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NR283 Pathophysiology Elaborated Exams 2024

A nurse in a mental health clinic is caring for a client who has bipolar disorder and reports that they stopped taking lithium 2 weeks ago. the nurse should recognize which of the following as an expected adverse effect that might have caused the client to stop taking the medication? - Hand tremors A nurse is updating the plan of care for a client who has bulimia nervosa and is 5% above their ideal body weight. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan? - ident...

A pathology report identifies abnormal changes in the size, shape, and organization of mature cells. How would the nurse best classify these changes? - Dysplasia Which cellular change occurs in the liver of someone who has had a lobe of the liver removed? - Regeneration What does the nurse understand to be the most common cause of cellular injury? - Hypoxia During childhood, the thymus decreases in size. This is referred to as what type of atrophy? - Physiologic atrophy A nurse exami...

osmosis - movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane osmotic pressure: definition - the force that attracts water across a semi-permeable membrane water attractors in osmosis - - sodium - albumin passive diffusion - - solutes crossing a semi-permeable membrane down a concentration gradient - No ATP needed facilitated diffusion - - solutes moving across a semi-permeable membrane from low concentration to high - ATP required anaerobic respiration - Respiration that does n...

In regards to chromosomal mutation, nondisjunction is known as what? - Failure of homologous chromosomes to separate during cell division What is an example of an autosomal-dominant disease? - Huntington's disease What is an example of an autosomal-recessive disease? - Cystic fibrosis What is an example of an X-linked condition? - Red - green color blindness What is an example of multifactorial inheritance? - Pyloric stenosis Knowing physiologic signs of injury you might expect t...

1. Which of the following would be the most likely cause of an iatrogenic disease? a. An inherited disorder b. A combination of specific etiological factors c. An unwanted effect of a prescribed drug d. Prolonged exposure to toxic chemicals in the environment - c. An unwanted effect of a prescribed drug 2. The manifestations of a disease are best defined as the: a. subjective feelings of discomfort during a chronic illness. b. signs and symptoms of a disease. c. factors t...

(CH 1)Dysplasia - out of order/looks weird - are unable to differentiate the size/shape of cells properly - precancerous Anaplasia - worse than dysplasia (even more out of order) Neoplasia - New growth (could be benign and is just multiplying too fast but still OK) or malignant (BAD) Prognosis - probability of recovery Complications - problems happen because of something Diagnosis - signs/symptoms associated with disease Etiology - causes of disease (idiopathic = cause unknown)...

Etiology - Cause of particular disease on microscopic level Pathogenesis - Story of how disease develops Atrophy - Decrease in the size of the cells, results in reduced tissue mass Hypertrophy - Increase in cell size, results in enlarged tissue mass Hyperplasia - Increased number of cells, results in enlarged tissue mass Metaplasia - Mature cell type is replaced by a different mature cell type, Ex: chronic smokers, cells lose cilia Dysplasia - Cells are different looking varyin...

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