NU545 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY UNIT 7:
CHROMOSOMES, CANCERS, BURNS, AND
SHOCK CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Etiology.
Answer: cause of disease
◍ Patent ductus arteriosus.
Answer: passageway between the aorta and the pulmonary artery remains
open after birth
◍ Which would be considered a positive symptom of schizophrenia?- Blunted
affect- Poverty of speech- Auditory hallucinations- Lack of social
interaction.
Answer: Auditory hallucinations
◍ What is the most critical aspect in correctly diagnosing a seizure disorder
and establishing its cause?- Health history- Cerebrospinal fluid analysis-
Skull x-ray studies- Computed tomographic (CT) scan.
Answer: Health History
◍ When does uncal herniation occur?- The hippocampal gyrus shifts from the
middle fossa through the tentorial notch into the posterior fossa.- The
diencephalon shifts from the middle fossa straight downward through the
tentorial notch into the posterior fossa.- The cingulate gyrus shifts under the
falx cerebri.- A cerebellar tonsil shifts through the foramen magnum..
Answer: The hippocampal gyrus shifts from the middle fossa through the
tentorial notch into the posterior fossa.
◍ A person in the health care clinic has gout. In order to prevent a common
, complication, what self-care measure does the health care professional teach
the person about?- Splinting affected joints- Eating more protein- Drinking
plenty of water- Avoiding hot weathe.
Answer: Drinking plenty of water
◍ Types of obstructive shock.
Answer: cardiac tamponadetension pneumothoraxpulmonary embolism
◍ Confusion.
Answer: a sign of hypernatremia
◍ risk factor for hypercalcemia.
Answer: hyperparathryroidism
◍ arterial occlusion.
Answer: blockage of blood flow through an artery
◍ A patient is diagnosed with septic shock. What action by the healthcare
professional will address the main underlying pathophysiologic mechanism
of this disorder?- Give the patient antihistamines and steroids.- Provide high
volumes of isotonic fluid.- Administer antibiotics as soon as possible.- Place
patient on an intra-aortic balloon pump..
Answer: Administer antibiotics as soon as possible.
◍ carcinoma.
Answer: cancerous tumor (begins in kin or tissue that lines or covers body
organs)
◍ A patient has ankylosing spondylitis. Which description of this condition by
the health care professional is most accurate?- Wide-spread and deep
chronic muscle pain, fatigue, and tender points- Chronic inflammatory
disease with stiffening and fusion of the spine and sacroiliac joints- Chronic
systemic inflammatory disease that affects many tissues and organs- State of
abnormal and excessive bone resorption and formation.
Answer: Chronic inflammatory disease with stiffening and fusion of the
spine and sacroiliac joints
, ◍ Which condition is best defined as a clinical syndrome involving a systemic
response to infection, which is manifested by two or more of the systemic
inflammatory response syndrome criteria?- Sepsis- Septicemia- Bacteremia-
Septic shock.
Answer: Sepsis
◍ Productive cough and parenchymal infiltrates on xray are signs and
symptoms of.
Answer: bacterial pneumonia
◍ embolism.
Answer: the sudden blockage of a blood vessel by an embolus
◍ -oma.
Answer: tumor
◍ What event is associated with the beginning of bone loss in women?- Sexual
activity- Puberty- Menopause- Childbirth.
Answer: Menopause
◍ Which patient finding would lead the health care professional to assess the
patient for inflammatory joint disease?- Systemic symptoms of
inflammation- Unilateral joint involvement- Absence of synovial membrane
inflammation- Normal joint synovial fluid.
Answer: Systemic symptoms of inflammation
◍ inflammation, mucosal edema, & bronchoconstriction are associated with
the allergic form of.
Answer: asthma
◍ Which of the following signs would indicate that your patient was
continuing to experience spinal shock?- Inability to elicit reflexes- positive
reflexes- hyperreflexia- reflex emptying of bladder.
Answer: Inability to elicit reflexes
◍ Vitamin K deficiency.
