Course NURS-6501N-16,Advanced Pathophysiology.2020 Summer Test Exam - Week
11 Final
Status Completed
Attempt Score 78 out of 100 points
Time Elapsed 1 hour, 58 minutes out of 2 hours
• Question 1
1 out of 1 points
A patient has defective secretion of the intrinsic factor leading to anemia. What treatment option
does the healthcare professional discuss with the patient?
Selected Answer: Vitamin B 12 injections initially given once a week.
• Question 2
1 out of 1 points
A health care professional is teaching a group of college women about increasing calcium in the
diet to prevent osteoporosis. A participant asks at what age is peak bone mass is reached in
women.
What response is best?
Selected Answer: 30
years
• Question 3
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional in an urban clinic is seeing a patient who has iron deficiency anemia
(IDA). What question by the professional is most appropriate to assess for the cause of IDA?
Selected Answer: 1cHave you ever noticed any blood in your stool?
• Question 4
, 1 out of 1 points
How should the healthcare professional reply when parents question why a computed
tomographic (CT) scan of the head was not ordered for their 5-year-old child after a minor fall?
Selecte Research suggests that repeated CT scans can increase the risk of developing
d brain cancer.
Answer:
• Question 5
1 out of 1 points
A health care professional determines that the student needs more education when the student
makes which statement about treating bone infection?
Selecte Bacteria are walled off by macrophages and T lymphocytes; consequently, the
d antibiotics cannot penetrate the infected area.
Answer:
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
Which statement by the professor best describes acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)?
Selecte A pulmonary disease characterized by severe hypoxemia, decreased pulmonary
d compliance, and the presence of bilateral infiltrates on chest x-ray imaging
Answer:
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
What is the effect of low plasma albumin?
Selecte Osmotic pressure decreases; thus water moves from the capillaries to the
d interstitium.
Answer:
• Question 8
1 out of 1 points
A patient has been hospitalized with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). The patient asks how this
could have occurred. What response by the healthcare professional is best?
Selected Answer: It is often preceded by a viral illness.
• Question 9
1 out of 1 points
,A student reads in a chart that a child has been diagnosed with mixed precocious puberty and
asks for an explanation. What explanation by the healthcare professional is most accurate?
Selected Answer: When a child develops some secondary sex characteristics of the opposite sex
• Question 10
1 out of 1 point
A patient reports joint stiffness with movement and joint pain in weightbearing joints that is
usually relieved by rest. What treatment option does the health care professional discuss with the
patient?
Selected Answer: Exercise and weight reduction
• Question 11
1 out of 1 points
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) system abnormalities exist in a large percentage of
individuals with what?
Selected Answer: Major
depression
• Question 12
1 out of 1 points
Which statement by the healthcare professional accurately describes childhood asthma?
Selecte An obstructive airway disease characterized by reversible airflow obstruction,
d bronchial hyperreactivity, and inflammation
Answer:
• Question 13
1 out of 1 points
What does the student learn distinguishes kwashiorkor from marasmus?
Selected Answer: subcutaneous fat, hepatomegaly, and fatty liver are present in kwashiorkor
• Question 14
1 out of 1 points
A patient has primary immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and is hospitalized after a
bleeding episode. What treatment does the healthcare provider anticipate being ordered for this
patient?
Selected Answer: Infusion of
, IVIG
• Question 15
1 out of 1 points
A man reports to the healthcare professional that he had a sudden onset of malaise, low back
pain, and perineal pain with high fever and chills, dysuria, nocturia, and urinary retention. What
action by the healthcare professional is most appropriate?
Selected Answer: Assist the man in obtaining a urine sample
• Question 16
1 out of 1 points
What is the role of thromboxane A (TXA 2) in the secretion stage of hemostasis?
Selected Answer: Stimulates platelet aggregation.
• Question 17
1 out of 1 points
A woman who is positive for hepatitis B is in labor. What action by the healthcare
professional is most appropriate?
Selected Answer: Immunize the newborn within 12 hours.
• Question 18
1 out of 1 points
A person has been diagnosed with primary dysmenorrhea and wants to know why ibuprofen is a
good choice for pain control. What response by the health care professional is best?
Selected Answer: It reduces the production of prostaglandins in your body.
• Question 19
1 out of 1 points
A preschool teacher notices a child who has burrows on the hands that are several millimeters to
1 cm long, papules, and vesicular lesions. What other assessment finding would help the teacher
determine the type of infestation the child has?
