NURS 6501 Advanced Patho WK 10 Quiz completed with 100% correct Answers

NURS 6501 Advanced Patho WK 10 Quiz completed with 100% correct Answers  Queston 1 1 out of 1 points When the nurse is discussing the sodium-sensing cells of the glomerulus, what term should the nurse use? Selected Answer: b. Macula densa Correct Answer: b. Macula densa  Queston 2 1 out of 1 points When a nurse is preparing to teach about urine, which informaton should the nurse include? Just before entering the ureter, urine passes through the: Selected Answer: b. Renal pelvis Correct Answer: b. Renal pelvis  Queston 3 1 out of 1 points A 42-year-old male is involved in a motor vehicle accident during which he loses a lot of blood. The nurse realizes he is in acute renal failure caused by: Selected Answer: c. Inadequate renal blood flow Correct Answer: c. Inadequate renal blood flow  Queston 4 1 out of 1 points A 25-year-old female is diagnosed with urinary tract obstructon. While planning care, the nurserealizes that the patent is expected to have hydronephrosis and a decreased glomerular fltraton rate caused by: Selected Answer: c. dilaton of the renal pelvis and calyces proximal to a blockage. Correct Answer: c. dilaton of the renal pelvis and calyces proximal to a blockage.  Queston 5 1 out of 1 points A 4-year-old male is diagnosed with nephrotc syndrome. Which of the following assessment fndings accompanies this conditon? Selected Answer: a. Proteinuria Correct Answer: a. Proteinuria  Queston 6 1 out of 1 points A 56-year-old male presents with flank pain and polyuria. Tests reveal that he has an enlarged prostate. Which of the following types of renal failure should the nurse monitor for as it is the most likely to occur? Selected Answer: d. Postrenal Correct Answer: d. Postrenal  Queston 7 1 out of 1 points A 6-year-old male is experiencing urine reflux from the urinary bladder into a grossly dilated ureter and calyces. He was diagnosed with vesicoureteral reflux. This conditon would be graded:Selected Answer: d. IV Correct Answer: d. IV  Queston 8 1 out of 1 points A 2-year-old male is diagnosed with Wilms tumor. Which of the following clinical conditons is ofen associated with this disease? Selected Answer: b. Aniridia Correct Answer: b. Aniridia  Queston 9 1 out of 1 points When a nurse is checking the urinalysis, plasma proteins should be absent from the urine because: Selected Answer: d. The negatve charge of the glomerular fltraton membrane repels the plasma proteins. Correct Answer: d. The negatve charge of the glomerular fltraton membrane repels the plasma proteins.  Queston 10 1 out of 1 points A 42-year-old female is diagnosed with chronic renal failure, and the nurse is discussing dietary treatment. Which informaton indicates the nurse understands dietary regimen? Treatment includes restrictng: Selected Answer: c.Proteins Correct Answer: c. Proteins  Queston 11 1 out of 1 points A 35-year-old female was severely burned and is hospitalized. She is now suffering from acute tubular necrosis (ATN). Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis the nurse will observe on the chart? Selected Answer: b. Intrarenal Correct Answer: b. Intrarenal  Queston 12 1 out of 1 points A 60-year-old male is diagnosed with renal failure. While the nurse is reviewing lab results, which of the following lab values would be most consistent with this diagnosis? Selected Answer: a. Elevated plasma creatnine level Correct Answer: a. Elevated plasma creatnine level  Queston 13 1 out of 1 points A nurse is preparing to teach about the loop of Henle. Which informaton should be included? The descending segment of the loop of Henle primarily allows for: Selected Answer: d. Water reabsorpton Correct Answer: d.Water reabsorpton  Queston 14 1 out of 1 points When describing the male urinary anatomy, which informaton should the nurse include? The porton of the male urethra that is closest to the bladder is the _____ porton. Selected Answer: b. Prostatc Correct Answer: b. Prostatc  Queston 15 1 out of 1 points A 5-year-old male was diagnosed with glomerulonephrits. History reveals that he had an infecton 3 weeks before the onset of this conditon. The infecton was most likely located in the: Selected Answer: c. Respiratory tract Correct Answer: c. Respiratory tract  Queston 16 1 out of 1 points A urologist is discussing a structure that supplies blood to the medulla. What is the urologist describing? Selected Answer: a. Renal arteries Correct Answer: a. Renal arteries  Queston 17 1 out of 1 pointsA 19-year-old female was involved in a motor vehicle accident during which she sustained a closed head injury. She is now experiencing detrusor sphincter dyssynergia. Which of the following is the most benefcial medicaton treatment? Selected Answer: a. Alpha blocker Correct Answer: a. Alpha blocker  Queston 18 1 out of 1 points A 45-year-old female presents with hypertension, anorexia, nausea and vomitng, and anemia. She is diagnosed with chronic renal failure. When the patent asks what caused this anemia, how should the nurse respond? Your anemia is caused by: Selected Answer: b. Inadequate producton of erythropoietn Correct Answer: b. Inadequate producton of erythropoietn  Queston 19 1 out of 1 points The urologist is teaching about the nephrons that determine the concentraton of the urine. The urologist is discussing the _____ nephrons. Selected Answer: a. Juxtamedullary Correct Answer: a. Juxtamedullary  Queston 20 1 out of 1 points A 25-year-old female presents with burning urinaton. She was diagnosed with a urinary tract infecton. When the nurse checks the culture results, which of the following organisms is most likelyinfectng her urinary tract? Selected Answer: d. Escherichia coli Correct Answer: d. Escherichia coli  Queston 21 1 out of 1 points A 75-year-old male reports to his primary care provider loss of urine with cough, sneezing, or laughing. