COURSE: NURS 6501 Advanced Pathophysiology
INSTITUTION: WALDEN UNIVERSITY
EXAM: FINAL EXAM 2026/2027
GRADE: SCORE A (98 Out Of 100)
WALDEN UNIVERSITY NURS 6501 ADVANCED
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM 2026/2027 FALL-
WINTER
A patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the bone surfaces to partially
lose contact with each other. What treatment does the health care professional prepare the patient
for?
Reduction and immobilization
Cystic fibrosis is characterized by which symptom?
Excessive mucus production
An infant has gluten-sensitive enteropathy and the parents ask the
healthcare professional to explain why the baby bruises so easily. The professional explains that the
baby has which deficit?
Vitamin K deficiency from fat malabsorption
A healthcare professional advises a pregnant woman to add supplements of which nutrient to her diet
to prevent birth defects?
Folate
, A mother reports that her young teens have voracious appetites. The
healthcare professional would explain that which hormone is linked to an increase in appetite during
puberty?
Leptin
Why is nasal congestion a serious threat to young infants?
Infants are obligatory nose breathers.
A student studying osteomyelitis and asks for an explanation of the term sequestrum. What response
by the professor is best?
An area of DE vascularized and devitalized bone
Which statement by the healthcare professional accurately describes
childhood asthma?
An obstructive airway disease characterized by reversible airflow obstruction, bronchial hyperreactivity,
and inflammation
A patient has a spinal cord injury at C4. What should the healthcare
professional assess as the priority in this patient?
Respirations
Which cells function to maintain bone matrix?
Osteocytes
What is the effect of low plasma albumin?
Osmotic pressure decreases; thus water moves from
the capillaries to the interstitium
Which immunoglobulin (Ig) is present in childhood asthma?
IgE
INSTITUTION: WALDEN UNIVERSITY
EXAM: FINAL EXAM 2026/2027
GRADE: SCORE A (98 Out Of 100)
WALDEN UNIVERSITY NURS 6501 ADVANCED
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM 2026/2027 FALL-
WINTER
A patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the bone surfaces to partially
lose contact with each other. What treatment does the health care professional prepare the patient
for?
Reduction and immobilization
Cystic fibrosis is characterized by which symptom?
Excessive mucus production
An infant has gluten-sensitive enteropathy and the parents ask the
healthcare professional to explain why the baby bruises so easily. The professional explains that the
baby has which deficit?
Vitamin K deficiency from fat malabsorption
A healthcare professional advises a pregnant woman to add supplements of which nutrient to her diet
to prevent birth defects?
Folate
, A mother reports that her young teens have voracious appetites. The
healthcare professional would explain that which hormone is linked to an increase in appetite during
puberty?
Leptin
Why is nasal congestion a serious threat to young infants?
Infants are obligatory nose breathers.
A student studying osteomyelitis and asks for an explanation of the term sequestrum. What response
by the professor is best?
An area of DE vascularized and devitalized bone
Which statement by the healthcare professional accurately describes
childhood asthma?
An obstructive airway disease characterized by reversible airflow obstruction, bronchial hyperreactivity,
and inflammation
A patient has a spinal cord injury at C4. What should the healthcare
professional assess as the priority in this patient?
Respirations
Which cells function to maintain bone matrix?
Osteocytes
What is the effect of low plasma albumin?
Osmotic pressure decreases; thus water moves from
the capillaries to the interstitium
Which immunoglobulin (Ig) is present in childhood asthma?
IgE
