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NSG 530 Exam 2 Advanced Pathophysiology-Wilkes Newest
2025/2026 Complete Questions And Correct Detailed
Answers (Verified Answers)|Brand New Version!!
A 50-year-old female experiences decreased blood pressure, decreased
oxygen delivery, cardiovascular shock and subsequent death. A
complication of endotoxic shock is suspected. Which of the following is
the most likely cause?
Gram-negative bacteria
Which information indicates a correct understanding of viral vaccines?
Most viral vaccines contain:
attenuated viruses.
A 22-year-old was recently diagnosed with acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (AIDS). Which decreased lab finding would be expect to
accompany this virus?
CD4+ T-helper
A 30-year-old male was diagnosed with HIV. Which of the following
treatments would be most effective?
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Antiretroviral therapy (ART)
When the immunologist says that pathogens possess virulence, what
does virulence mean?
Causes disease.
A patient has a tissue growth that was diagnosed as cancer. Which of the
following terms best described this growth?
Neoplasm
Which information indicates a nurse understands characteristics of
malignant tumors?
Has a high mitotic index
A nurse is discussing preinvasive epithelial tumors of glandular or
squamous cell origin. What is the nurse describing?
Cancer in situ
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A 25-year-old male develops a tumor of the breast glandular tissue.
What type of tumor will be documented on the chart?
Adenocarcinoma
A 30-year-old female is diagnosed with cancer. Testing reveals that the
cancer cells have spread to local lymph nodes. A nurse realized this
cancer would be documented as stage:
3
An oncologist is discussing when a cancer cell loses differentiation.
Which of the following is the oncologist describing?
Anaplasia
Which of the following indicates a nurse understands a proto-oncogene?
A proto-oncogene is best define as a(n) _____ gene.
normal
Of the following genetic lesions that cause cancer, which is the most
common?
Point mutations
NSG 530 Exam 2 Advanced Pathophysiology-Wilkes Newest
2025/2026 Complete Questions And Correct Detailed
Answers (Verified Answers)|Brand New Version!!
A 50-year-old female experiences decreased blood pressure, decreased
oxygen delivery, cardiovascular shock and subsequent death. A
complication of endotoxic shock is suspected. Which of the following is
the most likely cause?
Gram-negative bacteria
Which information indicates a correct understanding of viral vaccines?
Most viral vaccines contain:
attenuated viruses.
A 22-year-old was recently diagnosed with acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (AIDS). Which decreased lab finding would be expect to
accompany this virus?
CD4+ T-helper
A 30-year-old male was diagnosed with HIV. Which of the following
treatments would be most effective?
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Antiretroviral therapy (ART)
When the immunologist says that pathogens possess virulence, what
does virulence mean?
Causes disease.
A patient has a tissue growth that was diagnosed as cancer. Which of the
following terms best described this growth?
Neoplasm
Which information indicates a nurse understands characteristics of
malignant tumors?
Has a high mitotic index
A nurse is discussing preinvasive epithelial tumors of glandular or
squamous cell origin. What is the nurse describing?
Cancer in situ
, 3|Page
A 25-year-old male develops a tumor of the breast glandular tissue.
What type of tumor will be documented on the chart?
Adenocarcinoma
A 30-year-old female is diagnosed with cancer. Testing reveals that the
cancer cells have spread to local lymph nodes. A nurse realized this
cancer would be documented as stage:
3
An oncologist is discussing when a cancer cell loses differentiation.
Which of the following is the oncologist describing?
Anaplasia
Which of the following indicates a nurse understands a proto-oncogene?
A proto-oncogene is best define as a(n) _____ gene.
normal
Of the following genetic lesions that cause cancer, which is the most
common?
Point mutations
