HESI RN Advanced Pathophysiology | Verified
Exam Questions and Answers with Detailed
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• What histologic finding in an affected area of the body would suggest the
presence of chronic inflammation? -✓✓Increase in monocytes and macrophages
• When observing a client for symptoms of a large bowel obstruction, the nurse
should assess for which finding? -✓✓Distention of the lower abdomen
• What information should the nurse include in a teaching plan about the onset of
menopause? -✓✓Smoking
Oophorectomy w/ hysterectomy
Early Menarche
Genetic Influence
Chemotherapy Exposure
• Which healthcare practice is most important for the nurse to teach a
postmenopausal client? -✓✓Consume adequate foods rich in calcium.
• The nurse is assessing a postmenopausal woman who is complaining of urinary
urgency and frequency and stress incontinence. She also reports difficulty in
emptying her bladder. These complaints are most likely due to which condition? -
✓✓Cystocele
• A man who was recently diagnosed with Huntington's disease asks the nurse if
his adolescent son should be tested for the disease. What response is best for the
, nurse to provide? -✓✓Genetic counseling should be obtained prior to undertaking
any genetic testing procedure
• A middle-aged male client asks the nurse what findings from his digital rectal
examination (DRE) prompted the healthcare provider to prescribe a repeat serum
prostatic surface antigen (PSA) level. What information should the nurse provide?
-✓✓Stony, Irregular nodules palpated on the prostate should be further evaluated
• Muscular Dystrophy is characterized by which pathophysiological condition? -
✓✓Skeletal Muscle Degeneration
• A 26-year-old male client with Hodgkin's disease is scheduled to undergo
radiation therapy. The client expresses concern about the effect of radiation on his
ability to have children. What information should the nurse provide? -
✓✓Permanent sterility occurs in male clients who receive radiation.
• A client is admitted to the Emergency Department with a tension pneumothorax .
Which assessment should the nurse expect to identify? -✓✓A deviation of the
trachea toward the side opposite the pneumothorax.
• Which signs and symptoms are associated with arterial insufficiency? -
✓✓Pallor, intermittent claudication
• A client with a fractured right radius reports severe, diffuse pain that has not
responded to the prescribed analgesics. The pain is greater with passive movement
of the limb than with active movement by the client. The nurse recognizes that the
client is most likely exhibiting symptoms of which condition? -✓✓Acute
Compartment Syndrome
Exam Questions and Answers with Detailed
Rationales | 100% Accurate
• What histologic finding in an affected area of the body would suggest the
presence of chronic inflammation? -✓✓Increase in monocytes and macrophages
• When observing a client for symptoms of a large bowel obstruction, the nurse
should assess for which finding? -✓✓Distention of the lower abdomen
• What information should the nurse include in a teaching plan about the onset of
menopause? -✓✓Smoking
Oophorectomy w/ hysterectomy
Early Menarche
Genetic Influence
Chemotherapy Exposure
• Which healthcare practice is most important for the nurse to teach a
postmenopausal client? -✓✓Consume adequate foods rich in calcium.
• The nurse is assessing a postmenopausal woman who is complaining of urinary
urgency and frequency and stress incontinence. She also reports difficulty in
emptying her bladder. These complaints are most likely due to which condition? -
✓✓Cystocele
• A man who was recently diagnosed with Huntington's disease asks the nurse if
his adolescent son should be tested for the disease. What response is best for the
, nurse to provide? -✓✓Genetic counseling should be obtained prior to undertaking
any genetic testing procedure
• A middle-aged male client asks the nurse what findings from his digital rectal
examination (DRE) prompted the healthcare provider to prescribe a repeat serum
prostatic surface antigen (PSA) level. What information should the nurse provide?
-✓✓Stony, Irregular nodules palpated on the prostate should be further evaluated
• Muscular Dystrophy is characterized by which pathophysiological condition? -
✓✓Skeletal Muscle Degeneration
• A 26-year-old male client with Hodgkin's disease is scheduled to undergo
radiation therapy. The client expresses concern about the effect of radiation on his
ability to have children. What information should the nurse provide? -
✓✓Permanent sterility occurs in male clients who receive radiation.
• A client is admitted to the Emergency Department with a tension pneumothorax .
Which assessment should the nurse expect to identify? -✓✓A deviation of the
trachea toward the side opposite the pneumothorax.
• Which signs and symptoms are associated with arterial insufficiency? -
✓✓Pallor, intermittent claudication
• A client with a fractured right radius reports severe, diffuse pain that has not
responded to the prescribed analgesics. The pain is greater with passive movement
of the limb than with active movement by the client. The nurse recognizes that the
client is most likely exhibiting symptoms of which condition? -✓✓Acute
Compartment Syndrome
