NURS 6010 – Pathophysiology Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
A 77 year-old male client with a diagnosis of stomach cancer has been found to
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have metastases in his liver. The client and his family are surprised at this turn of
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events, stating that they don't see how he could have developed cancer in his
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liver. Which of the following facts would underlie the reply that the care team
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provides? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The portal circulatory system brings venous
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blood from the GI tract into the liver.
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The nurse is providing care for a client with a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral
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sclerosis (ALS). The nurse recognizes which of the following mechanisms are
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suspected to play a role in the cellular death associated with ALS? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Apoptosis
A 45 year-old client who experienced exposure to radiation during an industrial
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accident several years prior is being assessed. Which of the following phenomena
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may underlie the genetic changes that have been noted in the client? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Base pairs may have been rearranged by the radiation in the | | | | | | | | | | |
accident.
A 77 year old man is a hospital inpatient admitted for exacerbation of his chronic
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obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and a respiratory therapist (RT) is
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assessing the client for the first time. Which of the following aspects of the
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patient's current state of health would be best characterized as a symptom rather
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than a sign? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The patient notes that he has increased
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work of breathing when lying supine.
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, A patient experiencing immotile cilia syndrome should be frequently assessed by
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the nurse for which priority complication? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Bronchiectasis
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due to interferences with clearance of inhaled bacteria along the respiratory
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tract.
In the context of an explanation of how human growth occurs, a student is
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explaining to a colleague the necessity and roles of different types of RNA in
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protein synthesis. Which of the following types of RNA is a result of the process
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of transcription? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Messenger RNA
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A community health nurse is teaching a group of recent graduates about the large
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variety of factors that influence an individual's health or lack thereof. The nurse is
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referring to the Healthy People 2020 report from the U.S. Department of Health
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and Human Services as a teaching example. Of the following aspects discussed
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which would be considered a determinate of health that is outside the focus of
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this report? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The client has a family history of
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cardiovascular disease related to hypercholesterolemia and remains | | | | | | |
noncompliant with their treatment regime. | | | |
The nurse is providing care for a client with a diagnosis of cirrhosis, and she notes
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that the client's sclerae are jaundiced. The nurse recalls that jaundice is a
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pigment that can accumulate in which part of the cell? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Cytoplasm
A 7 year old boy is admitted to the hospital with a suspected diagnosis of lead
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toxicity. Which of the following assessment findings is most congruent with the
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client's diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Hemoglobin 9.9 g/dL
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Questions With Correct Answers
A 77 year-old male client with a diagnosis of stomach cancer has been found to
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
have metastases in his liver. The client and his family are surprised at this turn of
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
events, stating that they don't see how he could have developed cancer in his
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
liver. Which of the following facts would underlie the reply that the care team
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
provides? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The portal circulatory system brings venous
| | | | | | | | |
blood from the GI tract into the liver.
| | | | | | |
The nurse is providing care for a client with a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
sclerosis (ALS). The nurse recognizes which of the following mechanisms are
| | | | | | | | | | |
suspected to play a role in the cellular death associated with ALS? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Apoptosis
A 45 year-old client who experienced exposure to radiation during an industrial
| | | | | | | | | | | |
accident several years prior is being assessed. Which of the following phenomena
| | | | | | | | | | |
may underlie the genetic changes that have been noted in the client? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Base pairs may have been rearranged by the radiation in the | | | | | | | | | | |
accident.
A 77 year old man is a hospital inpatient admitted for exacerbation of his chronic
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and a respiratory therapist (RT) is
| | | | | | | | | |
assessing the client for the first time. Which of the following aspects of the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
patient's current state of health would be best characterized as a symptom rather
| | | | | | | | | | | |
than a sign? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The patient notes that he has increased
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
work of breathing when lying supine.
| | | | |
, A patient experiencing immotile cilia syndrome should be frequently assessed by
| | | | | | | | | | |
the nurse for which priority complication? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Bronchiectasis
| | | | | | | |
due to interferences with clearance of inhaled bacteria along the respiratory
| | | | | | | | | | | |
tract.
In the context of an explanation of how human growth occurs, a student is
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
explaining to a colleague the necessity and roles of different types of RNA in
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
protein synthesis. Which of the following types of RNA is a result of the process
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
of transcription? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Messenger RNA
| | | | |
A community health nurse is teaching a group of recent graduates about the large
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
variety of factors that influence an individual's health or lack thereof. The nurse is
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
referring to the Healthy People 2020 report from the U.S. Department of Health
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and Human Services as a teaching example. Of the following aspects discussed
| | | | | | | | | | | |
which would be considered a determinate of health that is outside the focus of
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
this report? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The client has a family history of
| | | | | | | | | | |
cardiovascular disease related to hypercholesterolemia and remains | | | | | | |
noncompliant with their treatment regime. | | | |
The nurse is providing care for a client with a diagnosis of cirrhosis, and she notes
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
that the client's sclerae are jaundiced. The nurse recalls that jaundice is a
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
pigment that can accumulate in which part of the cell? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Cytoplasm
A 7 year old boy is admitted to the hospital with a suspected diagnosis of lead
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
toxicity. Which of the following assessment findings is most congruent with the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
client's diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Hemoglobin 9.9 g/dL
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