SCI225 Patho Final Exam with correct
answers
A patient with type 1 diabetes asks the nurse what causes polyuria.
What is the nurse's
best response? The symptom of polyuria in diabetes mellitus (DM)
is caused by:
a. a reduced ADH response caused by insulin deficiency.
b. the loss of protein across the glomerular membrane.
c. the production of ketones.
d. increased glucose in the urine. - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d.
increased glucose in the urine.
If a patient with diabetes has advanced glycosylation end products
(AGEs), what does the nurse suspect is happening in the patient's
body?
a. Increased ketone formation
b. Tissue/cellular injury
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,c. Dawn phenomenon
d. Reduction of chronic complications - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔b. Tissue/cellular injury
Which information should the nurse include in a lecture on
syndrome of inappropriate
antidiuretic hormone (SIADH)? SIADH results in excessive:
a. renal retention of sodium and water.
b. renal excretion of sodium without water retention.
c. renal retention of water without sodium retention.
d. renal excretion of water without sodium retention. - 🔰
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c. renal retention of water without
sodium retention.
A patient has thyroid carcinoma. Which of the following will the
nurse find on
assessment?
a. Small thyroid nodule
b. Elevated T3 and T4
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, c. Large, diffuse goiter
d. Thyroid gland atrophy - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. Small
thyroid nodule
A patient with Graves disease has subcutaneous swelling of the
anterior leg. Which term should the nurse document on the chart?
a. Papilledema
b. Pretibial myxedema
c. Diplopia
d. Acropachy - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b. Pretibial myxedema
A student nurse asks the nurse what causes acromegaly. The nurse
should explain that
acromegaly is caused by abnormal increases of:
a. prolactin.
b. growth hormone.
c. insulin.
d. glucocorticoids. - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b. growth
hormone.
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answers
A patient with type 1 diabetes asks the nurse what causes polyuria.
What is the nurse's
best response? The symptom of polyuria in diabetes mellitus (DM)
is caused by:
a. a reduced ADH response caused by insulin deficiency.
b. the loss of protein across the glomerular membrane.
c. the production of ketones.
d. increased glucose in the urine. - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d.
increased glucose in the urine.
If a patient with diabetes has advanced glycosylation end products
(AGEs), what does the nurse suspect is happening in the patient's
body?
a. Increased ketone formation
b. Tissue/cellular injury
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,c. Dawn phenomenon
d. Reduction of chronic complications - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔b. Tissue/cellular injury
Which information should the nurse include in a lecture on
syndrome of inappropriate
antidiuretic hormone (SIADH)? SIADH results in excessive:
a. renal retention of sodium and water.
b. renal excretion of sodium without water retention.
c. renal retention of water without sodium retention.
d. renal excretion of water without sodium retention. - 🔰
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c. renal retention of water without
sodium retention.
A patient has thyroid carcinoma. Which of the following will the
nurse find on
assessment?
a. Small thyroid nodule
b. Elevated T3 and T4
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, c. Large, diffuse goiter
d. Thyroid gland atrophy - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. Small
thyroid nodule
A patient with Graves disease has subcutaneous swelling of the
anterior leg. Which term should the nurse document on the chart?
a. Papilledema
b. Pretibial myxedema
c. Diplopia
d. Acropachy - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b. Pretibial myxedema
A student nurse asks the nurse what causes acromegaly. The nurse
should explain that
acromegaly is caused by abnormal increases of:
a. prolactin.
b. growth hormone.
c. insulin.
d. glucocorticoids. - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b. growth
hormone.
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