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NUR2063 Exam 1 Review Summer 2021
Questions and Answers UPDATED 2025
Which of the following assessment findings indicates an alteration in homeostatic
control mechanisms? -Correct Answer ✔Fever
2. Injury that occurs when blood flow is diminished to tissue is called _____ injury. -
Correct Answer ✔ischemic
3. The cancer growth continuum is divided into which of the following stages? -Correct
Answer ✔Initiation, promotion, progression
4. The activities of the cell are directed by which cell structure? -Correct Answer
✔Cytoplasm
Enzymes that use oxidation to convert food materials into energy are found in sausage-
shaped structures called: -Correct Answer ✔mitochondria
6. A patient presents with hyponatremia. What is the priority assessment for the patient?
-Correct Answer ✔Mental status changes
What is the priority assessment for a patient with a potassium imbalance: -Correct
Answer ✔EKG
8. A patient presents with hypomagnesemia, what would the nurse anticipate the
calcium levels would be? -Correct Answer ✔low
A patient presents with hypercalcemia. What would the nurse anticipate the
phosphorous levels would be? -Correct Answer ✔low
1. The nurse is teaching a patient who has recently given birth about immunity that has
been passed to the baby in utero. Which statement by the patient indicates that
additional teaching is needed? -Correct Answer ✔"I had chickenpox and am immune to
it, so my baby will not need to have the chickenpox vaccine."
1. In preparing a community teaching program, which information presented by the
nurse addresses a type of secondary cancer prevention? -Correct Answer ✔Annual
measurement of prostate-specific antigen levels
1. A 2-day post-op heart transplant patient begins to have fever and signs and
symptoms of heart failure. The patient is more than likely experiencing which of the
following? -Correct Answer ✔Type IV delayed hypersensitivity
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1. Which of the following is a complication of chronic stress? -Correct Answer
✔Increased susceptibility to illness
1. Within minutes after receiving an injection of penicillin, the patient complains of
shortness of breath and chest pain. The nurse notifies the patient's healthcare provider
because this patient is most likely experiencing which type of hypersensitivity? -Correct
Answer ✔Type I
1. During which of the following stages of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS) have
the body's coping methods been completely utilized? -Correct Answer ✔Exhaustion
1. Which of the following is a chemical triggered by the sympathetic nervous system
made from the adrenal medulla that is responsible for many of the physiological
symptoms of the "fight or flight" response? -Correct Answer ✔Epinephrine
1. What disease state results from an inability to differentiate self from non-self? -
Correct Answer ✔Autoimmune
1. Which of the following patients is at the greatest risk for impaired immune function? -
Correct Answer ✔79-year-old male with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus
1. The nurse is teaching a community health class about the immune system. The nurse
asks the class to list various functions of B cells in immunity. Which responses by
students are correct? (Select all that apply.) -Correct Answer ✔A) "They are the first to
arrive at the scene of infection."
B) "They make all sorts of antibodies."
C) "They eat up bacteria, viruses, and parasites."
D) "They turn into memory cells that keep the person immune."
E) "They release chemicals to stop inflammation when healing is done."
B&D
1. Difference between a sign and a symptom -Correct Answer ✔Sign - Objective
Symptom - Subjective
The two types of cells seen during a Type 1 hypersensitivity -Correct Answer ✔Mast
and Basophil cells
Type 2 Hypersensitivity - Blood transfusion -Correct Answer ✔
Mantoux test -Correct Answer ✔PPD - TB test
What is the etiology of gout -Correct Answer ✔High uric acid levels
NUR2063
NUR2063 Exam 1 Review Summer 2021
Questions and Answers UPDATED 2025
Which of the following assessment findings indicates an alteration in homeostatic
control mechanisms? -Correct Answer ✔Fever
2. Injury that occurs when blood flow is diminished to tissue is called _____ injury. -
Correct Answer ✔ischemic
3. The cancer growth continuum is divided into which of the following stages? -Correct
Answer ✔Initiation, promotion, progression
4. The activities of the cell are directed by which cell structure? -Correct Answer
✔Cytoplasm
Enzymes that use oxidation to convert food materials into energy are found in sausage-
shaped structures called: -Correct Answer ✔mitochondria
6. A patient presents with hyponatremia. What is the priority assessment for the patient?
-Correct Answer ✔Mental status changes
What is the priority assessment for a patient with a potassium imbalance: -Correct
Answer ✔EKG
8. A patient presents with hypomagnesemia, what would the nurse anticipate the
calcium levels would be? -Correct Answer ✔low
A patient presents with hypercalcemia. What would the nurse anticipate the
phosphorous levels would be? -Correct Answer ✔low
1. The nurse is teaching a patient who has recently given birth about immunity that has
been passed to the baby in utero. Which statement by the patient indicates that
additional teaching is needed? -Correct Answer ✔"I had chickenpox and am immune to
it, so my baby will not need to have the chickenpox vaccine."
1. In preparing a community teaching program, which information presented by the
nurse addresses a type of secondary cancer prevention? -Correct Answer ✔Annual
measurement of prostate-specific antigen levels
1. A 2-day post-op heart transplant patient begins to have fever and signs and
symptoms of heart failure. The patient is more than likely experiencing which of the
following? -Correct Answer ✔Type IV delayed hypersensitivity
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1. Which of the following is a complication of chronic stress? -Correct Answer
✔Increased susceptibility to illness
1. Within minutes after receiving an injection of penicillin, the patient complains of
shortness of breath and chest pain. The nurse notifies the patient's healthcare provider
because this patient is most likely experiencing which type of hypersensitivity? -Correct
Answer ✔Type I
1. During which of the following stages of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS) have
the body's coping methods been completely utilized? -Correct Answer ✔Exhaustion
1. Which of the following is a chemical triggered by the sympathetic nervous system
made from the adrenal medulla that is responsible for many of the physiological
symptoms of the "fight or flight" response? -Correct Answer ✔Epinephrine
1. What disease state results from an inability to differentiate self from non-self? -
Correct Answer ✔Autoimmune
1. Which of the following patients is at the greatest risk for impaired immune function? -
Correct Answer ✔79-year-old male with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus
1. The nurse is teaching a community health class about the immune system. The nurse
asks the class to list various functions of B cells in immunity. Which responses by
students are correct? (Select all that apply.) -Correct Answer ✔A) "They are the first to
arrive at the scene of infection."
B) "They make all sorts of antibodies."
C) "They eat up bacteria, viruses, and parasites."
D) "They turn into memory cells that keep the person immune."
E) "They release chemicals to stop inflammation when healing is done."
B&D
1. Difference between a sign and a symptom -Correct Answer ✔Sign - Objective
Symptom - Subjective
The two types of cells seen during a Type 1 hypersensitivity -Correct Answer ✔Mast
and Basophil cells
Type 2 Hypersensitivity - Blood transfusion -Correct Answer ✔
Mantoux test -Correct Answer ✔PPD - TB test
What is the etiology of gout -Correct Answer ✔High uric acid levels
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