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NU 327 Exam 5 Questions with All Correct Answers What is neurogenic bladder? - Answer- A disruption in the nervous control of micturation -Stroke -Parkinsonism -Spinal cord injuries/defects What are the types of incontinence? - Answer- -Urge -Stress -Mixed -Overflow -Functional Wha...

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NU 327 Exam 5 Questions with All
Correct Answers

What is neurogenic bladder? - Answer- A disruption in the nervous control of micturation
-Stroke
-Parkinsonism
-Spinal cord injuries/defects

What are the types of incontinence? - Answer- -Urge
-Stress
-Mixed
-Overflow
-Functional

What is urge incontinence? - Answer- -Sudden sensation of a need to urinate
-Most common type in older men
-Overactive detrusor muscle that contracts
Causes:
Aging
Bladder infections
Tumor/radiation
Calculi
Idiopathic

What is stress incontinence? - Answer- -Small amounts of urine involuntarily lost with
increased abdominal pressure like sneezing, coughing, laughing, and heavy lifting
-Weakening of pelvic floor muscles
-Childbearing

What is mixed incontinence? - Answer- -Combo of stress and urge
-common in older women

What is overflow incontinence? - Answer- -Bladder becomes so full it overflows
-Causes:
Obstruction prevents full emptying
Bladder too weak to contract

What is functional incontinence? - Answer- -Physical or environmental limitations that
prevent access in "time"
-Lack of facilities, cognitive deficits, and physical limitations

Cystitis: Etiology - Answer- -Bacteria normally cleared by flushing of urine itself

,-More common in females due to shorter urethra

Cystitis: Risk Factors - Answer- -Stasis
-Female
-Obstruction
-Instrumentation
-Neurogenic bladder
-Pregnancy
-Obesity
-Aging
-Diabetes
-"Nurse's Bladder"
-Catheterization

Cystitis: S&S - Answer- -Frequency
-Urgency
-Dysuria
-Pain
-Hematuria
-Cloudy urine
-Odor
-Confusion and new-onset incontinence (older adults)

Dysphagia - Answer- difficulty swallowing

What are the main clinical consequences of dysphagia? - Answer- -Malnutrition
-Aspiration

Dysphagia: S&S - Answer- > Pain with swallowing
> Choking/aspiration
> Malnutrition
> Weight loss

Dysphagia: Treatments - Answer- > "Thickener"
> Aspiration precautions
> Positioning-upright
> Surgical correction

What are the two types of Esophageal pain? - Answer- > Pyrosis (heartburn)
> Pain in the middle of the chest

Esophageal pain: S&S - Answer- > Chest pain
> SOB
> Retrostrernal burning
> Water brash
> Nausea

, Esophageal pain: Treatment - Answer- > Prevention
> Causative agent specific

Acute Diarrhea causes: - Answer- > Infection
> Stress
> Food allergy
>Leakage of stool around an impaction

Chronic diarrhea causes: - Answer- > Greater than 4 weeks
> Malabsorption
> Chronic infection

Constipation - Answer- > Small, infrequent, or difficult stool
> Fewer then 3 stools per week
> Low fiber diet
> Slow peristalsis
> Can lead to impaction

GastroEsophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) - Answer- Backward flow of gastric contents
into esophagus

GastroEsophageal Reflux Disease (GERD): S&S - Answer- > Heartburn
> Regurgitation
> Dysphagia
> Chest pain after a meal

GastroEsophageal Reflux Disease (GERD): Treatment - Answer- > Sleep with head
elevated
> Sit up during meals
> Nissen fundoplication
> H2 blockers and PPI
> Diet

Hiatal Hernia - Answer- Associated with conditions of increased intra abdomnial
pressure increases: pregnancy, obesity, chronic coughing

Hiatal Hernia: S&S - Answer- > Ulcers
> Heartburn
> Chest pain
> Dysphagia

Hiatal Hernia: Treatment - Answer- > Sleep with head elevated
> Sit up during meals
> Nissen fundoplication
> H2 blockers and PPI

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