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NSG 530 EXAM 3 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
WILKES NEWEST 2026 2027 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS FULLY
VERIFIED ANSWERS BRAND NEW VERSION HIGH
YIELD STUDY GUIDE ACTUAL UPDATED PRACTICE
QUESTIONS EXAM PREPARATION NURSING
SUCCESS REVIEW
A 1-year-old patient is very irritable and is passing currant jelly stools. Which intervention
would be considered initially for this condition?
A) Surgery
B) Enema reduction
C) Ultrasonographic imaging
D) Antibiotics - ANS-Ultrasonographic imaging
What is the term for a "severe deficiency of all nutrients"?
A) Kwashiorkor
B) Marasmus
C) Necrotizing enterocolitis
D) Gluten-sensitive enteropathy - ANS-Marasmus
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A premature infant has abdominal distention, pain, fever, bradycardia, and apnea. Stools
are bloody, and white blood cells are elevated. What diagnosis do these symptoms
support?
A) Failure to thrive
B) Marasmus
C) Necrotizing enterocolitis
D) Celiac sprue - ANS-Necrotizing enterocolitis
Which of the following is TRUE regarding childhood diarrhea? A) It occurs
3-5 times during the first 3 years of life.
B) Most episodes resolve within 24 hours.
C) Infant diarrhea may be a congenital or metabolic anomaly.
D) It is the second leading cause of death in children under 5 years old. - ANSInfant
diarrhea may be a congenital or metabolic anomaly
A 3-year-old child presents with nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. The child attends a
daycare and has not been vaccinated. There is no other significant history, and his parents
are healthy. Which diagnosis is supported by these symptoms?
A) Hepatitis A
B) Hepatitis B
C) Hepatitis C
D) Cirrhosis - ANS-Hepatitis A
A patient is experiencing diuresis . Which statement is an accurate explanation ?
A. Increase in renin
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B. Increase in aldosterone
C. Increase in antidiuretic hormone
D. Increase in atrial natriuretic peptide - ANS-D. Increase in atrial natriuretic peptide
Which of the following, found in the liver sinusoids, are important for healing liver injury and
are bactericidal?
A) hepatocytes
B) liver lobules
C) kupffer cells
D) dissespace - ANS-C) kupffer cells
A female patient undergoes gastric resection . Following surgery , she experiences
intermittent severe pain and epigastric fullness after eating . Which of the following is the
most likely reason for her symptoms ?
A. Diarrhea
B. Dumping
C. Alkaline
D. Afferent loop obstruction - ANS-D. Afferent loop obstruction
A patient presents with flank pain and anuria followed by polyuria after undergoing
catheterization of the ureters. What is the most likely cause of this condition?
A. Acute tubular necrosis
B. Prerenal acute kidney injury
C. Postrenal acute kidney injury
D. Infrarenal acute kidney injury - ANS-C. Postrenal acute kidney injury
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Pyelonephritis - CORRECT ANSWER=inflammation of the renal pelvis and the kidney
Chronic Pyelonephritis - CORRECT ANSWER=Interstitial fibrosis and atrophy of tubules
due to multiple bouts of acute pyelonephritis
Can be associated with chronic UTI's, vesicoureteral reflux, or kidney stones
Cystitis - CORRECT ANSWER=Inflammation of the bladder
Common pathogens are E. Coli and staphylococcus saphrophyticus
Symptoms of cystitis - CORRECT ANSWER=Frequency, urgency, dysuria, lower back pain
Renal cell carcinoma - CORRECT ANSWER=cancerous tumor that arises from kidney
tubule cells
Renal adenoma - CORRECT ANSWER=small, slow-growing glandular noncancerous
tumor of the kidney
Renal transitional cell carcinoma - CORRECT ANSWER=rare and primarily arises in the
renal parenchyma and renal pelvis.
