Exam 3: NSG4100 / NSG 4100
(Latest 2025 / 2026) Nursing Practice
- Adult Health III | Review Guide
Questions & Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct (Verified Solutions) - Galen
Question:
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
Answer:
A condition in which the walls of the aorta in the abdomen weaken and blood leaks into the layers of the vessel, causing it to bulge.
Question:
AAA symptoms of rupture
Answer:
warmth in abdomen or back Palpable mass but do not palpate it Decreasing BP Increasing HR 1 / 4
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Causes of AAA
Answer:
arteriosclerosis is most common cause
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Etiology of AAA
Answer:
• CONGENITAL
• MECHANICAL (HEMODYNAMIC) (
• TRAUMATIC (PSEUDOANEURYSM)
• INFLAMMATORY (NONINFECTIOUS)
• INFECTION (MYCOTIC)
• PREGNANCY-RELATED DEGENERATIVE
• ANASTOMOTIC(POSTARTERIOTOMY)
Question:
Clinical manifestations
Answer:
PATIENT FEELS THEIR HEART BEATING IN THEIR ABDOMEN WHEN
THEIR LYINGDOWN, POSSIBLY FEELS A MASS OR ABDOMINAL
THROBBING
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Question:
Diagnosis of AAA
Answer:
• PALPABLE PULSATILE MASS IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER ABDOMEN
• A SYSTOLIC BRUIT MAY BE HEARD OVER THE MASS.
• DUPLEX ULTRASONOGRAPHY OR CTA IS USED TO DETERMINE THE
SIZE, LENGTH, ANDLOCATION OF THE ANEURYSM
.• RUPTURE IS LIKELY WITH COEXISTING HYPERTENSION AND
ANEURYSMS MORE THAN 6CM WIDE.
Question:
Nursing management post AAA repair
Answer:
ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR PATIENT MUST BE SUPINE FOR 6 HOURS AND
HOB ELEVATED UP TO 45DEGREES AFTER 2 HOURS
Bed rest and doppler
Further assessment of bleeding or infection
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Question:
post implantation syndrome
Answer:
-may result after endovascular repair.-monitor temperature every 4 hours.-fever, leukocytosis, thrombocytopenia.
Self limiting
Question:
Aneurysm can also occur in
Answer:
the peripheral vessels
Question:
Dissecting Aorta
Answer:
A tear develops in the intima or the media degenerates resulting in a dissection.Commonly associated with hypertension, blunt chest trauma, and cocaine use.
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