{"id":115209,"date":"2023-08-23T12:36:27","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T12:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=115209"},"modified":"2023-08-23T12:36:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T12:36:29","slug":"nurs-6531-nurs6531-final-exam-review-questions-and-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/23\/nurs-6531-nurs6531-final-exam-review-questions-and-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"NURS 6531 \/ NURS6531 FINAL EXAM REVIEW. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NURS 6531 Deck 1 FINAL EXAM REVIEW<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What are signs &amp; symptoms of SIADH (Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic<br>hormone)?<br>Increased production of ADH (antidiuretic hormone), hyponatremia, concentrated urine<br>(from excess water resorption), elevated urine osmolality, mental status changes from<br>cerebral edema.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Diabetes insipidus is associated with what sodium level?<br>Hypernatremia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Psychogenic polydipsia results in urine that is:<br>diluted with low osmolality and hyponatremia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How would you determine the cause of a patient&#8217;s AKI who presents with decreased<br>urine output, history of neurogenic bladder, chronic foley, dark urine, and Cr increase<br>from 1.3 to 2.1 over 3 months?<br>Flush the foley catheter to see if urine comes out and assess the patency of the<br>catheter. This action will unblock clogged sediment or biofilm from chronic bacteriuria.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When a female patient presents to the ER after sexual assault, what medications<br>should be offered prior to discharge?<br>Ceftriaxone, azithromycin, Plan B, and Metronidazole.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manifestations of Conn syndrome (hyperaldosteronism)?<br>hypernatremia, hypokalemia, and hypertension<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What causes Cushing syndrome?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Increased levels of glucocorticoids, can be exogenous (from therapy) or endogenous<br>(from adenoma or neoplasm).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"8\">\n<li>Manifestations of Cushing syndrome?<br>hypertension, truncal obesity, osteoporosis, skin fragility, and hyperglycemia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What differentiates primary adrenocortical insufficiency from secondary<br>adrenocortical insufficiency?<br>Skin hyperpigmentation is present in primary adrenocortical insufficiency<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is Trousseau&#8217;s sign?<br>A carpal spasm elicited by compression of the upper arm with a BP cuff that indicates<br>hypocalcaemia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is Chovstek&#8217;s sign?<br>A hemifacial tic that is induced by tapping the facial nerve below the maxilla that<br>indicates hypocalcaemia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is Babinski&#8217;s sign?<br>An upward response (extension) of the hallux when the sole of the foot is stimulated<br>with a blunt instrument. Can identify spinal cord disease in adults.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is Romberg&#8217;s sign?<br>Loss of balance in standing when eyes are closed. Usually indicating a loss of<br>proprioception or lesion in the cerebellum.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is Homan&#8217;s sign?<br>pain on passive dorsiflexion of ankle, associated with DVT.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NURS 6531 Deck 1 FINAL EXAM REVIEW Increased levels of glucocorticoids, can be exogenous (from therapy) or endogenous(from adenoma or neoplasm).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}