NURS 6501 ADVANCED
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM LATEST
2022-2024 EXAM/ NURS 6501 MIDTERM
EXAM LATEST 2022-2024 GRADED A
1. A patient has a history of
... [Show More] excessive use of magnesium-containing antacids
and aluminum-containing antacids. What lab value does the
healthcareprofessional 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
professionaladvise 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 thematerial?
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 bythe 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 reaching the ventricle as seen on ECG. What ECG
finding would thehealthcare professional associate with this problem?
Answer: C
a. A prolonged ST interval
b. Variability in measurement with heart rate
c. PR interval measuring 0.28 sec
d. A QRS complex measuring 0.08 sec
8. Renal failure is the most common cause of which type
ofhyperparathyroidism?
Answer: B
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Exogenous
d. Inflammatory
9. What is one function of the tumor cell
marker?Answer: D
a. To provide a definitive diagnosis of cancer
b. To treat certain types of cancer
c. To predict where cancer will develop
d. To scree individuals at high risk for cancer
10. A patient is in the hospital has hypernatremia. What condition [Show Less]