Costovertebral angle - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

How do the kidneys contribute to homeostasis? - answer-Contribute to fluid and electrolyte balance and acid-base balance What is a bacterial infection in the kidney and renal pelvis? - answer-Pyelonephritis What are the two types of pyelonephritis? - answer-Acute and chronic What does pyelonephritis interfere with? - answer-Urinary elimination What is an active bacterial infection? - answer-Acute pyelonephritis What results from repeated or continued upper urinary tract infection ...

Serve as a passageway for food and fluids, as well as air, making it common to the digestive and respiratory systems. - correct answer Pharynx Rounded upper area of the level of a clavicle: - correct answer Apex of each lung Of the following positioning actions, which one will remove the majority of the scapulae from the lung fields? - correct answer Roll shoulders forward The lower concave area of the lung is...

Exam 3: NUR101 / NUR 101 (Latest 2024 / 2025 Update) Health Assessment | Guide with Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A – Fortis Question: How to do dorsalis pedis pulse Answer: Very light touch, normally lateral and parallel with the extensor tendon of the big toe. Question: Pitting edema Scale Answer: 1+ Mild pitting, slight indentation, no perceptible swelling 2+ Moderate pitting, indentation subsides rapidly 3+ Deep pitting, indentation remains, leg looks s...

Final Exam: NR570/ NR 570 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Common Diagnosis & Management in Acute Care Review| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct |Grade A – Chamberlain Q: UA Answer: WBC and Nitrite=(gram (-) convert nitrate into nitrite) high indicators of UTI in what test Q: possible contamination Answer: urine sample. (squamous epithelial cells) indicates Q: Casts Answer: indicates severe renal disease. other then hyaline cast Q: Glomerulonephritis, Ren...

mesenteric infarction - correct answerPatient presents with mid epigastric pain, LUQ radiating to back, mild to very severe pain. Also has associated nausea and vomiting diaphoresis, pain is worse with lying supine. Physical assessment shows diminished bowel sounds and abdominal arteriogram. Urinary stones/kidney stones - correct answerPatient presents with a colicky flank pain progressing to constant and severe radiating to the groin in both lower quadrant, patient has associated nausea vomi...

Advanced Health Assessment Exam 3 Questions & Answers, Explained-The Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ) contains the: A) Gallbladder B) Spleen C) Liver D) Appendix - Spleen The spleen is the largest lymphatic organ. However, instead of lymph, its chambers are filled with blood. Suppose that Tina reported pain when you assessed for costovertebral angle (CVA) tenderness. Which of the following would be true? A) CVA tenderness may indicate kidney infection B) CVA tenderness may indicate liv...

MED SURG NR 325 UPGRADED EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2023/2024 To assess whether there is any improvement in a patient's dysuria, which question will the nurse ask? a."Do you have to urinate at night?" b."Do you have blood in your urine?" c."Do you have to urinate frequently?" d."Do you have pain when you urinate?" - CORRECT ANSWER-D. Dysuria is painful urination. When a patient's urine dipstick test indicates a small amount of protein, the nurse's next action should be to: a...

Chapter 10: Bony Thorax-Sternum and Ribs Lampignano: Bontrager’s Textbook of Radiographic Positioning and Related Anatomy, 9th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The suprasternal, manubrial, or jugular notch all correspond to the level of: a. T2-3. b. T1. c. T4-5. d. C7. ANS: A REF: 354 2. The xiphoid process corresponds to the vertebral level of: a. T7. b. T9-10. c. T4-5. d. L1-2. ANS: B REF: 354 3. What is the primary term for the superior margin of the sternum? a. Sternal no...

A patient is seen in the emergency department complaining of dysuria and tells you that she is 23 weeks pregnant. Your doctor diagnoses her with a UTI. Which of the following would be the best diagnosis? acute urinary tract infection in pregnancy, 2nd trimester A patient cut his left foot on a piece of glass two hours ago and is seen in the emergency department to have sutures placed. The doctor tells you there is no tendon injury and circulatory, sensory and motor is intact. What is the...

Final Exam: NSG3160/ NSG 3160 (New 2024/ 2025 Update) Health Assessment | Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| A Grade - Galen QUESTION borborygmus hyperperistalsis: rumbling or gurgling noises that are audible at a distance and caused by passage of gas through the liquid contents of the intestine QUESTION a bruit originating from the celiac artery Answer: can be a normal finding in healthy people under 40... systolic, medium to low in pi...

Midterm Exam: NR511 / NR 511 (Latest Update 2024 / 2025) Differential Diagnosis & Primary Care Practicum | Questions & Answers with Rationales | 100% Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain Question: You suspect appendicitis in Andrew, who is 18. With his right hip and knee flexed, you slowly rotate his right leg internally to stretch a muscle. He states that it is painful over his right lower quadrant. Which sign did you elicit? 1.Rovsing sign. 2.Psoas sign. 3.Obturator sign. 4.McBurney sig...

CAD Coronary Artery Disease HTN Hypertension DVT Deep Vein Thrombosis DM Diabetes Mellitus (Type I or Type II) CHF Congestive Heart Failure GERD Gastroesophogeal Reflux Disease COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease MI Myocardial Infarction URI Upper Respiratory Infection UTI Urinary Tract Infection CA Cancer CVA Cerebrovascular Accident / Costovertebral Angle TIA Transient Ischemic Attack ...