NURS 6501 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM AND FINAL EXAM UESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+ LATEST UPDATE 2022 WALDEN UNIVERSITY

NURS 6501 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM
AND FINAL EXAM UESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
LATEST UPDATE 2022 WALDEN UNIVERSITY

1. A patient has a history of excessive use of magnesium-containing antacids
and aluminum-containing antacids. What lab value does the healthcare
professional correlate to this behavior?
Answer: B
a. Magnesium 1.8 mg/dL

b. Phosphate 1.9 mg/dL

c. Sodium 149 mEq/L

d. Potassium 2.5 mEq/L



2. A person has hypothyroidism. What chemical does the healthcare
professional advise the person to include in the diet?
Answer: B
a. Iron

b. Iodine

c. Zinc

d. Magnesium


3. 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?
Answer: C
NURS 6501 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM
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,NURS 6501 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM
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a. Women older than 45 years of age

b. Women who have never had children

c. Women who have high body mass index

d. Women who have smoked for more than 10 years


4. A professor has taught the students about the pathogenesis of abdominal pain.
Which statement by a student indicates the professor needs to review the
material?
Answer: D
Chemical mediators, such as histamine, bradykinin, and serotonin, produce
a.
abdominal pain.
b. Edema and vascular congestion produce abdominal pain by stretching.

c. Ischemia, caused by distention of bowel obstruction or mesenteric vessel




NURS 6501 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM
AND FINAL EXAM UESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
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, NURS 6501 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM
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thrombosis, produce abdominal pain.

Low concentrations of anaerobes, such as Streptococci, Lactobacilli,
d.
Staphylococci, Enterobacteria, and Bacteroides, produce abdominal pain.




5. A student asks why carbon monoxide causes tissue damage. What response by
the professor is best?
Answer: B
a. Competes with carbon dioxide so that it cannot be excreted

b. Binds to hemoglobin so that it cannot carry oxygen

Destroys the chemical bonds of hemoglobin so it cannot carry
c.
oxygen
d. Removes iron from hemoglobin so it cannot carry oxygen


6. A healthcare professional is caring for a patient who has a delay in electrical
activity reaching the ventricle as seen on ECG. What ECG finding would the
healthcare professional associate with this problem?
Answer: C
a. A prolonged ST interval



NURS 6501 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM
AND FINAL EXAM UESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
LATEST UPDATE 2022 WALDEN UNIVERSITY