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This 10-question Quiz reinforces information about assessment and interpretation of imaging and labs commonly found in the older adult population that you are learning about and applying at your practicum site.

PRAC 6540 Week 7 Quiz: Diagnostic Imaging and Labs – 10 out of 10 Points

1. Question: Why is looking at the position of the trachea on a chest X-ray important? It can determine a pleural effusion.
2. Question: When reviewing an X-ray, all of the following are correct EXCEPT:
3. Question: Your 70-year-old male patient has finished a surgical resection and radiation for prostate What do you expect his PSA to be in 6 months?
4. Question: When performing a CBC on your older adult, all of the following values are within normal levels EXCEPT:
5. Question: The pulmonic valve is one of two semilunar valves in the heart. The other is the:
6. Question: Your 70-year-old married male patient comes to the clinic stating he has had “trouble in the sex department.” You check his testosterone level, and it comes back as <275 pmol/L. You determine this result is:
7. Question: The EKG or ECG is looking at the electrical activity of the True or false?
8. Question: What area of the heart conducts the electrical signal down and up through the heart from the nodes to the myocardium?
9. Question: Lab analysis: You have an older patient in the ICU with chief complaint of dizziness and hypotension. You review their sodium level over the past 3 days: 3 days ago, sodium level was 135; 2 days ago, sodium was 139; and yesterday, sodium was 144. Today, the sodium level is
10. Question: You order a potassium level on your patient who is being treated for high blood pressure with a diuretic. His last value 3 months ago was His value from today is 7. The patient is in no distress and has no complaints of palpitations or other symptoms. What is your next step?
    

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PRAC 6540 Week 7 Quiz: Diagnostic Imaging and Labs – 10 out of 10 Points

1. Question: What area of the heart is considered the “pacemaker of the heart”?
2. Question: When reviewing the chest X-ray, a review of the bony structures of the clavicle, ribs, and spine can indicate which of the following pathologies if present?
3. Question: When reviewing an X-ray, all of the following are correct EXCEPT:
4. Question: When possible, where is the best place to position the board for a chest X-ray?
5. Question: Why is looking at the position of the trachea on a chest X-ray important?
6. Question: You order a potassium level on your patient who is being treated for high blood pressure with a diuretic. His last value 3 months ago was normal. His value from today is 7. The patient is in no distress and has no complaints of palpitations or other symptoms. What is your next step?
7. Question: Lab analysis: You have an older patient in the ICU with chief complaint of dizziness and hypotension. You review their sodium level over the past 3 days: 3 days ago, sodium level was 135; 2 days ago, sodium was 139; and yesterday, sodium was 144. Today, the sodium level is 145. Knowing that normal sodium levels range from 135–145, what is your patient trending?
8. Question: Your 73-year-old diabetic patient has a urinary albumin excretion of >30 mg/dl. You order a 24-hour urine test to determine chronic kidney disease (CKD). The results are GFR 60–89 mL/min/1.73m2 and persistent albuminuria. What stage of CKD is this?
9. Question: The electrical conduction of the heart follows which pathway?
10. Question: Your 70-year-old male patient has finished a surgical resection and radiation for prostate cancer. What do you expect his PSA to be in 6 months?