NUR Exam 1
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Question 1.
Etiology
Correct Answer: cause or reason for the event. - May include agents, age,
gender, health, nutritional status, genetics, etc.
Question 2.
Iatrogenic
Correct Answer: unintended effect of a medical treatment
Question 3.
Pathogenesis
Correct Answer: development and evolution of a disease - Affected by time,
quantity, location, and morphologic changes
Question 4.
Homeostasis
Correct Answer: - Dynamic process - The relative consistency of the body's
internal processes - Give and take system - Equilibrium is necessary for all
cells
Question 5.
Cachexia
Correct Answer: - Extreme weight loss disorder
Question 6.
Benign tumor
Correct Answer: - Slow, progressive, localized, well defined, resembles host
(more differentiated), grows by expansion, does not usually cause death
Question 7.
Malignant tumor
Correct Answer: - Rapid growing, spreads (metastasis) quickly, fatal, highly
undifferentiated
, Question 8.
Primary prevention
Correct Answer: do not have the disease and are trying to prevent it
(vaccines)
Question 9.
Secondary Prevention
Correct Answer: Disease detection (yearly physical)
Question 10.
Tertiary Prevention
Correct Answer: trying to prevent problems from the disease (rehab)
Question 11.
Function of the Mitochondria
Correct Answer: - Power plant - Aerobic respiration, ATP - Contains own DNA
and ribosomes
Question 12.
Osmosis
Correct Answer: movement of water across a semipermeable membrane from
an area of low concentration to high concentration.
Question 13.
Diffusion
Correct Answer: net movement of anything from a region of higher
concentration to a region of lower concentration.
• Edema -✓✓- Heart failure, kidney failure, liver issues, thyroid disorders,
blood clots, infections, severe allergic reactions, certain medications - Lack of
albumin
Question 14.
Isotonic definition and examples
Correct Answer: - Equal solute to concentration. No fluid shift. Ex: 0.9% Nacl
or LR
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Question 1.
Etiology
Correct Answer: cause or reason for the event. - May include agents, age,
gender, health, nutritional status, genetics, etc.
Question 2.
Iatrogenic
Correct Answer: unintended effect of a medical treatment
Question 3.
Pathogenesis
Correct Answer: development and evolution of a disease - Affected by time,
quantity, location, and morphologic changes
Question 4.
Homeostasis
Correct Answer: - Dynamic process - The relative consistency of the body's
internal processes - Give and take system - Equilibrium is necessary for all
cells
Question 5.
Cachexia
Correct Answer: - Extreme weight loss disorder
Question 6.
Benign tumor
Correct Answer: - Slow, progressive, localized, well defined, resembles host
(more differentiated), grows by expansion, does not usually cause death
Question 7.
Malignant tumor
Correct Answer: - Rapid growing, spreads (metastasis) quickly, fatal, highly
undifferentiated
, Question 8.
Primary prevention
Correct Answer: do not have the disease and are trying to prevent it
(vaccines)
Question 9.
Secondary Prevention
Correct Answer: Disease detection (yearly physical)
Question 10.
Tertiary Prevention
Correct Answer: trying to prevent problems from the disease (rehab)
Question 11.
Function of the Mitochondria
Correct Answer: - Power plant - Aerobic respiration, ATP - Contains own DNA
and ribosomes
Question 12.
Osmosis
Correct Answer: movement of water across a semipermeable membrane from
an area of low concentration to high concentration.
Question 13.
Diffusion
Correct Answer: net movement of anything from a region of higher
concentration to a region of lower concentration.
• Edema -✓✓- Heart failure, kidney failure, liver issues, thyroid disorders,
blood clots, infections, severe allergic reactions, certain medications - Lack of
albumin
Question 14.
Isotonic definition and examples
Correct Answer: - Equal solute to concentration. No fluid shift. Ex: 0.9% Nacl
or LR
