Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix HCR 240 midterm ||
All Solutions are Accurate.
A condition in which serum sodium levels exceed 145 mEq/L is: correct answers hypernatremia
Movement of water through a selectively permeable membrane from an area where there is more
water to an area where there is less water is known as: correct answers osmosis
Sodium accounts for what percentage of extra cellular fluid cations: correct answers 90%
In which of the following conditions is blood pH and bicarbonate levels high while PaCO2 is
normal? correct answers metabolic alkalosis
Methamphetamine exposure can cause different symptoms based on prior disease or functioning
in the individual. A symptom in a healthy individual would be: correct answers laryngitis
Which of the following hormones regulates blood sodium and potassium levels? correct answers
aldosterone
A faculty member asks a student to identify the appropriate term for the movement of a solute
from an area of greater to lesser concentration. Which answer indicates the nursing student
understood the teaching? correct answers diffusion
Your patient has had a cast on the leg for 8 weeks due to a compound fracture. As you remove
the cast, the important information for a patient would be: correct answers the leg may appear
smaller due to atrophy
A nurse is reviewing lab reports. The nurse recalls blood plasma is located in which of the
following fluid compartments? correct answers intravascular fluid
, The lack of sufficient oxygen within cells is; correct answers hypoxia
A 75-year-old male presents with chest pain on exertion. The chest pain is most likely due to
hypoxic injury secondary to: correct answers ischemia
Which of these is the term for cellular ingestion of large particles, also known as "cell eating"?
correct answers phagocytosis
Which of the following is the basic unit of inheritance? correct answers gene
Which of the following is the method that cells use to transport cholesterol into cells? correct
answers receptor-mediated endocytosis
_______ is a condition in which blood pH is less than 7.35, PaCO2 is greater than 45 mm Hg
and bicarbonate levels are normal. correct answers respiratory acidosis
Which of these terms describes the movement of water and solute through a membrane because
of a greater pushing pressure on one side of the membrane? correct answers filtration
_____ is the programmed death of a cell that maintains the health of the body by eliminating old,
unnecessary, and unhealthy cells. correct answers apoptosis
Which of the following patients is the most at risk for developing hypernatremia?
A patient with: correct answers dehydration
Your patient is 80 year old and has many debilitating diseases When you do your morning
assessment you see a red spot on the coccyx. Tissues are likely in what phase: correct answers
cellular destruction
All Solutions are Accurate.
A condition in which serum sodium levels exceed 145 mEq/L is: correct answers hypernatremia
Movement of water through a selectively permeable membrane from an area where there is more
water to an area where there is less water is known as: correct answers osmosis
Sodium accounts for what percentage of extra cellular fluid cations: correct answers 90%
In which of the following conditions is blood pH and bicarbonate levels high while PaCO2 is
normal? correct answers metabolic alkalosis
Methamphetamine exposure can cause different symptoms based on prior disease or functioning
in the individual. A symptom in a healthy individual would be: correct answers laryngitis
Which of the following hormones regulates blood sodium and potassium levels? correct answers
aldosterone
A faculty member asks a student to identify the appropriate term for the movement of a solute
from an area of greater to lesser concentration. Which answer indicates the nursing student
understood the teaching? correct answers diffusion
Your patient has had a cast on the leg for 8 weeks due to a compound fracture. As you remove
the cast, the important information for a patient would be: correct answers the leg may appear
smaller due to atrophy
A nurse is reviewing lab reports. The nurse recalls blood plasma is located in which of the
following fluid compartments? correct answers intravascular fluid
, The lack of sufficient oxygen within cells is; correct answers hypoxia
A 75-year-old male presents with chest pain on exertion. The chest pain is most likely due to
hypoxic injury secondary to: correct answers ischemia
Which of these is the term for cellular ingestion of large particles, also known as "cell eating"?
correct answers phagocytosis
Which of the following is the basic unit of inheritance? correct answers gene
Which of the following is the method that cells use to transport cholesterol into cells? correct
answers receptor-mediated endocytosis
_______ is a condition in which blood pH is less than 7.35, PaCO2 is greater than 45 mm Hg
and bicarbonate levels are normal. correct answers respiratory acidosis
Which of these terms describes the movement of water and solute through a membrane because
of a greater pushing pressure on one side of the membrane? correct answers filtration
_____ is the programmed death of a cell that maintains the health of the body by eliminating old,
unnecessary, and unhealthy cells. correct answers apoptosis
Which of the following patients is the most at risk for developing hypernatremia?
A patient with: correct answers dehydration
Your patient is 80 year old and has many debilitating diseases When you do your morning
assessment you see a red spot on the coccyx. Tissues are likely in what phase: correct answers
cellular destruction
