NSG 3113 South College -Pathophysiology Exam 1 Practice
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A 70-year-old client is being treated for a recent ischemic stroke
that has left the client with deficits. These deficits likely result
from which mechanism of cell injury? Correct Answers
hypoxia and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) depletion
A client has developed cell atrophy. The most likely cause
would be: Correct Answers ischemia.
A client has experienced significant decreases in mobility and
stamina during a 3-week hospital stay for the treatment of a
femoral head fracture. Which phenomena most likely accounts
for the client's decrease in muscle function? Correct Answers
Disuse atrophy of muscle cells during a prolonged period of
immobility
A client has suffered an electrical injury to the hand. Which
condition will the nurse expect to find? Correct Answers
Tissue damage at the skin site where the current entered the
body
A client is admitted with an alteration in arterial blood gases.
Cellular injury is most likely to result from which aspect of this
abnormality Correct Answers Hypoxia
A client is admitted with frostbite. What will the nurse tell the
client about the changes that have occurred due to cold
, exposure? Correct Answers Cold increases blood viscosity and
thrombosis
A client with diabetes and severe peripheral vascular disease has
developed signs of dry gangrene on the great toe of one foot.
The client asks, "How this can happen?" Which
pathophysiologic process should the nurse explain to this client?
Correct Answers Impaired arterial blood supply to your toe
A client's condition has resulted in a decrease in work demands
of most cells in the body. Which change within the cell will
likely result from this decrease in work? Correct Answers
Decreased size of organelles
A client's lab report returns and a nurse is explaining to the
client the significance of the changes. The nurse states that the
finding is implicated as a precursor of cancer. Which finding
was most likely on the lab report? Correct Answers dysplasia
A mother has one mutant allele on the X chromosome and one
normal allele. What is the chance of a daughter to be a carrier of
the mutation? Correct Answers 50%
A mother rushes her 4-year-old child to the emergency
department after she found an empty Tylenol (acetaminophen)
bottle beside her child. The nurse is trying to explain why it is so
important to give the child ipecac to induce vomiting in order to
prevent: Correct Answers liver failure
A nurse is teaching a class on health promotion and includes
information about the risk from ultraviolet radiation. Which
ATI Questions | 2026/2027 | Answers Correct | With
Complete Solutions
A 70-year-old client is being treated for a recent ischemic stroke
that has left the client with deficits. These deficits likely result
from which mechanism of cell injury? Correct Answers
hypoxia and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) depletion
A client has developed cell atrophy. The most likely cause
would be: Correct Answers ischemia.
A client has experienced significant decreases in mobility and
stamina during a 3-week hospital stay for the treatment of a
femoral head fracture. Which phenomena most likely accounts
for the client's decrease in muscle function? Correct Answers
Disuse atrophy of muscle cells during a prolonged period of
immobility
A client has suffered an electrical injury to the hand. Which
condition will the nurse expect to find? Correct Answers
Tissue damage at the skin site where the current entered the
body
A client is admitted with an alteration in arterial blood gases.
Cellular injury is most likely to result from which aspect of this
abnormality Correct Answers Hypoxia
A client is admitted with frostbite. What will the nurse tell the
client about the changes that have occurred due to cold
, exposure? Correct Answers Cold increases blood viscosity and
thrombosis
A client with diabetes and severe peripheral vascular disease has
developed signs of dry gangrene on the great toe of one foot.
The client asks, "How this can happen?" Which
pathophysiologic process should the nurse explain to this client?
Correct Answers Impaired arterial blood supply to your toe
A client's condition has resulted in a decrease in work demands
of most cells in the body. Which change within the cell will
likely result from this decrease in work? Correct Answers
Decreased size of organelles
A client's lab report returns and a nurse is explaining to the
client the significance of the changes. The nurse states that the
finding is implicated as a precursor of cancer. Which finding
was most likely on the lab report? Correct Answers dysplasia
A mother has one mutant allele on the X chromosome and one
normal allele. What is the chance of a daughter to be a carrier of
the mutation? Correct Answers 50%
A mother rushes her 4-year-old child to the emergency
department after she found an empty Tylenol (acetaminophen)
bottle beside her child. The nurse is trying to explain why it is so
important to give the child ipecac to induce vomiting in order to
prevent: Correct Answers liver failure
A nurse is teaching a class on health promotion and includes
information about the risk from ultraviolet radiation. Which
