SCI225 Patho Final Exam Questions And
Already Passed Answers.
A patient with type 1 diabetes asks the nurse what causes polyuria. What is the nurse's
best response? The symptom of polyuria in diabetes mellitus (DM) is caused by:
a. a reduced ADH response caused by insulin deficiency.
b. the loss of protein across the glomerular membrane.
c. the production of ketones.
d. increased glucose in the urine. - Answer d. increased glucose in the urine.
If a patient with diabetes has advanced glycosylation end products (AGEs), what does the nurse suspect
is happening in the patient's body?
a. Increased ketone formation
b. Tissue/cellular injury
c. Dawn phenomenon
d. Reduction of chronic complications - Answer b. Tissue/cellular injury
Which information should the nurse include in a lecture on syndrome of inappropriate
antidiuretic hormone (SIADH)? SIADH results in excessive:
a. renal retention of sodium and water.
b. renal excretion of sodium without water retention.
c. renal retention of water without sodium retention.
d. renal excretion of water without sodium retention. - Answer c. renal retention of water without
sodium retention.
A patient has thyroid carcinoma. Which of the following will the nurse find on
, assessment?
a. Small thyroid nodule
b. Elevated T3 and T4
c. Large, diffuse goiter
d. Thyroid gland atrophy - Answer a. Small thyroid nodule
A patient with Graves disease has subcutaneous swelling of the anterior leg. Which term should the
nurse document on the chart?
a. Papilledema
b. Pretibial myxedema
c. Diplopia
d. Acropachy - Answer b. Pretibial myxedema
A student nurse asks the nurse what causes acromegaly. The nurse should explain that
acromegaly is caused by abnormal increases of:
a. prolactin.
b. growth hormone.
c. insulin.
d. glucocorticoids. - Answer b. growth hormone.
The pathophysiology of type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) involves:
a. autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells
b. production of antibodies against alpha cells.
c. type I hypersensitivity against pancreatic mast cells.
d. insulin resistance in cellular receptors. - Answer a. autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells
Already Passed Answers.
A patient with type 1 diabetes asks the nurse what causes polyuria. What is the nurse's
best response? The symptom of polyuria in diabetes mellitus (DM) is caused by:
a. a reduced ADH response caused by insulin deficiency.
b. the loss of protein across the glomerular membrane.
c. the production of ketones.
d. increased glucose in the urine. - Answer d. increased glucose in the urine.
If a patient with diabetes has advanced glycosylation end products (AGEs), what does the nurse suspect
is happening in the patient's body?
a. Increased ketone formation
b. Tissue/cellular injury
c. Dawn phenomenon
d. Reduction of chronic complications - Answer b. Tissue/cellular injury
Which information should the nurse include in a lecture on syndrome of inappropriate
antidiuretic hormone (SIADH)? SIADH results in excessive:
a. renal retention of sodium and water.
b. renal excretion of sodium without water retention.
c. renal retention of water without sodium retention.
d. renal excretion of water without sodium retention. - Answer c. renal retention of water without
sodium retention.
A patient has thyroid carcinoma. Which of the following will the nurse find on
, assessment?
a. Small thyroid nodule
b. Elevated T3 and T4
c. Large, diffuse goiter
d. Thyroid gland atrophy - Answer a. Small thyroid nodule
A patient with Graves disease has subcutaneous swelling of the anterior leg. Which term should the
nurse document on the chart?
a. Papilledema
b. Pretibial myxedema
c. Diplopia
d. Acropachy - Answer b. Pretibial myxedema
A student nurse asks the nurse what causes acromegaly. The nurse should explain that
acromegaly is caused by abnormal increases of:
a. prolactin.
b. growth hormone.
c. insulin.
d. glucocorticoids. - Answer b. growth hormone.
The pathophysiology of type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) involves:
a. autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells
b. production of antibodies against alpha cells.
c. type I hypersensitivity against pancreatic mast cells.
d. insulin resistance in cellular receptors. - Answer a. autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells
