NURS 6512 week 7 quiz Latest Update
Costovertebral angle tenderness should be assessed whenever you suspect the patient
may have:
Response Feedback:
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 gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and pyloric stenosis further differentiated in this
child s assessment?
Response
Feedback:
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
dehydration. These signs are not associated with GERD. Regurgitation
can be present with either disease.
 Question 4
2 out of 2 points
Auscultation of borborygmi is associated with:
Response Borborygmi are prolonged loud gurgles that occur with gastroenteritis,