NR 507 Week 7 Quiz / NR507 Week 7 Quiz (Latest): Advanced Pathophysiology: Chamberlain College of Nursing
Chamberlain NR 507 Week 7 Quiz / NR507 Week 7
... [Show More] Quiz (Latest): Advanced Pathophysiology
Question 1 Dilated and sluggish pupils, widening pulse pressure, and bradycardia are clinical findings evident of which stage of intracranial hypertension?
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Question 2. What are the areas of the brain that mediate several cognitive functions, including vigilance, reasoning, and executive functions?
Limbic
Prefrontal
Parietal
Occipital
Question 3. Subarachnoid hemorrhage causes communicating hydrocephalus by obstructing
the cerebrospinal fluid flow between the ventricles.
the cerebrospinal fluid flow into the subarachnoid space.
blood flow to the arachnoid villi.
the absorption of cerebrospinal fluid by the arachnoid villi.
Question 4. Which description is consistent with a complex partial seizure?
Alternative tonic and clonic movements
Consciousness is impaired as well as the ability to respond to exogenous stimuli
Focal motor movement without loss of consciousness
One seizure followed by another in less than 1 minute
Question 5. Which disease process is infratentorial?
Cerebellar neoplasm
Encephalitis
Parkinson disease
Cerebral neoplasm
Question 6. Most dysphasias are associated with cerebrovascular accidents involving which artery?
Anterior communicating artery
Posterior communicating artery
Circle of Willis
Middle cerebral artery
Question 7. Which dyskinesia involves involuntary movements of the face, trunk, and extremities?
Paroxysmal
Tardive
Hyperkinesia
Cardive
Question 8. With receptive dysphasia (fluent), the individual is able to
respond in writing, but not in speech.
speak back, but not comprehend speech.
comprehend speech, but not respond verbally.
respond verbally, but not comprehend speech.
Question 9. What are the initial clinical manifestations noted immediately after a spinal cord injury?
Headache, bradycardia, and elevated blood pressure
Confusion, irritability, and retrograde amnesia
Loss of deep tendon reflexes and flaccid paralysis
Hypertension, neurogenic shock, and tachycardia
Question 10. A man was in an automobile accident in which his forehead struck the windshield. A blunt force injury to the forehead would result in a coup injury to the _____ region.
frontal
temporal
parietal
occipital
Question 11. Why does a person who has a spinal cord injury experience faulty control of sweating?
The hypothalamus is unable to regulate body heat as a result of sympathetic nervous system damage.
The thalamus is unable to regulate body heat as a result of sympathetic nervous system damage.
The hypothalamus is unable to regulate body heat as a result of parasympathetic nervous system damage.
The hypothalamus is unable to regulate body heat as a result of damage to spinal nerve roots.
Question 12. Which disorder has clinical manifestations that include decreased consciousness for up to 6 hours as well as retrograde and posttraumatic amnesia?
Mild concussion
Classic concussion
Cortical contusion
Acute subdural hematoma
Question 13. Which is a positive symptom of schizophrenia?
Blunted affect
Auditory hallucinations
Poverty of speech
Lack of social interaction
Question 14. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is used to treat depression
in pregnant women.
to enhance the effect of antidepressants.
as a first-line treatment before medications.
that is unipolar.
Question 15. What are the most common side effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)?
Orthostatic hypotension and weight gain
Dry mouth and sexual dysfunction
Sleep disturbances and nausea
Hypertensive crisis and agitation
Question 16. Anterior midline defects of neural tube closure cause developmental defects in the
brain and skull.
spinal cord.
vertebrae.
peripheral nerves.
Question 17. The neural groove closes dorsally during the _____ week of gestational life.
second
fourth
eighth
twelfth
Question 18. Spina bifida occulta is characterized by a(n)
sac-like cyst of meninges protruding through vertebrae.
abnormal growth of hair along the spine.
decrease in head circumference.
palpable unfused neural arch.
Question 19. Intussusception causes intestinal obstruction by
telescoping of part of the intestine into another usually causing strangulation of the blood supply.
twisting the intestine on its mesenteric pedicle causing occlusion of the blood supply.
the loss of peristaltic motor activity in the intestine, causing an adynamic ileus.
forming fibrin and scar tissue that attach to intestinal omentum and cause obstruction.
Question 20. _____ vomiting is caused by direct stimulation of the vomiting center by neurologic lesions involving the brainstem.
Retch
Periodic
Duodenal
Projectile
Question 21. Which statement is false regarding the pathophysiology of acute pancreatitis?
Pancreatic acinar cells metabolize ethanol, which generates toxic metabolites.
Injury to the pancreatic acinar cells permits leakage of pancreatic enzymes that digest pancreatic tissue.
Acute pancreatitis is an autoimmune disease in which IgG coats the pancreatic acinar cells so they are destroyed by the pancreatic enzymes.
When gallstones are present, bile flows into the pancreas, contributing to attacks.
Question 22. Which disorder is characterized by an increase in the percentages in T cells and complement together with IgA and IgM antigliadin antibodies found in jejunum fluid?
Wilson disease
Cystic fibrosis
Gluten-sensitive enteropathy (celiac sprue)
Galactosemia
Question 23. Which of the following medications compensates for the deficiency that occurs as a result of cystic fibrosis?
Salt tablets
Pancreatic enzymes
Insulin
Antibiotics
Question 24. Congenital aganglionic megacolon (Hirschsprung disease) involves inadequate motility of the colon caused by neural malformation of the _____ nervous system.
central
parasympathetic
sympathetic
somatic
Question 25. An infant suddenly develops abdominal pain, becomes irritable (colicky), and draws up the knees. Vomiting occurs soon afterward. The mother reports that after the infant passed a normal stool, the stools look like currant jelly. Based on these data, which disorder does the nurse suspect?
Congenital aganglionic megacolon
Intussusception
Malrotation
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