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis the nurse will observe on the chart? Selected Answer: b. Stress incontnence Correct Answer: b. Stress incontnence  Queston 22 1 out of 1 points A 24-year-old female is diagnosed with renal calculus that is causing obstructon. Which of the following symptoms would she most likely experience? Selected Answer: b. Hematuria Correct Answer: b. Hematuria  Queston 23 1 out of 1 points A 30-year-old male is demonstratng hematuria with red blood cell casts and proteinuria exceeding 3 to 5 g/day, with albumin being the major protein. The most probable diagnosis the nurse will see documented on the chart is:Selected Answer: c. Acute glomerulonephrits Correct Answer: c. Acute glomerulonephrits  Queston 24 1 out of 1 points While planning care for a patent who has acute pyelonephrits. A nurse recalls the most common conditon associated with the development of acute pyelonephrits is: Selected Answer: c. Urinary tract obstructon Correct Answer: c. Urinary tract obstructon  Queston 25 1 out of 1 points A nurse is reviewing urinalysis results and notces glucose is present in the urine. A nurse realizes glucose will be excreted in the urine when: Selected Answer: b. The carrier molecules have reached their maximum Correct Answer: b. The carrier molecules have reached their maximum  Queston 26 1 out of 1 points A 15-year-old female presents with flank pain, irritability, malaise, and fever. Tests reveal glomerulonephrits. When the parents ask what could have caused this, how should the nurse respond? Selected Answer: a. Poststreptococcal infectonCorrect Answer: a. Poststreptococcal infecton  Queston 27 1 out of 1 points A 3-year-old female presents with recurrent urinary tract infectons (UTIs), fever, poor growth and development, and feeding problems. Tests reveal a retrograde flow of urine from the urinary bladder into the ureters. When giving report to the oncoming shif, the nurse will call this conditon: Selected Answer: a. Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) Correct Answer: a. Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR)  Queston 28 1 out of 1 points On average the kidneys receive approximately _____ of the cardiac output. Selected Answer: c. 20% to 25% Correct Answer: c. 20% to 25%  Queston 29 1 out of 1 points A 7-year-old male presents to his primary care provider for incontnence. His mother indicates that he has never been contnent. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis the nurse will observe on the chart? Selected Answer: c. Primary enuresis Correct Answer: c. Primary enuresis Queston 30 0 out of 1 points When a newborn is admited with urinary tract infectons (UTIs), which type of infecton will the nurse look for in the newborn? Selected Answer: a. Blood-borne infectons Correct Answer: b. Infectons caused by bacteria from the gastrointestnal (GI) tract  Queston 31 1 out of 1 points A 27-year-old male has a severe kidney obstructon leading to removal of the affected kidney. Which of the following would the nurse expect to occur? Selected Answer: b. Compensatory hypertrophy of the remaining kidney Correct Answer: b. Compensatory hypertrophy of the remaining kidney  Queston 32 1 out of 1 points Anemia accompanies chronic renal failure because of: Selected Answer: c. Inadequate producton of erythropoietn Correct Answer: c. Inadequate producton of erythropoietn  Queston 33 1 out of 1 points When the nurse discusses the glomerulus and Bowman capsule together, it is referred to as the renal:Selected Answer: a. Corpuscle Correct Answer: a. Corpuscle  Queston 34 1 out of 1 points When a child is admited with acute renal failure, a clinician realizes the most common cause of acute renal failure is: Selected Answer: d. Hemolytc uremic syndrome (HUS) Correct Answer: d. Hemolytc uremic syndrome (HUS)  Queston 35 1 out of 1 points A nurse observes on the chart that a patent is admited with Wilms tumors. A nurse knows the tumors are found in the: Selected Answer: a. Kidneys Correct Answer: a. Kidneys  Queston 36 1 out of 1 points If a nurse wants to obtain the best estmate of renal functon, which test should the nurse monitor? Selected Answer: a. Glomerular fltraton rate (GFR) Correct Answer: a.Glomerular fltraton rate (GFR)  Queston 37 1 out of 1 points While planning care for a patent with renal calculi, the nurse remembers the most important factor in renal calculus formaton is: Selected Answer: a. urine pH. Correct Answer: a. urine pH.  Queston 38 1 out of 1 points A urologist is discussing the phagocytc cells that lie between the layers of the renal corpuscle. What is the urologist describing? Selected Answer: c. Mesangial cells Correct Answer: c. Mesangial cells  Queston 39 1 out of 1 points A 35-year-old hypertensive male begins taking a diuretc. Which of the following common side effects of this medicaton should the nurse monitor? Selected Answer: a. Hypokalemia Correct Answer: a. Hypokalemia  Queston 40 1 out of 1 pointsA nurse is describing the trigone. Which informaton should be included? The trigone is defned as: Selected Answer: c. A triangular area between the openings of the two ureters and the urethra Correct Answer: c. A triangular area between the openings of the two ureters and the urethra Saturday, July 22, 2017 12:23:08 PM EDT