Transitional cell carcinoma - CORRECT ANSWER=a malignant tumor of the urinary tract
that is often found within the urinary bladder or within the renal pelvis. Generally occurs in
older men. Gross painless hematuria
NSG 530 EXAM 3 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
WILKES NEWEST 2026 2027 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS FULLY
VERIFIED ANSWERS BRAND NEW VERSION HIGH
YIELD STUDY GUIDE ACTUAL UPDATED PRACTICE
QUESTIONS EXAM PREPARATION NURSING
SUCCESS REVIEW
A 1-year-old patient is very irritable and is passing currant jelly stools. Which intervention
would be considered initially for this condition?
A) Surgery
B) Enema reduction
C) Ultrasonographic imaging
D) Antibiotics - ANS-Ultrasonographic imaging
What is the term for a "severe deficiency of all nutrients"?
A) Kwashiorkor
B) Marasmus
C) Necrotizing enterocolitis
D) Gluten-sensitive enteropathy - ANS-Marasmus
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A premature infant has abdominal distention, pain, fever, bradycardia, and apnea. Stools
are bloody, and white blood cells are elevated. What diagnosis do these symptoms
support?
A) Failure to thrive
B) Marasmus
C) Necrotizing enterocolitis
D) Celiac sprue - ANS-Necrotizing enterocolitis
Which of the following is TRUE regarding childhood diarrhea? A) It occurs
3-5 times during the first 3 years of life.
B) Most episodes resolve within 24 hours.
C) Infant diarrhea may be a congenital or metabolic anomaly.
D) It is the second leading cause of death in children under 5 years old. - ANSInfant
diarrhea may be a congenital or metabolic anomaly
A 3-year-old child presents with nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. The child attends a
daycare and has not been vaccinated. There is no other significant history, and his parents
are healthy. Which diagnosis is supported by these symptoms?
A) Hepatitis A
B) Hepatitis B
C) Hepatitis C
D) Cirrhosis - ANS-Hepatitis A
A patient is experiencing diuresis . Which statement is an accurate explanation ?
A. Increase in renin
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B. Increase in aldosterone
C. Increase in antidiuretic hormone
D. Increase in atrial natriuretic peptide - ANS-D. Increase in atrial natriuretic peptide
Which of the following, found in the liver sinusoids, are important for healing liver injury and
are bactericidal?
A) hepatocytes
B) liver lobules
C) kupffer cells
D) dissespace - ANS-C) kupffer cells
A female patient undergoes gastric resection . Following surgery , she experiences
intermittent severe pain and epigastric fullness after eating . Which of the following is the
most likely reason for her symptoms ?
A. Diarrhea
B. Dumping
C. Alkaline
D. Afferent loop obstruction - ANS-D. Afferent loop obstruction
A patient presents with flank pain and anuria followed by polyuria after undergoing
catheterization of the ureters. What is the most likely cause of this condition?
A. Acute tubular necrosis
B. Prerenal acute kidney injury
C. Postrenal acute kidney injury
D. Infrarenal acute kidney injury - ANS-C. Postrenal acute kidney injury
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Pyelonephritis - CORRECT ANSWER=inflammation of the renal pelvis and the kidney
Chronic Pyelonephritis - CORRECT ANSWER=Interstitial fibrosis and atrophy of tubules
due to multiple bouts of acute pyelonephritis
Can be associated with chronic UTI's, vesicoureteral reflux, or kidney stones
Cystitis - CORRECT ANSWER=Inflammation of the bladder
Common pathogens are E. Coli and staphylococcus saphrophyticus
Symptoms of cystitis - CORRECT ANSWER=Frequency, urgency, dysuria, lower back pain
Renal cell carcinoma - CORRECT ANSWER=cancerous tumor that arises from kidney
tubule cells
Renal adenoma - CORRECT ANSWER=small, slow-growing glandular noncancerous
tumor of the kidney
Renal transitional cell carcinoma - CORRECT ANSWER=rare and primarily arises in the
renal parenchyma and renal pelvis.
Transitional cell carcinoma - CORRECT ANSWER=a malignant tumor of the urinary tract
that is often found within the urinary bladder or within the renal pelvis. Generally occurs in
older men. Gross painless hematuria
