIONS EXAM CORRECT
ANSWERS
What effect causes potential hyperglycemia in the early morning hours due to release of
growth hormones while sleeping?
A Somogyi Effect
B Honeymoon phase
C Dawn Phenomenon
D Not eating immediately before bed. - Answer-C
All of the following complications occur with DKA except:
A Altered electrolytes
B Hyperglycemia
C Dehydration
D Metabolic alkalosis - Answer-D
Your adolescent patient is working with you to set goals related to their obesity. All of
the following are reasonable goals except:
A I will watch 30 minutes less TV every day.
B I will take a walk after dinner at least 3 days per week.
C I will eat one more serving of vegetables each week.
D I need to lose 50# to achieve my ideal body weight. - Answer-D
Insulin will eventually be needed to treat Type II Diabetes for the majority of patients
because of insulin resistance.
A True
B False - Answer-B
Palliative care can be introduced to patients & families at all of the following times
except:
A At time of diagnosis
B Only once the decision is made to stop treatment
C At end of life
D During active treatment to help with symptom management - Answer-B
Medications used to help with secretion control include:
A Anticholinergics and antimuscarinics
B Opioids & NSAIDS
C Benzodiazepines
D Serotonin 5H antagonists & Prokinetic agents - Answer-A
, You are speaking with a school age child about dying. You understand children at this
age view death as:
A A punishment
B Have no concept of death
C As permanent
D See death as temporary or reversible - Answer-C
All of the following are stages in the grief theory except:
A Denial
B Bargaining
C Anger
D Permanence - Answer-D
Which nursing intervention illustrates advocacy on the nurses' part to help family focus
on the child during the dying process?
A Work with provider to discontinue assessments & remove monitors
B Administer oxygen for comfort
C Assess pain
D Explain to parents that children are more comfortable when hospitalized at the time of
death. - Answer-A
What statement by parents illustrate understanding of potential risk factors for neural
tube defects?
A I should have undergone genetic testing before I got pregnant.
B My other children were not born with a neural tube defect so I don't anticipate
problems with this pregnancy.
C I am having a boy so there is no chance of him being born with a neural tube defect.
D I will need to make sure I take enough folic acid. - Answer-D
A nurse is educating parents whose son has muscular dystrophy. Which statement tells
the nurse more education is necessary?
A I should think about having my daughter undergo genetic testing.
B Tommy's muscular dystrophy is improving with physical therapy.
C Tommy is having eating difficulties and may need a g-tube soon.
D I need to encourage Tommy to use his incentive spirometer now that he is in his
wheelchair more. - Answer-B
Diagnostic labs used to help diagnose Celiac disease include:
A 72 hour fecal fat & IgA levels
B CBC & C-reactive protein
C Full chemistry panel for electrolyte evaluation
D Urinalysis & culture - Answer-A
You are working in a college health center and are caring for a 19 year old women who
has just been diagnosed with an initial outbreak of Herpes Simplex virus (HSV). Which
of the following teaching interventions would be most appropriate at this time?
