NR 507 Advanced Pathophysiology Final - Edapt
Questions and Correct Answers, 2024.
What is a symptom of a lower urinary tract infection?
Urgency
What is true regarding complicated UTIs?
Can be caused by a structural urinary tract disorder
What can help prevent a UTI?
Increased water consumption
True/False: Women are at higher risk of developing UTI because they have a shorter urethra
True
What is a risk factor for developing a UTI?
Pregnancy
What is true regarding an uncomplicated UTI?
- Occurs in the normal urinary tract
- Responds well to short-course of antibiotics
What is true regarding a complicated UTI?
- UTI that extends beyond the bladder
- Infants & older adults are usually affected
- Caused by structural/functional urinary tract abnormalities or a untreated UTI
What will the urinalysis of a patient with a UTI show?
WBCs & casts
The NP knows an uncomplicated UTI because
the UTI responds well to a short-course of antibiotic therapy
Highly suspective that causative bacteria of UTI is gram negative because of the presence of
Nitrites
A common organism that causes a UTI includes
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
True/False: There is a significant risk for men with BPH to develop cellular mutations that lead to
prostate cancer
, False
True/False: The peripheral zone of the prostate is the largest zone
True
On digital rectal exam to assess quality of prostate, NP would be concerned with a hard nodule
because
it indicates prostate cancer
The patient most often develops symptoms of BPH when
the prostatic urethra becomes obstructed
True/False: The purpose of straining in BPH is to overcome the obstruction encountered during
urination
True
What is the reaction of 5-Alpha reductase inhibitors?
To cause shrinkage of the prostate gland
Where are the hyper plastic nodules of BPH located?
Periurethral zone
Why are men who have BPH prone to develop UTIs?
Because of the stagnation of urine in the bladder that promotes bacterial growth.
True/False: PSA helps liquefy semen post-ejaculation
True
True/False: The underlying cause of BPH is that normal prostate cells respond to increases in
dihydrotestosterone that causes them to live longer & multiply
True
What is the most common type of formed stone?
Calcium stone
What is the type of stone formed during a UTI?
Struvite stone
True/False: The gold standard for diagnosing a renal stone is a urinalysis
False- CT scan is the gold standard for diagnosing a renal stone
True/False: Renal stones are formed when calcium & oxalate in the urine combine
True
Questions and Correct Answers, 2024.
What is a symptom of a lower urinary tract infection?
Urgency
What is true regarding complicated UTIs?
Can be caused by a structural urinary tract disorder
What can help prevent a UTI?
Increased water consumption
True/False: Women are at higher risk of developing UTI because they have a shorter urethra
True
What is a risk factor for developing a UTI?
Pregnancy
What is true regarding an uncomplicated UTI?
- Occurs in the normal urinary tract
- Responds well to short-course of antibiotics
What is true regarding a complicated UTI?
- UTI that extends beyond the bladder
- Infants & older adults are usually affected
- Caused by structural/functional urinary tract abnormalities or a untreated UTI
What will the urinalysis of a patient with a UTI show?
WBCs & casts
The NP knows an uncomplicated UTI because
the UTI responds well to a short-course of antibiotic therapy
Highly suspective that causative bacteria of UTI is gram negative because of the presence of
Nitrites
A common organism that causes a UTI includes
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
True/False: There is a significant risk for men with BPH to develop cellular mutations that lead to
prostate cancer
, False
True/False: The peripheral zone of the prostate is the largest zone
True
On digital rectal exam to assess quality of prostate, NP would be concerned with a hard nodule
because
it indicates prostate cancer
The patient most often develops symptoms of BPH when
the prostatic urethra becomes obstructed
True/False: The purpose of straining in BPH is to overcome the obstruction encountered during
urination
True
What is the reaction of 5-Alpha reductase inhibitors?
To cause shrinkage of the prostate gland
Where are the hyper plastic nodules of BPH located?
Periurethral zone
Why are men who have BPH prone to develop UTIs?
Because of the stagnation of urine in the bladder that promotes bacterial growth.
True/False: PSA helps liquefy semen post-ejaculation
True
True/False: The underlying cause of BPH is that normal prostate cells respond to increases in
dihydrotestosterone that causes them to live longer & multiply
True
What is the most common type of formed stone?
Calcium stone
What is the type of stone formed during a UTI?
Struvite stone
True/False: The gold standard for diagnosing a renal stone is a urinalysis
False- CT scan is the gold standard for diagnosing a renal stone
True/False: Renal stones are formed when calcium & oxalate in the urine combine
True
