2023 NURS 6501N MIDTERM EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
NURS 6501N WEEK 6 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
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Question 1
A healthcare professional cares for older adults in a skilled nursing facility. What should the professional assess for in these individuals related to cardiovascular functioning?
Selected Answer:
Increased rate of falling and dizzy spells
Question 2
0 out of 1 points
Which statement made by a student indicates the healthcare professional needs to describe the pericardium again?
Selected Answer:
The pericardium is a double-walled membranous sac that encloses the heart.
Question 3
Where is two thirds of the body's water found?
1 out of 1 points
Selected Answer:
Intracellular fluid compartments
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional is caring for four patients. Which patient does the professional assess for pulmonary emboli (PE) as the priority?
Selected Answer:
Deep venous thrombosis
Question 5
What is the blood type of a person who is heterozygous, having A and B alleles as codominant?
Selected Answer: AB
Question 6
The data reporting that sickle cell disease affects approximately 1 in 600 American blacks is an example of which concept?
Selected Answer:
Incidence
Question 7
0 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?
Selected Answer:
To measure the volume and flow rate during forced expiration
Question 8
0 out of 1 points
A patient has been diagnosed with a renal stone. Based on knowledge of common stone types, what self-care measure does the healthcare professional plan to teach the patient when stone analysis has returned?
Selected Answer:
Increase water intake.
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
In regulating vascular mediators released from mast cells, the role of eosinophils is to release what?
Selected Answer:
Histaminase, which limits the effects of histamine during acute inflammation
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
Under anaerobic conditions, what process provides energy for the cell?
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 would the 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
0 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:
Rhonchi
Question 14
1 out of 1 points
A patient is having an IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction. What action by the healthcare professional is best?
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 [Show Less]