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NR 325 EXAM 2 NEWEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
_____ is used to assess soft tissue injury, neurologic changes, unexplained neurologic deficits, or worsening neurologic condition in SCI. - ANSWER- MRI
Goals immediately after _____ include maintaining a patent airway, adequate ventilation/breathing, and adequate circulating blood volume (ABCs) and preventing extension of spinal cord damage (secondary injury). - ANSWER- SCI
_____ allows the patient to move and ambulate while cervical bones fuse - ANSWER- Halo fixation device
One of the physically demonstrable symptoms of meningitis is _____ _____. Severe neck stiffness causes a patient's hips and knees to flex when the neck is flexed. - ANSWER- Brudzinski's sign
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Positive _____ sign is involuntary flexing of hips and knees (an involuntary reaction to lessen the stretch on the inflamed meninges) - ANSWER- Brudzinski's sign
_____ _____ is a neuropsychiatric manifestation of liver disease. The pathogenesis is multifactorial. It includes the neurotoxic effects of ammonia, abnormal neurotransmission, astrocyte swelling, and inflammatory cytokines. - ANSWER- Hepatic encephalopathy
A characteristic manifestation of hepatic encephalopathy is _____, or flapping tremors, with the most common involving the arms and hands. - ANSWER- asterixis
If the common bile duct is obstructed due to _____, no bilirubin will reach the small intestine to be converted to urobilinogen.Thus the kidneys will excrete bilirubin, causing dark amber to brown urine. - ANSWER- cholelithiasis
Complications of _____ and cholecystitis include gangrenous cholecystitis, subphrenic abscess, pancreatitis, cholangitis (inflammation of biliary ducts), biliary cirrhosis, fistulas, and rupture of the gallbladder, which can cause bile peritonitis. - ANSWER- cholelithiasis
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Manifestations of _____ vary from indigestion to moderate to severe pain, fever, chills, and jaundice. - ANSWER- cholecystitis
When a stone is lodged in the ducts or when stones are moving through the ducts, spasms may result in response to the stone.This sometimes causes severe pain, which is termed _____ _____. - ANSWER- biliary colic
_____ results in the replacement of liver tissue by fibrosis (scar tissue) and regenerative nodules that occur from the liver's attempt to repair itself - ANSWER- cirrhosis
Hepatic encephalopathy caused by cirrhosis is treated with _____, to prevent breakdown of blood and the release of ammonia in the intestine. - ANSWER- lactulose
Increased levels of alkaline phosphatase, ALT, and AST are the notable labs present with _____. - ANSWER- cholecystitis
After an _____ _____, tell the patient to avoid heavy lifting for
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be resumed as soon as the patient feels ready, unless otherwise instructed by the HCP. - ANSWER- incisional cholecystectomy
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- Remove the bandages on the puncture sites the day after
- Notify your HCP if any of the following signs and symptoms
surgery and you can shower.
occurs:
• Redness, swelling, bile-colored drainage or pus from any incision • Severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, fever, chills
- You can gradually resume normal activities.
- Return to work within 1 wk of surgery.
- You can resume your usual diet, but a low-fat diet is usually
better tolerated for several weeks after surgery. - ANSWER- PT education for lap cholecystectomy
_____ is a blood-borne pathogen that can cause either acute or chronic hepatitis. - ANSWER- Hepatitis B (HBV)
_____ pain has a sudden onset. It is described as severe, deep, piercing, and continuous or steady. Eating worsens the pain. - ANSWER- Pancreatitis
The most common cause of _____ _____ _____ is drugs, usually acetaminophen. Other drugs that can cause acute liver failure include isoniazid, sulfa-containing drugs, and anticonvulsants. - ANSWER- acute liver failure
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