Pathophysiology Midterm Exam
Nightingale Questions and Answers
1. When a baby has been identified as having fetal exposure to
alcohol,
which assessment parameter should be considered
A. low birth rate
B. mental retardation
C. facial anomalies
D. All of the above
Answer D. All of the above
2. A nurse documents tattooing and stippling in a trauma patient which
type of injury does the patient have?
Answer Gunshot wounds tattooing and stapling are caused by gunpowder and occur on the
skin surrounding the entrance wound.
3. The nurse is caring for a new mother who just gave birth to a baby
with Down syndrome. The nurse explains that this syndrome is a
result of trisomy with which chromosome?
Answer Chromsome 21
4. A couple has two offspring's one child has an autosomal recessive
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, disease trait and one is normal what most likely conclusion can the
nurse make about the parents?
Answer both parents could be Carriers
5. If an Ovum has chromosomal nondisjunction which condition could
result in the embryo?
Answer Monosomies and trisomies
6. If the patient has liquefactive necrosis which organ should the
nurse assess first?
Answer Brain
hypoxic injury to the brain results in liquefactive necrosis because the central nervous system contains
little connective tissue.
7. A nurse recalls that adaptive cellular mechanisms function too
Answer protect cells from
injury adaptive cellular mechanisms actually help cells adjust to environmental changes thereby protecting
them from injury and death
8. The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is
transmitted
through autosomal recessive inheritance which is most likely the
diagnosis for the patient?
Answer cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disease
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Nightingale Questions and Answers
1. When a baby has been identified as having fetal exposure to
alcohol,
which assessment parameter should be considered
A. low birth rate
B. mental retardation
C. facial anomalies
D. All of the above
Answer D. All of the above
2. A nurse documents tattooing and stippling in a trauma patient which
type of injury does the patient have?
Answer Gunshot wounds tattooing and stapling are caused by gunpowder and occur on the
skin surrounding the entrance wound.
3. The nurse is caring for a new mother who just gave birth to a baby
with Down syndrome. The nurse explains that this syndrome is a
result of trisomy with which chromosome?
Answer Chromsome 21
4. A couple has two offspring's one child has an autosomal recessive
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15
, disease trait and one is normal what most likely conclusion can the
nurse make about the parents?
Answer both parents could be Carriers
5. If an Ovum has chromosomal nondisjunction which condition could
result in the embryo?
Answer Monosomies and trisomies
6. If the patient has liquefactive necrosis which organ should the
nurse assess first?
Answer Brain
hypoxic injury to the brain results in liquefactive necrosis because the central nervous system contains
little connective tissue.
7. A nurse recalls that adaptive cellular mechanisms function too
Answer protect cells from
injury adaptive cellular mechanisms actually help cells adjust to environmental changes thereby protecting
them from injury and death
8. The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is
transmitted
through autosomal recessive inheritance which is most likely the
diagnosis for the patient?
Answer cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disease
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