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NURS_6501N 32 Advanced Pathophysiology Week 6 Midterm Exam Spring 2023/NURS_6501N 32 Advanced Pathophysiology Week 6 Midterm Exam Spring 2023/NURS_6501N 32 Advanced Pathophysiology Week 6 Midterm Exam Spring 2023
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Course NURS-6501N-32,Advanced Pathophysiology. S p rin g Q tr 0 2 / 24 - 0 5 / 17 - PT2 7 Test Exam - Week 6 Midterm Started 4/4/20 3: PM Submitted 4/4/20 5: PM Due Date 4/6/20 1: AM Status Completed Attempt Score 93 out of 100 points Time Elapsed 2 hours, 0 minute out of 2 hours Results Displayed
Question 1
Submitted Answers, Incorrectly Answered Questions
1 out of 1 points
What is the blood type of a person who is heterozygous, having A and B alleles as codominant?
Selected Answer: AB
Question (^3) 2 out of 1 points
A patient is having a spirometry measurement done and asks the healthcare professional to explain this test. What response by the professional is best?
Selecte d Answer :
To measure the volume and flow rate during forced expiration
Question (^4) 0 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional is caring for a patient undergoing
The data reporting that sickle cell disease affects approximately 1 in 600 American blacks is an example of which concept?
Selected Answer:
Incidence
chemotherapy. What is the skin-related health risk the professional should assess the patient for and be prepared to treat?
Selected Answer:
Erythema
Selecte d Answer :
Ammonia-forming bacteria in the colon are sources of increased ammonia.
Question (^6) 2 out of 1 points
What is the second most commonly recognized geneticcause of intellectual disability?
Selected Answer:
Fragile X syndrome
Question (^7) 1 out of 1 points
Question 5 (^) 1 out of 1 points
A professor has taught the students about the sources of increased ammonia in patients with hepatic encephalopathy.What statement by a student indicates the professor should review this material?
Selected Answer:
Glycolysis
Question 11 (^) 1 out of 1 points
A patient had a motor vehicle crash and suffered critical injuries to the brainstem. What physiological responses wouldthe healthcare professional expect to see?
Selected Answer:
Pulse and blood pressure changes
Question 12 (^) 0 out of 1 points
A parent wants to know how to prevent type 1 diabetes in the newborn. The healthcare professional explains that prevention is not possible, because which of these is a major characteristic of type 1 diabetes mellitus?
Selected Answer:
Insulin resistance
Question 13 (^) 1 out of 1 points
A patient has a pulmonary capillary wedge pressure of 30mmHg. What assessment finding by the healthcare professional would be most consistent with this reading?
Selected Answer:
Selected Answer:
Give the patient an antihistamine.
Question (^15) 1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional is educating a patient on asthma.The professional tells the patient that the most successful treatment for chronic asthma begins with which action?
Selected Answer:
Avoidance of the causative agent
Question (^16) 1 out of 1 points
A student asks the healthcare professional to explain the
Question 14 (^) 2 out of 1 points
A patient is having an IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction. What action by the healthcare professional is best?
pathophysiologic process of alcoholic cirrhosis. What statement by the professional would not be consistent with complete knowledge about this process?
Selecte d
Answer :
m a t i o n a n d d a m a g e l
tocirrhosis begin in the bile I canaliculi. n f l a m e a d i n g
it is capable ofwhich action? 1 out of 1 points
Selected Answer:
Direct activation of angiotensin II
Question 21 (^) 2 out of 1 points
What is the initiating event that leads to the development of atherosclerosis?
Selected Answer:
Injury to the endothelial cells that line the artery walls
Question 22 (^) 1 out of 1 points
The glomerular filtration rate is directly related to which factor?
Selected Answer:
Perfusion pressure in the glomerular capillaries
Question 23 (^) 1 out of 1 points
What mechanisms occur in the liver cells as a result of lipid accumulation?
Selected Answer:
High sodium in the
brain cells pulls water out of the blood vessels into the brain cells, causing them to swell.
Question 27 (^) 2 out of 1 points
Question 29 (^) 1 out of 1 points
If a patient develops acidosis, the nurse would expect the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve to react in which manner?
A person has hypothyroidism. What chemical does the healthcare professional advise the person to include in the diet?
Selected Answer:
Iodine
Question (^28) 1 out of 1 points
During the cardiac cycle, why do the aortic and pulmonic valves close after the ventricles relax?
Selecte d Answer :
Blood fills the cusps of the valves and causes the edges to merge, closing the valves.
Selecte d Answer :
Shift to the right, causing more oxygen (O 2) to be released to the cells
Question 30
What does vomiting-induced metabolic alkalosis cause?
1 out of 1 points
Selected Answer:
Retention of bicarbonate to maintain the anion balance
Question 31
What is one function of the tumor cell marker?
1 out of 1 points
Selected Answer:
To screen individuals at high risk for cancer
Question 32 (^) 1 out of 1 points
A patient suffered multiple traumatic injuries and received many blood transfusions within a few days of the injuries. Forwhich medical condition should the healthcare professional monitor the patient for?
Question 33 (^) 1 out of 1 points
A pregnant woman has Graves disease. What test/s does the healthcare professional advise the woman about?
Selected Answer:
Blood test for hyperthyroidism
Question 34 (^) 1 out of 1 points
Selected Answer:
PR interval measuring 0.28 sec
Question (^35) 1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional tells a student that a patient has lost atrial kick. What would the student expect to see when examining this patient?
Selected Answer:
Signs of decreased cardiac output
Question (^36) 0 out of 1 points
A patient has diabetes mellitus. A recent urinalysis showed increased amounts of protein. What therapy does the
A healthcare professional is caring for a patient who has a delay in electrical activity reaching the ventricle as seen on ECG. What ECG finding would the healthcare professional associate with this problem?
healthcare provider educate the patient that is specific to this disorder?
Selected Answer:
More frequent blood glucose monitoring