Answer: normal bleeding time, normal platelet count, increased PT and INR
CHROMOSOMES, CANCERS, BURNS, AND
SHOCK CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Etiology.
Answer: cause of disease
◍ Patent ductus arteriosus.
Answer: passageway between the aorta and the pulmonary artery remains
open after birth
◍ Which would be considered a positive symptom of schizophrenia?- Blunted
affect- Poverty of speech- Auditory hallucinations- Lack of social
interaction.
Answer: Auditory hallucinations
◍ What is the most critical aspect in correctly diagnosing a seizure disorder
and establishing its cause?- Health history- Cerebrospinal fluid analysis-
Skull x-ray studies- Computed tomographic (CT) scan.
Answer: Health History
◍ When does uncal herniation occur?- The hippocampal gyrus shifts from the
middle fossa through the tentorial notch into the posterior fossa.- The
diencephalon shifts from the middle fossa straight downward through the
tentorial notch into the posterior fossa.- The cingulate gyrus shifts under the
falx cerebri.- A cerebellar tonsil shifts through the foramen magnum..
Answer: The hippocampal gyrus shifts from the middle fossa through the
tentorial notch into the posterior fossa.
◍ A person in the health care clinic has gout. In order to prevent a common
, complication, what self-care measure does the health care professional teach
the person about?- Splinting affected joints- Eating more protein- Drinking
plenty of water- Avoiding hot weathe.
Answer: Drinking plenty of water
◍ Types of obstructive shock.
Answer: cardiac tamponadetension pneumothoraxpulmonary embolism
◍ Confusion.
Answer: a sign of hypernatremia
◍ risk factor for hypercalcemia.
Answer: hyperparathryroidism
◍ arterial occlusion.
Answer: blockage of blood flow through an artery
◍ A patient is diagnosed with septic shock. What action by the healthcare
professional will address the main underlying pathophysiologic mechanism
of this disorder?- Give the patient antihistamines and steroids.- Provide high
volumes of isotonic fluid.- Administer antibiotics as soon as possible.- Place
patient on an intra-aortic balloon pump..
Answer: Administer antibiotics as soon as possible.
◍ carcinoma.
Answer: cancerous tumor (begins in kin or tissue that lines or covers body
organs)
◍ A patient has ankylosing spondylitis. Which description of this condition by
the health care professional is most accurate?- Wide-spread and deep
chronic muscle pain, fatigue, and tender points- Chronic inflammatory
disease with stiffening and fusion of the spine and sacroiliac joints- Chronic
systemic inflammatory disease that affects many tissues and organs- State of
abnormal and excessive bone resorption and formation.
Answer: Chronic inflammatory disease with stiffening and fusion of the
spine and sacroiliac joints
, ◍ Which condition is best defined as a clinical syndrome involving a systemic
response to infection, which is manifested by two or more of the systemic
inflammatory response syndrome criteria?- Sepsis- Septicemia- Bacteremia-
Septic shock.
Answer: Sepsis
◍ Productive cough and parenchymal infiltrates on xray are signs and
symptoms of.
Answer: bacterial pneumonia
◍ embolism.
Answer: the sudden blockage of a blood vessel by an embolus
◍ -oma.
Answer: tumor
◍ What event is associated with the beginning of bone loss in women?- Sexual
activity- Puberty- Menopause- Childbirth.
Answer: Menopause
◍ Which patient finding would lead the health care professional to assess the
patient for inflammatory joint disease?- Systemic symptoms of
inflammation- Unilateral joint involvement- Absence of synovial membrane
inflammation- Normal joint synovial fluid.
Answer: Systemic symptoms of inflammation
◍ inflammation, mucosal edema, & bronchoconstriction are associated with
the allergic form of.
Answer: asthma
◍ Which of the following signs would indicate that your patient was
continuing to experience spinal shock?- Inability to elicit reflexes- positive
reflexes- hyperreflexia- reflex emptying of bladder.
Answer: Inability to elicit reflexes
◍ Vitamin K deficiency.
Answer: normal bleeding time, normal platelet count, increased PT and INR
