NR 283 /NR283 PATHO EXAM 1, 2, 3 AND FINAL
EXAM CHAMBERLAIN COLLEGE OF NURSING EXAM
OVER 500 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS AND RATIONALES /A+ GRADE ASSURED
Failure of homologous chromosomes to separate during cell
division .....ANSWER.....In regards to chromosomal mutation,
nondisjunction is known as what?
Huntington's disease .....ANSWER.....What is an example of an
autosomal-dominant disease?
Cystic fibrosis .....ANSWER.....What is an example of an
autosomal-recessive disease?
Red - green color blindness .....ANSWER.....What is an example
of an X-linked condition?
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Pyloric stenosis .....ANSWER.....What is an example of
multifactorial inheritance?
A. elevated aspartate
aminotransferase
C. increased leukocytes
E. increased HR
G. elevated creatinine kinase
H. elevated alanin aminostransferase .....ANSWER.....Knowing
physiologic signs of injury you might expect the following system
is consistent with systemic manifestations of cellular injury during
a myocardial infarction (select all that apply)
A. Elevated aspartate
aminotransferase (AST/SGOT)
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C. Increased leukocytes
D. Pain
E. Increase heart rate
F. Fever
G. Elevated Creatinine Kinase
H. Elevated alanin aminostransferase (ALT/SGPT)
A. Decreased muscle tone, wrinkling in atrophy of the epidermis
E. increase in peripheral resistance to bloodflow
F. increased formation of auto antibodies .....ANSWER.....The
nurse teaching an elderly client about the aging process includes
which changes that occur as part of the normal aging process?
(select all that apply)
A. Increase in total body potassium concentration
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B. Increased gastric emptying
C. Decreased muscle tone
D. Wrinkling and atrophy of the epidermis
E. Increase in peripheral resistance to blood flow
F. Increased formation of autoantibodies
Pathogens can be sloughed off by mechanical means, such as
falling off in dead skin cells, coughing or sneezing, vomiting, or
flushing from the urinary tract in urine. .....ANSWER.....What else
is it about the skin that protects individuals from injury and
disease?
There is a low pH on the skin and stomach that generally inhibits
microorganisms .....ANSWER.....How might the characteristics of
skin and the bodily fluids associated with it also help to protect
us from infection?