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NURS6501 Midterm Real Exam
Question with 100% Correct Answers
Questions and Correct Answers.
Question 1
How should the nurse prepare a patient who is to receive a Schilling test for pernicious
anemia?
Selected a.
Answer: Administer radioactive cobalamin and measure its excretion in
the urine.
Correct Answer: a.
Administer radioactive cobalamin and measure its excretion
in the urine.
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
A staff member wants to know where the greatest proportion of iron is located. How
should the nurse respond? The greatest proportion of total body iron is located in the:
Selected Answer: a.
Erythrocytes
Correct Answer: a.
Erythrocytes
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
A 21-year-old female was recently diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia. In addition to
fatigue and weakness, which of the following clinical signs and symptoms would she most
likely exhibit?
Selected Answer: b.
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Correct Answer: Spoon-shaped
nails
Question 4 b.
Spoon-shaped
nails
1 out of 1 points
The people from which country have the lowest risk for Hodgkin lymphoma?
Selected Answer: b.
Japan
Correct Answer: b.
Japan
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
During an infection, the nurse assesses the lymph nodes. Lymph nodes enlarge and
become tender because:
Selected Answer: a.
Lymphocytes are rapidly dividing.
Correct Answer: a.
Lymphocytes are rapidly dividing.
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
A nurse monitors for the most common childhood cancer, which
is: Selected Answer: a.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
Correct Answer: a.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
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A 35-year-old female is diagnosed with vitamin B12 deficiency anemia (pernicious
anemia). How should the nurse respond when the patient asks what causes pernicious
anemia? A decrease in is the most likely cause.
Selected Answer: c.
Intrinsic factor
Correct Answer: c.
Intrinsic factor
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
The nurse will check which of the following tests to directly measure iron stores?
Selected Answer: c.
Bone marrow biopsy
Correct Answer: c.
Bone marrow biopsy
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
When a nurse is reviewing lab results and notices that the erythrocytes contain an
abnormally low concentration of hemoglobin, the nurse calls these erythrocytes:
Selected Answer: b.
Hypochromic
Correct Answer: b.
Hypochromic
Question 11
1 out of 1 points
A 65-year-old male experienced loss of appetite, weight loss, lemon-yellow skin, liver
enlargement, and a beefy red tongue shortly before his death. Autopsy suggested
pernicious anemia, and the cause of death would most likely reveal:
Selected Answer: c.
Heart failure
Correct Answer: c.
Heart failure
NURS6501 Midterm Real Exam
Question with 100% Correct Answers
Questions and Correct Answers.
Question 1
How should the nurse prepare a patient who is to receive a Schilling test for pernicious
anemia?
Selected a.
Answer: Administer radioactive cobalamin and measure its excretion in
the urine.
Correct Answer: a.
Administer radioactive cobalamin and measure its excretion
in the urine.
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
A staff member wants to know where the greatest proportion of iron is located. How
should the nurse respond? The greatest proportion of total body iron is located in the:
Selected Answer: a.
Erythrocytes
Correct Answer: a.
Erythrocytes
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
A 21-year-old female was recently diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia. In addition to
fatigue and weakness, which of the following clinical signs and symptoms would she most
likely exhibit?
Selected Answer: b.
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Correct Answer: Spoon-shaped
nails
Question 4 b.
Spoon-shaped
nails
1 out of 1 points
The people from which country have the lowest risk for Hodgkin lymphoma?
Selected Answer: b.
Japan
Correct Answer: b.
Japan
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
During an infection, the nurse assesses the lymph nodes. Lymph nodes enlarge and
become tender because:
Selected Answer: a.
Lymphocytes are rapidly dividing.
Correct Answer: a.
Lymphocytes are rapidly dividing.
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
A nurse monitors for the most common childhood cancer, which
is: Selected Answer: a.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
Correct Answer: a.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
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A 35-year-old female is diagnosed with vitamin B12 deficiency anemia (pernicious
anemia). How should the nurse respond when the patient asks what causes pernicious
anemia? A decrease in is the most likely cause.
Selected Answer: c.
Intrinsic factor
Correct Answer: c.
Intrinsic factor
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
The nurse will check which of the following tests to directly measure iron stores?
Selected Answer: c.
Bone marrow biopsy
Correct Answer: c.
Bone marrow biopsy
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
When a nurse is reviewing lab results and notices that the erythrocytes contain an
abnormally low concentration of hemoglobin, the nurse calls these erythrocytes:
Selected Answer: b.
Hypochromic
Correct Answer: b.
Hypochromic
Question 11
1 out of 1 points
A 65-year-old male experienced loss of appetite, weight loss, lemon-yellow skin, liver
enlargement, and a beefy red tongue shortly before his death. Autopsy suggested
pernicious anemia, and the cause of death would most likely reveal:
Selected Answer: c.
Heart failure
Correct Answer: c.
Heart failure
