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NUR 529 Exam 1 Blueprint
Pages referred to below are from Porth’s Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered States, 10th ed.,
and the current e-book on coursepoint. Older versions are not included, this course does not
utilize older textbook versions. Format for page numbers below is Porth 10th ed “hard copy”
book/ Course Point Porth E-Book. Example: p. 967/975. If the pages correlate between editions
then only one will be listed.
Unit 1. Chapter 1. There are 2 questions from this unit. Starts on p. 2
1. Concepts of Health and Disease. Vocabulary: pathogenesis, morphology and histology,
clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and clinical course.
2. Concepts of Health and Disease: Disease. The second question comes from the same
content section.
Unit 2. Chapters 2- 6. There are 16 questions from this unit. Starts on p. 49
3. Chapter 3. Cellular Adaptation: Hyperplasia-physiologic vs pathologic, examples.
4. Chapter 3. Cellular Adaptation: Metaplasia, examples.
5. Chapter 3. Cellular Adaptation: Dysplasia, examples. Read about Pap smear.
6. & 7. Chapter 3. Cell Injury and Death: Mechanisms of Cell Injury: Types of necrosis
and Ischemia vs Infarction (2 questions from this content).
8. Chapter 3. Cell Injury and Death-Intracellular Accumulations: Fatty necrosis
9. Chapter 3. Cell Injury and Death- Intracellular waste buildup.
10. Chapter 3. Cell Injury and Death-Pathologic Calcifications-dystrophic.
11. Chapter 3. Cell Injury and Death-Pathologic Calcifications-metastatic.
12. Chapter 3. Cell Injury and Death-Injury from physical agents: lead poisoning, clinical
manifestations, vulnerable population.
13. Chapter 4. Genetic Control of Cell Function: From Genes to Proteins
14. & 15. Chapter 6. Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment: Diagnostic Methods (2
,questions from this content)
, 16. Chapter 1. Prenatal Care. Picmonic activity in course point. What are the components of the
prenatal visit?
17. Chapter 1. Prenatal care. Page 9. Describe dietary recommendations o prevent neural tube
defects.
18. Chapter 1. Prenatal care. Picmonic activity in course point. Why is a urine dipstick part of the
prenatal care and screening? How would you describe this test to a client?
Genetic and Congenital Disorders. Starts on p. 94
19. Chapter 5. Pg. 93. Genetic and Congenital Disorders: Period of vulnerability.
20. Chapter 5. Pg. 94. Genetic and Congenital Disorders: Infectious agents-TORCH.
21. Chapter 5. Pg. 96. Genetic and Congenital Disorders: Folic acid deficiency.
22. Chapter 5, page 86, and the Coursepoint Activity-Pathophysiology Module 1.7 Genetic
Disorders. X-inked recessive inheritance, who is affected?
23. Chapter 5, page 84. Marfan’s disorder. Also, in lecture in module.
Unit 3. Chapters 7- 8. There are 3 questions from this unit.
24. Chapter 7. Stress and Adaptation-The Stress Response: Acute vs Chronic Stress, hormonal
effects on the body.
25. Chapter 8. Compartmental Distribution of Body Fluids: Edema assessment and
treatment.
26. Chapter 8. Mechanisms of Acid-Base: Function of the lungs and kidneys in acid-base
regulation.
Unit 4. Chapters 10- 12. There are 10 questions from this unit. Begins on p. 263.
27. Chapter 10. Infectious Diseases. Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases:
Detection and Diagnosis of infectious diseases.
28. Chapter 10. Infectious Diseases. Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases:
General intervention methods used in treatment of infectious diseases.
29. Chapter 11. Innate and Adaptive Immunity: Epithelial Barriers.
30. Chapter 11. Innate and Adaptive Immunity. See p. 261: Infectious disease terminology.
Toxins produced by bacteria.
31. Chapter 11. Adaptive Immunity. Passive Immunity.
32. Chapter 11. Pg. 292. Innate and Adaptive Immunity: Immunoglobulins. Primary & secondary
immune response.