SCI 225 Pathophysiology
Week 9 – 11
Final Assessment Review
2025
, Question 2 pts
Which symptoms should the nurse assess for in a patient with Hodgkin's
lymphoma?
Headache, visual changes, and hearing loss
Correct! Night sweats, low-grade fevers, and weight loss
Inflammatory cytokines released by Hodgkin's lymphoma tumors
often cause night sweats, low-grade fevers, and weight loss.
Hypertension, tachycardia, and chest pain
Hematuria, flank pain, and ascites
Question 3 pts
A patient asks the nurse about the best treatment for multiple myeloma?
How should the nurse respond?
Anticoagulants
Antibiotics
Correct! Chemotherapy
Although chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and marrow transplant
have been used for treatment, the prognosis for persons with MM
remains poor.
Chelation
, Question 4 pts
A patient has infectious mononucleosis, which immune cells are most
affected?
T lymphocytes
Neutrophils
Basophils
Correct! B lymphocytes
Infectious mononucleosis (IM) is an acute infection of B lymphocytes
(B cells) with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).
Question 5 pts
Which laboratory result will be elevated in a patient with disseminated
intravascular coagulation (DIC)?
Platelets
orrect Answer Fibrin degradation products
ou Answered Clotting factors
In DIC, levels of clotting factors are decreased since they are used
up in clot formation. In DIC, a sign of fibrinolysis and clot breakdown
is the presence of fibrin degradation products.
Activated protein C
Week 9 – 11
Final Assessment Review
2025
, Question 2 pts
Which symptoms should the nurse assess for in a patient with Hodgkin's
lymphoma?
Headache, visual changes, and hearing loss
Correct! Night sweats, low-grade fevers, and weight loss
Inflammatory cytokines released by Hodgkin's lymphoma tumors
often cause night sweats, low-grade fevers, and weight loss.
Hypertension, tachycardia, and chest pain
Hematuria, flank pain, and ascites
Question 3 pts
A patient asks the nurse about the best treatment for multiple myeloma?
How should the nurse respond?
Anticoagulants
Antibiotics
Correct! Chemotherapy
Although chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and marrow transplant
have been used for treatment, the prognosis for persons with MM
remains poor.
Chelation
, Question 4 pts
A patient has infectious mononucleosis, which immune cells are most
affected?
T lymphocytes
Neutrophils
Basophils
Correct! B lymphocytes
Infectious mononucleosis (IM) is an acute infection of B lymphocytes
(B cells) with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).
Question 5 pts
Which laboratory result will be elevated in a patient with disseminated
intravascular coagulation (DIC)?
Platelets
orrect Answer Fibrin degradation products
ou Answered Clotting factors
In DIC, levels of clotting factors are decreased since they are used
up in clot formation. In DIC, a sign of fibrinolysis and clot breakdown
is the presence of fibrin degradation products.
Activated protein C
