NUR 2063 / NUR2063: ESSENTIALS OF PATHOPHYSIOLOGY RASMUSSEN
EXAM 2 (LATEST ) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100 % PASS
SOLUTION A+ GRADE
Which is indicative of secondary hypothyroidism? - answer=Low TSH and LOW T3/T4
What is indicative of primary hypothyroidism? - answer=High TSH and Low T3/T4
What are the functions of the kidneys? - answer=Regulation of blood pressure; regulating
blood osmolarity; removal of toxins; blood filtration; activate vitamin D
What are the two stress hormones that increase glucose production in the liver? -
answer=Corticosteroids
- catecholamines
A client presents with right lower abdominal pain and occasional diarrhea. This is likely? -
answer=Appendicitis
A female arrives at the clinic complaining of bleeding between menstrual periods. The nurse
identifies this as? - answer=Metrorrhagia
A good explanation for myxedema in thyroid deficiency is? - answer=Lack of thyroid hormone
contributes to non- pitting edema
What are the clinical manifestations of benign prostatic hypertrophy? - answer=dribbling;
difficulty initiating urine stream; hesitancy; urinary retention, decreased stream
An example of a genetic defect in young children with cystitis is? - answer=Vesicoureteral reflux
Diabetes insipidus is caused from? - answer=too little ADH production
Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) is often a cause of? - answer=peptic ulcer disease
, In response to a respiratory infection and a high fever, the kidney tubules maintain a normal ph
of body fluids by? - answer=secreting acids and reabsorbing bicarbonate ions
Metabolic acidosis develops with bilateral kidney disease for what reason? - answer=tubule
exchanges are impaired
The client has gallstones obstructing the cystic duct. What would the nurse anticipate in the
assessment of the client? - answer=severe upper right quadrant pain
The glomerular filtration will increase by which of the following? - answer=increase hydrostatic
pressure in the glomerular capillaries
Cardinal signs of pheochromocytoma? - answer=hypertension
The nurse expects which of the following in an assessment of a client with ketoacidosis? -
answer=deep fast respirations and lethargy
The nurse is aware that cushings syndrome is caused by which of the following? -
answer=hypercortisolism
What causes Hirschsprung Disease? - answer=inadequate innervation of the colon
What would the nurse expect to assess in a client with Addisons disease? - answer=severe
fatigue, muscle joint pain, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, darkening areas of the skin
Which of the following results from obstruction of the left ureter by a renal calculus? -
answer=severe renal colic
What are the clinical manifestations of appendicitis? - answer=right lower abdominal pain,
nausea and occasionally diarrhea
EXAM 2 (LATEST ) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100 % PASS
SOLUTION A+ GRADE
Which is indicative of secondary hypothyroidism? - answer=Low TSH and LOW T3/T4
What is indicative of primary hypothyroidism? - answer=High TSH and Low T3/T4
What are the functions of the kidneys? - answer=Regulation of blood pressure; regulating
blood osmolarity; removal of toxins; blood filtration; activate vitamin D
What are the two stress hormones that increase glucose production in the liver? -
answer=Corticosteroids
- catecholamines
A client presents with right lower abdominal pain and occasional diarrhea. This is likely? -
answer=Appendicitis
A female arrives at the clinic complaining of bleeding between menstrual periods. The nurse
identifies this as? - answer=Metrorrhagia
A good explanation for myxedema in thyroid deficiency is? - answer=Lack of thyroid hormone
contributes to non- pitting edema
What are the clinical manifestations of benign prostatic hypertrophy? - answer=dribbling;
difficulty initiating urine stream; hesitancy; urinary retention, decreased stream
An example of a genetic defect in young children with cystitis is? - answer=Vesicoureteral reflux
Diabetes insipidus is caused from? - answer=too little ADH production
Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) is often a cause of? - answer=peptic ulcer disease
, In response to a respiratory infection and a high fever, the kidney tubules maintain a normal ph
of body fluids by? - answer=secreting acids and reabsorbing bicarbonate ions
Metabolic acidosis develops with bilateral kidney disease for what reason? - answer=tubule
exchanges are impaired
The client has gallstones obstructing the cystic duct. What would the nurse anticipate in the
assessment of the client? - answer=severe upper right quadrant pain
The glomerular filtration will increase by which of the following? - answer=increase hydrostatic
pressure in the glomerular capillaries
Cardinal signs of pheochromocytoma? - answer=hypertension
The nurse expects which of the following in an assessment of a client with ketoacidosis? -
answer=deep fast respirations and lethargy
The nurse is aware that cushings syndrome is caused by which of the following? -
answer=hypercortisolism
What causes Hirschsprung Disease? - answer=inadequate innervation of the colon
What would the nurse expect to assess in a client with Addisons disease? - answer=severe
fatigue, muscle joint pain, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, darkening areas of the skin
Which of the following results from obstruction of the left ureter by a renal calculus? -
answer=severe renal colic
What are the clinical manifestations of appendicitis? - answer=right lower abdominal pain,
nausea and occasionally diarrhea
