NURS 6501N MIDTERM EXAM - EXAMINATION COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
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Question 1: A healthcare professional cares for older adults in a
skilled nursing facility. What should the professional assess for in
these individuals related to cardiovascular functioning?
Answer:
Increased rate of falling and dizzy spells
Question 2: Which statement made by a student indicates the
healthcare professional needs to describe the pericardium again?
Answer:
The pericardium is a double-walled membranous sac that encloses
the heart.
Question 3: Where is two thirds of the body's water found?
Answer:
Intracellular fluid compartments
Question 4: A healthcare professional is caring for four patients.
Which patient does the professional assess for pulmonary emboli
(PE) as the priority?
Answer:
Deep venous thrombosis
,Question 5: What is the blood type of a person who is
heterozygous, having A and B alleles as codominant?
Answer:
AB
Question 6: The data reporting that sickle cell disease affects
approximately 1 in 600 American blacks is an example of which
concept?
Answer:
Incidence
Question 7: A patient is having a spirometry measurement done
and asks the healthcare professional to explain this test. What
response by the professional is best?
Answer:
To measure the volume and flow rate during forced expiration
Question 8: A patient has been diagnosed with a renal stone. Based
on knowledge of common stone types, what self-care measure
does the healthcare professional plan to teach the patient when
stone analysis has returned?
Answer:
Increase water intake.
Question 9: In regulating vascular mediators released from mast
cells, the role of eosinophils is to release what?
Answer:
, Histaminase, which limits the effects of histamine during acute
inflammation
Question 10: Under anaerobic conditions, what process provides
energy for the cell?
Answer:
Glycolysis
Question 11: A patient had a motor vehicle crash and suffered
critical injuries to the brainstem. What physiological responses
would the healthcare professional expect to see?
Answer:
Pulse and blood pressure changes
Question 12: A parent wants to know how to prevent type 1
diabetes in the newborn. The healthcare professional explains that
prevention is not possible, because which of these is a major
characteristic of type 1 diabetes mellitus?
Answer:
Insulin resistance
Question 13: A patient has a pulmonary capillary wedge pressure
of 30mmHg. What assessment finding by the healthcare
professional would be most consistent with this reading?
Answer:
Rhonchi
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR JUST RELEASED
Question 1: A healthcare professional cares for older adults in a
skilled nursing facility. What should the professional assess for in
these individuals related to cardiovascular functioning?
Answer:
Increased rate of falling and dizzy spells
Question 2: Which statement made by a student indicates the
healthcare professional needs to describe the pericardium again?
Answer:
The pericardium is a double-walled membranous sac that encloses
the heart.
Question 3: Where is two thirds of the body's water found?
Answer:
Intracellular fluid compartments
Question 4: A healthcare professional is caring for four patients.
Which patient does the professional assess for pulmonary emboli
(PE) as the priority?
Answer:
Deep venous thrombosis
,Question 5: What is the blood type of a person who is
heterozygous, having A and B alleles as codominant?
Answer:
AB
Question 6: The data reporting that sickle cell disease affects
approximately 1 in 600 American blacks is an example of which
concept?
Answer:
Incidence
Question 7: A patient is having a spirometry measurement done
and asks the healthcare professional to explain this test. What
response by the professional is best?
Answer:
To measure the volume and flow rate during forced expiration
Question 8: A patient has been diagnosed with a renal stone. Based
on knowledge of common stone types, what self-care measure
does the healthcare professional plan to teach the patient when
stone analysis has returned?
Answer:
Increase water intake.
Question 9: In regulating vascular mediators released from mast
cells, the role of eosinophils is to release what?
Answer:
, Histaminase, which limits the effects of histamine during acute
inflammation
Question 10: Under anaerobic conditions, what process provides
energy for the cell?
Answer:
Glycolysis
Question 11: A patient had a motor vehicle crash and suffered
critical injuries to the brainstem. What physiological responses
would the healthcare professional expect to see?
Answer:
Pulse and blood pressure changes
Question 12: A parent wants to know how to prevent type 1
diabetes in the newborn. The healthcare professional explains that
prevention is not possible, because which of these is a major
characteristic of type 1 diabetes mellitus?
Answer:
Insulin resistance
Question 13: A patient has a pulmonary capillary wedge pressure
of 30mmHg. What assessment finding by the healthcare
professional would be most consistent with this reading?
Answer:
Rhonchi
