NURS 6501 Week 6 Midterm Exam

NURS 6501 Module 4 Week 6 Midterm Exam (Fall 21) NURS 6501 Mid Term Question with 100% Correct Answers Results Displayed: Selected Answers and Correct Answers. Question 1 0 out of 0 points When completing this quiz, did you comply with Walden University’s Code of Conduct including the expectations for academic integrity? Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Question 2 Yes Yes 1 out of 1 points How should the nurse prepare a patient who is to receive a Schilling test for pernicious anemia? Selected Answer: a. Administer radioactive cobalamin and measure its excretion in the urine. Correct Answer: a. Administer radioactive cobalamin and measure its excretion in the urine. Question 3 1 out of 1 points A staff member wants to know where the greatest proportion of iron is located. How should the nurse respond? The greatest proportion of total body iron is located in the: Selected Answer: a. Erythrocytes Correct Answer: a. Erythrocytes Downloaded by Thomas Mboya () lOMoARcPSD| Question 4 1 out of 1 points A 21-year-old female was recently diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia. In addition to fatigue and weakness, which of the following clinical signs and symptoms would she most likely exhibit? Selected Answer: b. Spoon-shaped nails Correct Answer: b. Spoon-shaped nails Question 5 1 out of 1 points The people from which country have the lowest risk for Hodgkin lymphoma? Selected Answer: b. Japan Correct Answer: b. Japan Question 6 1 out of 1 points During an infection, the nurse assesses the lymph nodes. Lymph nodes enlarge and become tender because: Selected Answer: a. Lymphocytes are rapidly dividing. Correct Answer: a. Lymphocytes are rapidly dividing. Question 7 1 out of 1 points A nurse monitors for the most common childhood cancer, which is: Selected Answer: a. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) Downloaded by Thomas Mboya () lOMoARcPSD| Correct Answer: a. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) Question 8 1 out of 1 points A 35-year-old female is diagnosed with vitamin B12 deficiency anemia (pernicious anemia). How should the nurse respond when the patient asks what causes pernicious anemia? A decrease in is the most likely cause. Selected Answer: c. Intrinsic factor Correct Answer: c. Intrinsic factor Question 9 1 out of 1 points The nurse will check which of the following tests to directly measure iron stores? Selected Answer: c. Bone marrow biopsy Correct Answer: c. Bone marrow biopsy Question 10 1 out of 1 points When a nurse is reviewing lab results and notices that the erythrocytes contain an abnormally low concentration of hemoglobin, the nurse calls these erythrocytes: Selected Answer: b. Hypochromic Correct Answer: b. Hypochromic Question 11 1 out of 1 points A 65-year-old male experienced loss of appetite, weight loss, lemon-yellow skin, liver Downloaded by Thomas Mboya () lOMoARcPSD| enlargement, and a beefy red tongue shortly before his death. Autopsy suggested pernicious anemia, and the cause of death would most likely reveal: Selected Answer: c. Heart failure Correct Answer: c. Heart failure Question 12 1 out of 1 points A 5-year-old male was diagnosed with normocytic-normochromic anemia. Which of the following anemias does the nurse suspect the patient has? Selected Answer: b. Hemolytic anemia Correct Answer: b. Hemolytic anemia Question 13 1 out of 1 points A 10-year-old male presents with abdominal swelling, night sweats, fever, and weight loss. He is diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma. Upon obtaining the history, which of the following is the most likely cause? Selected Answer: d. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) Correct Answer: d. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) Question 14 1 out of 1 points A 62-year-old female tells her health care provider she has been experiencing regular night sweats that cause her to wake up drenched. She also remarks that she has been unintentionally losing weight. Physical exam reveals enlarged lymph nodes on her neck that do not appear to be painful. She should be screened for which of the following cancers? Selected Answer: b. Hodgkin lymphom