NMNEC 2310 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Which mechanism of action would a nurse recall, when caring for a client with
myasthenia gravis, receiving immunosuppressive therapy with corticosteroids - Answers
- Decreases the production of autoantibodies that attack acetylcholine receptors
Which educational topic is a high priority, for the nurse providing education to a client
with systemic lupus erythematosus - Answers - Instructing about ways to protect the
skin
Which type of hypersensitivity reaction would the nurse teach a client with rheumatoid
arthritis - Answers - Immune complex
By which process would total parenteral nutrition on an outpatient basis help a client
with Crohn's disease prepared for surgery - Answers - Decreasing fecal bulk
Which clinical manifestation may indicate a client has systemic lupus erythematosus -
Answers - Pericarditis
Discoid lesions
Pleural effusions
Which disorder would the nurse suspect in a client who reports hair loss, joint pain, and
a facial rash and has medical records, showing the presence of a butterfly rash? -
Answers - Systemic lupus erythrmatosus
Which property would the nurse understand that the medication is being used primarily
for when aspirin is prescribed on a regular schedule for a client with rheumatoid arthritis
- Answers - anti-inflammatory
Which auto immune disease is directly related to the client's central nervous system -
Answers - Multiple sclerosis
Which symptom would the nurse expect to decrease in response to corticosteroid
therapy prescribed for a client with multiple sclerosis? - Answers - visual impairment
Which laboratory report enables the nurse to conclude a client has stage three HIV
infection - Answers - T cell less than 200 cells/mm
stage one of HIV/AIDS - Answers - symptoms are mild or nonexistent
CD4 Greater than 500 cells/mm
Which finding in a client's history would likely be a precipitating factor for myasthetic
crisis - Answers - Omitting doses of medication
ANSWERS
Which mechanism of action would a nurse recall, when caring for a client with
myasthenia gravis, receiving immunosuppressive therapy with corticosteroids - Answers
- Decreases the production of autoantibodies that attack acetylcholine receptors
Which educational topic is a high priority, for the nurse providing education to a client
with systemic lupus erythematosus - Answers - Instructing about ways to protect the
skin
Which type of hypersensitivity reaction would the nurse teach a client with rheumatoid
arthritis - Answers - Immune complex
By which process would total parenteral nutrition on an outpatient basis help a client
with Crohn's disease prepared for surgery - Answers - Decreasing fecal bulk
Which clinical manifestation may indicate a client has systemic lupus erythematosus -
Answers - Pericarditis
Discoid lesions
Pleural effusions
Which disorder would the nurse suspect in a client who reports hair loss, joint pain, and
a facial rash and has medical records, showing the presence of a butterfly rash? -
Answers - Systemic lupus erythrmatosus
Which property would the nurse understand that the medication is being used primarily
for when aspirin is prescribed on a regular schedule for a client with rheumatoid arthritis
- Answers - anti-inflammatory
Which auto immune disease is directly related to the client's central nervous system -
Answers - Multiple sclerosis
Which symptom would the nurse expect to decrease in response to corticosteroid
therapy prescribed for a client with multiple sclerosis? - Answers - visual impairment
Which laboratory report enables the nurse to conclude a client has stage three HIV
infection - Answers - T cell less than 200 cells/mm
stage one of HIV/AIDS - Answers - symptoms are mild or nonexistent
CD4 Greater than 500 cells/mm
Which finding in a client's history would likely be a precipitating factor for myasthetic
crisis - Answers - Omitting doses of medication
