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NUR 2063 EXAM 1 ESSENTIALS OF
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY RASMUSSEN 2026 LATEST
EXAM WITH 150 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS||VERIFIED EXAM!!/
RASMUSSEN NUR 2063 EXAM 1 (NEWEST EXAM!!)
What is Pathophysiology - Answers-is the study of what
happens when the normal anatomy and physiology go
wrong, causing disorder and disease process of the
human body.
What 4 things does pathophysiology include? - Answers-
Etiology, Pathogenesis, Clinical Manifestations, and
Treatment Implications
What is etiology - Answers-study of causes or reasons for
phenomena. Includes Idiopathic conditions that have an
unknown origin or cause.
What is pathogenesis? - Answers-development or
evolution of disease from initial stimulus to the expression
of manifestations as time occurs.
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What are clinical manifestations? - Answers-Signs and
symptoms of disorder.
What are treatment implications? - Answers-Which
combine the etology, pathogenesis, and clinical
manifestations to determine the best treatment of
condition per individual.
What are signs? - Answers-Objective or observed
manifestations of disease.
What are symptoms? - Answers-Subjective feelings of
abnormality in the body.
What is objective data - Answers-What you observe and
can measure.
What are examples of objective data? - Answers-rash, low
blood pressure, bleeding
What is subjective data? - Answers-What the patient may
report to you
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What are examples of subjective data? - Answers-pain
scale, they feel suicidal, fatigued.
What is epidemiology? - Answers-study of the patterns of
disease involving populations. Based on the spread and
contact of diseases in people.
What are the levels of disease prevention? - Answers-
Primary, Secondary, Tertiary
Explain Primary Prevention - Answers-"Preventing";
altering susceptibility or reducing exposure of disease for
people.
Examples of Primary Prevention - Answers-Vaccinations
and Handwashing
Explain Secondary Prevention - Answers-"Screening";
early detection, screening, and management of disease to
catch disease early before it spreads
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Examples of Secondary Prevention - Answers-PAP
smears for STDs, lab work for HBA1C check,
mammogram
Explain Tertiary Prevention - Answers-"Treating" and
preventing further complications from a disorder or
disease after the person has the condition
Examples of Tertiary Prevention - Answers-Rehab for hip
surgery, relearning ADL's after amputation, Wound care
after stroke to prevent pressure ulcers.
What is homeostasis? - Answers-a state of equilibrium in
which all body systems are in balance and the body is at
its most optimal in functioning. Stable.
What is allostasis? - Answers-ability to successfully adapt
to challenges. It is not a balance but an attempt to adapt to
achieve homeostasis. Example: sweating to lower ones
body temp.
Stages of the General Adaptation Syndrome - Answers-
alarm, resistance, exhaustion
NUR 2063 EXAM 1 ESSENTIALS OF
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY RASMUSSEN 2026 LATEST
EXAM WITH 150 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS||VERIFIED EXAM!!/
RASMUSSEN NUR 2063 EXAM 1 (NEWEST EXAM!!)
What is Pathophysiology - Answers-is the study of what
happens when the normal anatomy and physiology go
wrong, causing disorder and disease process of the
human body.
What 4 things does pathophysiology include? - Answers-
Etiology, Pathogenesis, Clinical Manifestations, and
Treatment Implications
What is etiology - Answers-study of causes or reasons for
phenomena. Includes Idiopathic conditions that have an
unknown origin or cause.
What is pathogenesis? - Answers-development or
evolution of disease from initial stimulus to the expression
of manifestations as time occurs.
,2|Page
What are clinical manifestations? - Answers-Signs and
symptoms of disorder.
What are treatment implications? - Answers-Which
combine the etology, pathogenesis, and clinical
manifestations to determine the best treatment of
condition per individual.
What are signs? - Answers-Objective or observed
manifestations of disease.
What are symptoms? - Answers-Subjective feelings of
abnormality in the body.
What is objective data - Answers-What you observe and
can measure.
What are examples of objective data? - Answers-rash, low
blood pressure, bleeding
What is subjective data? - Answers-What the patient may
report to you
,3|Page
What are examples of subjective data? - Answers-pain
scale, they feel suicidal, fatigued.
What is epidemiology? - Answers-study of the patterns of
disease involving populations. Based on the spread and
contact of diseases in people.
What are the levels of disease prevention? - Answers-
Primary, Secondary, Tertiary
Explain Primary Prevention - Answers-"Preventing";
altering susceptibility or reducing exposure of disease for
people.
Examples of Primary Prevention - Answers-Vaccinations
and Handwashing
Explain Secondary Prevention - Answers-"Screening";
early detection, screening, and management of disease to
catch disease early before it spreads
, 4|Page
Examples of Secondary Prevention - Answers-PAP
smears for STDs, lab work for HBA1C check,
mammogram
Explain Tertiary Prevention - Answers-"Treating" and
preventing further complications from a disorder or
disease after the person has the condition
Examples of Tertiary Prevention - Answers-Rehab for hip
surgery, relearning ADL's after amputation, Wound care
after stroke to prevent pressure ulcers.
What is homeostasis? - Answers-a state of equilibrium in
which all body systems are in balance and the body is at
its most optimal in functioning. Stable.
What is allostasis? - Answers-ability to successfully adapt
to challenges. It is not a balance but an attempt to adapt to
achieve homeostasis. Example: sweating to lower ones
body temp.
Stages of the General Adaptation Syndrome - Answers-
alarm, resistance, exhaustion
