Exam 38: Disorders of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Function

A dialysis technician is providing care for a client with chronic renal failure. The technician would recognize which of the following characteristics of healthy kidneys? Select all that apply.

While living and hiking in the Rocky Mountains, a gentleman slipped and fell. He goes to an urgent care where an x-ray was done, and some blood was drawn for a CBC. The clinic informs him that he is anemic. What may contribute to this person's anemia? Select all that apply.

Which of the following patients on a geriatric medical unit is most likely to require slow-release potassium supplements on a regular basis?

A nurse educator is orientating new nurses to a renal unit of the hospital. Which of the following teaching points should the nurse include as part of a review of normal glomerular function?

Following an automobile accident where the patient had a traumatic amputation of his lower leg and lost greater than 40% of his blood volume, he is currently not producing any urine output. The nurse bases this phenomena on which of the following humoral substances responsible for causing severe vasoconstriction of the renal vessels?

A physician who is providing care for a 71-year-old male client with a recent diagnosis of renal failure and an acid-base imbalance is explaining some of the underlying etiology of the man's diagnoses to him and his family. Which of the following phenomena would most accurately underlie the teaching that the physician provides?

Which of the following statements about mesangial cells within the glomerulus is accurate? Select all that apply. Mesangial cells

Damage to which of the following areas of a nephron would most likely result in impaired secretion and reabsorption?

Which of the following substances is most likely to be reabsorbed in the tubular segments of the nephron using passive transport mechanisms?

A patient in the ICU has been diagnosed with hypovolemic shock. His BP is 88/53, heart rate 122, and respiratory rate 26. Given these vital signs, the nurse should expect the urine output to be

To treat enuresis in a young girl, her pediatrician prescribes desmopressin, an antidiuretic hormone (ADH) nasal spray, before bedtime. What is the most likely rationale for this treatment?

At which of the following locations in the nephron would a health care professional first expect blood to be largely free of plasma proteins?

When explaining the role of the proximal tubule in terms of medication administration, the nursing instructor will emphasize that which of the following medications are bound to plasma proteins and require the proximal tubule secretion of exogenous organic compounds to help with filtration? Select all that apply.

Which of the following clients on a medical unit of a hospital is most likely to be experiencing health problems that may be attributable to kidney disease?

A 62-year-old woman with high blood pressure is to begin long-term treatment with a thiazide diuretic that she thinks she will need to take for some time. What should the nurse expect to happen to her potassium and calcium levels?

Which of the following lab results would be associated with abnormalities in kidney function? Select all that apply.

While assessing a patient with urosepsis, the ICU nurse notes the patient's BP is 80/54; ^{HR 132; RR 24; and pulse oximetry 89% on 6 lpm O}2^{. Over the last hour, the patient's} urine output is 15 mL. When explaining to a new graduate nurse, the nurse will emphasize that the patient's status may relate to that

A patient in a hospital is frustrated at the inconvenience of having to collect his urine for an entire day and night as part of an ordered 24-hour urine collection test. He asks the nurse why the test is necessary since he provided a single urine sample 2 days ago. How could the nurse best respond to the patient's question?

Which of the following statements most accurately captures the function of the ascending loop of Henle?

When explaining to a class of nursing students enrolled in pathophysiology, the instructor states, "the majority of energy used by the kidney is for