NSG 4100 Adult Health Exam Questions and
Answers
ESRD progresses with presence of - ✅✅HTN
ESRD Dx - ✅✅decreased gfr - less than 15 ml/min
kidneys do what? - ✅✅- filter/excrete/reabsorb
- acid base balance through HCO3
- BP regulation through making renin
- erythropoietin production
- vitamin d metabolism
how to pronounce diabetes mellitus - ✅✅diabetes "MEL-EYE-tuhs"
what is CRRT AND WHEN IS IT INDICATED - ✅✅Continuous renal replacement therapy which typically
done in an ICU setting and is continuous so that the client doesn't have drastic fluid shift. It's never more
than 80mL of blood out of the body at 1 time being filtered and therefore does not stress the
cardiovascular system as much.
**INDICATED IN ACUTE OR CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE TOO UNSTABLE FOR
TRADITIONAL HEMODIALYSIS****
CVVH vs CVVHD - ✅✅- Continuous Venovenous Hemofiltration (CVVH)- No dialysate
- Continuous Venovenous Hemodialysis (CVVHD)-Dialysate
what is renal surgery - ✅✅surgery to remove obstructions that affect the kidney, insert tubes for
draining the kidney, or remove the kidney (unilaterally)
Answers
ESRD progresses with presence of - ✅✅HTN
ESRD Dx - ✅✅decreased gfr - less than 15 ml/min
kidneys do what? - ✅✅- filter/excrete/reabsorb
- acid base balance through HCO3
- BP regulation through making renin
- erythropoietin production
- vitamin d metabolism
how to pronounce diabetes mellitus - ✅✅diabetes "MEL-EYE-tuhs"
what is CRRT AND WHEN IS IT INDICATED - ✅✅Continuous renal replacement therapy which typically
done in an ICU setting and is continuous so that the client doesn't have drastic fluid shift. It's never more
than 80mL of blood out of the body at 1 time being filtered and therefore does not stress the
cardiovascular system as much.
**INDICATED IN ACUTE OR CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE TOO UNSTABLE FOR
TRADITIONAL HEMODIALYSIS****
CVVH vs CVVHD - ✅✅- Continuous Venovenous Hemofiltration (CVVH)- No dialysate
- Continuous Venovenous Hemodialysis (CVVHD)-Dialysate
what is renal surgery - ✅✅surgery to remove obstructions that affect the kidney, insert tubes for
draining the kidney, or remove the kidney (unilaterally)