Selected Answer: Ask the child if itching occurs especially at night.
• Question 20
11 Final
Status Completed
Attempt Score 78 out of 100 points
Time Elapsed 1 hour, 58 minutes out of 2 hours
• Question 1
1 out of 1 points
A patient has defective secretion of the intrinsic factor leading to anemia. What treatment option
does the healthcare professional discuss with the patient?
Selected Answer: Vitamin B 12 injections initially given once a week.
• Question 2
1 out of 1 points
A health care professional is teaching a group of college women about increasing calcium in the
diet to prevent osteoporosis. A participant asks at what age is peak bone mass is reached in
women.
What response is best?
Selected Answer: 30
years
• Question 3
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional in an urban clinic is seeing a patient who has iron deficiency anemia
(IDA). What question by the professional is most appropriate to assess for the cause of IDA?
Selected Answer: 1cHave you ever noticed any blood in your stool?
• Question 4
, 1 out of 1 points
How should the healthcare professional reply when parents question why a computed
tomographic (CT) scan of the head was not ordered for their 5-year-old child after a minor fall?
Selecte Research suggests that repeated CT scans can increase the risk of developing
d brain cancer.
Answer:
• Question 5
1 out of 1 points
A health care professional determines that the student needs more education when the student
makes which statement about treating bone infection?
Selecte Bacteria are walled off by macrophages and T lymphocytes; consequently, the
d antibiotics cannot penetrate the infected area.
Answer:
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
Which statement by the professor best describes acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)?
Selecte A pulmonary disease characterized by severe hypoxemia, decreased pulmonary
d compliance, and the presence of bilateral infiltrates on chest x-ray imaging
Answer:
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
What is the effect of low plasma albumin?
Selecte Osmotic pressure decreases; thus water moves from the capillaries to the
d interstitium.
Answer:
• Question 8
1 out of 1 points
A patient has been hospitalized with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). The patient asks how this
could have occurred. What response by the healthcare professional is best?
Selected Answer: It is often preceded by a viral illness.
• Question 9
1 out of 1 points
,A student reads in a chart that a child has been diagnosed with mixed precocious puberty and
asks for an explanation. What explanation by the healthcare professional is most accurate?
Selected Answer: When a child develops some secondary sex characteristics of the opposite sex
• Question 10
1 out of 1 point
A patient reports joint stiffness with movement and joint pain in weightbearing joints that is
usually relieved by rest. What treatment option does the health care professional discuss with the
patient?
Selected Answer: Exercise and weight reduction
• Question 11
1 out of 1 points
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) system abnormalities exist in a large percentage of
individuals with what?
Selected Answer: Major
depression
• Question 12
1 out of 1 points
Which statement by the healthcare professional accurately describes childhood asthma?
Selecte An obstructive airway disease characterized by reversible airflow obstruction,
d bronchial hyperreactivity, and inflammation
Answer:
• Question 13
1 out of 1 points
What does the student learn distinguishes kwashiorkor from marasmus?
Selected Answer: subcutaneous fat, hepatomegaly, and fatty liver are present in kwashiorkor
• Question 14
1 out of 1 points
A patient has primary immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and is hospitalized after a
bleeding episode. What treatment does the healthcare provider anticipate being ordered for this
patient?
Selected Answer: Infusion of
, IVIG
• Question 15
1 out of 1 points
A man reports to the healthcare professional that he had a sudden onset of malaise, low back
pain, and perineal pain with high fever and chills, dysuria, nocturia, and urinary retention. What
action by the healthcare professional is most appropriate?
Selected Answer: Assist the man in obtaining a urine sample
• Question 16
1 out of 1 points
What is the role of thromboxane A (TXA 2) in the secretion stage of hemostasis?
Selected Answer: Stimulates platelet aggregation.
• Question 17
1 out of 1 points
A woman who is positive for hepatitis B is in labor. What action by the healthcare
professional is most appropriate?
Selected Answer: Immunize the newborn within 12 hours.
• Question 18
1 out of 1 points
A person has been diagnosed with primary dysmenorrhea and wants to know why ibuprofen is a
good choice for pain control. What response by the health care professional is best?
Selected Answer: It reduces the production of prostaglandins in your body.
• Question 19
1 out of 1 points
A preschool teacher notices a child who has burrows on the hands that are several millimeters to
1 cm long, papules, and vesicular lesions. What other assessment finding would help the teacher
determine the type of infestation the child has?
Selected Answer: Ask the child if itching occurs especially at night.
• Question 20
