Patho Module One Assignment.
Patho Module One Assignment
Includes Basic Concepts, Genetic Influence in Disease, and Intracellular Function and
Disorders
Academic honesty reminder: It is ok to discuss the assignments with other students as a learning tool,
but it is considered a breach of academic honesty to copy answers directly from each other. Also, when
Instructions:
1. Read and study RRD #1 and any other documents that are referred to such as concept maps.
2. Fill in this worksheet after you finish your readings. (Not mandatory to fill in worksheet, but it will
help when you are ready to enter your answers into Assignment Submission section.)
3. Click on the Assignment Submission offering when you are ready to enter your answers, and follow the
instructions there. Note: the multiple-choice assignment format LOOKS like a test, but you will be able to
access the assignment freely UP UNTIL THE DUE DATE. At the due date and time, the assignment
submission module will become inaccessible. If you have not submitted your assignment by then you will
receive a zero.
4. NOTE: in a UTA nursing course exam, read the question carefully, answer the question, save/submit and
then move to the next question. You cannot go back and re-review the question and change your answer
once you have moved forward to the next question.
NOTE: You may use your lecture notes to correctly answer the questions BUT it is a good idea to study your
lecture notes, then try to independently answer the assignment. Testing yourself will help determine what
concepts need more reviewing. The assignment questions mimic your exam format exactly. In your
studying, remember to approach material via “front-door” and “back door”—for example, if in a test you
are given the name of a disease (front door), be able to answer questions about its pathophysiology & S&S.
If you are given the patho or S&S (back door), be able to trace them back to the name of the disease….and
so forth.
Also, read scenarios and questions carefully. Be SURE you understand what is being asked. Then when you
go to choose an answer, first read ALL the offerings & choose the one that fits the scenario, plus fits the
reading that you have done—the RRD and concept maps. Do not overthink—that is, do not weave in other
ungrounded assumptions. Have a good rationale for why you chose the answer that you did…. AND also,
why you DIDN’T choose the other answers.
Basic Concepts of Pathophysiology & Implications for
Nursing
1. A 55-year-old man with emphysema (a type of lung disease) who has smoked 2 packs of cigarettes per day
for 40 years is hospitalized for acute onset of cough with bloody sputum. After a few days of testing and
treatment, the patient’s nurse reads a physician’s note on the chart: “I have told the patient that the
etiologies of his presenting problem are: 1) exacerbation of his chronic emphysema and 2) the new
diagnosis of lung cancer. The onset of both was contributed to by his longstanding smoking.” The patient
asks the nurse for more information about his illness. Which explanation, by the nurse, indicates a full
understanding of the patient’s situation?
a. “You have a disease process that was iatrogenically caused by cigarette smoking.”
b. “You have a sudden onset of a chronic lung disease that was brought on by lung cancer.”
c. “The coughing up of blood is caused by a worsening of a disease you’ve had for a long time, plus
a new problem-- lung cancer.”
d. “These diseases have been creeping up on you for probably 20 years; it just goes to show that
you should never have taken up smoking.”
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2. A 55-year-old man with emphysema (a type of lung disease) who has smoked 2 packs of cigarettes per day
for 40 years is hospitalized for acute onset of cough with bloody sputum. After a few days of testing and
treatment, the patient’s nurse reads a physician’s note on the chart: “I have told the patient that the
etiologies of his presenting problem are: 1) exacerbation of his chronic emphysema and 2) the new
diagnosis of lung cancer. The onset of both was contributed to by his longstanding smoking.” The patient
asks the nurse for more information about his illness. Based on all the information you have on the patient,
which statement is most likely correct?
a. The patient has a poor prognosis because of the comorbidities of lung cancer and cigarette smoking.
b. Lung cancer was a sequela of the bloody sputum.
c. A precipitating factor for the acute hospitalization was overexertion when the patient started
an exercise class.
d. Heavy cigarette smoking was a risk factor in the patient’s developing emphysema and lung cancer.
3. An 80-year-old patient has experienced a massive blood loss following an accident. His vital signs are: Blood
pressure/BP 80/50 (normal ~ 120/80), heart rate/HR 120 (norm = 60-100), respiratory rate/RR 20 (norm =
12 to 20), temperature/T 98.6° (norm ~ 98.6°). In assessing this patient, the nurse understands that the
abnormal HR is
a. probably the etiology for the patient’s low BP.
b. due to the patient’s heart compensating for low blood volume by pumping faster.
c. the normal compensatory response of shunting blood volume to the periphery.
d. due to multiple risk factors.
4. An 80-year-old patient has experienced a massive blood loss following an accident. His vital signs are: Blood
pressure/BP 80/50 (normal ~ 120/80), heart rate/HR 120 (norm = 60-100), respiratory rate/RR 20 (norm =
12 to 20), temperature/T 98.6° (norm ~ 98.6°). The patient would also most likely have all of the following
EXCEPT
a. S&S of cool feet and hands from the body’s compensatory response to blood loss.
b. S&S of feeling faint and weak from blood loss.
c. a risk factor of shock.
d. a more guarded (ie, “poorer”) prognosis because of his age.
5. A young, otherwise healthy patient is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of heart failure of unknown
cause. The etiology of the heart failure would be termed
a. iatrogenic.
b. idiopathic.
c. nosocomial.
d. acute.
