NURS 6501 Week 6 Midterm Exam (Summer QTR)

1. Question: A patient is in severe shock and is receiving vasopressin. A student asks the health care professional to explain the rationale for this treatment. What response by the professional is the most accurate? 2. Question: What are blood pressure variations associated with? 3. Question: A person wants to know if eating only plant-based foods is advisable as away to cut cholesterol to near zero levels. What response by the healthcare professional is best? 4. Question: A student asks why some vaccinations are given orally and some are given by injection. What response by the professor is best? 5. Question: A healthcare professional is working with a person who drinks several 6- packs of beer a week.What testing does the professional encourage the person to get? 6. Question: Within a physiologic range, what does an increase in left ventricular end- diastolic volume (preload) result in? 7. Question: People diagnosed with neurofibromatosis have varying degrees of the condition because of which genetic principle? 8. Question: The data reporting that sickle cell disease affects approximately 1 in 600 American blacks is an example of which concept? 9. Question: A person has hypothyroidism. What chemical does the healthcare professional advise the person to include in the diet? 10. Question: A patient has been diagnosed with a renal stone. Based on knowledge of common stone types, what self care measure does the healthcare professional plan to teach the patient when stone analysis has returned? 11. Question: A professor has taught a student about skeletal alterations seen in chronic kidney disease. Which statement by the student indicates the professor needs to give more information? 12. Question: What pathologic change occurs to the kidney's glomeruli as a result of hypertension? 13. Question: A professor has taught the students about the sources of increased ammonia in patients with he paticence phalopathy. What statement by a student indicates the professor should review this material? 14. Question: What physical sign does the healthcare professional relate to the result ofturbulent blood flow through a vessel? 15. Question: A student asks the professor how a faulty negative-feedback mechanism results in a hormonal imbalance. What response by the professor is best? 16. Question: A class of students has learned about contributing factors to duodenal What statement indicates to the professor that the students need a review? 17. Question: The action of platelet-derived growth factor is to stimulate the production of which cells? 18. Question: What part of the kidney controls renal blood flow, glomerular filtration, and renin secretion? 19. Question: A patient has been diagnosed with primary emphysema but claims there is no history of smoking. What action by the healthcare professional is most appropriate? 20. Question: The student asks the professor to explain what characteristic is demonstrated by lungs with decreased compliance? 21. Question: The student wants information about a patient's renal function. What test does the healthcare professional tell the student to evaluate? 22. Question: Which hormone is required for water to be reabsorbed in the distal tubule and collecting duct? 23. Question: When comparing the clinical manifestations of both diabetic keto acidosis (DKA) and hyperglycemic hyperos molar nonketotic syndrome (HHNKS), which condition is associated with only DKA? 24. Question: A patient had a thyroidectomy and now reports tingling around the mouth and has a positive Chvostek sign. What laboratory finding would be most helpful to the healthcare professional? 25. Question: A parent wants to know how to prevent type 1 diabetes in the The healthcare professional explains that prevention is not possible, because which of these is a major characteristic of type 1 diabetes mellitus? 26. Question: A student asks the healthcare professional to explain the function of the papillary muscles. What response by the professional is best? 27. Question: The Bainbridge reflex is thought to be initiated by sensory neurons inwhich cardiac location? 28. Question: A healthcare professional is caring for four patients. Which patient does the professional assess for neurogenic diabetes insipidus (DI)? 29. Question: A patient suffered multiple traumatic injuries and received many blood transfusions within a few days of the injuries. For which medical condition should the healthcare professional monitor the patient for? 30. Question: A patient has portal hypertension-induced splenomegaly. Which lab value would the health care professional associate with this condition? 31. Question: A healthcare professional tells a student that a patient has lost atrial What would the student expect to see when examining this patient? 32. Question: Which primary characteristic is unique for the immuneresponse? Selected Answer: The immune response is specific to the antigen that initiatesit. 33. Question: Why is leakage of lysosomal enzymes during chemical injuries significant? 34. Question: A healthcare provider notes that tapping the patient's facial nerve leads to lip twitching. What electrolyte value is correlated with this finding? 35. Question: What are tumor cell markers? Selected Answer: Hormones, enzymes, antigens, and antibodies that are produced by cancercells 36. Question: A Rh-negative woman gave birth to a Rh-positive When discussing Rho[D]immune globulin with her, what information should the healthcare professional provide? 37. Question: If a patient develops acidosis, the nurse would expect the oxy hemoglobin dissociation curve to react in which manner 38. Question: What is the role of reverse transcriptase in HIV infection? 39. Question: During acidosis, the body compensates for the increase in serum hydrogen ions by shifting hydrogen ions in to the cell in exchange for which electrolyte? 40. Question: A female patient has been diagnosed with an uncomplicated urinary tract What self-care measure does the healthcare provider teach the patient that is specific to this type of infection? 41. Question: During the cardiac cycle, why do the aortic and pulmonic valves close after the ventriclesrelax 42. Question: What is the blood type of a person who is heterozygous, having A and Balleles as codominant? 43. Question: Where is two thirds of the body's water found? 44. Question: The student asks the professor why water and electrolytes are transported in both directions through tight junctions and intercellular spaces rather than a cross cell membranes. What response by the professor is best? 45. Question: A healthcare professional is assessing a child who has complete trisomy of the twenty-first chromosome.What findings does the professional relate to this condition? 46. Question: A patient had a motor vehicle crash and suffered critical injuries to the What physiological responses would the healthcare professional expect to see? 47. Question: What is the only surface inside the nephron where cells are covered with micro villi to increase there absorptive surface are a called? 48. Question: What causes the edema that occurs during the inflammatory process 49. Question: After a partial gastrectomy, gastric bypass, or pyloroplasty, clinical manifestations that include increased pulse, hypotension,weakness,pallor,sweating, and dizziness are the results of which mechanism? 50. Question: points A patient has a history of excessive use of magnesium-containing antacids and aluminum-containing antacids.What lab value does the healthcare professional correlate to this behavior?