Advantage for Pathophysiology 3rd Edition
2025(Q&A 100% Verified)
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You are a nurse working with a primary care provider. You have a patient coming in for a routine
exam. You note she has an increased muscle mass. She states she has been doing a lot of weight
lifting. This increase in size of a weightlifter's muscles is due to muscular:
A) hypertrophy
B) metaplasia
C) atrophy
D) dysplasia
hypertrophy
A client has just been diagnosed with lung cancer. Which of the following laboratory findings do you
expect to see on his bloodwork?
A) decreased melanin concentration
B) increased concentration of urine
C) increased sodium concentration in the serum
D) decreased concentration of serum calcium
B) increased concentration of urine
Human papilloma virus (HPV) causes which type of cancer?
A) breast cancer
B) cervical
C) ovarian
D) prostate
B) cervical
The most malignant type of brain tumor is:
,A) Meningiomas
B) Ependymomas
C) Astrocytic tumors
D) Oligodendroglial tumors
C) astrocytic tumors
A client has just been diagnosed with kidney cancer. Which physiological finding do you expect to see
in this patient?
A) Leukoplakia
B) Hepatomegaly
C) Cranial Nerve dysfunction
D) Tender costovetebral angle
D) Tender costovetebral angle
13. A nurse is assessing a client who has severe pain in the shoulder, which radiates down the arm.
The nurse notes that the client has ptosis, miosis, and enopthalmus. The laboratory reports of the
client indicate the presence of lesions on the thoracic inlet. What should the nurse interpret from
these findings?
A) Pancoast syndrome
B) Trousseau's syndrome
C) Lambert-Eaton syndrome
D) syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone
Pancoast syndrome
After performing a colonoscopy on a client who has cervical cancer, a primary health care provider
tells a nurse that the tumor has spread into the lower third of the vagina. Which stage of cervical
cancer should the nurse document in the client's medical record?
A) Stage I
B) Stage II
C) Stage III
, D) Stage IV
C) Stage III
A fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) test can be utilized to evaluation for which condition?
A) Liver
B) Thyroid
C) Colorectal
D) Cervical
B) Thyroid
While teaching a group of student nurses about different types of fractures, the nursing instructor
says, "This fracture is characterized by the crushing of cancellous bone." Which type of fracture is the
nursing instructor describing?
A) complete
B) comminuted
C) compression
D) transverse
C) compression
Which musculoskeletal disorder is also called adhesive capsulitis?
A) bursitis
B) carpel tunnel syndrome
C) plantar fasciitis
D) frozen shoulder
D) frozen shoulder
While teaching a group of student nurses about various musculoskeletal disorders, the nurse states,
"This syndrome occurs when tissue pressure exceeds perfusion pressure in a closed anatomic space."
Which syndrome is the nurse describing?
A) Honer syndrome
2025(Q&A 100% Verified)
________________________________________________________________________________
You are a nurse working with a primary care provider. You have a patient coming in for a routine
exam. You note she has an increased muscle mass. She states she has been doing a lot of weight
lifting. This increase in size of a weightlifter's muscles is due to muscular:
A) hypertrophy
B) metaplasia
C) atrophy
D) dysplasia
hypertrophy
A client has just been diagnosed with lung cancer. Which of the following laboratory findings do you
expect to see on his bloodwork?
A) decreased melanin concentration
B) increased concentration of urine
C) increased sodium concentration in the serum
D) decreased concentration of serum calcium
B) increased concentration of urine
Human papilloma virus (HPV) causes which type of cancer?
A) breast cancer
B) cervical
C) ovarian
D) prostate
B) cervical
The most malignant type of brain tumor is:
,A) Meningiomas
B) Ependymomas
C) Astrocytic tumors
D) Oligodendroglial tumors
C) astrocytic tumors
A client has just been diagnosed with kidney cancer. Which physiological finding do you expect to see
in this patient?
A) Leukoplakia
B) Hepatomegaly
C) Cranial Nerve dysfunction
D) Tender costovetebral angle
D) Tender costovetebral angle
13. A nurse is assessing a client who has severe pain in the shoulder, which radiates down the arm.
The nurse notes that the client has ptosis, miosis, and enopthalmus. The laboratory reports of the
client indicate the presence of lesions on the thoracic inlet. What should the nurse interpret from
these findings?
A) Pancoast syndrome
B) Trousseau's syndrome
C) Lambert-Eaton syndrome
D) syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone
Pancoast syndrome
After performing a colonoscopy on a client who has cervical cancer, a primary health care provider
tells a nurse that the tumor has spread into the lower third of the vagina. Which stage of cervical
cancer should the nurse document in the client's medical record?
A) Stage I
B) Stage II
C) Stage III
, D) Stage IV
C) Stage III
A fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) test can be utilized to evaluation for which condition?
A) Liver
B) Thyroid
C) Colorectal
D) Cervical
B) Thyroid
While teaching a group of student nurses about different types of fractures, the nursing instructor
says, "This fracture is characterized by the crushing of cancellous bone." Which type of fracture is the
nursing instructor describing?
A) complete
B) comminuted
C) compression
D) transverse
C) compression
Which musculoskeletal disorder is also called adhesive capsulitis?
A) bursitis
B) carpel tunnel syndrome
C) plantar fasciitis
D) frozen shoulder
D) frozen shoulder
While teaching a group of student nurses about various musculoskeletal disorders, the nurse states,
"This syndrome occurs when tissue pressure exceeds perfusion pressure in a closed anatomic space."
Which syndrome is the nurse describing?
A) Honer syndrome
