NR 325 Exam 1 with answers
What disorder causes low serum osmolality?
A. SIADH
B. DI - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. SIADH
What disorder causes hemoconcentration of electrolytes?
A. SIADH
B. DI - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B. DI (because you are
peeing out all of the H2O)
What sound is indicative of a post-op thyroidectomy pt
declining rapidly? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Stridor (upper
airway obstruction)
What would a pt experience with a thyroidectomy? What
medication would they be on? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Pt
would experience hypothyroidism.
Pt would be on Synthroid (levothyroxine) for life.
Pt is flushed, tachycardic, can't sleep, has brittle hair, and
is experiencing weight loss; what do they have? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Hyperthyroidism
, Pt has a below normal temperature, hypotension, and
hypoventilation; what is the pt experiencing? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Myxedema coma
What conditions would cause the pt to have high BP? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔SIADH
Hyperthyroidism
What condition would cause a low urine specific gravity? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔DI (<1.005)
What causes low levels of T3, T4, and high levels of TSH?
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Hypothyroidism
A pt is urinating 19L a day and constantly drinking; what
condition do they have? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔DI
What condition do you treat with desmopressin? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔DI
Desmopressin is a synthetic ADH (DI you are lacking ADH)
What condition do you treat with IV diuretics? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔SIADH (because of fluid retention)
What disorder causes low serum osmolality?
A. SIADH
B. DI - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. SIADH
What disorder causes hemoconcentration of electrolytes?
A. SIADH
B. DI - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B. DI (because you are
peeing out all of the H2O)
What sound is indicative of a post-op thyroidectomy pt
declining rapidly? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Stridor (upper
airway obstruction)
What would a pt experience with a thyroidectomy? What
medication would they be on? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Pt
would experience hypothyroidism.
Pt would be on Synthroid (levothyroxine) for life.
Pt is flushed, tachycardic, can't sleep, has brittle hair, and
is experiencing weight loss; what do they have? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Hyperthyroidism
, Pt has a below normal temperature, hypotension, and
hypoventilation; what is the pt experiencing? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Myxedema coma
What conditions would cause the pt to have high BP? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔SIADH
Hyperthyroidism
What condition would cause a low urine specific gravity? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔DI (<1.005)
What causes low levels of T3, T4, and high levels of TSH?
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Hypothyroidism
A pt is urinating 19L a day and constantly drinking; what
condition do they have? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔DI
What condition do you treat with desmopressin? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔DI
Desmopressin is a synthetic ADH (DI you are lacking ADH)
What condition do you treat with IV diuretics? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔SIADH (because of fluid retention)
