NURS 5333 Family 1 Test2 P 6 (Menopause And GU) –
Questions With Correct Solutions
Natural menopause Right Ans - 12 consecutive months of amenorrhea in a
non-pregnant woman, greater than 40 years of age with a mean age of 51
years
Perimenopause/menopausal transition is Right Ans - period from the onset
of irregular menses to the final menstrual cycle
This condition begins on average about four years before menopause and
starts at the mean age of about 47. Right Ans - Perimenopause/menopausal
transition
Primary ovarian insufficiency Right Ans - is irregular or cessation of
ovulatory menstrual cycles before the age of 40 years
Surgical menopause Right Ans - is removal of functioning ovaries leading to
immediate menopause.
Median age of menopause is # years Right Ans - 51
Race and menopause Right Ans - usually occurs earlier in Hispanic women
and later in Japanese American women as compared to Caucasians.
As women age, follicle-stimulating hormone... Right Ans - hormone
production varies and then increases.
How does Menopause happen PATHO: Right Ans - inadequate estradiol
production leads to the absence of luteinizing hormone surge and causing
failure to ovulate.
Anovulation causes the lack of _______________ production. Right Ans -
progesterone
Woman's body fails to produce estradiol and thus... Right Ans - leads to
thinning of the endometrial lining and eventually menstruation ceases
, Estrone Right Ans - which is produced by adipose tissue, becomes the
dominant form of estrogen during menopause.
> risk of cardiovascular disease and osteoporotic fractures due to women
having..... Right Ans - menopause
decreased risk of cardiovascular disease in menopause? Right Ans - can be
offset by increasing exercise, maintaining a healthy diet and losing weight,
avoiding tobacco use, treating hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes
mellitus.
offset the risks of osteoporotic fractures Right Ans - with weight-bearing
exercise and fall prevention, avoidance of smoking and excess of alcohol
intake, and a dietary calcium intake of 1200 milligrams per day combined
with adequate vitamin D intake of 800 to 1200 IUs daily.
Taking a history on these menopausal females, they will... Right Ans -
complain of cessation of their periods. And this is generally preceded by a
period of irregular cycles with heavy bleeding, followed by diminished vaginal
bleeding. About 80% of these women report vasomotor symptoms
sudden unpleasant feelings of heat and sweating most commonly over the
face, neck and chest, and they typically last one to five minutes...they are
unpredictable Right Ans - vasomotor Hot Flashes
Time line/Onset of Vasomotor S/S during menopause Right Ans - generally
begin about two years before the final menstrual period and peak about one
year after the final menstrual period, and then diminish.
African Americans, Hispanics have them more frequently and in _________
women they're less common Right Ans - Asian
in obese women suffer more from Right Ans - Hot flashes affect obese
women more
Menopause symptoms Right Ans - extreme vaginal vulvar dryness, itching,
and some have dyspareunia, sexual dysfunction( va jay jay is extremely
alkaline)
Questions With Correct Solutions
Natural menopause Right Ans - 12 consecutive months of amenorrhea in a
non-pregnant woman, greater than 40 years of age with a mean age of 51
years
Perimenopause/menopausal transition is Right Ans - period from the onset
of irregular menses to the final menstrual cycle
This condition begins on average about four years before menopause and
starts at the mean age of about 47. Right Ans - Perimenopause/menopausal
transition
Primary ovarian insufficiency Right Ans - is irregular or cessation of
ovulatory menstrual cycles before the age of 40 years
Surgical menopause Right Ans - is removal of functioning ovaries leading to
immediate menopause.
Median age of menopause is # years Right Ans - 51
Race and menopause Right Ans - usually occurs earlier in Hispanic women
and later in Japanese American women as compared to Caucasians.
As women age, follicle-stimulating hormone... Right Ans - hormone
production varies and then increases.
How does Menopause happen PATHO: Right Ans - inadequate estradiol
production leads to the absence of luteinizing hormone surge and causing
failure to ovulate.
Anovulation causes the lack of _______________ production. Right Ans -
progesterone
Woman's body fails to produce estradiol and thus... Right Ans - leads to
thinning of the endometrial lining and eventually menstruation ceases
, Estrone Right Ans - which is produced by adipose tissue, becomes the
dominant form of estrogen during menopause.
> risk of cardiovascular disease and osteoporotic fractures due to women
having..... Right Ans - menopause
decreased risk of cardiovascular disease in menopause? Right Ans - can be
offset by increasing exercise, maintaining a healthy diet and losing weight,
avoiding tobacco use, treating hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes
mellitus.
offset the risks of osteoporotic fractures Right Ans - with weight-bearing
exercise and fall prevention, avoidance of smoking and excess of alcohol
intake, and a dietary calcium intake of 1200 milligrams per day combined
with adequate vitamin D intake of 800 to 1200 IUs daily.
Taking a history on these menopausal females, they will... Right Ans -
complain of cessation of their periods. And this is generally preceded by a
period of irregular cycles with heavy bleeding, followed by diminished vaginal
bleeding. About 80% of these women report vasomotor symptoms
sudden unpleasant feelings of heat and sweating most commonly over the
face, neck and chest, and they typically last one to five minutes...they are
unpredictable Right Ans - vasomotor Hot Flashes
Time line/Onset of Vasomotor S/S during menopause Right Ans - generally
begin about two years before the final menstrual period and peak about one
year after the final menstrual period, and then diminish.
African Americans, Hispanics have them more frequently and in _________
women they're less common Right Ans - Asian
in obese women suffer more from Right Ans - Hot flashes affect obese
women more
Menopause symptoms Right Ans - extreme vaginal vulvar dryness, itching,
and some have dyspareunia, sexual dysfunction( va jay jay is extremely
alkaline)
