Exam 3: NSG4100 NSG 4100

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

Question:

Causes of AAA

Answer:

arteriosclerosis is most common cause

Question:

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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