NURS 5315 Exam 1 with Complete
Solution
Areas of difficulty on the exam:
•X-linked genetic diseases mainly affect men, not women.
•Hypocalcemia & hypercalcemia effects on the action potential.
•Carcinoma in situ is a very localized cancer which has not spread.
•Alcohol cause the liver to produce lactic acid and triglyceride production is
increased. This is the underlying pathophysiology to alcohol related liver injury.
•Acidosis causes hypotension secondary to decreased effectiveness of the catecholamines.
•Acidosis caused by renal disease is secondary to a decrease excretion of hydrogen ions.
•A decrease in oxaloacetate results in hypoglycemia.
•Metabolic alkalosis results from the loss of chloride and the retention of bicarb.
•Review the effects that acidosis has on the cardiovascular system: arrhythmias and
hypotension which is resistant to treatment.
•The myocardial cells do not undergo hyperplasia. In order for a cell to undergo
hyperplasia they must be capable of mitosis and cardiac cells do not undergo
mitosis.
•Starvation leads to a depletion of This in turn can cause hypoglycemia.
•Review the steps of RAAS and the effects of angiotensin II.
•The cell membrane is more permeable to potassium in normal physiology
•Colon cancer often metastasizes to the liver.
•Review the effects of hypercalcemia on the action potential.
•Colloid pressure is exerted by albumin.
