Questions And Answers 2025
A condition in which serum sodium levels exceed 145 mEq/L is: - Answer - 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: - Answer - osmosis
Sodium accounts for what percentage of extra cellular fluid cations: - Answer - 90%
In which of the following conditions is blood pH and bicarbonate levels high while PaCO2 is normal? -
Answer - 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: - Answer - laryngitis
Which of the following hormones regulates blood sodium and potassium levels? - Answer - 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? - Answer - 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: - Answer - 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? - Answer - intravascular fluid
The lack of sufficient oxygen within cells is; - Answer - hypoxia
, A 75-year-old male presents with chest pain on exertion. The chest pain is most likely due to hypoxic
injury secondary to: - Answer - ischemia
Which of these is the term for cellular ingestion of large particles, also known as "cell eating"? - Answer -
phagocytosis
Which of the following is the basic unit of inheritance? - Answer - gene
Which of the following is the method that cells use to transport cholesterol into cells? - Answer -
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. - Answer - 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? - Answer - filtration
_____ is the programmed death of a cell that maintains the health of the body by eliminating old,
unnecessary, and unhealthy cells. - Answer - apoptosis
Which of the following patients is the most at risk for developing hypernatremia?
A patient with: - Answer - 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: - Answer - cellular destruction
Which of the following mechanisms does the thyroid gland use in iodine uptake? - Answer - active
transport
When a patient asks the nurse what hypersensitivity is, how should the nurse respond? Hypersensitivity
is best defined as: - Answer - excessive or inappropriate response of the immune system to a sensitizing
antigen