NSG 5140 Advanced Pathophysiology Nightingale
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1. A patient with type 1 diabetes asks the nurse what causes polyuria. What is
the nurse's best response? The symptom of polyuria in diabetes mellitus
(DM) is caused by - Correct Answer: Increase glucose in Urine
2. If a patient with diabetes has advanced glycosylation end products (AGEs),
what does the nurse suspect is happening in the patient's body? -
Correct Answer: Tissue/ cellular injury
3. Which information should the nurse include in a lecture on syndrome of
inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH)? SIADH results in excessive -
Correct Answer: renal retention of water without sodium retention.
4. A patient with Graves disease has subcutaneous swelling of the anterior leg.
Which term should the nurse document on the chart? - Correct Answer:
Pretibial myxedema
5. A student nurse asks the nurse what causes acromegaly. The nurse should
explain that acromegaly is caused by abnormal increases of: - Correct
Answer: Growth hormone
,6. The pathophysiology of type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) involves: - Correct
Answer: autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells
7. A patient has thyroid carcinoma. Which of the following will the nurse find
on assessment? - Correct Answer: Small thyroid nodule
8. Which is the appropriate method for diagnosis of type 1 diabetes? -
Correct Answer: Evaluating fasting plasma glucose levels
9. Which of the following statements indicates that the nurse needs more
teaching? Hyperglycemia can lead to chronic complications of diabetes
through: - Correct Answer: suppression of oxidative stress.
10.Graves disease is an example of a: - Correct Answer: Type II
hypersensitivity
11.A patient asks the nurse about the best treatment for multiple myeloma?
How should the nurse respond? - Correct Answer: Chemotherapy
12.A patient has acute leukemia. A nurse recalls the cell most affected by this
disease is a: - Correct Answer: blast cell.
, 13.Which laboratory result will be elevated in a patient with disseminated
intravascular coagulation (DIC)? - Correct Answer: Fibrin degradation
products
14.A nurse suspects that the patient is experiencing disseminated intravascular
coagulation (DIC). Which laboratory test should the nurse ask the primary
care provider to order? - Correct Answer: D-dimer
15.A patient has heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). Which condition is
a priority to assess? - Correct Answer: Pulmonary embolism
16.A patient has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). When the nurse is reviewing
the history, which finding is a risk factor for NHL - Correct Answer:
Organ transplant 2 years ago
17.Which concept should the nurse include when describing the
pathophysiology of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura? - Correct
Answer: Schizocytes/Schistocytes
18.A patient has multiple myeloma. Which area in the body does the nurse
closely monitor for the tumor masses? - Correct Answer: Bones
19.A patient has acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Which
laboratory report should the nurse monitor closely in this patient? -
Correct Answer: Lymphocyte counts
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1. A patient with type 1 diabetes asks the nurse what causes polyuria. What is
the nurse's best response? The symptom of polyuria in diabetes mellitus
(DM) is caused by - Correct Answer: Increase glucose in Urine
2. If a patient with diabetes has advanced glycosylation end products (AGEs),
what does the nurse suspect is happening in the patient's body? -
Correct Answer: Tissue/ cellular injury
3. Which information should the nurse include in a lecture on syndrome of
inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH)? SIADH results in excessive -
Correct Answer: renal retention of water without sodium retention.
4. A patient with Graves disease has subcutaneous swelling of the anterior leg.
Which term should the nurse document on the chart? - Correct Answer:
Pretibial myxedema
5. A student nurse asks the nurse what causes acromegaly. The nurse should
explain that acromegaly is caused by abnormal increases of: - Correct
Answer: Growth hormone
,6. The pathophysiology of type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) involves: - Correct
Answer: autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells
7. A patient has thyroid carcinoma. Which of the following will the nurse find
on assessment? - Correct Answer: Small thyroid nodule
8. Which is the appropriate method for diagnosis of type 1 diabetes? -
Correct Answer: Evaluating fasting plasma glucose levels
9. Which of the following statements indicates that the nurse needs more
teaching? Hyperglycemia can lead to chronic complications of diabetes
through: - Correct Answer: suppression of oxidative stress.
10.Graves disease is an example of a: - Correct Answer: Type II
hypersensitivity
11.A patient asks the nurse about the best treatment for multiple myeloma?
How should the nurse respond? - Correct Answer: Chemotherapy
12.A patient has acute leukemia. A nurse recalls the cell most affected by this
disease is a: - Correct Answer: blast cell.
, 13.Which laboratory result will be elevated in a patient with disseminated
intravascular coagulation (DIC)? - Correct Answer: Fibrin degradation
products
14.A nurse suspects that the patient is experiencing disseminated intravascular
coagulation (DIC). Which laboratory test should the nurse ask the primary
care provider to order? - Correct Answer: D-dimer
15.A patient has heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). Which condition is
a priority to assess? - Correct Answer: Pulmonary embolism
16.A patient has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). When the nurse is reviewing
the history, which finding is a risk factor for NHL - Correct Answer:
Organ transplant 2 years ago
17.Which concept should the nurse include when describing the
pathophysiology of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura? - Correct
Answer: Schizocytes/Schistocytes
18.A patient has multiple myeloma. Which area in the body does the nurse
closely monitor for the tumor masses? - Correct Answer: Bones
19.A patient has acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Which
laboratory report should the nurse monitor closely in this patient? -
Correct Answer: Lymphocyte counts
