NURS 316 Final Exam – Questions With Verified
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A 23-year-old man has received a "Inflammation helps your body to produce the right
recent diagnosis of appendicitis antibodies to fight the infection."
following 24 hours of acute abdominal
pain. The nurse providing care for the
man is explaining that while
unpleasant, the inflammation of his
appendix is playing a role in his body's
fight against the underlying infectious
process. Which of the following
teaching points should the nurse
eliminate from his teaching to the
patient?
A patient presented to the emergency Neutrophils
department of the hospital with a
swollen, reddened, painful leg wound
and has been diagnosed with
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA) cellulitis. The patient's
physician has ordered a complete
blood count and white cell
differential. Which of the following
blood components would the
physician most likely anticipate to be
elevated?
,1. A 16-year-old girl has broken her Loss of plasma proteins causes an increase in
arm while snowboarding. When she interstitial osmotic pressure.
arrives at hospital, she is shocked at
the amount of swelling at the injury
site. Which of the following statements
best explains the physiological
rationale for her swelling?
1. Which of the following phenomena Existing leukocytes stick to the epithelial cells and
best accounts for the increased move along blood vessel walls.
presence of leukocytes at the site of
inflammation?
1. When explaining the final stages of A) how the body can kill the pathogen by generating
the inflammatory response to toxic oxygen and nitrogen products producing such
pathogens, the nurse will educate the things as nitric oxide and hydrogen peroxide.
patient about
1. A deficiency in which of the Histamine
following would result in an inhibition
of the inflammatory response?
7. When educating a patient with a A) Increase your intake of oily fish and fish oil so that
wound that is not healing, the nurse you will increase absorption of omega-3
should stress which of the following polyunsaturated fatty acids.
dietary modifications to ward off
some of the negative manifestations info:Omega-3 fatty acids can prevent wound
that can occur with inflammation? infections and can improve early wound healing and,
possibly prevent extensive scarring.
7. Tumor necrosis factor-a and IL-1 are A) Elevated temperature
major cytokines that mediate C) Tachycardia
inflammation. If the patient is D) Anorexia
developing a systemic response to an
infection, the nurse will likely assess
which of the following clinical
manifestations? Select all that apply.
, 9. A 63-year-old woman has begun a A) Free radicals increase cytokine expression and
diet that purports to minimize the adhesion molecule levels, resulting in increased
quantity and effects of free radicals in inflammation.
her body. What physiological
processes could best underlie her
care provider's teaching about her
new diet?
9. A nurse is changing the wound "Large amounts of suppurative and serous exudates
dressing on the coccyx-region noted"
pressure ulcer of an immobilized
patient. The existing dressing is info: Suppurative is a term used to describe a disease
saturated with both watery, clear or condition in which a purulent exudate (pus) is
discharge and foul, gray-colored formed and discharged.
liquid. Which of the following entries -serous exudate is the type of exudate that is clear,
in the patient's chart best captures thin, and watery
this?
9. Which of the following aspects of a Increased neutrophils
patient's site of inflammation would
help the care provider rule out info: chronic inflammation is characterized by the
chronic inflammation? presence of monocytes and lymphocytes.
Neutrophils have long been known to participate in
acute inflammation
In the ICU, a patient has been Excessive interstitial edema related to increased
diagnosed with sepsis due to a vascular permeability
bacterial invasion. The human body Decreased cardiac output resulting from myocardial
usually responds to infections by depression
developing an uncontrolled Lower blood pressure due to intravascular fluid loss
inflammatory response with large
production and release of
inflammatory cytokines such as IL-1
and TNF-a. The nurse will note which
of the following clinical manifestations
in this septic patient as a result of the
activation of these cytokines? Select
all that apply.
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Terms in this set (120)
A 23-year-old man has received a "Inflammation helps your body to produce the right
recent diagnosis of appendicitis antibodies to fight the infection."
following 24 hours of acute abdominal
pain. The nurse providing care for the
man is explaining that while
unpleasant, the inflammation of his
appendix is playing a role in his body's
fight against the underlying infectious
process. Which of the following
teaching points should the nurse
eliminate from his teaching to the
patient?
A patient presented to the emergency Neutrophils
department of the hospital with a
swollen, reddened, painful leg wound
and has been diagnosed with
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA) cellulitis. The patient's
physician has ordered a complete
blood count and white cell
differential. Which of the following
blood components would the
physician most likely anticipate to be
elevated?
,1. A 16-year-old girl has broken her Loss of plasma proteins causes an increase in
arm while snowboarding. When she interstitial osmotic pressure.
arrives at hospital, she is shocked at
the amount of swelling at the injury
site. Which of the following statements
best explains the physiological
rationale for her swelling?
1. Which of the following phenomena Existing leukocytes stick to the epithelial cells and
best accounts for the increased move along blood vessel walls.
presence of leukocytes at the site of
inflammation?
1. When explaining the final stages of A) how the body can kill the pathogen by generating
the inflammatory response to toxic oxygen and nitrogen products producing such
pathogens, the nurse will educate the things as nitric oxide and hydrogen peroxide.
patient about
1. A deficiency in which of the Histamine
following would result in an inhibition
of the inflammatory response?
7. When educating a patient with a A) Increase your intake of oily fish and fish oil so that
wound that is not healing, the nurse you will increase absorption of omega-3
should stress which of the following polyunsaturated fatty acids.
dietary modifications to ward off
some of the negative manifestations info:Omega-3 fatty acids can prevent wound
that can occur with inflammation? infections and can improve early wound healing and,
possibly prevent extensive scarring.
7. Tumor necrosis factor-a and IL-1 are A) Elevated temperature
major cytokines that mediate C) Tachycardia
inflammation. If the patient is D) Anorexia
developing a systemic response to an
infection, the nurse will likely assess
which of the following clinical
manifestations? Select all that apply.
, 9. A 63-year-old woman has begun a A) Free radicals increase cytokine expression and
diet that purports to minimize the adhesion molecule levels, resulting in increased
quantity and effects of free radicals in inflammation.
her body. What physiological
processes could best underlie her
care provider's teaching about her
new diet?
9. A nurse is changing the wound "Large amounts of suppurative and serous exudates
dressing on the coccyx-region noted"
pressure ulcer of an immobilized
patient. The existing dressing is info: Suppurative is a term used to describe a disease
saturated with both watery, clear or condition in which a purulent exudate (pus) is
discharge and foul, gray-colored formed and discharged.
liquid. Which of the following entries -serous exudate is the type of exudate that is clear,
in the patient's chart best captures thin, and watery
this?
9. Which of the following aspects of a Increased neutrophils
patient's site of inflammation would
help the care provider rule out info: chronic inflammation is characterized by the
chronic inflammation? presence of monocytes and lymphocytes.
Neutrophils have long been known to participate in
acute inflammation
In the ICU, a patient has been Excessive interstitial edema related to increased
diagnosed with sepsis due to a vascular permeability
bacterial invasion. The human body Decreased cardiac output resulting from myocardial
usually responds to infections by depression
developing an uncontrolled Lower blood pressure due to intravascular fluid loss
inflammatory response with large
production and release of
inflammatory cytokines such as IL-1
and TNF-a. The nurse will note which
of the following clinical manifestations
in this septic patient as a result of the
activation of these cytokines? Select
all that apply.
