NURS 3366 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY TEST 2
ACTUAL PAPER QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS
DETAILED REVIEW COMPILATION
RESOURCE GRADED A+
⩥ 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.
⩥ 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
⩥ A couple has two offspring's one child has an autosomal recessive
disease trait and one is normal what most likely conclusion can the nurse
make about the parents?.
Answer: both parents could be Carriers
⩥ If an Ovum has chromosomal nondisjunction which condition could
result in the embryo?.
Answer: Monosomies and trisomies
, ⩥ 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.
⩥ 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
⩥ 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
⩥ Which organ is most frequently affected by chronic alcohol injury.
Answer: Liver
⩥ Which of the following statements by a clinician about mutations is
correct
Mutations always lead to genetic disease
A. Mutations always lead to genetic disease
ACTUAL PAPER QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS
DETAILED REVIEW COMPILATION
RESOURCE GRADED A+
⩥ 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.
⩥ 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
⩥ A couple has two offspring's one child has an autosomal recessive
disease trait and one is normal what most likely conclusion can the nurse
make about the parents?.
Answer: both parents could be Carriers
⩥ If an Ovum has chromosomal nondisjunction which condition could
result in the embryo?.
Answer: Monosomies and trisomies
, ⩥ 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.
⩥ 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
⩥ 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
⩥ Which organ is most frequently affected by chronic alcohol injury.
Answer: Liver
⩥ Which of the following statements by a clinician about mutations is
correct
Mutations always lead to genetic disease
A. Mutations always lead to genetic disease
