SCI225 / SCI 225 Pathophysiology
Midterm Exam Questions & Answers
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Question:
Your patient with HIV has painful burning dysesthesias and paresthesias,
especially in the extremities. What condition will you document in the
chart?
Answer:
HIV neuropathy
Question:
During your assessment of a patient with meningitis, you want to test for
nuchal rigidity. Which test will you implement?
Answer:
Kernig
,Question:
During a myasthenic or cholinergic crisis, a patient is in danger of:
Answer:
Respiratory arrest
Question:
Irritative syndromes involve:
Answer:
Compressive symptoms plus radicular pain and paresthesias
Question:
A herniated disk allows the gelatinous material (the nucleus pulposus) to:
Answer:
extrude and compress the nerve root
Question:
An oncologist is discussing the process of metastasis. Which information
should the oncologist include? For metastasis to occur, tumor cells must be
capable of:
Answer:
surviving in the bloodstream
, Question:
A patient is preparing to receive adjuvant therapy for cancer. What should
the nurse tell the patient to reinforce teaching? This type of therapy:
Answer:
is given after cancer surgery
Question:
A nurse is explaining variant genes to a group of nursing students. When
discussing the retinoblastoma gene, what type of gene is the nurse
describing?
Answer:
tumor suppressor gene
Question:
A nurse is describing the process in which a piece of one chromosome is
moved to another chromosome. What term should the nurse use to
describe this process?
Answer:
translocation
Midterm Exam Questions & Answers
(Latest ) - Nightingale
Question:
Your patient with HIV has painful burning dysesthesias and paresthesias,
especially in the extremities. What condition will you document in the
chart?
Answer:
HIV neuropathy
Question:
During your assessment of a patient with meningitis, you want to test for
nuchal rigidity. Which test will you implement?
Answer:
Kernig
,Question:
During a myasthenic or cholinergic crisis, a patient is in danger of:
Answer:
Respiratory arrest
Question:
Irritative syndromes involve:
Answer:
Compressive symptoms plus radicular pain and paresthesias
Question:
A herniated disk allows the gelatinous material (the nucleus pulposus) to:
Answer:
extrude and compress the nerve root
Question:
An oncologist is discussing the process of metastasis. Which information
should the oncologist include? For metastasis to occur, tumor cells must be
capable of:
Answer:
surviving in the bloodstream
, Question:
A patient is preparing to receive adjuvant therapy for cancer. What should
the nurse tell the patient to reinforce teaching? This type of therapy:
Answer:
is given after cancer surgery
Question:
A nurse is explaining variant genes to a group of nursing students. When
discussing the retinoblastoma gene, what type of gene is the nurse
describing?
Answer:
tumor suppressor gene
Question:
A nurse is describing the process in which a piece of one chromosome is
moved to another chromosome. What term should the nurse use to
describe this process?
Answer:
translocation
