©THEBRIGHT 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 10:15AM A+
NU 122 Final Exam Review Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
What is the normal blood sugar - Answer✔70-100
What would be considered hyperglycemia upon a random blood sugar read - Answer✔>120
If a diabetic is sick - Answer✔Make sure they take insulin as needed and don't skip any doses
Diabetic patients are at risk for - Answer✔-Heart disease
-Retinopathy
-Slow wound healing
3 P's of Diabetes - Answer✔-Polyuria
-Polydipsia
-Polyphagia
Type 1 Diabetes - Answer✔-Occurs in young age
-Autoimmune
-Insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas are DESTROYED
-Results in NO insulin production
-Insulin is required for all patients
Type 2 Diabetes - Answer✔-Based on poor lifestyle choices
-Can be reversed if lifestyle factors are changed such as increasing exercise and eating healthier
-Pancreas produces insulin but not enough
Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) - Answer✔Thickening of artery walls and narrowing or arteries
of upper and lower extremities
What is a classic sign of PAD? - Answer✔Intermittent Claudication
1
, ©THEBRIGHT 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 10:15AM A+
PAD clinical manifestations - Answer✔-Intermittent claudication
-Paresthesia
-Shiny skin with no hair
-Diminished or absent pulses in the legs
-Pain at rest *Aggravated by leg elevation*
What position should patients with PAD be in - Answer✔Legs DOWN
What type of clothing should patients with PAD wear - Answer✔Non restrictive/not tight
If a patient has blood clots what are you going to treat them with - Answer✔Blood thinners
(Statins)
Left sided heart failure (Think Left Lung, pulmonary) - Answer✔-Blood backs up into LA
-Increased pulmonary hydrostatic pressure causes fluid leakage from the pulmonary capillary
bed into the interstitium and then the alveoli -This results in pulmonary congestion and edema
(pink/blood tinged sputum)
Left sided heart failure is sub classified into three groups - Answer✔-HFrEF(Systolic HF)
-HFpEF(Diastolic HF)
-or a combination of the two
HFrEF(Systolic HF) - Answer✔-Inability to pump blood effectively
-Decreased LV ejection fraction (LVEF)
Caused by
-Impaired contractile function
-Increased after load
-Mechanical abnormalities
HFpEF(Diastolic HF) - Answer✔-Inability of the ventricles to relax and fill during diastole, resting
in decreased stroke volume and cardiac output
-Primary cause is HTN
Right sided heart failure - Answer✔-RV does not pump effectively
-Fluid backs up in venous system
2
NU 122 Final Exam Review Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
What is the normal blood sugar - Answer✔70-100
What would be considered hyperglycemia upon a random blood sugar read - Answer✔>120
If a diabetic is sick - Answer✔Make sure they take insulin as needed and don't skip any doses
Diabetic patients are at risk for - Answer✔-Heart disease
-Retinopathy
-Slow wound healing
3 P's of Diabetes - Answer✔-Polyuria
-Polydipsia
-Polyphagia
Type 1 Diabetes - Answer✔-Occurs in young age
-Autoimmune
-Insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas are DESTROYED
-Results in NO insulin production
-Insulin is required for all patients
Type 2 Diabetes - Answer✔-Based on poor lifestyle choices
-Can be reversed if lifestyle factors are changed such as increasing exercise and eating healthier
-Pancreas produces insulin but not enough
Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) - Answer✔Thickening of artery walls and narrowing or arteries
of upper and lower extremities
What is a classic sign of PAD? - Answer✔Intermittent Claudication
1
, ©THEBRIGHT 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 10:15AM A+
PAD clinical manifestations - Answer✔-Intermittent claudication
-Paresthesia
-Shiny skin with no hair
-Diminished or absent pulses in the legs
-Pain at rest *Aggravated by leg elevation*
What position should patients with PAD be in - Answer✔Legs DOWN
What type of clothing should patients with PAD wear - Answer✔Non restrictive/not tight
If a patient has blood clots what are you going to treat them with - Answer✔Blood thinners
(Statins)
Left sided heart failure (Think Left Lung, pulmonary) - Answer✔-Blood backs up into LA
-Increased pulmonary hydrostatic pressure causes fluid leakage from the pulmonary capillary
bed into the interstitium and then the alveoli -This results in pulmonary congestion and edema
(pink/blood tinged sputum)
Left sided heart failure is sub classified into three groups - Answer✔-HFrEF(Systolic HF)
-HFpEF(Diastolic HF)
-or a combination of the two
HFrEF(Systolic HF) - Answer✔-Inability to pump blood effectively
-Decreased LV ejection fraction (LVEF)
Caused by
-Impaired contractile function
-Increased after load
-Mechanical abnormalities
HFpEF(Diastolic HF) - Answer✔-Inability of the ventricles to relax and fill during diastole, resting
in decreased stroke volume and cardiac output
-Primary cause is HTN
Right sided heart failure - Answer✔-RV does not pump effectively
-Fluid backs up in venous system
2
