NURS 6501 MIDTERM EXAM • Online Nursing Essays

Midterm Exam

This 101-question exam is a test of your knowledge in preparation for your certification exam. No outside resources, including books, notes, websites, or any other type of resource, are to be used to complete this exam. You are expected to comply with Walden University’s Code of Conduct.

This exam will be on topics covered in Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Prior to starting the exam, you should review all of your materials. This exam is timed with a limit of 2.5 hours for completion. When time is up, your exam will automatically submit.

Note: It is strongly recommended that you take the Practice Quiz at least 48 hours before taking the Midterm exam.

Exam Essentials

Students are strongly encouraged to review the full Exam Essentials located in the syllabus before taking the exam. This is a shortened version of the full Exam Essentials.

Planning for the Exam

Exams are due no later than Day 7 at 10:59pm Central Time. If exams are not completed by due date the grade is a ZERO. Retakes of exams are NOT permitted.
Please see instructions in Canvas for total time allotted to complete the exam.
You must take the exam in one sitting-there is no starting and stopping.
The exam will auto submit once the full allotted time has elapsed.
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Taking the Exam

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You should only have ONE browser window open for the exam. Having more than one browser or browser window open will lock the exam. This is a violation of the exam taking policy subject to academic sanctions. 
Exam resets will not be allowed if the exam log indicates you stopped viewing the quiz and viewed a different browser window.
You will only be able to see one question at a time.
Do not use the return/back button to change your answer(s). This will lock you out of the exam.
Save all your answers.
Do not refresh the page. This will cause the page to freeze and lock you out.
Do not copy, screenshot, video, or write down the questions in the exam. This is a violation of the exam taking policy subject to academic sanctions. 

Reporting Difficulties During the Exam

If you have a question, please e-mail faculty the question number and we will review it.  Do not take a picture of the test item.
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Resources

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources. 

WEEKLY RESOURCES

Learning Resources

Lecturio Resources

Review the following Video Resources and Content Pages in the Lecturio Platform by clicking button below labeled Load Week 6: Learning Resources in a new window.

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD): Pathophysiology (1:12 min)
Types of Diabetes (4:53 min)
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) (3:54 min)
Type 2 Diabetes (Adult Onset Diabetes) (12:33 min)
Review of Thyroid Physiology (2:36 min)
Hyperthyroidism and Thyrotoxicosis (2:20 min)
Diabetes Insipidus and Pituitary Tumors (6:21 min)
Secondary Hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) and Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism (THPT) (5:50 min)
Hypoparathyroidism (3:57 min)

If you have any technical issues, please contact the Customer Care Team at 1-800-925-3368.

Supplementary Resources

Note: These readings are intended to serve as supplementary to the Lecturio content provided in this course. Please refer/review these supplementary resources should you need help in reinforcing concepts and in preparation for completing this week’s Assessments.

McCance, K. L. & Huether, S. E. (2019). Pathophysiology: The biologic basis for disease in adults and children (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby/Elsevier.

Chapter 21: Mechanisms of Hormonal Regulation, including Summary Review
Chapter 22: Alterations of Hormonal Regulation, including Summary Review
Chapter 23: Obesity and Disorders of Nutrition, including Summary Review

American Diabetes Association (2020). Standards of medical care of patients with diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Care

Links to an external site., 26(suppl 1), pp. s33-s50. https://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/26/suppl_1/s33

Orlander, P. R. (2018). Hypothyroidism

Links to an external site.. Retrieved from https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/122393-overview Hoorn, E. J., & Zietse, R. (2017). Diagnosis and treatment of hyponatremia: Compilation of the guidelines

Note: Although this resource page displays as an Assignment, it will not be counted towards your final grade. Your progress through the Lecturio resources will be reported as a percentage in the gradebook that will only be used as reference. 

To prepare:

You will need to review all of your materials from each of the previous weeks to also help you better prepare for your midterm.

By Day 7 of Week 6

Complete and submit your Midterm Exam. 

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