Walden University - NURS 6512 Week 7 Quiz (Questions and Answers Provided With Elaborations) Exam Prep Guide

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Walden University - NURS 6512 Week 7 Quiz (Questions and Answers Provided With Elaborations) Exam Prep Guide Question 1 2 out of 2 points Costovertebral angle tenderness should be assessed whenever... you suspect the patient may have: Response Feed-back: Pyelonephritis is characterized by flank pain and costovertebral angle tenderness.  Question 2 2 out of 2 points In older adults, overflow fecal incontinence is commonly due to: Response Feedback: Constipation with overflow occurs when the rectum contains hard stool and soft feces above leak around the mass of stool.  Question 3 2 out of 2 points A 1-month-old boy has been vomiting for 2 weeks. How is this symptom of gastroesopha-geal reflux disease (GERD) and pyloric stenosis further differentiated in this child s assess-ment? Response Feed-back: With pyloric stenosis, vomiting becomes projectile and a small olive-sized mass is palpable in the RUQ; the infant is usually hungry again soon after vomiting, and because little or no food is reaching the intestines, the infant has fewer, smaller stools. The child fails to thrive and has signs of dehydra-tion. These signs are not associated with GERD. Regurgitation can be present with either disease. [Show More]

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