Week 5 Final Exam: NR511 NR-511

Week 5 Final Exam: NR511 / NR-511

(Latest Update 2025 / 2026) Differential Diagnosis & Primary Care Practicum | Review Questions & Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain

GI

Question:

Who does rotavirus effects and what are the symptoms

Answer:

•common in children younger than age 3.

low-grade fever, loss of appetite, copious watery diarrhea, flatulence, vomiting, stomach cramps.

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Question:

Treatment for Rotavirus

Answer:

-Fluids -Supportive care -Antiemetics

Question:

S/s of appendicitis

Answer:

•Constant periumbilical pain shifting to the right lower quadrant; vomiting following the pain; a small volume of diarrhea; may not always vomit

•pain (dull, sharp, mild or severe); fever, chills, loss of appetite, malaise, diarrhea, nausea or vomiting

Question:

Appendicitis What is a obturator sign?

Answer:

elicited when, with the patient's right hip and knee flexed, the examiner slowly rotates the right leg internally, which stretches the obturator muscle.Pain over the right lower quadrant (RLQ) is considered a positive sign.

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Question:

Treatment for appendicitis?

Answer:

surgery; antimicrobial therapy

Question:

What is gastroenteritis and what causes it?

Answer:

•Characterized by irritation and inflammation of the stomach

can be acute or chronic and can be caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites, injury to the bowel mucosa, inorganic poisons (sodium nitrate), organic poisons (mushrooms or shellfish), and drugs.

Chronic causes include food allergies and intolerance, stress, and lactase deficiency.

**Gastroenteritis caused by bacterial toxins in food is often referred to as food poisoning; it should be suspected when groups of individuals present with the same symptoms.

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