NUR 226 EXAM 1 PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following is a symptom?
A.weak grip strength
B.crackles
C.diaphoresis
D.pain ✅d. Pain
A patient has a heart rate of 53 beats per minute. This is considered what?
A. Bradycardia
B.tachypnea
C.tachycardia
D. Hypertension ✅a. Bradycardia
The term iatrogenic refers to which condition when associated with types of disease?
A. Worsening of the disease
B. Unknown cause
C. Caused by treatment
D. Likelihood of recovery ✅c. Caused by treatment
Some drugs have the ability to cross the placenta and have an effect on the fetus.
Which drug would be most concerning to the nurse?
A. Prenatal vitamins
B.nsaids
C. Pharmacogenomic
D. Teratogens ✅d.teratogens
A medication your patient is taking is a substrate of the cyp-450 system. If they start
taking a second drug that induces the cyp-450 system what can happen?
A. Decreased effect of the initial drug
B. A decreased action of the second drug
C. Toxic effects of the initial drug
D. No change to the initial drug function ✅a. Decreased effect of the initial drug
The functions of immunity include which of the following?
Homeostasis, filters blood, defense, surveillance ✅homeostasis, defense, surveillance
The nurse is documenting the exudate from a client's abscess positive for mrsa. What
would be the most likely finding for this exudate?
A. Sersoanguineous
B. Purulent
C.serous
,D.hemorrhagic ✅b.purulent
The nurse is reviewing a cbc with differential for a client with an acute viral infection.
Which lab finding most likely supports the client's condition? ✅increased lymphocytes
What are the three different types of disease? ✅idiopathic, iatrogenic, exacerbation
What is pathophysiology? ✅study of disease, injury, and changes in physiology of the
body
Pathology ✅laboratory study of cells and tissues
Disease ✅disruption of homeostasis
What is homeostasis? ✅tendency to maintain an equilibrium
What is homeostasis in terms of the body? ✅body and organs maintain steady state in
order to function in normal range
What are the two causes of disease? ✅intrinsic and extrinsic
What are intrinsic factors? ✅genes, immunity, age,gender
What are extrinsic factors? ✅bacteria, viruses, injury, behaviors, stressors
What is the process of disease? ✅identification, occurence, diagnosis, etiology,
prognosis
Identification of disease ✅from signs and symptoms
Occurance of disease ✅how often, when
Diagnosis of disease ✅identification
Etiology of disease ✅cause of disease
Prognosis of disease ✅likelihood of recovery
Stages of disease ✅exposure and incubation
Onset
Remission
Convalescence
, Onset of disease can be ✅sudden, insidious, latent, prodromal
Insidious ✅proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects
Latent ✅hidden
Prodromal ✅early symptoms that may indicate the onset of a condition or disease
Convalescence ✅gradual recovery after an illness
Remission ✅a period of time when symptoms disappear
What are the three types of diseases? ✅idiopathic, iatrogenic, exacerbation
Idiopathic disease ✅disease with an unknown cause
Iatrogenic disease ✅disease caused by medical treatment
Exacerbation of a disease ✅worsening of a disease
Hypo- ✅under, below
Hyper- ✅above, over
-penia ✅lack of, deficiency
-cytosis ✅increase, refers to cells
-osis ✅process of condition
-itis ✅inflammation
-pathy ✅disease
What is pharmocology ✅the study of biological effects of drugs that are introduced into
the body to cause some sort of change
What are pharmacokinetics? ✅what happens to drugs in the body
What is pharmacodynamics? ✅(moa) effects on the body
What are therapeutic effects ✅intended effects of the drug
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following is a symptom?
A.weak grip strength
B.crackles
C.diaphoresis
D.pain ✅d. Pain
A patient has a heart rate of 53 beats per minute. This is considered what?
A. Bradycardia
B.tachypnea
C.tachycardia
D. Hypertension ✅a. Bradycardia
The term iatrogenic refers to which condition when associated with types of disease?
A. Worsening of the disease
B. Unknown cause
C. Caused by treatment
D. Likelihood of recovery ✅c. Caused by treatment
Some drugs have the ability to cross the placenta and have an effect on the fetus.
Which drug would be most concerning to the nurse?
A. Prenatal vitamins
B.nsaids
C. Pharmacogenomic
D. Teratogens ✅d.teratogens
A medication your patient is taking is a substrate of the cyp-450 system. If they start
taking a second drug that induces the cyp-450 system what can happen?
A. Decreased effect of the initial drug
B. A decreased action of the second drug
C. Toxic effects of the initial drug
D. No change to the initial drug function ✅a. Decreased effect of the initial drug
The functions of immunity include which of the following?
Homeostasis, filters blood, defense, surveillance ✅homeostasis, defense, surveillance
The nurse is documenting the exudate from a client's abscess positive for mrsa. What
would be the most likely finding for this exudate?
A. Sersoanguineous
B. Purulent
C.serous
,D.hemorrhagic ✅b.purulent
The nurse is reviewing a cbc with differential for a client with an acute viral infection.
Which lab finding most likely supports the client's condition? ✅increased lymphocytes
What are the three different types of disease? ✅idiopathic, iatrogenic, exacerbation
What is pathophysiology? ✅study of disease, injury, and changes in physiology of the
body
Pathology ✅laboratory study of cells and tissues
Disease ✅disruption of homeostasis
What is homeostasis? ✅tendency to maintain an equilibrium
What is homeostasis in terms of the body? ✅body and organs maintain steady state in
order to function in normal range
What are the two causes of disease? ✅intrinsic and extrinsic
What are intrinsic factors? ✅genes, immunity, age,gender
What are extrinsic factors? ✅bacteria, viruses, injury, behaviors, stressors
What is the process of disease? ✅identification, occurence, diagnosis, etiology,
prognosis
Identification of disease ✅from signs and symptoms
Occurance of disease ✅how often, when
Diagnosis of disease ✅identification
Etiology of disease ✅cause of disease
Prognosis of disease ✅likelihood of recovery
Stages of disease ✅exposure and incubation
Onset
Remission
Convalescence
, Onset of disease can be ✅sudden, insidious, latent, prodromal
Insidious ✅proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects
Latent ✅hidden
Prodromal ✅early symptoms that may indicate the onset of a condition or disease
Convalescence ✅gradual recovery after an illness
Remission ✅a period of time when symptoms disappear
What are the three types of diseases? ✅idiopathic, iatrogenic, exacerbation
Idiopathic disease ✅disease with an unknown cause
Iatrogenic disease ✅disease caused by medical treatment
Exacerbation of a disease ✅worsening of a disease
Hypo- ✅under, below
Hyper- ✅above, over
-penia ✅lack of, deficiency
-cytosis ✅increase, refers to cells
-osis ✅process of condition
-itis ✅inflammation
-pathy ✅disease
What is pharmocology ✅the study of biological effects of drugs that are introduced into
the body to cause some sort of change
What are pharmacokinetics? ✅what happens to drugs in the body
What is pharmacodynamics? ✅(moa) effects on the body
What are therapeutic effects ✅intended effects of the drug
