NUR Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

NUR Exam 1
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

Question 1.
What is Pathophysiology

Correct Answer: is the study of what happens when the normal anatomy and
physiology go wrong, causing disorder and disease process of the human
body.


Question 2.
What 4 things does pathophysiology include?

Correct Answer: Etiology, Pathogenesis, Clinical Manifestations, and
Treatment Implications


Question 3.
What is etiology

Correct Answer: study of causes or reasons for phenomena. Includes
Idiopathic conditions that have an unknown origin or cause.


Question 4.
What is pathogenesis?

Correct Answer: development or evolution of disease from initial stimulus to
the expression of manifestations as time occurs.


Question 5.
What are clinical manifestations?

Correct Answer: Signs and symptoms of disorder.


Question 6.
What are treatment implications?

Correct Answer: Which combine the etology, pathogenesis, and clinical
manifestations to determine the best treatment of condition per individual.


Question 7.
What are signs?

Correct Answer: Objective or observed manifestations of disease.

,Question 8.
What are symptoms?

Correct Answer: Subjective feelings of abnormality in the body.


Question 9.
What is objective data

Correct Answer: What you observe and can measure.


Question 10.
What are examples of objective data?

Correct Answer: rash, low blood pressure, bleeding


Question 11.
What is subjective data?

Correct Answer: What the patient may report to you


Question 12.
What are examples of subjective data?

Correct Answer: pain scale, they feel suicidal, fatigued.


Question 13.
What is epidemiology?

Correct Answer: study of the patterns of disease involving populations. Based
on the spread and contact of diseases in people.


Question 14.
What are the levels of disease prevention?

Correct Answer: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary


Question 15.
Explain Primary Prevention

Correct Answer: "Preventing"; altering susceptibility or reducing exposure of
disease for people.
• Examples of Primary Prevention -✓✓Vaccinations and Handwashing

, Question 16.
Explain Secondary Prevention

Correct Answer: "Screening"; early detection, screening, and management of
disease to catch disease early before it spreads


Question 17.
Examples of Secondary Prevention

Correct Answer: PAP smears for STDs, lab work for HBA1C check, mammogram


Question 18.
Explain Tertiary Prevention

Correct Answer: "Treating" and preventing further complications from a
disorder or disease after the person has the condition


Question 19.
Examples of Tertiary Prevention

Correct Answer: Rehab for hip surgery, relearning ADL's after amputation,
Wound care after stroke to prevent pressure ulcers.


Question 20.
What is homeostasis?

Correct Answer: a state of equilibrium in which all body systems are in
balance and the body is at its most optimal in functioning. Stable.


Question 21.
What is allostasis?

Correct Answer: ability to successfully adapt to challenges. It is not a balance
but an attempt to adapt to achieve homeostasis. Example: sweating to lower
ones body temp.


Question 22.
Stages of the General Adaptation Syndrome

Correct Answer: alarm, resistance, exhaustion


Question 23.
Explain alarm stage of general adaptation syndrome