NUR 502: ADVANCED PATHO: GI AND ENDOCRINE: TEST
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1) At what age does the US Preventative Services Task Force recommends regular
colorectal screening to begin? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Age 50 until age 75
2) What is the confirmatory test for a diagnosis of gastric cancer? -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ Endoscopy with biopsy
3) What is the treatment for irritable bowel syndrome -- Correct Answer ✔✔
Antidiarrheal agents, antispasmodic medications, increased fiber in diet
4) What is ulcerative colitis? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Ulcerative inflammatory bowel
disease, just in the LARGE intestine
5) What is Crohn Disease? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Inflammatory bowel disease
with a genetic component. Cause is unknown. Males = Females. Peak incidence
between 15-35 years.
,6) What is an inherited, autoimmune, malabsorption disorder of the small intestine?
-- Correct Answer ✔✔ Celiac disease is a serious autoimmune disease that
occurs in genetically predisposed people where the ingestion of gluten leads to
damage in the small intestine.
7) What is peritonitis? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ acute inflammation of the
peritoneum
8) What are the signs and symptoms of appendicitis? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Rt
lower quadrant pain at McBurney's point, N&V, low grade fever, and diarrhea
(several days).
9) Nursing care for the patient with cirrhosis focuses on what? -- Correct Answer
✔✔ Care focuses on serving the patient's strength while maintaining muscle
strength and tone.
10) The pain experienced with ______ ulcers usually worsen with eating. -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ gastric ulcer
11) A client is diagnosed with Cushing's syndrome. When reviewing the recent
laboratory results, the nurse should expect an excess of which substance?
A) Calcium
B) Cortisol
C) Epinephrine
D) Norepinephrine -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B
12) The best screening test for both hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism is: --
Correct Answer ✔✔ TSH Level
13) Which disorder is considered a co-morbid condition of acromegaly? -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ Diabetes
, 14) Which disorder is caused by hypersecretion of the growth hormone (GH) in
children? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Gigantism
15) The signs of thyrotoxic crisis include:
A) Constipation with gastric distention
B) Bradycardia and bradypnea
C) Hyperthermia and tachycardia
D) Constipation and lethargy -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C
16) The level of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in individuals with Graves disease
is usually
A) High
B) Low
C) Normal
D) Low
E) In constant flux -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B
17) What are clinical manifestations of hypothyroidism -- Correct Answer ✔✔
Weight gain, constipation, weakness, fatigue, depression, cold intolerance, dry
skin.
18) What is Addison's disease? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Under secretion of the
adrenal cortex.
19) What is myxedema? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ severe hypothyroidism
20) What is the treatment of Addison's Disease? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ add
steroids (gluco and mineralcorticoids)
all end in -sone
21) What is hyperparathyroidism? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ excessive secretion of
PTH
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1) At what age does the US Preventative Services Task Force recommends regular
colorectal screening to begin? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Age 50 until age 75
2) What is the confirmatory test for a diagnosis of gastric cancer? -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ Endoscopy with biopsy
3) What is the treatment for irritable bowel syndrome -- Correct Answer ✔✔
Antidiarrheal agents, antispasmodic medications, increased fiber in diet
4) What is ulcerative colitis? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Ulcerative inflammatory bowel
disease, just in the LARGE intestine
5) What is Crohn Disease? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Inflammatory bowel disease
with a genetic component. Cause is unknown. Males = Females. Peak incidence
between 15-35 years.
,6) What is an inherited, autoimmune, malabsorption disorder of the small intestine?
-- Correct Answer ✔✔ Celiac disease is a serious autoimmune disease that
occurs in genetically predisposed people where the ingestion of gluten leads to
damage in the small intestine.
7) What is peritonitis? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ acute inflammation of the
peritoneum
8) What are the signs and symptoms of appendicitis? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Rt
lower quadrant pain at McBurney's point, N&V, low grade fever, and diarrhea
(several days).
9) Nursing care for the patient with cirrhosis focuses on what? -- Correct Answer
✔✔ Care focuses on serving the patient's strength while maintaining muscle
strength and tone.
10) The pain experienced with ______ ulcers usually worsen with eating. -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ gastric ulcer
11) A client is diagnosed with Cushing's syndrome. When reviewing the recent
laboratory results, the nurse should expect an excess of which substance?
A) Calcium
B) Cortisol
C) Epinephrine
D) Norepinephrine -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B
12) The best screening test for both hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism is: --
Correct Answer ✔✔ TSH Level
13) Which disorder is considered a co-morbid condition of acromegaly? -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ Diabetes
, 14) Which disorder is caused by hypersecretion of the growth hormone (GH) in
children? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Gigantism
15) The signs of thyrotoxic crisis include:
A) Constipation with gastric distention
B) Bradycardia and bradypnea
C) Hyperthermia and tachycardia
D) Constipation and lethargy -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C
16) The level of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in individuals with Graves disease
is usually
A) High
B) Low
C) Normal
D) Low
E) In constant flux -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B
17) What are clinical manifestations of hypothyroidism -- Correct Answer ✔✔
Weight gain, constipation, weakness, fatigue, depression, cold intolerance, dry
skin.
18) What is Addison's disease? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Under secretion of the
adrenal cortex.
19) What is myxedema? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ severe hypothyroidism
20) What is the treatment of Addison's Disease? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ add
steroids (gluco and mineralcorticoids)
all end in -sone
21) What is hyperparathyroidism? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ excessive secretion of
PTH
