Pathophysiology Midterm Exam
Questions And All Complete Answers.
When a baby has been identified as having featal exposure to alcohol, which assesment parameter
should be concidered
A. low birth rate
B. mental retardation
C. facial anomalies
D. All of the above - Answer D. All of the above
A nurse documents tattooing and stippling in a trauma patient which type of injury does the patient
have? - Answer Gunshot wounds tattooing and stapling are caused by gunpowder and occur on the
skin surrounding the entrance wound.
The nurse is caring for a new mother who just gave birth to a baby with Down syndrome. The nurse
explains that this syndrome is a result of trisomy with which chromosome? - Answer Chromsome 21
A couple has two offspring's one child has an autosomal recessive disease trait and one is normal what
most likely conclusion can the nurse make about the parents? - Answer both parents could be Carriers
If an Ovum has chromosomal nondisjunction which condition could result in the embryo? - Answer
Monosomies and trisomies
If the patient has liquefactive necrosis which organ should the nurse assess first? - Answer Brain
hypoxic injury to the brain results in liquefactive necrosis because the central nervous system contains
little connective tissue.
A nurse recalls that adaptive cellular mechanisms function too - Answer protect cells from injury
adaptive cellular mechanisms actually help cells adjust to environmental changes thereby protecting
them from injury and death
, The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is transmitted through autosomal recessive
inheritance which is most likely the diagnosis for the patient? - Answer cystic fibrosis is an autosomal
recessive disease
Which organ is most frequently affected by chronic alcohol injury - Answer Liver
Which of the following statements by a clinician about mutations is correct
Mutations always lead to genetic disease
A. Mutations always lead to genetic disease
B. spontaneous mutations occur as a result of exposure to a mutagen
C. mutations are alterations in a normal DNA sequence
D. Mutations are always inherited - Answer C.
The nurse in the genetic clinic is describing a genetic disease that leads to progressive dementia in
middle to late adulthood. Which disease is the nurse most likely referring to? - Answer Huntington
disease
When the clinician is discussing the DNA Helix which information should be included? In the DNA Helix
guanine pairs with: - Answer Cytosine
When a patient has an extreme laceration (laceration with a flap), which medical term should the nurse
document in the chart?
A. Contusion
B. An Avulsion
C. A hemotoma
D. An incision - Answer B. An Avulsion
Which information indicates that the nurse has a good understanding of Clastogens? Clastogens agents
that cause?
A. Chromosomal duplications
B. single gene mutations
Questions And All Complete Answers.
When a baby has been identified as having featal exposure to alcohol, which assesment parameter
should be concidered
A. low birth rate
B. mental retardation
C. facial anomalies
D. All of the above - Answer D. All of the above
A nurse documents tattooing and stippling in a trauma patient which type of injury does the patient
have? - Answer Gunshot wounds tattooing and stapling are caused by gunpowder and occur on the
skin surrounding the entrance wound.
The nurse is caring for a new mother who just gave birth to a baby with Down syndrome. The nurse
explains that this syndrome is a result of trisomy with which chromosome? - Answer Chromsome 21
A couple has two offspring's one child has an autosomal recessive disease trait and one is normal what
most likely conclusion can the nurse make about the parents? - Answer both parents could be Carriers
If an Ovum has chromosomal nondisjunction which condition could result in the embryo? - Answer
Monosomies and trisomies
If the patient has liquefactive necrosis which organ should the nurse assess first? - Answer Brain
hypoxic injury to the brain results in liquefactive necrosis because the central nervous system contains
little connective tissue.
A nurse recalls that adaptive cellular mechanisms function too - Answer protect cells from injury
adaptive cellular mechanisms actually help cells adjust to environmental changes thereby protecting
them from injury and death
, The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is transmitted through autosomal recessive
inheritance which is most likely the diagnosis for the patient? - Answer cystic fibrosis is an autosomal
recessive disease
Which organ is most frequently affected by chronic alcohol injury - Answer Liver
Which of the following statements by a clinician about mutations is correct
Mutations always lead to genetic disease
A. Mutations always lead to genetic disease
B. spontaneous mutations occur as a result of exposure to a mutagen
C. mutations are alterations in a normal DNA sequence
D. Mutations are always inherited - Answer C.
The nurse in the genetic clinic is describing a genetic disease that leads to progressive dementia in
middle to late adulthood. Which disease is the nurse most likely referring to? - Answer Huntington
disease
When the clinician is discussing the DNA Helix which information should be included? In the DNA Helix
guanine pairs with: - Answer Cytosine
When a patient has an extreme laceration (laceration with a flap), which medical term should the nurse
document in the chart?
A. Contusion
B. An Avulsion
C. A hemotoma
D. An incision - Answer B. An Avulsion
Which information indicates that the nurse has a good understanding of Clastogens? Clastogens agents
that cause?
A. Chromosomal duplications
B. single gene mutations
