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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1 PRACTICE
ATI WITH 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS.
Parents of a 4-year-old child discovered the child has been
chewing and swallowing imported toy figurines that have tested
positive for lead. Which blood test should the care team prioritize?
-
- Correct answer -Red blood cell (RBC) levels
The nurse is conducting a physical assessment of a homeless
man during a night when the wind chill factor is -10°F (-23°C).
When assessing the man's fingers and toes for frostbite, the nurse
looks for which type of cellular injury? -
- Correct answer -Hypoxic
A nurse is teaching a class on health promotion and includes
information about the risk from ultraviolet radiation. Which
concepts should be included in this class? -
- Correct answer -Ultraviolet radiation increases the risk of skin
cancer and damages DNA.
The provider removes a cast from a teenager's arm. The client
asks why the muscle in the arm is smaller than it was. The
provider explains that this reduction is caused by which of the
following? -
- Correct answer -Disuse
The nurse explains to the hypertensive client that the increased
workload required to pump blood against an elevated arterial
pressure results in a progressive increase in left ventricular muscle
mass. This is an example of: -
- Correct answer -hypertrophy
A mother rushes her 4-year-old child to the emergency department
after she found an empty Tylenol (acetaminophen) bottle beside
her child. The nurse is trying to explain why it is so important to
give the child ipecac to induce vomiting in order to prevent: -
- Correct answer -liver failure
Mercury is a toxic substance, and the hazards of mercury-
associated occupational and accidental exposures are well known.
What is the primary source of mercury poisoning today? -
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- Correct answer -Fish such as tuna and swordfish
Hypertrophy may occur as the result of normal physiologic or
abnormal pathologic conditions. The increase in muscle mass
associated with exercise is an example of physiologic hypertrophy.
Pathologic hypertrophy occurs as the result of disease conditions
and may be adaptive or compensatory. Examples of adaptive
hypertrophy are the thickening of the urinary bladder from long-
continued obstruction of urinary outflow and the myocardial
hypertrophy that results from valvular heart disease or
hypertension. What is compensatory hypertrophy? -
- Correct answer -When one kidney is removed, the remaining
kidney enlarges to compensate for the loss
The nurse is treating a client who has been immobilized for several
months. As a result, he is experiencing bone thinning and
weakening. The nurse is aware of the risk of lung, blood vessel,
and renal tubule calcification due to: -
- Correct answer -metastatic calcification
A 70-year-old client is being treated for a recent ischemic stroke
that has left the client with deficits. These deficits likely result from
which mechanism of cell injury? -
- Correct answer -hypoxia and adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
depletion
A client has experienced significant decreases in mobility and
stamina during a 3-week hospital stay for the treatment of a
femoral head fracture. Which phenomena most likely accounts for
the client's decrease in muscle function? -
- Correct answer -Disuse atrophy of muscle cells during a
prolonged period of immobility
A client has developed cell atrophy. The most likely cause would
be: -
- Correct answer -ischemia.
A client is admitted with an alteration in arterial blood gases.
Cellular injury is most likely to result from which aspect of this
abnormality -
- Correct answer -Hypoxia
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1 PRACTICE
ATI WITH 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS.
Parents of a 4-year-old child discovered the child has been
chewing and swallowing imported toy figurines that have tested
positive for lead. Which blood test should the care team prioritize?
-
- Correct answer -Red blood cell (RBC) levels
The nurse is conducting a physical assessment of a homeless
man during a night when the wind chill factor is -10°F (-23°C).
When assessing the man's fingers and toes for frostbite, the nurse
looks for which type of cellular injury? -
- Correct answer -Hypoxic
A nurse is teaching a class on health promotion and includes
information about the risk from ultraviolet radiation. Which
concepts should be included in this class? -
- Correct answer -Ultraviolet radiation increases the risk of skin
cancer and damages DNA.
The provider removes a cast from a teenager's arm. The client
asks why the muscle in the arm is smaller than it was. The
provider explains that this reduction is caused by which of the
following? -
- Correct answer -Disuse
The nurse explains to the hypertensive client that the increased
workload required to pump blood against an elevated arterial
pressure results in a progressive increase in left ventricular muscle
mass. This is an example of: -
- Correct answer -hypertrophy
A mother rushes her 4-year-old child to the emergency department
after she found an empty Tylenol (acetaminophen) bottle beside
her child. The nurse is trying to explain why it is so important to
give the child ipecac to induce vomiting in order to prevent: -
- Correct answer -liver failure
Mercury is a toxic substance, and the hazards of mercury-
associated occupational and accidental exposures are well known.
What is the primary source of mercury poisoning today? -
, 2
- Correct answer -Fish such as tuna and swordfish
Hypertrophy may occur as the result of normal physiologic or
abnormal pathologic conditions. The increase in muscle mass
associated with exercise is an example of physiologic hypertrophy.
Pathologic hypertrophy occurs as the result of disease conditions
and may be adaptive or compensatory. Examples of adaptive
hypertrophy are the thickening of the urinary bladder from long-
continued obstruction of urinary outflow and the myocardial
hypertrophy that results from valvular heart disease or
hypertension. What is compensatory hypertrophy? -
- Correct answer -When one kidney is removed, the remaining
kidney enlarges to compensate for the loss
The nurse is treating a client who has been immobilized for several
months. As a result, he is experiencing bone thinning and
weakening. The nurse is aware of the risk of lung, blood vessel,
and renal tubule calcification due to: -
- Correct answer -metastatic calcification
A 70-year-old client is being treated for a recent ischemic stroke
that has left the client with deficits. These deficits likely result from
which mechanism of cell injury? -
- Correct answer -hypoxia and adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
depletion
A client has experienced significant decreases in mobility and
stamina during a 3-week hospital stay for the treatment of a
femoral head fracture. Which phenomena most likely accounts for
the client's decrease in muscle function? -
- Correct answer -Disuse atrophy of muscle cells during a
prolonged period of immobility
A client has developed cell atrophy. The most likely cause would
be: -
- Correct answer -ischemia.
A client is admitted with an alteration in arterial blood gases.
Cellular injury is most likely to result from which aspect of this
abnormality -
- Correct answer -Hypoxia
