NURS 2502 - PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS; GET IT 100% ACCURATE
Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) - correct answer-
Reflects number of mature WBC's, needs to be above 3000
Adjuvant medications during opioid therapy - correct
answer- Medications not originally for pain
(anticonvulsants)
Bleeding precautions. - correct answer- Use electric
razor, discontinuation of ASA, limitation of needle sticks.
Causes of respiratory alkalosis - correct answer-
Hyperventilation (Anxiety, High altitudes, pregnancy, fever,
hypoxia, initial stages of pulmonary emboli, excessive tidal
volume in ventilated patients)
Cellular injury that occurs when blood flow is diminished to
tissues resulting in oxygen deprivation - correct answer-
Ischemia
, Clinical manifestations of acute hyponatremia - correct
answer- Headache, nausea, severe confusion, seizures
Clinical manifestations of flail chest - correct answer-
Fractures in two or more adjacent ribs in two or more places,
free-floating segment
Diagnostic tests required before beginning biologic therapy. -
correct answer- Latent TB
Direct Coombs test - correct answer- Diagnostic for HDN.
The Direct Coombs Test detects maternal anti-D antibodies that
have already bound to fetal RBCs.
Earliest clinical manifestation of ARDS - correct answer-
Dyspnea (SOB)
Effect of the tonicity of solutions on the cell: - correct
answer- Hypotonic: swell
Hypertonic: shrink
Examples of electrolytes - correct answer- Sodium
EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS; GET IT 100% ACCURATE
Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) - correct answer-
Reflects number of mature WBC's, needs to be above 3000
Adjuvant medications during opioid therapy - correct
answer- Medications not originally for pain
(anticonvulsants)
Bleeding precautions. - correct answer- Use electric
razor, discontinuation of ASA, limitation of needle sticks.
Causes of respiratory alkalosis - correct answer-
Hyperventilation (Anxiety, High altitudes, pregnancy, fever,
hypoxia, initial stages of pulmonary emboli, excessive tidal
volume in ventilated patients)
Cellular injury that occurs when blood flow is diminished to
tissues resulting in oxygen deprivation - correct answer-
Ischemia
, Clinical manifestations of acute hyponatremia - correct
answer- Headache, nausea, severe confusion, seizures
Clinical manifestations of flail chest - correct answer-
Fractures in two or more adjacent ribs in two or more places,
free-floating segment
Diagnostic tests required before beginning biologic therapy. -
correct answer- Latent TB
Direct Coombs test - correct answer- Diagnostic for HDN.
The Direct Coombs Test detects maternal anti-D antibodies that
have already bound to fetal RBCs.
Earliest clinical manifestation of ARDS - correct answer-
Dyspnea (SOB)
Effect of the tonicity of solutions on the cell: - correct
answer- Hypotonic: swell
Hypertonic: shrink
Examples of electrolytes - correct answer- Sodium
