NR 507 FINAL EXAM EXAM LATEST 2024/2025
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS(100%
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS)ADVANCED
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ACTUAL FINAL
EXAM|ALREADY GRADED A+
Symptoms of Lower UTI (3) - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
burning on urination
dysuria
suprapubic pain
Symptoms of Upper UTI (6) - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
pyleonephritis
fever
flank pain
CVA tenderness
N/V
malaise
Is acute renal failure reversible? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
yes
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How do you determine the prognosis of acute renal
failure? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ If we give a diuretic and
we get output, this means we have functioning kidneys
Examples of Pre-renal failure with diagnostic
examples(2) - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Dehydration
(diabetics) and inability to perfuse (heart failure)
Examples of intrarenal failure (4) - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Contrast dye, glomerulonephritis, ischemia,
diabetes
Examples of post-renal failure (3) - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ renal stones, tumors, swollen prostate
Key diagnostic test result for acute pyelonephritis -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ WBC casts
What type of renal failure are renal calculi? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Post renal
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Gold standard of diagnosing renal calculi? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ CT scan
Treatment goals for renal calculi (4) - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ pain management, pass stone, reduce size of
stone, prevent new stones
Who is a candidate for dialysis? (5) - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Unresolvable hyperkalemia, acidosis, uremic
symptoms, fluid overload resistant to therapy, stage 5
CKD
What co-morbidities are associated with CKD? (3) -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Hypertension, diabetes, lupus
is CKD reversible? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ No, it is
progressive and irreversible
Stage 1 of CKD - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Kidney damage
but normal GFR >90
Stage 2 of CKD - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Mild decrease
in GFR (60-89)
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Stage 3 of CKD - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Moderate
decrease in GFR (30-59)
Still a chance for improvement of kidney function
Stage 4 of CKD - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Severe
decrease in GFR 15-29
Stage 5 of CKD - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Kidney failure
GFR <15 or dialysis
Warning signs of GERD (5) - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
heartburn while eating & worse when laying down,
dysphagia, sensation of lump in your throat,
abdominal/chest pain, regurgitation
GERD symptoms over the age of 50 (6) - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ dysphagia, odynophagia, N/V, weight loss,
melena, early satiety
Symptoms of hiatal hernia - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Typically asymptomatic