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Exam 4: NUR170/ NUR 170 (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Concepts of Medical-Surgical Nursing Exam Review |Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct - Galen Q: What part of the body does Crohns disease affect? Answer: "Gum to Bum"= Mouth all the way through the digestive tract is inflammed Q: What part of the body does Ulcerative Colitis affect? Answer: Rectum/ Sigmoid colon Q: Which disease is highly genetic? --Ulcerative Colitis -- Crohns ...

NUR170/ NUR 170 Exam 4: (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Medical-Surgical Nursing |Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct - Galen Q: Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD) ulcerations in stomach or duodenum Q: PUD pain Answer: -Gastric: During/briefly after eating; a/w weight loss -Duodenal: A few hours after eating Q: PUD gastric ulcer Answer: Stomach secretes acid when you eat, irritates ulcer imme- diate response is pain Q: PUD duodenal ulcer Ans...

NUR170/ NUR 170 Exam 1: (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Medical-Surgical Nursing |Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct - Galen QUESTION pertinent CV and resp findings during preop assessment Answer: Chest pain Irregular HR HTN or htn HR <60 or >100 SOB, dyspnea, tachypnea O2 less than 94 Presence of pacemaker or ICD QUESTION signs and symptoms of infection during preop assessment Answer: Fever Purulent sputum Increase...

Exam 3: NUR170/ NUR 170 (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Concepts of Medical-Surgical Nursing Exam Review |Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct - Galen Q: What is neuropathy? Answer: Pain, tingling, numbness in peripheries Q: Patients with neuropathy are at an increased risk for _______? Answer: Injury to feet Q: How should patients with neuropathy prevent injury to the feet? Answer: -Wear shoes all the time -Shoes should not be too tight...

NUR170/ NUR 170 Exam 2: (New 2024/ 2025 Update) Medical-Surgical Nursing Complete Review| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct – Galen QUESTION Stroke Pathophysiology Interruption of blood flow causes tissue death of brain and therefore loss of function QUESTION s/s of stroke Answer: altered LOC, disturbances of face/arm/gait/speech vision changes, ataxia QUESTION types of strokes Answer: hemorrhage and ischemic (thrombus) QUESTION ...

Exam 1: NUR170/ NUR 170 (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Concepts of Medical-Surgical Nursing Exam |Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- Galen Q: What foods help replace iron in diet? Answer: Red meat, beans, organ meat, leafy greens, raisins, egg yolks Q: causes of b12 def. anemia Answer: vegan diet, low dairy diet, divurticulitis, diarrhea, tapeworm, overgrowth of baceteria in bowels. Q: Food to replace b12 Answer: dairy, green leafy veggies, fish...

NUR170/ NUR 170 Exam 4: (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Medical-Surgical Nursing Complete Review| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct – Galen Q: Small bowel obstruction post op interventions Answer: Vitals (BP & pulse) for fluid balance Pain management - analgesics Assess abdomen/bowels/ distention Replace electrolytes - mainly potassium Q: NGT Answer: Monitor drainage, tube patency, placement, maintain NPO status, mouth/nares care, keep patient in semi Fowler...

NUR170/ NUR 170 Exam 2: (New 2024/ 2025 Update) Medical-Surgical Nursing Bank| More than 300 Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct - Galen QUESTION The home health nurse visits a client who is taking phenytoin for control of seizures. During the assessment, the nurse notes that the client is taking birth control pills. Which information should the nurse include in the teaching plan? Answer: There is the potential of decreased effectiveness of birth control pills while taking ...

NUR170/ NUR 170 Exam 4: (New 2024/ 2025 Update) Medical-Surgical Nursing Complete Review| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct – Galen QUESTION diverticulosis abnormal outpouchings in the intestinal wall of the colon QUESTION Diverticula Answer: Pouches in the wall of the colon QUESTION divertculosis management Answer: NPO - bowel rest IV fluids NGT suction (N/V & distention) Broad spectrum antibiotics Low fiber diet BEFORE RE...

NUR170/ NUR 170 Exam 4: (New 2024/ 2025 Update) Medical-Surgical Nursing |Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers|100% Correct - Galen QUESTION Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Spastic colon; chronic or recurrent diarrhea, constipation, abd. pain and bloating QUESTION Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) s/s Answer: -primarily diarrhea (most common) -constipation -diarrhea (URGENT) -Abdominal pain (commonly LLQ) -pain is relieved by BM -diarrhea is NEVER bloody or ...