NURS 6501 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIO LOGY MIDTERM & FINAL EXAM
1. A patient has a history of excessive use of magnesium-containing antacids and aluminum-
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healthcare professional correlate to this behavior? Answer: B
a. Magnesium 1.8 mg/dL
b
. Phosphate 1.9 mg/dL
c. Sodium 149 mEq/L
d. Potassium 2.5 mEq/L
2. A person has hypothyroidism. What chemical does the healthcare professional advise the person to include in the diet?
Answer: B
a. Iron
b
. Iodine
c. Zinc
d
. Magnesium
3. In teaching a women's community group, which risk factor does the healthcare professional teach is related to high morbidity of cancer of thecolon, uterus, and kidney?
Answer: C
a. Women older than 45 years of age
b
. Women who have never had children
c. Women who have high body mass index
d
. Women who have smoked for more than 10 years
4. A professor has taught the students about the pathogenesis of abdominal pain. Which statement by a student indicates the professor needs to review the material?
Answer: D
a. Chemical mediators, such as histamine, bradykinin, and serotonin, produceabdominal pain.
b
. Edema and vascular congestion produce abdominal pain by stretching.
c. Ischemia, caused by distention of bowel obstruction or mesenteric vessel
thrombosis, produce abdominal pain.
d. Low concentrations of anaerobes, such as Streptococci, Lactobacilli, Staphylococci, Enterobacteria, and Bacteroides, produce abdominal
pain.
5. What effect is a result of inhibiting the parasympathetic nervous system with adrug such as atropine?
Answer: B
a
. Salivation becomes thinner
b
. Salivation decreases
c
. The pH of saliva changes
d
. Digestive enzymes are inhibited
6. A student asks why carbon monoxide causes tissue damage. What response by the professor is best? Answer: B
a
. Competes with carbon dioxide so that it cannot be excreted
b
. Binds to hemoglobin so that it cannot carry oxygen
c
. Destroys the chemical bonds of hemoglobin so it cannot carryoxygen
d
. Removes iron from hemoglobin so it cannot carry oxygen
7. A healthcare professional is caring for a patient who has a delay in electrical activity reachin [Show Less]