A nurse is caring for a patient who cannot clot. Which end product of the clotting cascade is the patient unable to make?
Lymphadenopathy is characterized by what?
Enlarged lymph nodes
After a myocardial infarction,
A nurse is caring for a patient who cannot clot. Which end product of the clotting cascade is the patient unable to make?
Lymphadenopathy is characterized by what?
Enlarged lymph nodes
After a myocardial infarction, the nurse cares for the impaired ventricular function because:
The resulting ischemia leads to hypoxic injury and myocardial cell death
If there is a backflow of blood this is called:
Upon assessment the nurse finds a widened pulse pressure and throbbing peripheral pulses. Which valve disorder does the nurse expect?
The most common composition of a renal stone is:
The most important factor in renal calculus formation is __________
The most common symptom that would occur with renal calculus formation is:
A 25 year old female presents with burning urination and is diagnosed with a UTI. What organism is the most likely cause of this?
Symptoms of a UTI include:
Burning sensation, urgency, pain, occasional blood in the urine
What are the signs, symptoms, and causes of acute cystitis?
Blood in the urine, flank pain, urine is cloudy
Delayed puberty is due to:
Slow maturation of that person
An 18 year old is diagnosed with dysmenorrhea. What symptoms will she most likely experience?
Polycystic ovary syndrome is the leading cause of _________ in the U.S.
The most common cause of yeast vaginitis is ______
The treatment for endometriosis is suppressing _______
Ovulation (by birth control, hormones, etc.)
HPV is associated with _____ cancer
Gynecomastia is overdevelopment of _______ in males.
______ is the most common bacterial STI in the U.S. and leading cause of infertility for both men and women
Chlamydia (is bacterial whereas herpes is viral)
Esophageal varices are the most common disorder associated with upper _______
Hematochezia is bleeding from the _______
The cardinal sign of pyloric stenosis caused by ulceration or tumors is ________
The most common clinical manifestation of a stress ulcer is _______
A 16-year-old female presents with abdominal pain in the right lower quadrant. Physical examination reveals rebound tenderness and a low-grade fever. A possible diagnosis would be:
______ disrupts hypothalamic satiety signaling and promotes overeating and excessive weight gain and is a factor in the development of obesity
A 13-year-old female confides to her mother that she binge eats and induces vomiting to prevent weight gain. This disease is referred to as:
Bulimia nervosa (can cause esophageal varices due to bleeding & acidic damage)
Anorexia is classified as:
Starvation eating (eating barely enough to survive)
Anorexia can lead to ________ failure
Both bulimia nervosa & anorexia can cause:
What are the manifestations of the icteric phase of hepatitis?
Jaundice, dark urine, enlarged liver
Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder wall usually cause by:
Gallstones (these cause pain)
The cardinal signs of small bowel obstruction are _______ and ________.
Vomiting & Distention (of the abdomen)
A 70-year-old female with osteoporosis fractures her leg at a location of preexisting abnormality. She reports that the fracture occurred following a minor fall. Which of the following best describes the fracture?
Pathologic fractures can occur due to: ________ or a pre-existing fracture that has _______
Preexisting pathology, re-fractured
A 12-year-old female hurts her ankle while playing basketball. Tests reveal that she tore a ligament. TJ condition is known as a:
A 35-year-old female suffers a broken clavicle following a motor vehicle accident. X-ray reveals that bone surfaces in the joint partially lost contact with each other. This condition is called:
The most important and clinically useful measurement in rhabdomyolysis is serum _______
Osteoporosis is due to an increase in bone _______
Osteoporosis can be attributed to decreased _____
Estrogen levels (and Calcium)
Patients with osteoporosis are at risk for _______
What is the primary cause of osteomyelitis?
A Staphylococcus infection
In osteomyelitis what happens to the periosteum?
It gets inflamed
Treatment for osteomyelitis is:
antibiotics for 30 days
Degenerative joint disease is cause by:
degeneration & loss of articular cartilage
What is the first line of treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA)?
RA is thought to be an _______ disease
Inflammation of RA starts in the ______
______ is characterized by diffuse pain, fatigue, and point tenderness
_________ are a collection of infected hair follicles and usually occur on the back of the neck, the upper back, and the lateral thighs.
_____ are at greater risk for developing keloids
Irregular scar formation is due to irregular _____ and ______ formation
Fibroblast activity & Collagen
The diagnosis is pityriasis rosea, and this disorder is cause by a:
People who have had chicken pox, now have a ______ virus in their system, which can cause ______
Herpes zoster, shingles
A 50-year-old male recently underwent a liver transplant & is taking immunosuppressive drugs. He now has pain & vesicular eruptions on the face and trunk. He re