MN 551 Midterm Exam Questions and Answers 2023/2024 Latest Q&A Included (100% Verified Answers)

Which of the following individuals would be considered to be at risk for the development of edema? - ANSWER-An 81-year-old man with right-sided heart failure and hypothyroidism. The family of a 68-year-old man who is in the end stages of small cell lung cancer is distraught at his visible body wasting that has worsened in recent weeks. Which of the following phenomena best accounts for the patient's anorexia and cachexia? - ANSWER-Products of the tumor itself as well as a hypermetabolic state cause cachexia. Which of the following statements best conveys an aspect of the respiratory pressures that govern ventilation? Question options: - ANSWER-Negative intrapleural pressure holds the lungs against the chest wall. Following a course of measles, a 5-year-old girl developed scattered bruising over numerous body surfaces and was diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). As part of her diagnostic workup, blood work was performed. Which of the following results is most likely to be considered unexpected by the health care team? – ANSWER- Increased thrombopoietin levels Which of the following situations related to the transition from fetal to perinatal circulation would be most likely to necessitate medical intervention? - ANSWER-Pulmonary vascular resistance, related to muscle regression in the pulmonary arteries, rises over the course of the infant's first week. At which of the following locations in the nephron would a nurse practitioner first expect blood to be largely free of plasma proteins? - ANSWER-Bowman Space. A 51-year-old female patient who is 2 days postoperative on a surgical unit of a hospital is at risk for developing atelectasis as a result of being largely immobile. Which of the following teaching points by her nurse practitioner is most appropriate? Question options: - ANSWER-"You should breathe deeply and cough to help your lungs expand as much as possible while you're in bed." A 66-year-old patient's echocardiogram reveals a hypertrophied left ventricle, normal chamber volume, and a normal ejection fraction from the heart. What is this patient's most likely diagnosis? - ANSWER-Aortic valve stenosis