6. A busy student, with very few financial resources, has body aches, a fever, cough and nasal congestions and
difficulty breathing through their nose. The direct pathophysiologic etiology of these symptoms is most
likely related to
a. not eating green vegetables.
b. lung failure.
c. lack of oxygen.
d. exposure to a microbe.
e
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Patho Module One Assignment
Includes Basic Concepts, Genetic Influence in Disease, and Intracellular Function and
Disorders
Academic honesty reminder: It is ok to discuss the assignments with other students as a learning tool,
but it is considered a breach of academic honesty to copy answers directly from each other. Also, when
Instructions:
1. Read and study RRD #1 and any other documents that are referred to such as concept maps.
2. Fill in this worksheet after you finish your readings. (Not mandatory to fill in worksheet, but it will
help when you are ready to enter your answers into Assignment Submission section.)
3. Click on the Assignment Submission offering when you are ready to enter your answers, and follow the
instructions there. Note: the multiple-choice assignment format LOOKS like a test, but you will be able to
access the assignment freely UP UNTIL THE DUE DATE. At the due date and time, the assignment
submission module will become inaccessible. If you have not submitted your assignment by then you will
receive a zero.
4. NOTE: in a UTA nursing course exam, read the question carefully, answer the question, save/submit and
then move to the next question. You cannot go back and re-review the question and change your answer
once you have moved forward to the next question.
NOTE: You may use your lecture notes to correctly answer the questions BUT it is a good idea to study your
lecture notes, then try to independently answer the assignment. Testing yourself will help determine what
concepts need more reviewing. The assignment questions mimic your exam format exactly. In your
studying, remember to approach material via “front-door” and “back door”—for example, if in a test you
are given the name of a disease (front door), be able to answer questions about its pathophysiology & S&S.
If you are given the patho or S&S (back door), be able to trace them back to the name of the disease….and
so forth.
Also, read scenarios and questions carefully. Be SURE you understand what is being asked. Then when you
go to choose an answer, first read ALL the offerings & choose the one that fits the scenario, plus fits the
reading that you have done—the RRD and concept maps. Do not overthink—that is, do not weave in other
ungrounded assumptions. Have a good rationale for why you chose the answer that you did…. AND also,
why you DIDN’T choose the other answers.
Basic Concepts of Pathophysiology & Implications for
Nursing
1. A 55-year-old man with emphysema (a type of lung disease) who has smoked 2 packs of cigarettes per day
for 40 years is hospitalized for acute onset of cough with bloody sputum. After a few days of testing and
treatment, the patient’s nurse reads a physician’s note on the chart: “I have told the patient that the
etiologies of his presenting problem are: 1) exacerbation of his chronic emphysema and 2) the new
diagnosis of lung cancer. The onset of both was contributed to by his longstanding smoking.” The patient
asks the nurse for more information about his illness. Which explanation, by the nurse, indicates a full
understanding of the patient’s situation?
a. “You have a disease process that was iatrogenically caused by cigarette smoking.”
b. “You have a sudden onset of a chronic lung disease that was brought on by lung cancer.”
c. “The coughing up of blood is caused by a worsening of a disease you’ve had for a long time, plus
a new problem-- lung cancer.”
d. “These diseases have been creeping up on you for probably 20 years; it just goes to show that
you should never have taken up smoking.”
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2. A 55-year-old man with emphysema (a type of lung disease) who has smoked 2 packs of cigarettes per day
for 40 years is hospitalized for acute onset of cough with bloody sputum. After a few days of testing and
treatment, the patient’s nurse reads a physician’s note on the chart: “I have told the patient that the
etiologies of his presenting problem are: 1) exacerbation of his chronic emphysema and 2) the new
diagnosis of lung cancer. The onset of both was contributed to by his longstanding smoking.” The patient
asks the nurse for more information about his illness. Based on all the information you have on the patient,
which statement is most likely correct?
a. The patient has a poor prognosis because of the comorbidities of lung cancer and cigarette smoking.
b. Lung cancer was a sequela of the bloody sputum.
c. A precipitating factor for the acute hospitalization was overexertion when the patient started
an exercise class.
d. Heavy cigarette smoking was a risk factor in the patient’s developing emphysema and lung cancer.
3. An 80-year-old patient has experienced a massive blood loss following an accident. His vital signs are: Blood
pressure/BP 80/50 (normal ~ 120/80), heart rate/HR 120 (norm = 60-100), respiratory rate/RR 20 (norm =
12 to 20), temperature/T 98.6° (norm ~ 98.6°). In assessing this patient, the nurse understands that the
abnormal HR is
a. probably the etiology for the patient’s low BP.
b. due to the patient’s heart compensating for low blood volume by pumping faster.
c. the normal compensatory response of shunting blood volume to the periphery.
d. due to multiple risk factors.
4. An 80-year-old patient has experienced a massive blood loss following an accident. His vital signs are: Blood
pressure/BP 80/50 (normal ~ 120/80), heart rate/HR 120 (norm = 60-100), respiratory rate/RR 20 (norm =
12 to 20), temperature/T 98.6° (norm ~ 98.6°). The patient would also most likely have all of the following
EXCEPT
a. S&S of cool feet and hands from the body’s compensatory response to blood loss.
b. S&S of feeling faint and weak from blood loss.
c. a risk factor of shock.
d. a more guarded (ie, “poorer”) prognosis because of his age.
5. A young, otherwise healthy patient is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of heart failure of unknown
cause. The etiology of the heart failure would be termed
a. iatrogenic.
b. idiopathic.
c. nosocomial.
d. acute.
6. A busy student, with very few financial resources, has body aches, a fever, cough and nasal congestions and
difficulty breathing through their nose. The direct pathophysiologic etiology of these symptoms is most
likely related to
a. not eating green vegetables.
b. lung failure.
c. lack of oxygen.
d. exposure to a microbe.
e
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