NUR112 Final Exam Practice

An accumulation of tissue fluid in the alveoli of the lungs:

• pulmonary edema

• pneumonia

• pleural effusion

• pulmonary thromboembolism

Inelasticity of the lungs due to chronic inflammation and scarring of the lung tissue:

• pleuritis/pleurisy

• pneumothorax

• pneumonia

• emphysema

Disease characterized by inflamed, narrow airways that make it difficult for air to pass through.

• COPD

• Pulmonary Edema

• Pneumothorax

• Asthma

what are the first symptoms of pneumonia?

• chest pain when you breathe or cough, confusion or changes in mental awareness, cough that will include phlegm, fatigue, fever, sweating and shaking chills, lower than normal body temp, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and shortness of breath

• chess pain when u breathe or cough, confusion or changes in mental awareness, cough that will include phlegm, fatigue, fever, sweating and shaking chills, lower than normal body temp, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and shortness of breath

• chest pain when you breathe or coff, confusion or changes in mental awareness, coff that will include phlegm, fatigue, fever, sweating and shaking chills, lower than normal body temp, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and shortness of breath

• chest pain when you breathe or cough, confusion or changes in mental awareness, cough that will include phlegm, fatigue, fever, sweating and shaking chills, lower than normal body temp, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea

What is pleuritic chest pain?

• Pain that worsens when you sit down

• Pain that hurts when you poke your chest

• Pain that hurts more on the affected side

• Pain that gets worse when breathing

Which of the following products blocks the production of stomach acid? 

• Zantac (ranitidine)
• Tums (Calcium carbonate)
• Pepto Bismol (Bismuth subsalicylate)
• Mylanta (Aluminum hydroxide) 

Which of the following medications has the longest duration of action? 

• Magnesium hydroxide + aluminum hydroxide
• Ranitidine
• Omeprazole + sodium bicarbonate
• Famotidine + Calcium Carbonate

Which medication can start working within 5 minutes?

• Ranitidine
• Esomeprazole
• Cimetidine 
• Calcium carbonate

Which medication has an onset of action of 30 minutes?

• Famotidine

• Omeprazole

• Sodium Bicarbonate

• Calcium Carbonate

Most common etiologic factor for appendicitis

• tumors

• lymphoid hyperplasia

• fecalith

• vascular compromise