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NURS-6501 ADVANCED
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY TESTBANK WITH
ACTUAL EXAM TIPS
PASS ON 1ST ATTEMPT
• Question 1
1 out of 1 points
A patient reports joint stiffness with movement and joint pain in weightbearing joints that is
usuallyrelieved by rest. What treatment option does the health care professional discuss
with the patient?
Selected Answer: Exercise and weight reduction
• Question 2
1 out of 1 points
A patient has primary immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and is hospitalized after a
bleeding episode. What treatment does the healthcare provider anticipate being ordered for
this patient?
Selected Answer: Infusion of
IVIG
• Question 3
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional in an urban clinic is seeing a patient who has iron deficiency
anemia (IDA).What question by the professional is most appropriate to assess for the cause
of IDA?
Selected Answer: 1cHave you ever noticed any blood in your stool?
, • Question 4
1 out of 1 points
How should the healthcare professional reply when parents question why a computed
tomographic (CT) scan of the head was not ordered for their 5-year-old child after a minor
fall?
Selecte Research suggests that repeated CT scans can increase the risk of
d developing brain cancer.
Answer
:
• Question 5
1 out of 1 points
A health care professional determines that the student needs more education when the
student makes which statement about treating bone infection?
Selecte Bacteria are walled off by macrophages and T lymphocytes; consequently, the
d antibiotics cannot penetrate the infected area.
Answer
:
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
Which statement by the professor best describes acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)?
Selecte A pulmonary disease characterized by severe hypoxemia, decreased pulmonary
d compliance, and the presence of bilateral infiltrates on chest x-ray imaging
Answer
:
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
What is the effect of low plasma albumin?
Selecte d Answer:
,Os pressure decreases; thus water moves from the capillaries to the interstitium.
mo
tic
• Question 8
1 out of 1 points
A patient has been hospitalized with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). The patient asks how
this could have occurred. What response by the healthcare professional is best?
Selected Answer: It is often preceded by a viral illness.
• Question 9
1 out of 1 points
, A student reads in a chart that a child has been diagnosed with mixed precocious puberty
and asksfor an explanation. What explanation by the healthcare professional is most
accurate?
Selected Answer: When a child develops some secondary sex characteristics of the opposite sex
• Question 10
1 out of 1 point
A patient has defective secretion of the intrinsic factor leading to anemia. What treatment
option does the healthcare professional discuss with the patient?
Selected Answer: Vitamin B 12 injections initially given once a week.
• Question 11
1 out of 1 points
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) system abnormalities exist in a large percentage of
individuals with what?
Selected Answer: Major
depression
• Question 12
1 out of 1 points
Which statement by the healthcare professional accurately describes childhood asthma?
Selecte An obstructive airway disease characterized by reversible airflow obstruction,
d bronchial hyperreactivity, and inflammation
Answer
:
NURS-6501 ADVANCED
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY TESTBANK WITH
ACTUAL EXAM TIPS
PASS ON 1ST ATTEMPT
• Question 1
1 out of 1 points
A patient reports joint stiffness with movement and joint pain in weightbearing joints that is
usuallyrelieved by rest. What treatment option does the health care professional discuss
with the patient?
Selected Answer: Exercise and weight reduction
• Question 2
1 out of 1 points
A patient has primary immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and is hospitalized after a
bleeding episode. What treatment does the healthcare provider anticipate being ordered for
this patient?
Selected Answer: Infusion of
IVIG
• Question 3
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional in an urban clinic is seeing a patient who has iron deficiency
anemia (IDA).What question by the professional is most appropriate to assess for the cause
of IDA?
Selected Answer: 1cHave you ever noticed any blood in your stool?
, • Question 4
1 out of 1 points
How should the healthcare professional reply when parents question why a computed
tomographic (CT) scan of the head was not ordered for their 5-year-old child after a minor
fall?
Selecte Research suggests that repeated CT scans can increase the risk of
d developing brain cancer.
Answer
:
• Question 5
1 out of 1 points
A health care professional determines that the student needs more education when the
student makes which statement about treating bone infection?
Selecte Bacteria are walled off by macrophages and T lymphocytes; consequently, the
d antibiotics cannot penetrate the infected area.
Answer
:
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
Which statement by the professor best describes acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)?
Selecte A pulmonary disease characterized by severe hypoxemia, decreased pulmonary
d compliance, and the presence of bilateral infiltrates on chest x-ray imaging
Answer
:
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
What is the effect of low plasma albumin?
Selecte d Answer:
,Os pressure decreases; thus water moves from the capillaries to the interstitium.
mo
tic
• Question 8
1 out of 1 points
A patient has been hospitalized with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). The patient asks how
this could have occurred. What response by the healthcare professional is best?
Selected Answer: It is often preceded by a viral illness.
• Question 9
1 out of 1 points
, A student reads in a chart that a child has been diagnosed with mixed precocious puberty
and asksfor an explanation. What explanation by the healthcare professional is most
accurate?
Selected Answer: When a child develops some secondary sex characteristics of the opposite sex
• Question 10
1 out of 1 point
A patient has defective secretion of the intrinsic factor leading to anemia. What treatment
option does the healthcare professional discuss with the patient?
Selected Answer: Vitamin B 12 injections initially given once a week.
• Question 11
1 out of 1 points
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) system abnormalities exist in a large percentage of
individuals with what?
Selected Answer: Major
depression
• Question 12
1 out of 1 points
Which statement by the healthcare professional accurately describes childhood asthma?
Selecte An obstructive airway disease characterized by reversible airflow obstruction,
d bronchial hyperreactivity, and inflammation
Answer
:
