Question

A nurse is caring for a client who has a new diagnosis of urolithiasis. Which of the following should the nurse identify as an associated risk factor?

Answer 1

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Family history

Rationale :

💎 A family history of urolithiasis is a recognized risk factor because stone formation can be influenced by genetic predisposition.

💎 Clients with affected relatives may inherit tendencies related to calcium metabolism, uric acid production, or renal stone formation.

💎 This increases the likelihood of developing kidney stones even when other risk factors are not obvious.

💎 Urolithiasis is also commonly associated with dehydration, recurrent urinary stasis, and metabolic abnormalities, and family history fits this pattern of predisposition.

💎 For this reason, the nurse should identify family history as an important associated risk factor.

Hypocalcemia

💎 Hypocalcemia is not a typical risk factor for kidney stone formation.

💎 Stone formation is more commonly linked to hypercalcemia or hypercalciuria, not low calcium levels.

BMI less than 25

💎 A BMI less than 25 is not considered a classic risk factor for urolithiasis.

💎 In contrast, obesity and metabolic syndrome are more commonly associated with increased stone risk.

Diuretic use

💎 Diuretic use is not the best answer in this item as a general risk factor for urolithiasis.

💎 Although some medications can influence stone formation, family history is the more clearly established associated risk factor here.

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Answer 2

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Hand tremors
Foot cramps

Rationale :

Hand tremors

🔷 Hand tremors after thyroid and parathyroid removal require immediate follow-up because they can indicate hypocalcemia.

🔷 Removal or injury to the parathyroid glands can lead to decreased parathyroid hormone, which causes a drop in serum calcium.

🔷 Low calcium increases neuromuscular excitability, leading to manifestations such as tremors, tingling, and muscle spasms.

🔷 This finding is clinically important because worsening hypocalcemia can progress to tetany, laryngospasm, or seizures.

🔷 The nurse should report hand tremors promptly and anticipate assessment of calcium status.

Foot cramps

🔷 Foot cramps also require immediate follow-up because they are another early sign of neuromuscular irritability from hypocalcemia.

🔷 Following removal of the thyroid and parathyroid glands, the client is at risk for decreased calcium levels due to reduced parathyroid hormone secretion.

🔷 Muscle cramping, especially in the extremities, suggests that calcium balance may already be compromised.

🔷 Untreated hypocalcemia can become severe and affect both muscular and respiratory function.

🔷 The nurse should treat foot cramps as an urgent postoperative finding that needs prompt evaluation.

Earache

🔷 An earache is not a classic priority manifestation of postoperative hypocalcemia after thyroid and parathyroid surgery.

🔷 It may reflect discomfort or referred pain, but it is not as urgent as signs of neuromuscular irritability.

Increased appetite

🔷 Increased appetite is not an expected immediate postoperative emergency finding after thyroid and parathyroid removal.

🔷 It does not specifically suggest airway compromise, bleeding, or acute electrolyte imbalance.

Dizziness

🔷 Dizziness can occur for many nonspecific reasons after surgery, such as medications or position changes.

🔷 It is less immediately concerning than hand tremors and foot cramps, which strongly suggest hypocalcemia.

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Answer 3

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Avoid foods high in fat.

Rationale :

✅ The client should avoid foods high in fat because fatty foods stimulate the gallbladder to contract and release bile.

✅ In chronic cholecystitis, gallbladder inflammation and impaired bile flow can make this contraction painful, resulting in biliary colic.

✅ Limiting fat intake helps reduce gallbladder stimulation and decreases the likelihood of pain episodes.

✅ This teaching is especially important because many attacks occur after eating fried, greasy, or high-fat meals.

✅ For this reason, avoiding foods high in fat is the most appropriate dietary instruction.

Include foods high in fiber

✅ Foods high in fiber may support general digestive health, but this is not the key instruction for preventing biliary colic.

✅ The priority teaching is to reduce fat intake, since fat directly triggers gallbladder contraction.

Avoid foods high in sodium

✅ Restricting sodium is not the main dietary intervention for chronic cholecystitis with biliary colic.

✅ Sodium intake does not directly provoke gallbladder contraction in the same way that fat does.

Include foods high in starch and proteins

✅ Encouraging foods high in starch and proteins is not the primary teaching point for this condition.

✅ The most effective dietary strategy is to avoid high-fat foods, which are the major trigger for gallbladder pain.

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Answer 4

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Ammonia

Rationale :

🟣 In clients with cirrhosis, lactulose is used to reduce ammonia levels in the bloodstream, not just to treat constipation.

🟣 Liver dysfunction decreases the body’s ability to convert ammonia into urea, allowing ammonia to accumulate.

🟣 Elevated ammonia can contribute to hepatic encephalopathy, causing confusion, altered mental status, and decreased level of consciousness.

🟣 Lactulose works by trapping ammonia in the colon and promoting its excretion through the stool.

🟣 This is why the nurse should explain that the medication is used to lower ammonia and help protect neurologic function.

Bicarbonate

🟣 Bicarbonate is not the substance lactulose is intended to lower in clients with cirrhosis.

🟣 The medication’s important therapeutic role is reduction of ammonia, especially in hepatic encephalopathy.

Glucose

🟣 Glucose is not the target of lactulose therapy in cirrhosis.

🟣 Lactulose is given to help lower ammonia levels, not blood sugar.

Potassium

🟣 Potassium is not the main bloodstream component lactulose is prescribed to decrease in cirrhotic clients.

🟣 The key reason for administration is management of elevated ammonia.

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Blank 1 Correct Option: Glucose
Blank 2 Correct Option: Temperature

Rationale :

🔷 The client’s glucose of 450 mg/dL is the highest priority because it indicates severe hyperglycemia with manifestations of possible acute metabolic instability, including extreme thirst, hunger, frequent urination, nausea, vomiting, and intermittent confusion.

🔷 These findings suggest the client is at risk for a hyperglycemic crisis, which can rapidly progress to worsening dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, and neurologic deterioration if not treated promptly.

🔷 After the glucose is addressed, the nurse should focus on the temperature of 101.2°F (38.4°C) because fever suggests an underlying infectious or inflammatory trigger, which may be worsening the hyperglycemia.

🔷 The elevated WBC count, recent COVID infection, and presence of a right lower extremity ulcer further support concern for infection as a contributing factor.

🔷 For this reason, the nurse should first address glucose, then address temperature to manage both the immediate metabolic danger and the likely precipitating cause.

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Answer 6

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"l don't eat shellfish because it gives me hives."

Rationale :

🔷 An intravenous pyelogram uses iodinated contrast, so the nurse should report a history suggesting a possible contrast-related allergy risk before the test.

🔷 The client’s statement about hives signals a significant allergic history that the provider should evaluate before contrast is given.

🔷 IVP preparation specifically includes telling the care team about allergies, prior dye reactions, and possible pregnancy.

🔷 The other statements do not present the same immediate safety concern prior to contrast administration.

🔷 For that reason, “I don’t eat shellfish because it gives me hives” is the statement the nurse should report first.

“I drink at least 2 quarts of fluid every day.”

🔷 Good fluid intake does not create a contraindication to an IVP.

🔷 Hydration is often encouraged in clients with a history of urinary stones unless otherwise restricted.

“My period ended 2 days ago.”

🔷 A recent menstrual period does not by itself create a major concern for IVP safety.

🔷 The more important reproductive issue is whether the client is pregnant or might be pregnant.

“The last time I voided it was painful and red-tinged.”

🔷 Dysuria and hematuria can occur with urinary stones and are part of the clinical picture being evaluated.

🔷 They do not carry the same immediate pre-procedure significance as a possible allergy history before contrast exposure.

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Answer 7

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Recent tooth extraction
Diarrhea last 4 days
Heart rate 140 bpm

Rationale :

Recent tooth extraction

💎 Thyroid storm is often precipitated by a stressful event such as infection, surgery, trauma, or other physiologic stressors.

💎 A recent tooth extraction can act as a trigger because it may produce acute stress or infection.

💎 In a client who already has hyperthyroidism and fever, identifying a recent precipitating event is clinically important.

💎 This helps the nurse recognize why the client may be moving into a more severe thyrotoxic state.

💎 For that reason, recent tooth extraction is associated with thyroid storm.

Diarrhea last 4 days

💎 Diarrhea is a recognized gastrointestinal manifestation of thyroid storm.

💎 Thyroid storm produces a profound hypermetabolic state, which can lead to increased GI activity along with fever and agitation.

💎 When diarrhea appears together with hyperthyroid symptoms, it raises concern for progression to a crisis state.

💎 This finding supports the presence of severe systemic involvement rather than uncomplicated hyperthyroidism.

💎 Therefore, diarrhea for 4 days is consistent with thyroid storm.

Heart rate 140 bpm

💎 Marked tachycardia is one of the classic hallmarks of thyroid storm.

💎 A heart rate of 140 bpm reflects severe adrenergic overstimulation and is much more concerning than mild palpitations.

💎 Thyroid storm commonly presents with high fever and a rapid heart rate, and these findings together strongly increase suspicion.

💎 This cardiovascular instability can progress to dysrhythmias or heart failure if not treated quickly.

💎 For this reason, heart rate 140 bpm is an associated finding of thyroid storm.

Periorbital edema

💎 Periorbital edema is more consistent with Graves ophthalmopathy than with thyroid storm itself.

💎 It may occur in hyperthyroidism, but it is not one of the classic acute crisis findings used to identify thyroid storm.

Hypoventilation

💎 Hypoventilation is not typical of thyroid storm.

💎 Thyroid storm more often presents with hypermetabolism, tachycardia, fever, agitation, and GI symptoms, not slowed ventilation.

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Answer 8

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Heart rate is 54, patient has complained of constipation and poor appetite. [ Myxedema ]
Patient is anxious and irritable with skin moist and warm [ Graves Disease ]
Patient has recently lost over 10 pounds in the last month and has noticed a fine tremor in the hands [ Graves Disease ]
Nonpitting edema noted in the extremities with thinning hair [ Myxedema ]

Rationale :

Heart rate 54, constipation, poor appetite = Myxedema

✅ Myxedema reflects severe hypothyroidism, which slows metabolic processes throughout the body.

✅ This commonly causes bradycardia, constipation, and decreased appetite or sluggish GI function.

✅ These manifestations fit a low-thyroid state rather than an overactive thyroid.

✅ The slowed heart rate is especially helpful in distinguishing it from Graves disease.

✅ Therefore, this finding pattern is most consistent with Myxedema.

Anxious, irritable, warm moist skin = Graves disease

✅ Graves disease is a common cause of hyperthyroidism, so the body enters an accelerated metabolic state.

✅ Clients often become anxious, irritable, and develop warm, moist skin due to heat intolerance and sweating.

✅ These are classic manifestations of excess thyroid hormone.

✅ They reflect increased sympathetic activity and increased heat production.

✅ Therefore, this cluster is consistent with Graves disease.

Weight loss and fine hand tremor = Graves disease

✅ Weight loss despite increased metabolism is a classic finding in Graves disease.

✅ A fine tremor is also common because excess thyroid hormone increases adrenergic sensitivity.

✅ These findings point strongly toward hyperthyroidism rather than hypothyroidism.

✅ The combination of tremor and unintentional weight loss is especially characteristic.

✅ Therefore, this presentation fits Graves disease.

Nonpitting edema with thinning hair = Myxedema

✅ Myxedema is associated with nonpitting edema due to accumulation of mucopolysaccharides in the skin and tissues.

✅ Hair thinning or hair loss can also occur in hypothyroid states.

✅ These changes reflect a chronic low-thyroid metabolic pattern.

✅ This does not fit the warm, overactive presentation of Graves disease.

✅ Therefore, nonpitting edema with thinning hair is most consistent with Myxedema.

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Answer 9

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Administer furosemide as prescribed.
Maintain strict intake and output.
Prepare patient for a paracentesis.

Rationale :

Administer furosemide as prescribed

🟣 Ascites in cirrhosis is commonly managed with diuretic therapy to help mobilize excess fluid.

🟣 Guidelines describe diuretics as a mainstay of treatment, often using an aldosterone antagonist and sometimes a loop diuretic such as furosemide.

🟣 Giving the prescribed diuretic supports reduction of abdominal fluid accumulation and symptom burden.

🟣 The nurse should monitor the client closely for response and electrolyte effects.

🟣 Therefore, administering furosemide as prescribed is appropriate.

Maintain strict intake and output

🟣 Strict intake and output is important because fluid balance is central to the management of ascites.

🟣 Careful monitoring helps the nurse evaluate diuretic effectiveness and identify worsening fluid retention or dehydration.

🟣 Accurate fluid assessment is a standard nursing priority in clients with cirrhosis and ascites.

🟣 It also supports safe adjustment of treatment.

🟣 Therefore, the RN should maintain strict intake and output.

Prepare patient for a paracentesis

🟣 Paracentesis is an established treatment for significant or tense ascites.

🟣 It can relieve discomfort, improve breathing, and remove large fluid volumes when ascites is severe.

🟣 The RN should anticipate this procedure when fluid accumulation is clinically important.

🟣 Preparation includes monitoring status and assisting with safe procedural care.

🟣 Therefore, preparing the patient for a paracentesis is appropriate.

Ambulate in hallway three times daily

🟣 Ambulation may support general mobility, but it is not a primary intervention for controlling ascites itself.

🟣 The priority interventions focus on fluid management and relieving abdominal fluid accumulation.

Encourage an increase in oral fluids

🟣 Increasing oral fluids is not a standard intervention for ascites due to cirrhosis.

🟣 In some cases, fluid intake may need to be limited depending on sodium balance and overall status.

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Answer 10

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Prostatitis

Rationale :

🌟 In male clients, a urinary tract infection can extend into the prostate gland, leading to prostatitis.

🌟 This is a recognized complication because the male urinary tract anatomy allows infection to involve adjacent reproductive structures.

🌟 Prostatitis often presents with urinary symptoms and pelvic or perineal discomfort.

🌟 Among the listed options, it is the condition most directly linked as a result of a UTI.

🌟 Therefore, the client is most likely to develop prostatitis.

Erectile dysfunction

🌟 Erectile dysfunction is not the most likely direct complication of a UTI.

