Exam 3: NUR101 / NUR 101(Latest
2024 / 2025 Update) Health Assessment | Guide with Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A – Fortis
Question:
What lab values indicate liver failure?
Answer:
- ALT: tells you how the liver is functioning
- AST: enzyme in the liver that helps convert protein into energy for the liver
cells
Question:
How do we recognize if a pt has an enlarged prostate
Answer:
- a weak or interrupted urinary stream
- sudden urgency to urinate
- frequent urination
- inability to completely empty the bladder during urination 1 / 3
- trouble initiating urine flow even when bladder feels full
- decreased urination
- blood in urine
- straining
Question:
What are abnormal assessment findings when assessing the urinary function
Answer:
- Anuria
- burning
- dysuria
- frequency
- hematuria
- hesitancy
- inconsistency
- nocturia
- oliguria
- pain
- pneumaturia
- polyuria
- retention
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stress incontinence
Question:
What would urine look like if the pt drank large amounts of water?
Answer:
pale to amber
Question:
What factor stimulates renin release?
Answer:
- When a fall in arterial BP is detected by pressure sensitive receptors
- when a decrease in sodium chloride (salt) is detected in the kidney by the
- when sympathetic nervous system activity is detected though beta 1
(baroreceptors) in the arterial vessels
mascila densa in the juxtaglomerular apparatus
adrenergic receptors
Question:
What happens when the kilocalorie intake is too high in a pt?
Answer:
they gain weight
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