Nightingale College Pathophysiology
Final Exam Questions and Answers
1. Leukemia is classified as
Answer acute or chronic
2. A patient has a thrombosis. While reviewing the history, the nurse
found the patient has atherosclerosis. To which component of the
Virchow triad does the atherosclerosis correlate?
Answer Endothelial injury. Endothelial injury to blood vessels can result from atherosclerosis
(plaque deposits on arterial walls).
3. Hypersplenism occurs when
Answer the spleen is overactive
4. The best treatment for multiple myeloma
Answer chemotherapy
5. What type of cell is most affected by acute leukemia?
Answer blast cell
6. You observe a platelet count of 9,000/mm3, which condition must
you moni- tor for in this patient?
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,Answer spontaneous bleeding
7. Which symptoms should you assess for in a patient with
Hodgkin's lym- phoma?
Answer Night sweats, low-grade fevers, and weight loss
8. A patient has
lymphoblastic
lymphoma.
Which organ is most affected?
Answer Thymus
The disease arises from a clone of relatively immature T cells that becomes malignant in the thymus.
9. A patient has multiple myeloma. Which area in the body does
the nurse closely monitor for the tumor masses?
Answer bones
10. A patient has acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(AIDS). Which laboratory report should the nurse monitor closely in
this pa- tient?
Answer Lymphocyte counts
Lymphocytopenia is a major problem in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
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, 11. Aortic stenosis results in the incomplete emptying of the
Answer Left ventricle
Blood from the left ventricle is pumped through the aortic valve into the aorta. Aortic stenosis results in the
incomplete emptying of the left ventricle.
12. One complication of sustained hypertension is
Answer anemia
13. Mitogens, such as angiotensin IL, and growth factors stimulate
Answer Smooth muscle proliferation
14. If a patient's history indicates that the cardiac valve disease
is autosomal dominant, which diagnosis will the nurse observe written
in the chart?
Answer Mitral valve
prolapse
Mitral valve prolapse, has been found to have an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance.
15. Prinzmetal angina is caused by
Answer Vasospasm
Prinzmetal angina is a special type of chest pain that occurs transiently at rest because of vasospasm.
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Final Exam Questions and Answers
1. Leukemia is classified as
Answer acute or chronic
2. A patient has a thrombosis. While reviewing the history, the nurse
found the patient has atherosclerosis. To which component of the
Virchow triad does the atherosclerosis correlate?
Answer Endothelial injury. Endothelial injury to blood vessels can result from atherosclerosis
(plaque deposits on arterial walls).
3. Hypersplenism occurs when
Answer the spleen is overactive
4. The best treatment for multiple myeloma
Answer chemotherapy
5. What type of cell is most affected by acute leukemia?
Answer blast cell
6. You observe a platelet count of 9,000/mm3, which condition must
you moni- tor for in this patient?
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18
,Answer spontaneous bleeding
7. Which symptoms should you assess for in a patient with
Hodgkin's lym- phoma?
Answer Night sweats, low-grade fevers, and weight loss
8. A patient has
lymphoblastic
lymphoma.
Which organ is most affected?
Answer Thymus
The disease arises from a clone of relatively immature T cells that becomes malignant in the thymus.
9. A patient has multiple myeloma. Which area in the body does
the nurse closely monitor for the tumor masses?
Answer bones
10. A patient has acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(AIDS). Which laboratory report should the nurse monitor closely in
this pa- tient?
Answer Lymphocyte counts
Lymphocytopenia is a major problem in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
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, 11. Aortic stenosis results in the incomplete emptying of the
Answer Left ventricle
Blood from the left ventricle is pumped through the aortic valve into the aorta. Aortic stenosis results in the
incomplete emptying of the left ventricle.
12. One complication of sustained hypertension is
Answer anemia
13. Mitogens, such as angiotensin IL, and growth factors stimulate
Answer Smooth muscle proliferation
14. If a patient's history indicates that the cardiac valve disease
is autosomal dominant, which diagnosis will the nurse observe written
in the chart?
Answer Mitral valve
prolapse
Mitral valve prolapse, has been found to have an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance.
15. Prinzmetal angina is caused by
Answer Vasospasm
Prinzmetal angina is a special type of chest pain that occurs transiently at rest because of vasospasm.
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