🌟 While illness can temporarily affect sexual function, prostatitis is the more typical infection-related extension.

Chlamydia

🌟 Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection, not a condition caused by a urinary tract infection.

🌟 It has a different cause and is not a complication that develops from a standard bacterial UTI.

Benign prostatic hypertrophy

🌟 Benign prostatic hypertrophy is a noninfectious enlargement of the prostate that develops over time.

🌟 It is not a condition caused by a current UTI.

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Parameter	Value
Time	0900
Temperature	101.2°F (38.4°C)
Heart rate	104/min
Respiratory rate	22/min
Blood pressure	140/84 mmHg
Oxygen saturation	95% RA
Pain	6/10 on scale of 1–10

Time	Test	Results	Reference Range
0900	WBC	12,432 uL	5,000 – 10,000 uL
0900	Potassium	4.3	3.5 – 5.1 mEq/L
0900	Sodium	148	133 – 147 mEq/L
0900	BUN	28	7–26 mg/dL
0900	Creatinine	1.2	0.7 – 1.21 mg/dL
0900	Glucose	450	70 – 99 mg/dL

Assessment Findings	Graves Disease	Myxedema
Heart rate is 54, patient has complained of constipation and poor appetite.
Patient is anxious and irritable with skin moist and warm
Patient has recently lost over 10 pounds in the last month and has noticed a fine tremor in the hands
Nonpitting edema noted in the extremities with thinning hair

Custom NUR212 Midpoint Assessment Spring 2 2026

No.

1 :
A nurse is caring for a client who has a new diagnosis of urolithiasis. Which of the following should the nurse identify as an associated risk factor?

2 :
Which symptoms reported by the patient immediately following the surgical removal of the thyroid and parathyroid gland requires intervention by the RN Select the "2" findings that require immediate follow-up

3 :
A nurse is preparing dietary instructions for a client who has episodes of biliary colic from chronic cholecystitis. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching plan?

5 :
Patient data.

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6 :
A nurse is caring for a female client who has recurrent kidney stones and is scheduled for an intravenous pyelogram. Which of the following statements by the client should the nurse report to the provider?

7 :
A patient newly diagnosed with hyperthyroidism has a fever of 101.30F. Which additional assessment findings should the nurse identify as those associated with thyroid storm? Select all that apply.

8 :
For each client finding below,

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9 :
Which nursing interventions should the RN implement when providing care for a patient with ascites related to Cirrhosis of the liver? Select all that apply.

10 :
A nurse is caring for a male client who has a urinary tract infection. Which of the following conditions is the client most likely to develop as a result of the UTI?

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Custom NUR212 Midpoint Assessment Spring 2 2026

No.

1 : A nurse is caring for a client who has a new diagnosis of urolithiasis. Which of the following should the nurse identify as an associated risk factor?

2 : Which symptoms reported by the patient immediately following the surgical removal of the thyroid and parathyroid gland requires intervention by the RN Select the "2" findings that require immediate follow-up

3 : A nurse is preparing dietary instructions for a client who has episodes of biliary colic from chronic cholecystitis. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching plan?

5 : Patient data.

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6 : A nurse is caring for a female client who has recurrent kidney stones and is scheduled for an intravenous pyelogram. Which of the following statements by the client should the nurse report to the provider?

7 : A patient newly diagnosed with hyperthyroidism has a fever of 101.30F. Which additional assessment findings should the nurse identify as those associated with thyroid storm? Select all that apply.

8 : For each client finding below,

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9 : Which nursing interventions should the RN implement when providing care for a patient with ascites related to Cirrhosis of the liver? Select all that apply.

10 : A nurse is caring for a male client who has a urinary tract infection. Which of the following conditions is the client most likely to develop as a result of the UTI?

1 :
A nurse is caring for a client who has a new diagnosis of urolithiasis. Which of the following should the nurse identify as an associated risk factor?

2 :
Which symptoms reported by the patient immediately following the surgical removal of the thyroid and parathyroid gland requires intervention by the RN Select the "2" findings that require immediate follow-up

3 :
A nurse is preparing dietary instructions for a client who has episodes of biliary colic from chronic cholecystitis. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching plan?

5 :
Patient data.

6 :
A nurse is caring for a female client who has recurrent kidney stones and is scheduled for an intravenous pyelogram. Which of the following statements by the client should the nurse report to the provider?

7 :
A patient newly diagnosed with hyperthyroidism has a fever of 101.30F. Which additional assessment findings should the nurse identify as those associated with thyroid storm? Select all that apply.

8 :
For each client finding below,

9 :
Which nursing interventions should the RN implement when providing care for a patient with ascites related to Cirrhosis of the liver? Select all that apply.

10 :
A nurse is caring for a male client who has a urinary tract infection. Which of the following conditions is the client most likely to develop as a result of the UTI?