NURS 6501 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM | WALDEN UNIVERSITY | VERIFIED
QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS (2025–2026)
What is the link between major depression and cortisol secretion?
Individuals with depression show that persistently elevated plasma cortisol levels can result in
inflammation that is believed to trigger depression
A patient has chronic anemia associated with chronic renal failure. What substance does the
healthcare professional tell the patient is needed to treat this anemia?
Erythropoietin
A person has abnormally severe tooth decay and erosion of the tooth enamel. What problem
should the health care professional assess the person for?
Bulimia
What is the consequence of a splenectomy?
The number of defective cells in circulation increases
A patient is admitted to the hospital with multiple myeloma (MM). Which diagnostic test should
the healthcare professional assess as the priority?
Serum calcium level
A patient has been hospitalized with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). The patient asks how this
could have occurred. What response by the healthcare professional is best?
It is often preceded by a viral illness.
A parent asks the healthcare professional to explain why a child diagnosed with Tetralogy of
Fallot squats frequently. What explanation by the professional is best?
Relieves hypoxia
What is the first indication of nephrotic syndrome in children?
Periorbital edema
A patient is in the Emergency Department with heat stroke. What finding does the healthcare
provider associate with this condition?
Absence of sweating despite a high core temperature
, Clinical manifestations that include irregular or heavy bleeding, the
passage of large clots, and the depletion of iron stores support which diagnosis?
Abnormal uterine bleeding
The health care professional is caring for a person who has a pathologic fracture. The patient
asks the professional to explain the condition. What response by the professional is best?
A fracture that happens at the site of an abnormality already in that bone.
A patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the bone surfaces to
partially lose contact with each other. What treatment does the health care professional
prepare the patient for?
Reduction and immobilization
A patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the bone surfaces to
partially lose contact with each other. What treatment does the health care professional
prepare the patient for?
Reduction and immobilization
Cystic fibrosis is characterized by which symptom?
Excessive mucus production
An infant has gluten-sensitive enteropathy and the parents ask the
healthcare professional to explain why the baby bruises so easily. The professional explains that
the baby has which deficit?
Vitamin K deficiency from fat malabsorption
A healthcare professional advises a pregnant woman to add supplements of which nutrient to
her diet to prevent birth defects?
Folate
A mother reports that her young teens have voracious appetites. The
healthcare professional would explain that which hormone is linked to an increase in appetite
during puberty?
Leptin
Why is nasal congestion a serious threat to young infants?
Infants are obligatory nose breathers.
QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS (2025–2026)
What is the link between major depression and cortisol secretion?
Individuals with depression show that persistently elevated plasma cortisol levels can result in
inflammation that is believed to trigger depression
A patient has chronic anemia associated with chronic renal failure. What substance does the
healthcare professional tell the patient is needed to treat this anemia?
Erythropoietin
A person has abnormally severe tooth decay and erosion of the tooth enamel. What problem
should the health care professional assess the person for?
Bulimia
What is the consequence of a splenectomy?
The number of defective cells in circulation increases
A patient is admitted to the hospital with multiple myeloma (MM). Which diagnostic test should
the healthcare professional assess as the priority?
Serum calcium level
A patient has been hospitalized with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). The patient asks how this
could have occurred. What response by the healthcare professional is best?
It is often preceded by a viral illness.
A parent asks the healthcare professional to explain why a child diagnosed with Tetralogy of
Fallot squats frequently. What explanation by the professional is best?
Relieves hypoxia
What is the first indication of nephrotic syndrome in children?
Periorbital edema
A patient is in the Emergency Department with heat stroke. What finding does the healthcare
provider associate with this condition?
Absence of sweating despite a high core temperature
, Clinical manifestations that include irregular or heavy bleeding, the
passage of large clots, and the depletion of iron stores support which diagnosis?
Abnormal uterine bleeding
The health care professional is caring for a person who has a pathologic fracture. The patient
asks the professional to explain the condition. What response by the professional is best?
A fracture that happens at the site of an abnormality already in that bone.
A patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the bone surfaces to
partially lose contact with each other. What treatment does the health care professional
prepare the patient for?
Reduction and immobilization
A patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the bone surfaces to
partially lose contact with each other. What treatment does the health care professional
prepare the patient for?
Reduction and immobilization
Cystic fibrosis is characterized by which symptom?
Excessive mucus production
An infant has gluten-sensitive enteropathy and the parents ask the
healthcare professional to explain why the baby bruises so easily. The professional explains that
the baby has which deficit?
Vitamin K deficiency from fat malabsorption
A healthcare professional advises a pregnant woman to add supplements of which nutrient to
her diet to prevent birth defects?
Folate
A mother reports that her young teens have voracious appetites. The
healthcare professional would explain that which hormone is linked to an increase in appetite
during puberty?
Leptin
Why is nasal congestion a serious threat to young infants?
Infants are obligatory nose breathers.
