Midterm Exam: NUR631/ NUR 631 (Latest 2023/2024 Update) Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology Exam| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- GCU

Midterm Exam: NUR631/ NUR 631 (Latest 2023/2024 Update) Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology Exam| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- GCU Q: If a patient has A and B alleles what is their blood type? Answer: type AB Q: What cells increase with a parasitic infection? Answer: Eosinophiles Q: What do you NEVER use for wound care? Answer: H202 Q: Why are there oral or IM vaccines? Answer: Antigens are transported to different lymph nodes depending on the route. Q: Why do neonates have a poor inflammatory response? Answer: The compliment system is lacking Q: What is an endogenous opioid? Answer: Endomorphins Q: What nerve fibers transmit pain impulses? Answer: Myelinated A-Delta fibers Q: What electrolytes do you need to assess with Lithium toxicity? Answer: Sodium (risk for hyponatremia) Q: Why do antipsychotic medications cause tardive dyskinesia? Answer: They mimic dopamine Q: Patients with depression have a decrease in which receptor binding neu- rotransmitter? Answer: Serotonin Q: What type of mood disorder generally is caused by disorders in the hypo- thalamic and pituitary adrenal system? Answer: Depression Q: How is depression and cortisol secretion linked? Answer: Cortisol causes inflamma- tion, inflammation causes depression. Q: What neurotransmitter is lacking in people with schizophrenia? Answer: GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) Q: What kind of bleed is suspected with a positive Kernig and Brudzinski sign? Answer: Subarachnoid hemorrhage Q: What vascular malformation results in bleeding? Answer: Arterial venous malforma- tion (AVM) Q: An AIDS patient with fever, clumsy, difficulty walking needs what type of treatment? Answer: Antibiotics (suspect infection) Q: What medication treats toxoplasmosis? Answer: Oral Pyrimethamine