NURS 632: HEALTH CARE EXAM Q AND A
1. 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
Answer: dizzy spells
2. What are tumor cell markers?
Selected Hormones, enzymes, antigens, and antibodies that are
Answer: produced by cancer cells
, 3. A female patient has been diagnosed with an uncomplicated urinary
tract infection. What self-care measure does the healthcare
provider teach the patient that is specific to this type of infection?
Selected After using the bathroom, wipe
Answer: from front to back.
4. What pathologic change occurs to the kidney's glomeruli as a result of
hypertension?
Selected Ischemia of the
Answer: tubule
5. Surfactant produced by type II alveolar cells facilitates
alveolar distention and ventilation by which mechanism?
Selected Increasing surface tension in
Answer: the alveoli
6. What is the process that ensures mitral and tricuspid valve closure
after the ventricles are filled with blood?
Selected Increased pressure in the ventricles
Answer: pushes the valves to close.
, 7. A healthcare professional is educating a patient about asthma. The
professional states that good control is necessary due to which
pathophysiologic process?
Selected Norepinephrine causes bronchial smooth muscle
Answer: contraction and mucus secretion but it also causes high
blood pressure.
8. A patient had a thyroidectomy and now reports tingling around the
mouth and has a positive Chvostek sign. What laboratory finding
would be most helpful to the healthcare professional?
, Selected TSH
Answer: and T
4
9. A patient's urinalysis came back positive for glucose. What does the
healthcare professional expect the patient's blood glucose to be at
a minimum?
Selected 180
Answer: mg/dL
10.The student asks the professor why water and electrolytes are
transported in both directions through tight junctions and
intercellular spaces rather than across cell membranes. What
response by the professor is best?
Selected Answer:
1. 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
Answer: dizzy spells
2. What are tumor cell markers?
Selected Hormones, enzymes, antigens, and antibodies that are
Answer: produced by cancer cells
, 3. A female patient has been diagnosed with an uncomplicated urinary
tract infection. What self-care measure does the healthcare
provider teach the patient that is specific to this type of infection?
Selected After using the bathroom, wipe
Answer: from front to back.
4. What pathologic change occurs to the kidney's glomeruli as a result of
hypertension?
Selected Ischemia of the
Answer: tubule
5. Surfactant produced by type II alveolar cells facilitates
alveolar distention and ventilation by which mechanism?
Selected Increasing surface tension in
Answer: the alveoli
6. What is the process that ensures mitral and tricuspid valve closure
after the ventricles are filled with blood?
Selected Increased pressure in the ventricles
Answer: pushes the valves to close.
, 7. A healthcare professional is educating a patient about asthma. The
professional states that good control is necessary due to which
pathophysiologic process?
Selected Norepinephrine causes bronchial smooth muscle
Answer: contraction and mucus secretion but it also causes high
blood pressure.
8. A patient had a thyroidectomy and now reports tingling around the
mouth and has a positive Chvostek sign. What laboratory finding
would be most helpful to the healthcare professional?
, Selected TSH
Answer: and T
4
9. A patient's urinalysis came back positive for glucose. What does the
healthcare professional expect the patient's blood glucose to be at
a minimum?
Selected 180
Answer: mg/dL
10.The student asks the professor why water and electrolytes are
transported in both directions through tight junctions and
intercellular spaces rather than across cell membranes. What
response by the professor is best?
Selected Answer:
