Worksheet 3

Your Name: Date: 06/xx/2017      

Purpose:

This activity provides each student with the opportunity to review the concepts that will be covered on the exam 3. This review can help students better understand the concepts, learn strategies for mastering this content from other students, and more accurately apply the concepts to future patient care situations.

Questions:

1. Define dysphagia and discuss the associated risks.
2. Discuss the pathophysiology of peptic ulcer disease.
3. List three conditions associated with peptic ulcer disease
4. Discuss signs and symptoms associated with peptic ulcer disease.
5. List conditions that can exacerbate or make peptic ulcer disease worse.
6. Discuss why emesis would take on the following characteristics:
7. Define the following and discuss the significance of each type of gastrointestinal bleeding:Define pyloric stenosis and discuss the associated signs and symptoms.
8. Define cholelithiasis
9. Define cholecystitis.
10. What is a complication of untreated cholelithiasis and cholecystitis?
11. Who is at risk of developing cholelithiasis and cholecystitis?
12. What is the mode of transmission for hepatitis A?
13. What is the mode of transmission for hepatitis B?
14. What is the mode of transmission for hepatitis C?
15. What are some risks for the individual with a diagnosis of hepatitis C?
16. Discuss jaundice and the causes of jaundice. What is meant by the terms pre-icteric, icteric, and post-icteric?
17. Define and list potential causes for cirrhosis.
18. Discuss the pathophysiology of acute pancreatitis.
19. What are risk factors for acute pancreatitis?
20. What is the primary concern of the patient with pancreatitis?
21. What type of diet is initially ordered for the patient with pancreatitis? Include the rationale.
22.  Briefly describe the pathophysiology of celiac disease.
23. What type of diet is recommended for a patient with celiac disease?
24. Compare and contrast ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Discuss the area of the bowel that is affected and characteristics of the stool.
25. Compare and contrast various signs and symptoms associated with colon cancer of the
26. Discuss the function of the kidneys.
27. Compare and contrast urinary incontinence and retention. Which patient population is at risk for each condition?
28. Discuss abnormal findings of the urinalysis.
29. What is the function of diuretics? What role do they play in renal dysfunction?
30. Explain why women are at higher risk for urinary tract infections compared to men.
31. Discuss the manifestations (signs and symptoms) and treatment of renal lithiasis or calculi (kidney stone).
32. Describe hydronephrosis.
33. List the initial, then later manifestations or signs/symptoms of kidney cancer and any predisposing factors.
34. List the initial manifestations or signs/symptoms of bladder cancer and predisposing factors.
35. Discuss Wilm’s tumor and the age group most affected.
36. Compare and contrast acute versus chronic renal failure.
37. Discuss potential causes of acute and chronic renal failure. What treatment is essential in patients with long term chronic renal failure that develop end stage renal failure or end stage renal disease?
38. Define the following terms
39. Discuss fractures:
40. Discuss the pathophysiology of fractures, factors that affect the healing of bone, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment.
41. Discuss osteoporosis.
42. Discuss osteoarthrisis.
43. Discuss rheumatoid arthritis.
44. Discuss gout.
45. Discuss type 1 diabetes mellitus. Include the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations and treatment. Why do we see these clinical manifestations?
46. Discuss diabetic ketoacidosis.
47. Discuss type 2 diabetes mellitus. Include the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations and treatment. Describe complications that may occur due to diabetes.
48. Discuss hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. Include Grave’s disease and Hashimoto’s disease. What is a goiter? What causes a goiter?
49. Discuss Cushing’s disease.