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NURS6512 WEEK 6 MIDTERM EXAM ADVANCED HEALTH
ASSESSMENT WALDEN UNIVERSITY ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026-27 LATEST VERSION
A 45 year-old female presents to your clinic with high blood pressure, increased
body odor and sweating that has become offensive to her family as well as
difficulty sleeping due to a feeling that her tongue is becoming larger and she
feels like she has arthritis. She is diagnosed as:
a. cushings disease
b. acromegaly
c. diabetes insipidus
d. DKA - ANSWER>>acromegaly
Early onset (childhood) allergic asthma is initiated by a - ANSWER>>Type I
hypersensitivity
A 38 year old female presents to your clinic with complaints of fatigue, lethargy,
diastolic hypertension & weight gain. Which of the following is the MOST likely
cause?
a. thyroid storm
b. hyperthyroidism
c. diabetes mellitus
d. hypothyroidism
e. acromegaly - ANSWER>>hypothyroidism
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• A group of disorders in which the patient experiences difficulty in expanding
their lungs during insp. and decreased lung volume
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
• Lung tissue changes
• Pleural disease
CLINICAL PRESENTATION
• Dyspnea
• Non-productive cough
• Weakness & fatigue
• Deceased chest expansion with insp.
• Digital clubbing
• Cyanosis
Ex: aspiration, atelectasis, bronchiectasis, bronchiolitis, pulmonary fibrosis,
inhalation disorders, pneumoconiosis, allergic alveolitis, pulmonary edema,
ARDS - ANSWER>>restricted lung disease
A compensatory breathing pattern frequently seen with DKA is called:
a. cheyne stokes respirations
b. apnea
c. kaussmaul respirations
d. hypoventilation - ANSWER>>kaussmaul respirations
Occlusion or partial occlusion of pulmonary artery or it's branches by an
embolus - ANSWER>>Pulmonary embolism
With diabetes insipidus, insufficient levels of lead to polyuria
and polydipsia?
a. GH
b. ADP
c. IGF-1
d. ADH - ANSWER>>ADH
infected pleural effusion - ANSWER>>empyema
DKA is most commonly associated with:
a. type I DM
b. HHNKS
c. diabetes insipidus
d. type II DM - ANSWER>>type I DM
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Weight gain and accumulation of adipose tissue in the trunk, face and cervical
areas is seen with:
a. hypothyroidism
b. metabolic syndrome
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c. graves disease
d. cushing disease - ANSWER>>cushing disease
Results from destruction of elastin in alveolar septa and loss of passive elastic
recoil - ANSWER>>Emphysema/Chronic Bronchitis
The most common type of monitoring and control system for our hormones is:
a. positive feedback system
b. down regulation
c. negative feedback system
d. up regulation - ANSWER>>negative feedback system
Disorders of the Adrenal Cortex - ANSWER>>Cushing, congenital adrenal
hyperplasia, hyperaldosteronism, hypersecretion of adrenal androgens and
estrogens, adrenocortical hypofunction
Acute complications of diabetes - ANSWER>>Hypoglycemia, DKA, HHNKS,
Somogyi effect, dawn phenomenon
The most common hormonally active pituitary tumor in both men and women is:
a. prolactin
b. ACTH
c. TSH
d. FSH
e. oxytocin - ANSWER>>Prolatin
Two common types of IBD - ANSWER>>Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is most often caused by
a. HIV
b. E. coli
c. H. influenze
d. gonorrhea and chlamydia - ANSWER>>gonorrhea and chlamydia
The use of oral contraceptives, nulliparity, and 30 years or older at first
birth are associated with risk of breast cancer.
increased/decreased - ANSWER>>increased
Most cancers of the prostate are that develop in the periphery of the
gland.
a. myeloma
NURS6512 WEEK 6 MIDTERM EXAM ADVANCED HEALTH
ASSESSMENT WALDEN UNIVERSITY ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026-27 LATEST VERSION
A 45 year-old female presents to your clinic with high blood pressure, increased
body odor and sweating that has become offensive to her family as well as
difficulty sleeping due to a feeling that her tongue is becoming larger and she
feels like she has arthritis. She is diagnosed as:
a. cushings disease
b. acromegaly
c. diabetes insipidus
d. DKA - ANSWER>>acromegaly
Early onset (childhood) allergic asthma is initiated by a - ANSWER>>Type I
hypersensitivity
A 38 year old female presents to your clinic with complaints of fatigue, lethargy,
diastolic hypertension & weight gain. Which of the following is the MOST likely
cause?
a. thyroid storm
b. hyperthyroidism
c. diabetes mellitus
d. hypothyroidism
e. acromegaly - ANSWER>>hypothyroidism
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• A group of disorders in which the patient experiences difficulty in expanding
their lungs during insp. and decreased lung volume
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
• Lung tissue changes
• Pleural disease
CLINICAL PRESENTATION
• Dyspnea
• Non-productive cough
• Weakness & fatigue
• Deceased chest expansion with insp.
• Digital clubbing
• Cyanosis
Ex: aspiration, atelectasis, bronchiectasis, bronchiolitis, pulmonary fibrosis,
inhalation disorders, pneumoconiosis, allergic alveolitis, pulmonary edema,
ARDS - ANSWER>>restricted lung disease
A compensatory breathing pattern frequently seen with DKA is called:
a. cheyne stokes respirations
b. apnea
c. kaussmaul respirations
d. hypoventilation - ANSWER>>kaussmaul respirations
Occlusion or partial occlusion of pulmonary artery or it's branches by an
embolus - ANSWER>>Pulmonary embolism
With diabetes insipidus, insufficient levels of lead to polyuria
and polydipsia?
a. GH
b. ADP
c. IGF-1
d. ADH - ANSWER>>ADH
infected pleural effusion - ANSWER>>empyema
DKA is most commonly associated with:
a. type I DM
b. HHNKS
c. diabetes insipidus
d. type II DM - ANSWER>>type I DM
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Weight gain and accumulation of adipose tissue in the trunk, face and cervical
areas is seen with:
a. hypothyroidism
b. metabolic syndrome
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c. graves disease
d. cushing disease - ANSWER>>cushing disease
Results from destruction of elastin in alveolar septa and loss of passive elastic
recoil - ANSWER>>Emphysema/Chronic Bronchitis
The most common type of monitoring and control system for our hormones is:
a. positive feedback system
b. down regulation
c. negative feedback system
d. up regulation - ANSWER>>negative feedback system
Disorders of the Adrenal Cortex - ANSWER>>Cushing, congenital adrenal
hyperplasia, hyperaldosteronism, hypersecretion of adrenal androgens and
estrogens, adrenocortical hypofunction
Acute complications of diabetes - ANSWER>>Hypoglycemia, DKA, HHNKS,
Somogyi effect, dawn phenomenon
The most common hormonally active pituitary tumor in both men and women is:
a. prolactin
b. ACTH
c. TSH
d. FSH
e. oxytocin - ANSWER>>Prolatin
Two common types of IBD - ANSWER>>Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is most often caused by
a. HIV
b. E. coli
c. H. influenze
d. gonorrhea and chlamydia - ANSWER>>gonorrhea and chlamydia
The use of oral contraceptives, nulliparity, and 30 years or older at first
birth are associated with risk of breast cancer.
increased/decreased - ANSWER>>increased
Most cancers of the prostate are that develop in the periphery of the
gland.
a. myeloma
