NURS6501, Advanced Pathophysiology Final exam
• Question 1
1 out of 1 points
What is the link between major depression and cortisol secretion?
Selected Individuals with depression show that persistently elevated plasma
Answer: cortisol levels can result in inflammation that is believed to trigger
depression.
• Question 2
1 out of 1 points
A patient has chronic anemia associated with chronic renal failure. What substance does
the healthcare professional tell the patient is needed to treat this anemia?
Selected Erythropoietin
Answer:
• Question 3
1 out of 1 points
What is the first indication of nephrotic syndrome in children?
, Selected Periorbital
Answer: edema
• Question 4
1 out of 1 points
A patient is in the Emergency Department with heat stroke. What finding does the
healthcare provider associate with this condition?
Selected Absence of sweating despite a high core
Answer: temperature
• Question 5
0 out of 1 points
Clinical manifestations that include irregular or heavy bleeding, the passage of large
clots, and the depletion of iron stores support which diagnosis?
Selected Polycystic ovary
Answer: syndrome
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
The health care professional is caring for a person who has a pathologic fracture. The
patient asks the professional to explain the condition. What response by the professional
is best?
Selected A fracture that happens at the site of an abnormality already
Answer: in that bone.
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
A patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the bone
surfaces to partially lose contact with each other. What treatment does the health care
professional prepare the patient for?
Selected Reduction and
Answer: immobilization
• Question 8
1 out of 1 points
, Cystic fibrosis is characterized by which symptom?
Selected Excessive mucus
Answer: production
• Question 9
1 out of 1 points
An infant has gluten-sensitive enteropathy and the parents ask the healthcare
professional to explain why the baby bruises so easily. The professional explains that the
baby has which deficit?
Selected Vitamin K deficiency from fat
Answer: malabsorption
• Question 10
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional advises a pregnant woman to add supplements of which
nutrient to her diet to prevent birth defects?
Selected Folat
Answer: e
• Question 11
1 out of 1 points
A mother reports that her young teens have voracious appetites. The healthcare
professional would explain that which hormone is linked to an increase in appetite during
puberty?
Selected Lepti
Answer: n
• Question 12
1 out of 1 points
Why is nasal congestion a serious threat to young infants?
Selected Infants are obligatory nose
Answer: breathers.
• Question 13
1 out of 1 points
, A student studying osteomyelitis and asks for an explanation of the term sequestrum.
What response by the professor is best?
Selected An area of devascularized and devitalized
Answer: bone
• Question 14
1 out of 1 points
Which statement by the healthcare professional accurately describes childhood asthma?
Selected An obstructive airway disease characterized by reversible airflow
Answer: obstruction, bronchial hyperreactivity, and
inflammation
• Question 15
1 out of 1 points
A patient has a spinal cord injury at C4. What should the healthcare professional assess
as the priority in this patient?
Selected Respirations
Answer:
• Question 16
1 out of 1 points
Which cells function to maintain bone matrix?
Selected Osteocytes
Answer:
• Question 17
1 out of 1 points
To quickly assess a patient's nervous system for dysfunction, what assessment should
the healthcare professional perform as the priority?
Selected Level of
Answer: consciousness
• Question 18
1 out of 1 points
• Question 1
1 out of 1 points
What is the link between major depression and cortisol secretion?
Selected Individuals with depression show that persistently elevated plasma
Answer: cortisol levels can result in inflammation that is believed to trigger
depression.
• Question 2
1 out of 1 points
A patient has chronic anemia associated with chronic renal failure. What substance does
the healthcare professional tell the patient is needed to treat this anemia?
Selected Erythropoietin
Answer:
• Question 3
1 out of 1 points
What is the first indication of nephrotic syndrome in children?
, Selected Periorbital
Answer: edema
• Question 4
1 out of 1 points
A patient is in the Emergency Department with heat stroke. What finding does the
healthcare provider associate with this condition?
Selected Absence of sweating despite a high core
Answer: temperature
• Question 5
0 out of 1 points
Clinical manifestations that include irregular or heavy bleeding, the passage of large
clots, and the depletion of iron stores support which diagnosis?
Selected Polycystic ovary
Answer: syndrome
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
The health care professional is caring for a person who has a pathologic fracture. The
patient asks the professional to explain the condition. What response by the professional
is best?
Selected A fracture that happens at the site of an abnormality already
Answer: in that bone.
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
A patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the bone
surfaces to partially lose contact with each other. What treatment does the health care
professional prepare the patient for?
Selected Reduction and
Answer: immobilization
• Question 8
1 out of 1 points
, Cystic fibrosis is characterized by which symptom?
Selected Excessive mucus
Answer: production
• Question 9
1 out of 1 points
An infant has gluten-sensitive enteropathy and the parents ask the healthcare
professional to explain why the baby bruises so easily. The professional explains that the
baby has which deficit?
Selected Vitamin K deficiency from fat
Answer: malabsorption
• Question 10
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional advises a pregnant woman to add supplements of which
nutrient to her diet to prevent birth defects?
Selected Folat
Answer: e
• Question 11
1 out of 1 points
A mother reports that her young teens have voracious appetites. The healthcare
professional would explain that which hormone is linked to an increase in appetite during
puberty?
Selected Lepti
Answer: n
• Question 12
1 out of 1 points
Why is nasal congestion a serious threat to young infants?
Selected Infants are obligatory nose
Answer: breathers.
• Question 13
1 out of 1 points
, A student studying osteomyelitis and asks for an explanation of the term sequestrum.
What response by the professor is best?
Selected An area of devascularized and devitalized
Answer: bone
• Question 14
1 out of 1 points
Which statement by the healthcare professional accurately describes childhood asthma?
Selected An obstructive airway disease characterized by reversible airflow
Answer: obstruction, bronchial hyperreactivity, and
inflammation
• Question 15
1 out of 1 points
A patient has a spinal cord injury at C4. What should the healthcare professional assess
as the priority in this patient?
Selected Respirations
Answer:
• Question 16
1 out of 1 points
Which cells function to maintain bone matrix?
Selected Osteocytes
Answer:
• Question 17
1 out of 1 points
To quickly assess a patient's nervous system for dysfunction, what assessment should
the healthcare professional perform as the priority?
Selected Level of
Answer: consciousness
• Question 18
1 out of 1 points
