NR 283 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Cerebrum Location: Bottom back
Function: Balance, coordination
Damage: poor coordination
Parietal Lobe Location: Top middle
Function: Touch, pain, spatial awareness
Damage: Numbness, can't recognize objects, neglect one side
Temporal Location: Side (temples)
Function: Memory, hearing, language
Damage: Memory loss, trouble understanding speech
Occipital Lobe Location: Back
Function: Vision
Damage: Vision Loss
Brainstem Location: Base of brain
Function: breathing, heart rate, consciousness
Damage: coma, death, loss of vital functions
Infratentorial disorders, produce a decline in arousal by: directly destroying RAS
A nurse knows the onset of an acute confusional state is sudden
Seizures are initiated by hyperexcitability of neurons
A nurse recalls that increase in ICP can occur because of cerebral edema
During the morning report, a nurse is assigned to care for no tendon reflexes
a person who is areflexic. The nurse understands this
means a person has
An unconscious person is admitted to the hospital after a extradural hematoma
motorcycle accident. The person experienced a brief loss
of consciousness at the scene followed by an awake, lucid
period of 1 hour. The nurse suspects this individual has an
A person is admitted to the hospital after experiencing a persistent belief that is contrary to the background of the individual
delusions. This nurse knows that a delusion is
A patient has excessive and persistent worrying: Which generalized anxiety disorder
diagnosis will the nurse observe documented on the chart?
Which information is correct regarding relative risk? chance of developing a disease relative to an exposure
Recurrence risk in multifactorial disease is higher if more than one family is affected
, NR 283 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Which statement made by the nurse indicates and "women who will inherit a mutation in BRCA2 experience a 50% to 80% lifetime risk
accurate understanding of breast cancer? of developing breast cancer"
How is type 2 diabetes treated? is often treated with lifestyle modification including diet and exercise
What statement is most correct regarding miRNAS( micro) are short nucleotides derived from introns of protein-coding genes
What does it mean when an individual has benign tumors? are encapsulated
chromosome instability may result in overexpression of oncogenes
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) produces which increased resistance to apoptosis (cell death)
result?
A tumor that has advanced to regional structures is in what stage 3
stage?
Which factor indicates a recurrence of prostate cancer? increase in PSA
Which statement indicates the nurse has an accurate esophagus."
understanding about the association between tobacco and
cancers? "Tobacco use is associated with cancer of the...
A nurse recalls that in women, obesity is associated with: endometrial cancer
Which information is correct regarding ultraviolet light? basal cell carcinoma
Ultraviolet light causes:
Arousal is mediated by... the RAS(reticular-activating system) anything that destroys this interferes with the
ability to stay conscious
Infratentorial destroys... RAS
Level of consciousness changes the most critical index of NS (alterations of arousal)
alert>confusion> coma
Cerebrum Location: Bottom back
Function: Balance, coordination
Damage: poor coordination
Parietal Lobe Location: Top middle
Function: Touch, pain, spatial awareness
Damage: Numbness, can't recognize objects, neglect one side
Temporal Location: Side (temples)
Function: Memory, hearing, language
Damage: Memory loss, trouble understanding speech
Occipital Lobe Location: Back
Function: Vision
Damage: Vision Loss
Brainstem Location: Base of brain
Function: breathing, heart rate, consciousness
Damage: coma, death, loss of vital functions
Infratentorial disorders, produce a decline in arousal by: directly destroying RAS
A nurse knows the onset of an acute confusional state is sudden
Seizures are initiated by hyperexcitability of neurons
A nurse recalls that increase in ICP can occur because of cerebral edema
During the morning report, a nurse is assigned to care for no tendon reflexes
a person who is areflexic. The nurse understands this
means a person has
An unconscious person is admitted to the hospital after a extradural hematoma
motorcycle accident. The person experienced a brief loss
of consciousness at the scene followed by an awake, lucid
period of 1 hour. The nurse suspects this individual has an
A person is admitted to the hospital after experiencing a persistent belief that is contrary to the background of the individual
delusions. This nurse knows that a delusion is
A patient has excessive and persistent worrying: Which generalized anxiety disorder
diagnosis will the nurse observe documented on the chart?
Which information is correct regarding relative risk? chance of developing a disease relative to an exposure
Recurrence risk in multifactorial disease is higher if more than one family is affected
, NR 283 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Which statement made by the nurse indicates and "women who will inherit a mutation in BRCA2 experience a 50% to 80% lifetime risk
accurate understanding of breast cancer? of developing breast cancer"
How is type 2 diabetes treated? is often treated with lifestyle modification including diet and exercise
What statement is most correct regarding miRNAS( micro) are short nucleotides derived from introns of protein-coding genes
What does it mean when an individual has benign tumors? are encapsulated
chromosome instability may result in overexpression of oncogenes
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) produces which increased resistance to apoptosis (cell death)
result?
A tumor that has advanced to regional structures is in what stage 3
stage?
Which factor indicates a recurrence of prostate cancer? increase in PSA
Which statement indicates the nurse has an accurate esophagus."
understanding about the association between tobacco and
cancers? "Tobacco use is associated with cancer of the...
A nurse recalls that in women, obesity is associated with: endometrial cancer
Which information is correct regarding ultraviolet light? basal cell carcinoma
Ultraviolet light causes:
Arousal is mediated by... the RAS(reticular-activating system) anything that destroys this interferes with the
ability to stay conscious
Infratentorial destroys... RAS
Level of consciousness changes the most critical index of NS (alterations of arousal)
alert>confusion> coma
