NURS 6501N Midterm Exam (3 Versions, Each Version 100 Q & A) / NURS6501 Midterm Exam: Advanced Pathophysiology (Latest 2021)

NURS 6501 Midterm Exam
Course NURS-6501N-32,Advanced Pathophysiology.2020 Spring Qtr 02/24-
05/17-PT27
Test Exam - Week 6 Midterm
Started 4/4/20 3:01 PM
Submitted 4/4/20 5:01 PM Due
Date 4/6/20 1:59 AM
Status Completed
Attempt Score 98 out of 100 points


ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM- SPRING 2020
 Question 1
1 out of 1 points
When endothelial cells are injured, what alteration contributes to atherosclerosis?


Selected
Cells are unable to make the normal amount of vasodilating
Answer: cytokines.


 Question 2
1 out of 1 points
A patient has been diagnosed with an empyema. What does the healthcare professional
tell the patient about this condition?


Selected We will have to drain the pus out of your
Answer: pleural space.

 Question 3
1 out of 1 points
A patient has been admitted for a possible small intestinal obstruction. What is the first
sign the healthcare professional assesses for that would indicate the presence of this
condition?


Selected Vomitin
Answer: g

 Question 4
1 out of 1 points
Autocrine stimulation is the ability of cancer cells to do what?


Selected Secrete growth factors that stimulate their
Answer: own growth

 Question 5

, 1 out of 1 points
A patient had a myocardial infarction that damaged the SA node, which is no longer
functioning as the pacemaker of the heart. What heart rate would the healthcare provider
expect the patient to have?


Selected 40 to 60
Answer: beats/min

 Question 6
1 out of 1 points
Which type of immunity is produced by an individual after either natural exposure to the
antigen or after immunization against the antigen?


Selected Active-acquired
Answer: immunity

 Question 7
1 out of 1 points
In teaching a women's community group, which risk factor does the healthcare
professional teach is related to high morbidity of cancer of the colon, uterus, and kidney?


Selected Women who have a high body
Answer: mass index

 Question 8
1 out of 1 points
A student asks the healthcare professional to describe exotoxins. Which statement by the
professional is best?


Selected Exotoxins are released during bacterial growth
Answer:

 Question 9
1 out of 1 points
A student studying biology asks the professor to describe how the ras gene is involved in
cancer proliferation. What explanation by the professor is best?


Selected A mutation in this gene allows continuous cell
Answer: growth.

 Question 10
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional cares for older adults in a skilled nursing facility. What should
the professional assess for in these individuals related to cardiovascular functioning?


Selected Increased rate of falling and dizzy
Answer: spells

 Question 11
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional is educating a patient on asthma. The professional tells the
patient that the most successful treatment for chronic asthma begins with which action?

, Selected Avoidance of the causative
Answer: agent

 Question 12
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional is conducting community education on vaccinations. Which
statement about vaccines does the professional include in the presentation?


Selected
Most viral vaccines are made by using dead organisms.
Answer:

 Question 13
1 out of 1 points
Renal failure is the most common cause of which type of hyperparathyroidism?


Selected Seconda
Answer: ry

 Question 14
1 out of 1 points
Which renal change is found in older adults?


Selected Decrease in the number of
Answer: nephrons

 Question 15
1 out of 1 points
What is the single most common cause of cellular injury?


Selected Hypoxic
Answer: injury

 Question 16
1 out of 1 points
What organic compound facilitates transportation across cell membranes by acting as
receptors, transport channels for electrolytes, and enzymes to drive active pumps?


Selected Protein
Answer: s

 Question 17
1 out of 1 points
In regulating vascular mediators released from mast cells, the role of eosinophils is to
release what?


Selected Histaminase, which limits the effects of histamine during acute
Answer: inflammation

 Question 18
1 out of 1 points
A patient in the clinic reports projectile vomiting without nausea or other gastrointestinal

, symptoms. What action by the healthcare professional is most appropriate?


Selected Administer intravenous
Answer: hydration.

 Question 19
1 out of 1 points
What does vomiting-induced metabolic alkalosis cause?


Selected Retention of bicarbonate to maintain the
Answer: anion balance

 Question 20
1 out of 1 points
A patient diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) has the following laboratory values:
arterial pH 7.20; serum glucose 500 mg/dL; positive urine glucose and ketones; serum
potassium (K +) 2 mEq/L; serum sodium (Na +) 130 mEq/L. The patient reports that he has
been sick with the flu for 1 week. What relationship do these values have to his insulin
deficiency?

Selected Decreased glucose use causes fatty acid use, ketogenesis, metabolic
Answer: acidosis, and osmotic diuresis.

 Question 21
1 out of 1 points
A student asks the professor how a faulty negative-feedback mechanism results in a
hormonal imbalance. What response by the professor is best?


Selected .
Answer:
Excessive hormone production results from a failure to turn
 Question 22
1 out of 1 points
The acute inflammatory response is characterized by fever that is produced by the
hypothalamus being affected by what?


Selected Endogenous
Answer: pyrogens

 Question 23
1 out of 1 points
A student asks the professor to differentiate Type 2 diabetes mellitus from Type 1. The
professors' response would be that Type 2 is best described as what?


Selected Resistance to insulin by insulin-sensitive
Answer: tissues

 Question 24
1 out of 1 points
A student asks about the mechanism that results in type II hypersensitivity reactions.
What description by the professor is best?