NURS 225 Exam Prep 2026/2027 | Verified Q&A | Latest
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1. A patient presents with low creatinine levels and reports significant weight
loss. What should be the primary concern regarding their health?
Checking for liver function
Monitoring for high blood pressure
Evaluating for dehydration
Assessing for potential kidney dysfunction or muscle wasting
2. Interpret the significance of decreased creatinine levels in the context of
urinary assessments.
Decreased creatinine levels are always a sign of dehydration.
Decreased creatinine levels may indicate impaired kidney function
or a reduction in muscle mass, which can affect overall health.
Decreased creatinine levels are unrelated to muscle mass.
Decreased creatinine levels indicate normal kidney function.
3. Describe how diuretics affect urine color and what this indicates about urine
concentration.
Diuretics make urine bright red, indicating blood presence.
Diuretics have no effect on urine color.
Diuretics typically cause urine to be pale yellow, indicating
increased urine output and dilution.
Diuretics cause urine to be dark brown, suggesting dehydration.
,4. Causes of Polyuria are:
Diabetes Insipidus
Diabetes Mellulitis
Diuretics
Excessive Fluid Intake
All of the above
5. Describe the implications of bacterial overgrowth syndrome on
gastrointestinal health.
Bacterial overgrowth syndrome is primarily a urinary condition
affecting kidney function.
Bacterial overgrowth syndrome has no significant impact on
gastrointestinal health.
Bacterial overgrowth syndrome can lead to malabsorption and
gastrointestinal symptoms due to damage to the intestinal lining.
Bacterial overgrowth syndrome only affects the stomach and not the
intestines.
6. Describe the potential consequences of long-term laxative use on
gastrointestinal health.
Long-term laxative use only affects hydration levels.
Long-term laxative use can lead to dependence, where the bowel
loses its ability to function normally without them.
Long-term laxative use improves bowel motility and function.
Long-term laxative use has no significant effects on gastrointestinal
health.
,7. What condition can result from the chronic use of laxatives?
Dehydration
Electrolyte imbalance
Dependence on laxatives
Increased bowel motility
8. What is the medical term for bed wetting?
Enuresis
Incontinence
Oliguria
Dysuria
9. What is the term for urinary incontinence that occurs when a person cannot
reach the toilet in time due to mobility issues?
Overflow incontinence
Stress incontinence
Urge incontinence
Functional incontinence
10. What is the term for urinary incontinence that occurs during physical
activities such as coughing or sneezing?
Stress incontinence
Functional incontinence
Urge incontinence
Overflow incontinence
, 11. When is constipation a red flag?
A. Unexplained
D. A and C
E. All of the above
C. Blood in stool
B. Unaccountable bowel habits
12. Interpret the significance of finding mucous in a stool sample in relation to
gastrointestinal health.
Finding mucous is a sign of excessive fiber intake.
Finding mucous in a stool sample can suggest underlying
gastrointestinal issues such as inflammation or infection.
Finding mucous means the patient is dehydrated.
Finding mucous indicates that the digestive system is functioning
normally.
13. Why is it important to obtain a urine culture from a client with a urinary tract
infection?
To assess for urine cloudiness
To look for protein in the urine
To look for blood in the urine
To administer correct antibiotics
14. What is the primary effect of diuretics on urine production?
Urine specific gravity
Update | Graded A+ | West Coast University
1. A patient presents with low creatinine levels and reports significant weight
loss. What should be the primary concern regarding their health?
Checking for liver function
Monitoring for high blood pressure
Evaluating for dehydration
Assessing for potential kidney dysfunction or muscle wasting
2. Interpret the significance of decreased creatinine levels in the context of
urinary assessments.
Decreased creatinine levels are always a sign of dehydration.
Decreased creatinine levels may indicate impaired kidney function
or a reduction in muscle mass, which can affect overall health.
Decreased creatinine levels are unrelated to muscle mass.
Decreased creatinine levels indicate normal kidney function.
3. Describe how diuretics affect urine color and what this indicates about urine
concentration.
Diuretics make urine bright red, indicating blood presence.
Diuretics have no effect on urine color.
Diuretics typically cause urine to be pale yellow, indicating
increased urine output and dilution.
Diuretics cause urine to be dark brown, suggesting dehydration.
,4. Causes of Polyuria are:
Diabetes Insipidus
Diabetes Mellulitis
Diuretics
Excessive Fluid Intake
All of the above
5. Describe the implications of bacterial overgrowth syndrome on
gastrointestinal health.
Bacterial overgrowth syndrome is primarily a urinary condition
affecting kidney function.
Bacterial overgrowth syndrome has no significant impact on
gastrointestinal health.
Bacterial overgrowth syndrome can lead to malabsorption and
gastrointestinal symptoms due to damage to the intestinal lining.
Bacterial overgrowth syndrome only affects the stomach and not the
intestines.
6. Describe the potential consequences of long-term laxative use on
gastrointestinal health.
Long-term laxative use only affects hydration levels.
Long-term laxative use can lead to dependence, where the bowel
loses its ability to function normally without them.
Long-term laxative use improves bowel motility and function.
Long-term laxative use has no significant effects on gastrointestinal
health.
,7. What condition can result from the chronic use of laxatives?
Dehydration
Electrolyte imbalance
Dependence on laxatives
Increased bowel motility
8. What is the medical term for bed wetting?
Enuresis
Incontinence
Oliguria
Dysuria
9. What is the term for urinary incontinence that occurs when a person cannot
reach the toilet in time due to mobility issues?
Overflow incontinence
Stress incontinence
Urge incontinence
Functional incontinence
10. What is the term for urinary incontinence that occurs during physical
activities such as coughing or sneezing?
Stress incontinence
Functional incontinence
Urge incontinence
Overflow incontinence
, 11. When is constipation a red flag?
A. Unexplained
D. A and C
E. All of the above
C. Blood in stool
B. Unaccountable bowel habits
12. Interpret the significance of finding mucous in a stool sample in relation to
gastrointestinal health.
Finding mucous is a sign of excessive fiber intake.
Finding mucous in a stool sample can suggest underlying
gastrointestinal issues such as inflammation or infection.
Finding mucous means the patient is dehydrated.
Finding mucous indicates that the digestive system is functioning
normally.
13. Why is it important to obtain a urine culture from a client with a urinary tract
infection?
To assess for urine cloudiness
To look for protein in the urine
To look for blood in the urine
To administer correct antibiotics
14. What is the primary effect of diuretics on urine production?
Urine specific gravity
