WALDEN UNIVERSITY 2026 NURS 6501 ADVANCED
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM WINTER-SPRING
ALREADY GRADED A
A patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the bone surfaces to
partially lose contact with each other. What treatment does the health care professional
prepare the patient for?
Reduction and immobilization
Cystic fibrosis is characterized by which symptom?
Excessive mucus production
An infant has gluten-sensitive enteropathy and the parents ask the
healthcare professional to explain why the baby bruises so easily. The professional explains
that the baby has which deficit?
Vitamin K deficiency from fat malabsorption
A healthcare professional advises a pregnant woman to add supplements of which nutrient to
her diet to prevent birth defects?
Folate
A mother reports that her young teens have voracious appetites. The
healthcare professional would explain that which hormone is linked to an increase in appetite
during puberty?
Leptin
Why is nasal congestion a serious threat to young infants?
,Infants are obligatory nose breathers.
A student studying osteomyelitis and asks for an explanation of the term sequestrum. What
response by the professor is best?
An area of DE vascularized and devitalized bone
Which statement by the healthcare professional accurately describes
childhood asthma?
An obstructive airway disease characterized by reversible airflow obstruction, bronchial
hyperreactivity, and inflammation
A patient has a spinal cord injury at C4. What should the healthcare
professional assess as the priority in this patient?
Respirations
Which cells function to maintain bone matrix?
Osteocytes
What is the effect of low plasma albumin?
Osmotic pressure decreases; thus water moves from
the capillaries to the interstitium
Which immunoglobulin (Ig) is present in childhood asthma?
IgE
Which mother does the healthcare professional prepare to administer Rh immune globulin
(Rho-GAM) to?
, Is Rh-negative and the baby is Rh-positive
A parent brings a 10-year-old child to the clinic and reports a mottled appearance to the skin
and legs cramps when the child is in physical education class. Physical assessment positive for
upper extremity hypertension. What diagnostic testing or treatment does the healthcare
professional prepare the family for?
An echocardiogram
In order to help prevent a preadolescent girl from developing later cervical cancer, which
virus does the healthcare professional recommend vaccination against to the parent?
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
Which pain theory proposes that a balance of impulses conducted from the spinal cord to the
higher centers in the central nervous system (CNS) modulates the transmission of pain?
Gate control theory (GCT)
A newborn baby displays jaundice 20 hours after birth. What action by the healthcare
professional is most appropriate?
Draw blood to measure total bilirubin
What causes the vasomotor flushes (hot flashes) that are associated with declining ovarian
function with age?
Rapid changes in estrogen levels
A patient is in the Emergency Department with heat stroke. What finding does the healthcare
provider associate with this condition?
Absence of sweating despite a high core temperature
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM WINTER-SPRING
ALREADY GRADED A
A patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the bone surfaces to
partially lose contact with each other. What treatment does the health care professional
prepare the patient for?
Reduction and immobilization
Cystic fibrosis is characterized by which symptom?
Excessive mucus production
An infant has gluten-sensitive enteropathy and the parents ask the
healthcare professional to explain why the baby bruises so easily. The professional explains
that the baby has which deficit?
Vitamin K deficiency from fat malabsorption
A healthcare professional advises a pregnant woman to add supplements of which nutrient to
her diet to prevent birth defects?
Folate
A mother reports that her young teens have voracious appetites. The
healthcare professional would explain that which hormone is linked to an increase in appetite
during puberty?
Leptin
Why is nasal congestion a serious threat to young infants?
,Infants are obligatory nose breathers.
A student studying osteomyelitis and asks for an explanation of the term sequestrum. What
response by the professor is best?
An area of DE vascularized and devitalized bone
Which statement by the healthcare professional accurately describes
childhood asthma?
An obstructive airway disease characterized by reversible airflow obstruction, bronchial
hyperreactivity, and inflammation
A patient has a spinal cord injury at C4. What should the healthcare
professional assess as the priority in this patient?
Respirations
Which cells function to maintain bone matrix?
Osteocytes
What is the effect of low plasma albumin?
Osmotic pressure decreases; thus water moves from
the capillaries to the interstitium
Which immunoglobulin (Ig) is present in childhood asthma?
IgE
Which mother does the healthcare professional prepare to administer Rh immune globulin
(Rho-GAM) to?
, Is Rh-negative and the baby is Rh-positive
A parent brings a 10-year-old child to the clinic and reports a mottled appearance to the skin
and legs cramps when the child is in physical education class. Physical assessment positive for
upper extremity hypertension. What diagnostic testing or treatment does the healthcare
professional prepare the family for?
An echocardiogram
In order to help prevent a preadolescent girl from developing later cervical cancer, which
virus does the healthcare professional recommend vaccination against to the parent?
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
Which pain theory proposes that a balance of impulses conducted from the spinal cord to the
higher centers in the central nervous system (CNS) modulates the transmission of pain?
Gate control theory (GCT)
A newborn baby displays jaundice 20 hours after birth. What action by the healthcare
professional is most appropriate?
Draw blood to measure total bilirubin
What causes the vasomotor flushes (hot flashes) that are associated with declining ovarian
function with age?
Rapid changes in estrogen levels
A patient is in the Emergency Department with heat stroke. What finding does the healthcare
provider associate with this condition?
Absence of sweating despite a high core temperature
