Midterm Exam: NR507 / NR 507 Advanced Pathophysiology (Latest 2023/2024) | Questions and Verified Answers| Chamberlain
1. While turning a patient with chronic renal failure, which principle should the nurse recall? Bone fractures are a risk factor in chronic renal failure because
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Midterm Exam : NR507 / NR 507 Advanced Pathophysiology (Latest 2023/2024) | Questions a nd Verified A nswers| Chamberlain 1. While turning a patient with chronic renal failure, which principle should the nurse recall? Bone fractures are a risk factor in chronic renal failure because ~ Answer: the kidneys fail to activate vitamin D 2. Anemia accompan ies chronic renal failure because of ~ Answer: inadequate production of erythropoietin 3. A patient with end -stage renal disease has pruritus. When the patient asks what causes this, what is the nurse's best response? Pruritus , seen in patients with end -stage renal disease, is caused by high levels of ~ Answer: calcium 4. When a nurse is teaching about urinary pathogens in men. Which information should the nurse include? Mechanisms for defense agai nst urinary pathogens in men include ~ Answer: the long length of the urethra ~ antimicrobial secretions from the prostate 5. A 15 -year-old female presents with flank pain, irritability, malaise, and fever. Tests reveal glomerulonephritis. When the parents ask what could have caused this, how should the nurse respond ~ Answer: post streptococcal infe ction 6. A urologist is discussing nephritic syndrome. Which information should be included? If nephrotic syndrome is not caused initially by kidney disease, it is termed ____ nephrotic syndrome ~ Answer: secondary 7. A 4-year-old male is diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome. Which of the following assessment findings accompanies this condition? ~ Answer: proteinuria 8. A 7-year-old female is diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome. Which of the following should the nurse ask the parents if they or the child has noticed recently ~ Answer: Frothy urine 9. Which of the following clusters of symptoms would make a clinician suspect a child has developed glomerulonephritis
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