NURS 6501 Advanced Pathophysiology Module I (Chapter 1-4)

A 50-year-old male sustained a closed head injury as a result of a motor vehicle accident. CT scan revealed a collection of blood between the inner surface of the dura mater and the surface of the brain. Which type of injury will the nurse be caring for? - Subdural hematoma A 55-year-old male has swelling of the feet. Which of the following aided in development of swelling? - Na+ movement into the cell A child is born with blue eyes (bb). The child's mother has blue eyes and the father has brown eyes. Which of the following represents the father? - Bb A family presents to their primary care provider reporting headache, nausea, weakness, and vomiting. Which of the following would be the most likely explanation for these symptoms? - Carbon monoxide poisoning After a geneticist talks to the patient about being a chromosomal mosaic, the patient asks the nurse what that means. How should the nurse respond? You may _____ genetic disease(s). - Have a mild form of the When the nurse is checking the urinalysis, the finding that would alert the nurse to cellular injury is the presence of: - Excessive protein A group of prison inmates developed tuberculosis following exposure to an infected inmate. On examination, tissues were soft and granular (like clumped cheese). Which of the following is the most likely cause? - Caseous necrosis When a nurse observes muscle stiffening occurring within 6 to 14 hours after death, the nurse should document this finding as _____ present. - Rigor mortisA 50-year-old female became infected with Clostridium bacteria and died a week later. Examination of her red blood cells revealed lysis of membranes. Which of the following was the most likely cause of her death? - Gas gangrene Which of the following mutations have the most significant effect on protein synthesis? - Frameshift mutations A 20-year-old pregnant female gives birth to a stillborn child. Autopsy reveals that the fetus has 92 chromosomes. What term may be on the autopsy report to describe this condition? - Tetraploidy A common pathway of irreversible cell injury involves increased intracellular: - Calcium When homologous chromosomes fail to separate during meiosis, which of the following occurs? - Nondisjunction A normal male and a female carrier for red-green color blindness mate. Given that red-green color blindness is an X-linked recessive trait, what is the likelihood of their children being affected? - Males most affected; no females affected Mutations that do not change the amino acid sequence and thus have no consequence are termed _____ mutations. - Silent