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NURS6501 Advanced Pathophysiology Final Exam With Answers (101 Solved Questions) - Page 1 preview imageNURS 6501 - Advanced PathophysiologyFINAL EXAMQuestion 11 out of 1 pointsA woman diagnosed with trichomoniasis asks if her sexual partner should be treated as well. What is theappropriate response by the healthcare professional?Selected Answer:Sexualpartnersshouldbetreatedeveniftheyareasymptomatic.Question 20 out of 1 pointsAn infant is brought to the emergency department byparents who report that the baby's fontanels seemto be bulging outward. What action by the healthcare provider ismostappropriate?Selected Answer:Preparethebabyforalumbarpunctureandbloodcultures.Question 31 out of 1 pointsA patient has polycythemia vera and presents to the Emergency Department with plethora andneurological changes. The student asks the healthcare professional to explain the primary cause of thesesymptoms. What response by the professional isbest?Selected Answer:IncreasedbloodviscosityQuestion 41 out of 1 pointsWhen are childhood cancers most often diagnosed?Selected Answer:AtpeaktimesofphysicalgrowthQuestion 51 out of 1 pointsA severely malnourished patient is in the hospital to improve nutrition. On the second day, the patientreports palpitations and difficulty breathing. After placing the patient on a cardiac monitor, what action
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NURS6501 Advanced Pathophysiology Final Exam With Answers (101 Solved Questions) - Page 3 preview imagedoes the health care professional take next?SelectedAnswer:Havelabdrawnforelectrolytelevels.Question 60 out of 1 pointsThe student wants to know how the clinical manifestations and onset of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)differ from those of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in adults. Whatanswer by the healthcare professionalisbest?Selected Answer:JIAbeginsinsidiouslywithsystemicsignsofinflammation.Question 71 out of 1 pointsA patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the bone surfaces to partially losecontact with each other. What treatment does the health care professional prepare the patient for?Selected Answer:ReductionandimmobilizationQuestion 80 out of 1 pointsA preschool teacher notices a child who has burrows on the hands that are several millimeters to 1 cmlong, papules, and vesicular lesions. What other assessment finding would help the teacher determine thetype of infestation the child has?Selected Answer:Checkthechild'shairforthepresenceofsmallmites.Question 91 out of 1 pointsThe disruption in cellular adhesion observed in bullous impetigo is caused by an exfoliative toxin relatedto which organism?Selected Answer:StaphylococcusaureusQuestion 101 out of 1 pointsA mother reports that her young teens have voracious appetites. The healthcare professional wouldexplain that which hormone is linked to an increase in appetite during puberty?Selected Answer:LeptinQuestion 111 out of 1 pointsWhat diagnosis is given to parents when their infant's hip maintains contact with the acetabulum but is
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NURS6501 Advanced Pathophysiology Final Exam With Answers (101 Solved Questions) - Page 4 preview imagenot well seated within the hip joint?SelectedAnswer:SubluxatedhipQuestion 121 out of 1 pointsThe healthcare professional directs a student to assess a teen who has Osgood-Schlatter disease. Whatassessment finding does the student anticipate for this disorder?Selected Answer:TendinitisoftheanteriorpatellartendonQuestion 131 out of 1 pointsWhat are the clinical manifestations of testicular cancer?Selected Answer:Firm,nontendertesticularmassQuestion 141 out of 1 pointsA man reports to the healthcare professional that he had a sudden onset of malaise, low back pain, andperineal pain with high fever and chills, dysuria, nocturia, and urinary retention. What action by thehealthcare professional ismostappropriate?Selected Answer:Assistthemaninobtainingaurinesample.Question 151 out of 1 pointsAn infant has been diagnosed with intussusception and the student asks the healthcare professional toexplain the condition. What explanation by the professional ismostaccurate?Selected Answer:Onepartoftheintestinetelescopesintoanothersectionoftheintestine.Question 161 out of 1 pointsWhich statement by the healthcare professional accurately describes childhood asthma?SelectedAnswer:Anobstructiveairwaydiseasecharacterizedbyreversibleairflowobstruction,bronchialhyperreactivity,andinflammationQuestion 171 out of 1 pointsA patient is in status epilepticus. In addition to giving medication to stop the seizures, what would thehealthcare professional place highest priority on?
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NURS6501 Advanced Pathophysiology Final Exam With Answers (101 Solved Questions) - Page 5 preview imageSelectedAnswer:ProvidingoxygenQuestion 181 out of 1 pointsA health care professional determines that the student needs more education when the student makeswhich statement about treating bone infection?SelectedAnswer:BacteriaarewalledoffbymacrophagesandTlymphocytes;consequently,theantibioticscannotpenetratetheinfectedarea.Question 191 out of 1 pointsA health careprofessional is teaching a group of college women about increasing calcium in the diet toprevent osteoporosis. A participant asks at what age is peak bone mass is reached in women. Whatresponse isbest?Selected Answer:30yearsQuestion 201 out of 1 pointsWhat is the link between major depression and cortisol secretion?SelectedAnswer:Individualswithdepressionshowthatpersistentlyelevatedplasmacortisollevelscanresultininflammationthatisbelievedtotriggerdepression.Question 211 out of 1 pointsA student asks the professor to explain the jaundice that accompanies hemolytic anemia. Whichstatement is by the professor ismostaccurate?Selected Answer:Hemedestructionexceedstheliver'sabilitytoconjugateandexcretebilirubin.Question 221 out of 1 pointsWhich cells function to maintain bone matrix?Selected Answer:OsteocytesQuestion 231 out of 1 pointsAchild has Duchenne muscular dystrophy and the parents want to know how this occurred. Whichstatement by the healthcare professional ismostaccurate?
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NURS6501 Advanced Pathophysiology Final Exam With Answers (101 Solved Questions) - Page 6 preview imageSelectedAnswer:X-linkedrecessiveinheritanceQuestion 241 out of 1 pointsWhat is therole of thromboxane A (TXA2) in the secretion stage of hemostasis?Selected Answer:Stimulatesplateletaggregation.Question 251 out of 1 pointsA healthcare professional is educating a community men's group on symptoms of benign prostatichyperplasia (BPH). The professional relates that most symptoms are a result of which pathophysiologiccondition?Selected Answer:CompressionoftheurethraQuestion 261 out of 1 pointsA student studying osteomyelitis and asks for anexplanation of the term sequestrum. What response bythe professor isbest?Selected Answer:AnareaofdevascularizedanddevitalizedboneQuestion 271 out of 1 pointsA child with acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritisis voiding smoky, brown-colored urine and asksthe healthcare professional to explain what causes it. What explanation by the professional isbest?Selected Answer:PresenceofredbloodcellsQuestion 281 out of 1 pointsA patient has been diagnosed with lithium toxicity. Which electrolyte imbalance does the healthcareprofessional correlate with this condition?Selected Answer:HyponatremiaQuestion 290 out of 1 pointsA 7 year-old-child presents to the clinic where parents report signs and symptoms consistent withasthma. What does the healthcare professional do in order to confirm this diagnosis?Selected Answer:DrawserumlevelsofimmunoglobulinE(IgE)andeosinophillevels
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