Exam 4: NSG530 / NSG 530 (Latest 2025 / 2026) Advanced Pathophysiology | Questions with Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A – Wilkes.

Exam 4: NSG530 / NSG 530 (Latest 2025 /
2026) Advanced Pathophysiology |
Questions with Verified Answers | 100%
Correct | Grade A – Wilkes.

A patient has sustained a traumatic brain injury but is able to
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follow simple commands and can manipulate objects. The term
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used to describe this state is:
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A. coma
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B. vegetative
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C. minimally conscious
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D. locked-in syndrome
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A patient experiencing the tonic phase of a seizure exhibits:
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A. muscle contraction with increased muscle tone.
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B. alternating contraction and relaxation of muscle.
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C. muscle contraction alternating with placidity.
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D. complete paralysis.
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,A patient who reports a loss of childhood memories is describing
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a characteristic of:
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A. selective attention deficit.
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B. retrograde amnesia.
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C. anterograde amnesia.
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D. executive attention deficits.
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A patient who is experiencing difficulty in recognizing a pattern's
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form and the nature of objects is exhibiting characteristics of:
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A. agnosia.
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B. aphasia.
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C. dysphasia.
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D. Alzheimer disease.
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A patient who is experiencing a loss of comprehension or the
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production of language is described as having:
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A. dysphasia.
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B. aphasia.
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C. expressive dysphasia.
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D. transcortical dysphasia.
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,A patient who was admitted to a postsurgical unit 2 days ago is
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now demonstrating progressive restlessness and is
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uncharacteristically irritable. This scenario is characteristic of: i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,-




A. Alzheimer disease.
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B. dementia.
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C. delirium.
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It is TRUE that Alzheimer disease is:
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A. an uncommon neurologic disorder.
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B. not believed to have a genetic relationship.
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C. a result of neuronal proteins becoming distorted and tangled.
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D. the cause of plaques increasing nerve impulse transmission.
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C. a result of neuronal proteins becoming
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The term used to describe a patient who sustains a
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cerebrovascular accident and the limbs are paralyzed on an entire i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,-



side is: i,-




A. hemiplegia.
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B. paraplegia.
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C. diplegia.
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, D. quadriplegia.
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A patient who exhibits positioning that includes both arms being
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held close to the body with flexion at the elbows while legs are
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extended and rotated externally is demonstrating:
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A. decerebrate posture.
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B. spastic posture.
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C. decorticate posture.
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D. basal ganglion posture.
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A patient is diagnosed with Huntington disease. Which of the
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following is a TRUE statement? Huntington's disease is:
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A. a commonly diagnosed neurological disorder.
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B. a nonhereditary disease.
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C. also known as chorea.
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D. asymptomatic until the sixth decade of life.
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as chorea.
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A patient diagnosed with Parkinson disease initially experiences:
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A. difficulty walking.
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B. resting tremors.
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C. postural instability.
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