NUR 4256C HESI RN ADVANCED
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ACTUAL EXAM 2026/2027
COMPLETE 160 STUDY QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
GUARANTEED PASS | GRADED A+
,NUR 4256C HESI RN ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ACTUAL
EXAM 2026/2027 COMPLETE 160 STUDY QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES GUARANTEED PASS | GRADED A+
What would be expected if a patient with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) experiences a
rupture of the aneurysm?
a. Sudden loss of circulation to one leg
b. Acute respiratory distress
c. Hypotension and shock
d. Proteinuria and edema - Answer>>> c. Hypotension and shock
Why do patients with advanced cancer develop cachexia?
a. Cancer cells produce an enzyme that robs normal cells of nutrients
b. They lack an adequate number of normal cells to support metabolism
c. They have an increased basal metabolic rate
d. The process of cancer cell destruction utilizes most of the body's nutrients - Answer>>> a.
Cancer cells produce an enzyme that robs normal cells of nutrients
What is true about disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)?
a. It is both a bleeding and a clotting disorder
b. The acute form has more thrombotic episodes
c. Fibrinogen level is increased
d. Fibrin split products are decreased - Answer>>> a. It is both a bleeding and a clotting disorder
Patient education to reduce emergence of resistant infections includes:
a. Stop taking prescribed antibiotics when fever is gone to avoid overuse
b. Take antibiotics for viral infections that cause temperature elevation
,c. Take all the antibiotics ordered even when feeling recovered
d. Share antibiotics with susceptible family members to prevent spread of infection - Answer>>>
c. Take all the antibiotics ordered even when feeling recovered
An increase in normal adaptive response to the decreased availability of oxygen at high altitude
is termed which?
a. Circadian
b. Acclimatization
c. Population
d. Diurnal - Answer>>> b. Acclimatization
A patient with peripheral artery disease experiences intermittent pain with walking. What is the
mechanism responsible?
a. Vein engorgement resulting in tissue compression
b.. Hyperglycemic damage to arterioles, resulting in intimal destruction
c. Arteriole occlusion results in ischemia to muscles
d. Thromboembolism in capillaries causes inflammation of blockage of blood drainage from legs
- Answer>>> c. Arteriole occlusion results in ischemia to muscles
Which is the initial vital sign alteration expected when a patient has acute hypovolemia?
a. Tachypnea
b. Hypotension
c. Tachycardia
d. Elevated temperature - Answer>>> c. Tachycardia
What does it mean when the cause of the disease is unwanted medical treatment?
a. Idiopathic
b. Ecogenetic
, c. Genotypical
d. Iatrogenic - Answer>>> d. Iatrogenic
What is expected when a client experiences chronic stress?
a. Increased energy
b. Reduced urine output
c. Reduced productivity
d. Heightened awareness - Answer>>> c. Reduced productivity
Which of the following could produce conductive hearing loss?
a. Bug in ear
b. Removal of dry cerumen
c. Disease of cochlear system
d. Listening to iPod set at '10' - Answer>>> a. Bug in ear
Which of the following may result in a sensorineural hearing loss?
a. Congenital absence of outer ear
b. Cochlear damage
c. Impacted cerumen in ears
d. Bean inserted into external auditory canal - Answer>>> b. Cochlear damage
Which term is used for the first two months of life?
a. Infancy
b. Childhood
c. Prenatal
d. Neonatal - Answer>>> d. Neonatal
Which is an objectively identifiable aberration of the disease?
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ACTUAL EXAM 2026/2027
COMPLETE 160 STUDY QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
GUARANTEED PASS | GRADED A+
,NUR 4256C HESI RN ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ACTUAL
EXAM 2026/2027 COMPLETE 160 STUDY QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES GUARANTEED PASS | GRADED A+
What would be expected if a patient with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) experiences a
rupture of the aneurysm?
a. Sudden loss of circulation to one leg
b. Acute respiratory distress
c. Hypotension and shock
d. Proteinuria and edema - Answer>>> c. Hypotension and shock
Why do patients with advanced cancer develop cachexia?
a. Cancer cells produce an enzyme that robs normal cells of nutrients
b. They lack an adequate number of normal cells to support metabolism
c. They have an increased basal metabolic rate
d. The process of cancer cell destruction utilizes most of the body's nutrients - Answer>>> a.
Cancer cells produce an enzyme that robs normal cells of nutrients
What is true about disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)?
a. It is both a bleeding and a clotting disorder
b. The acute form has more thrombotic episodes
c. Fibrinogen level is increased
d. Fibrin split products are decreased - Answer>>> a. It is both a bleeding and a clotting disorder
Patient education to reduce emergence of resistant infections includes:
a. Stop taking prescribed antibiotics when fever is gone to avoid overuse
b. Take antibiotics for viral infections that cause temperature elevation
,c. Take all the antibiotics ordered even when feeling recovered
d. Share antibiotics with susceptible family members to prevent spread of infection - Answer>>>
c. Take all the antibiotics ordered even when feeling recovered
An increase in normal adaptive response to the decreased availability of oxygen at high altitude
is termed which?
a. Circadian
b. Acclimatization
c. Population
d. Diurnal - Answer>>> b. Acclimatization
A patient with peripheral artery disease experiences intermittent pain with walking. What is the
mechanism responsible?
a. Vein engorgement resulting in tissue compression
b.. Hyperglycemic damage to arterioles, resulting in intimal destruction
c. Arteriole occlusion results in ischemia to muscles
d. Thromboembolism in capillaries causes inflammation of blockage of blood drainage from legs
- Answer>>> c. Arteriole occlusion results in ischemia to muscles
Which is the initial vital sign alteration expected when a patient has acute hypovolemia?
a. Tachypnea
b. Hypotension
c. Tachycardia
d. Elevated temperature - Answer>>> c. Tachycardia
What does it mean when the cause of the disease is unwanted medical treatment?
a. Idiopathic
b. Ecogenetic
, c. Genotypical
d. Iatrogenic - Answer>>> d. Iatrogenic
What is expected when a client experiences chronic stress?
a. Increased energy
b. Reduced urine output
c. Reduced productivity
d. Heightened awareness - Answer>>> c. Reduced productivity
Which of the following could produce conductive hearing loss?
a. Bug in ear
b. Removal of dry cerumen
c. Disease of cochlear system
d. Listening to iPod set at '10' - Answer>>> a. Bug in ear
Which of the following may result in a sensorineural hearing loss?
a. Congenital absence of outer ear
b. Cochlear damage
c. Impacted cerumen in ears
d. Bean inserted into external auditory canal - Answer>>> b. Cochlear damage
Which term is used for the first two months of life?
a. Infancy
b. Childhood
c. Prenatal
d. Neonatal - Answer>>> d. Neonatal
Which is an objectively identifiable aberration of the disease?
