HCR 240 Pathophysiology - Midterm
review (Modules 1 - 3)Final Actual Exam
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A condition in which serum sodium levels exceed 145 mEq/L is:
-Answer--hypernatremia
Movement of water through a selectively permeable membrane from an area where
there is more water to an area where there is less water is known as:
-Answer--osmosis
Sodium accounts for what percentage of extra cellular fluid cations: -Answer--90%
In which of the following conditions is blood pH and bicarbonate levels high while
PaCO2 is normal? -Answer--metabolic alkalosis
Methamphetamine exposure can cause different symptoms based on prior disease
or functioning in the individual. A symptom in a healthy individual would be:
-Answer--laryngitis
Which of the following hormones regulates blood sodium and potassium levels?
-Answer--aldosterone
A faculty member asks a student to identify the appropriate term for the movement of
a solute from an area of greater to lesser concentration. Which answer indicates the
nursing student understood the teaching? -Answer--diffusion
Your patient has had a cast on the leg for 8 weeks due to a compound fracture. As
you remove the cast, the important information for a patient would be: -Answer--the
leg may appear smaller due to atrophy
, A nurse is reviewing lab reports. The nurse recalls blood plasma is located in which
of the following fluid compartments? -Answer--intravascular fluid
The lack of sufficient oxygen within cells is; -Answer--hypoxia
A 75-year-old male presents with chest pain on exertion. The chest pain is most
likely due to hypoxic injury secondary to: -Answer--ischemia
Which of these is the term for cellular ingestion of large particles, also known as "cell
eating"? -Answer--phagocytosis
Which of the following is the basic unit of inheritance? -Answer--gene
Which of the following is the method that cells use to transport cholesterol into cells?
-Answer--receptor-mediated endocytosis
_______ is a condition in which blood pH is less than 7.35, PaCO2 is greater than 45
mm Hg and bicarbonate levels are normal. -Answer--respiratory acidosis
Which of these terms describes the movement of water and solute through a
membrane because of a greater pushing pressure on one side of the membrane?
-Answer--filtration
_____ is the programmed death of a cell that maintains the health of the body by
eliminating old, unnecessary, and unhealthy cells. -Answer--apoptosis
Which of the following patients is the most at risk for developing hypernatremia?
A patient with: -Answer--dehydration
Your patient is 80 year old and has many debilitating diseases When you do your
morning assessment you see a red spot on the coccyx. Tissues are likely in what
phase: -Answer--cellular destruction
Which of the following mechanisms does the thyroid gland use in iodine uptake?
-Answer--active transport
When a patient asks the nurse what hypersensitivity is, how should the nurse
respond? Hypersensitivity is best defined as: -Answer--excessive or inappropriate
response of the immune system to a sensitizing antigen
Adaptive immunity is specific, has memory, and augments the inflammatory
response. -Answer--true
review (Modules 1 - 3)Final Actual Exam
Questions And Answers Practice
Questions with Solutions Newest |
Already Graded A+
A condition in which serum sodium levels exceed 145 mEq/L is:
-Answer--hypernatremia
Movement of water through a selectively permeable membrane from an area where
there is more water to an area where there is less water is known as:
-Answer--osmosis
Sodium accounts for what percentage of extra cellular fluid cations: -Answer--90%
In which of the following conditions is blood pH and bicarbonate levels high while
PaCO2 is normal? -Answer--metabolic alkalosis
Methamphetamine exposure can cause different symptoms based on prior disease
or functioning in the individual. A symptom in a healthy individual would be:
-Answer--laryngitis
Which of the following hormones regulates blood sodium and potassium levels?
-Answer--aldosterone
A faculty member asks a student to identify the appropriate term for the movement of
a solute from an area of greater to lesser concentration. Which answer indicates the
nursing student understood the teaching? -Answer--diffusion
Your patient has had a cast on the leg for 8 weeks due to a compound fracture. As
you remove the cast, the important information for a patient would be: -Answer--the
leg may appear smaller due to atrophy
, A nurse is reviewing lab reports. The nurse recalls blood plasma is located in which
of the following fluid compartments? -Answer--intravascular fluid
The lack of sufficient oxygen within cells is; -Answer--hypoxia
A 75-year-old male presents with chest pain on exertion. The chest pain is most
likely due to hypoxic injury secondary to: -Answer--ischemia
Which of these is the term for cellular ingestion of large particles, also known as "cell
eating"? -Answer--phagocytosis
Which of the following is the basic unit of inheritance? -Answer--gene
Which of the following is the method that cells use to transport cholesterol into cells?
-Answer--receptor-mediated endocytosis
_______ is a condition in which blood pH is less than 7.35, PaCO2 is greater than 45
mm Hg and bicarbonate levels are normal. -Answer--respiratory acidosis
Which of these terms describes the movement of water and solute through a
membrane because of a greater pushing pressure on one side of the membrane?
-Answer--filtration
_____ is the programmed death of a cell that maintains the health of the body by
eliminating old, unnecessary, and unhealthy cells. -Answer--apoptosis
Which of the following patients is the most at risk for developing hypernatremia?
A patient with: -Answer--dehydration
Your patient is 80 year old and has many debilitating diseases When you do your
morning assessment you see a red spot on the coccyx. Tissues are likely in what
phase: -Answer--cellular destruction
Which of the following mechanisms does the thyroid gland use in iodine uptake?
-Answer--active transport
When a patient asks the nurse what hypersensitivity is, how should the nurse
respond? Hypersensitivity is best defined as: -Answer--excessive or inappropriate
response of the immune system to a sensitizing antigen
Adaptive immunity is specific, has memory, and augments the inflammatory
response. -Answer--true
