Question 1
1 out of 1 points
A woman diagnosed with trichomoniasis asks if her sexual partner should be treated as
well. What is the appropriate
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Selected
Answer:
Sexual partners should be treated even if they are
asymptomatic.
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
An infant is brought to the emergency department by parents who report that the baby's
fontanels seem to be bulging outward. What action by the healthcare provider
is most appropriate?
Selected
Answer:
Measure the head circumference and plot it on a growth
chart.
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
A patient has polycythemia vera and presents to the Emergency Department with
plethora and neurological changes. The student asks the healthcare professional to
explain the primary cause of these symptoms. What response by the professional is best?
Selected
Answer:
Increased blood
viscosity
NURS 6501N-58 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM WEEK 11 FINAL SPRING 2020
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
When are childhood cancers most often diagnosed?
Selected
Answer:
At peak times of physical
growth
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
A severely malnourished patient is in the hospital to improve nutrition. On the second
day, the patient reports palpitations and difficulty breathing. After placing the patient on
a cardiac monitor, what action does the health care professional take next?
Selected
Answer:
Have lab drawn for
electrolyte levels.
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
What is the link between major depression and cortisol secretion?
Selected
Answer:
Individuals with depression show that persistently elevated plasma
cortisol levels can result in inflammation that is believed to trigger
depression.
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
A patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the bone
surfaces to partially lose contact with each other. What treatment does the health care
professional prepare the patient for?
Selected
Answer:
Reduction and
immobilization
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
A patient has chronic anemia associated with chronic renal failure. What substance does
the healthcare professional tell the patient is needed to treat this anemia?
Selected Erythropoietin
Answer:
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
The disruption in cellular adhesion observed in bullous impetigo is caused by an
exfoliative toxin related to which organism?
Selected
Answer:
Staphylococcus
aureus
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
A mother reports that her young teens have voracious appetites. The healthcare
professional would explain that which hormone is linked to an increase in appetite during
puberty?
Selected
Answer:
Lepti
n
Question 11
1 out of 1 points
What diagnosis is given to parents when their infant's hip maintains contact with the
acetabulum but is not well seated within the hip joint?
Selected
Answer:
Subluxated
hip
Question 12
1 out of 1 points
The healthcare professional directs a student to assess a teen who has Osgood-Schlatter
disease. What assessment finding does the student anticipate for this disorder?
Selected
Answer:
Tendinitis of the anterior patellar
tendon
Question 13
1 out of 1 points
What are the clinical manifestations of testicular cancer?
Selected
Answer:
Firm, nontender testicular
mass
Question 14
1 out of 1 points
A man reports to the healthcare professional that he had a sudden onset of malaise, low
back pain, and perineal pain with high fever and chills, dysuria, nocturia, and urinary
retention. What action by the healthcare professional is most appropriate?
Selected
Answer:
Assist the man in obtaining a
urine sample.
Question 15
1 out of 1 points
An infant has been diagnosed with intussusception and the student asks the healthcare
professional to explain the condition. What explanation by the professional
is most accurate?
Selected
Answer:
One part of the intestine telescopes into another section
of the intestine.
Question 16
1 out of 1 points
Which statement by the healthcare professional accurately describes childhood asthma?
Selected
Answer:
An obstructive airway disease characterized by reversible airflow
obstruction, bronchial hyperreactivity, and
inflammation
Question 17
1 out of 1 points
A patient is in status epilepticus. In addition to giving medication to stop the seizures,
what would the healthcare professional place highest priority on?
Selected
Answer:
Providing
oxygen
Question 18
1 out of 1 points
A health care professional determines that the student needs more education when the
student makes which statement about treating bone infection? [Show Less]