NURS 6501N-58 FINAL EXAM 1|NURS-6501N-58
FINAL EXAM 1| NURS6501N-58 FINAL EXAM 1
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS MARKED
2023
NURS 6501N FINAL EXAM 1 (ADVANCED
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY)
Question 1
A woman diagnosed with trichomoniasis asks if her sexual partner should be
treated as well. What is the appropriate response by the healthcare professional?
Selected Answer: Sexual partners should be treated even if they are
asymptomatic.
Question 2
An infant is brought to the emergency department by parents who report that
the baby's fontanels seem to be bulging outward. What action by the
healthcare provider is most appropriate?
Selected Answer: Measure the head circumference and plot it on a growth chart
Question 3
A patient has polycythemia vera and presents to the Emergency Department
with plethora and neurological changes. The student asks the healthcare
professional to explain the primary cause of these symptoms. What response
by the professional is best?
Selected Answer: Increased blood
viscosity
Question 4
When are childhood cancers most often diagnosed?
, Selected Answer: At peak times of physical growth
Question 5
A severely malnourished patient is in the hospital to improve nutrition. On the
second day, the patient reports palpitations and difficulty breathing. After
placing the patient on a cardiac monitor, what action does the health care
professional take next?
Selected Answer: Have lab drawn for
electrolyte levels.
• Question 6
What is the link between major depression and cortisol secretion?
Selected Answer: Individuals with depression show that persistently elevated
plasma
cortisol levels can result in inflammation that is believed to trigger
depression.
• Question 7
A patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the bone
surfaces to partially lose contact with each other. What treatment does the
health care professional prepare the patient for?
Selected Answer: Reduction and immobilization
• Question 8
A patient has chronic anemia associated with chronic renal failure. What
substance does the healthcare professional tell the patient is needed to treat
this anemia?
Selected Answer: Erythropoietin
• Question 9
The disruption in cellular adhesion observed in bullous impetigo is caused by an
exfoliative toxin related to which organism?
, Selected Answer: Staphylococcusaureus
• Question 10
A mother reports that her young teens have voracious appetites. The healthcare
professional would explain that which hormone is linked to an increase in
appetite during puberty?
Selected Answer: Leptin
Question 11
What diagnosis is given to parents when their infant's hip maintains contact with
the acetabulum but is not well seated within the hip joint?
Selected Answer: Subluxated hip
• Question 12
The healthcare professional directs a student to assess a teen who has Osgood-
Schlatter disease. What assessment finding does the student anticipate for this
disorder?
Selected Answer: Tendinitis of the anterior patellar tendon
• Question 13
What are the clinical manifestations of testicular cancer?
Selected Answer: Firm, nontender testicular mass
• Question 14
A man reports to the healthcare professional that he had a sudden onset of
malaise, low back pain, and perineal pain with high fever and chills, dysuria,
nocturia, and urinary retention. What action by the healthcare professional is
most appropriate?
Selected Answer: Assist the man in obtaining a
urine sample.
• Question 15
An infant has been diagnosed with intussusception and the student asks the
healthcare professional to explain the condition. What explanation by the
professional is most accurate?
FINAL EXAM 1| NURS6501N-58 FINAL EXAM 1
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS MARKED
2023
NURS 6501N FINAL EXAM 1 (ADVANCED
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY)
Question 1
A woman diagnosed with trichomoniasis asks if her sexual partner should be
treated as well. What is the appropriate response by the healthcare professional?
Selected Answer: Sexual partners should be treated even if they are
asymptomatic.
Question 2
An infant is brought to the emergency department by parents who report that
the baby's fontanels seem to be bulging outward. What action by the
healthcare provider is most appropriate?
Selected Answer: Measure the head circumference and plot it on a growth chart
Question 3
A patient has polycythemia vera and presents to the Emergency Department
with plethora and neurological changes. The student asks the healthcare
professional to explain the primary cause of these symptoms. What response
by the professional is best?
Selected Answer: Increased blood
viscosity
Question 4
When are childhood cancers most often diagnosed?
, Selected Answer: At peak times of physical growth
Question 5
A severely malnourished patient is in the hospital to improve nutrition. On the
second day, the patient reports palpitations and difficulty breathing. After
placing the patient on a cardiac monitor, what action does the health care
professional take next?
Selected Answer: Have lab drawn for
electrolyte levels.
• Question 6
What is the link between major depression and cortisol secretion?
Selected Answer: Individuals with depression show that persistently elevated
plasma
cortisol levels can result in inflammation that is believed to trigger
depression.
• Question 7
A patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the bone
surfaces to partially lose contact with each other. What treatment does the
health care professional prepare the patient for?
Selected Answer: Reduction and immobilization
• Question 8
A patient has chronic anemia associated with chronic renal failure. What
substance does the healthcare professional tell the patient is needed to treat
this anemia?
Selected Answer: Erythropoietin
• Question 9
The disruption in cellular adhesion observed in bullous impetigo is caused by an
exfoliative toxin related to which organism?
, Selected Answer: Staphylococcusaureus
• Question 10
A mother reports that her young teens have voracious appetites. The healthcare
professional would explain that which hormone is linked to an increase in
appetite during puberty?
Selected Answer: Leptin
Question 11
What diagnosis is given to parents when their infant's hip maintains contact with
the acetabulum but is not well seated within the hip joint?
Selected Answer: Subluxated hip
• Question 12
The healthcare professional directs a student to assess a teen who has Osgood-
Schlatter disease. What assessment finding does the student anticipate for this
disorder?
Selected Answer: Tendinitis of the anterior patellar tendon
• Question 13
What are the clinical manifestations of testicular cancer?
Selected Answer: Firm, nontender testicular mass
• Question 14
A man reports to the healthcare professional that he had a sudden onset of
malaise, low back pain, and perineal pain with high fever and chills, dysuria,
nocturia, and urinary retention. What action by the healthcare professional is
most appropriate?
Selected Answer: Assist the man in obtaining a
urine sample.
• Question 15
An infant has been diagnosed with intussusception and the student asks the
healthcare professional to explain the condition. What explanation by the
professional is most accurate?
