NUR 631 Final Exams Study Guide 2025: Advanced Practice Nursing & Clinical Management

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Final Exams: NUR631 / NUR 631 (Latest 2025 Updates

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Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology Exams |

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Grade A - GCU

Where do we hold DNA inside the cell? .....ANSWER.....Nucleus

What is it called when cell's commit suicide/programmed cell

death? .....ANSWER.....Apoptosis

In carbon monoxide poisoning, what would we see and why?

.....ANSWER.....Tissue damage d/t CO binding on hemoglobin

preventing oxygen from being able to bind to those sites,

preventing tissue oxygenation

If ph is LOW, Bicarb is HIGH and CO2 is HIGH what condition

do we have? .....ANSWER.....Respiratory acidosis

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How do molecules get intracellular or extracellular?

.....ANSWER.....Water molecules via osmosis, other molecules via

hydrostatic pressure

If a patient is vomiting a lot, what would they develop and why?

.....ANSWER.....Metabolic alkalosis - they are losing all gastric

acid contents and holding onto bicarb

To exam for neural tube defects in an amniocentesis, what are

we looking at? .....ANSWER.....Alpha fetal protein

Why would a newborn have type 1 DM? What kind of condition

is it? .....ANSWER.....Autoimmune disorder

What symptoms will someone with Trisomy 21 have?

.....ANSWER.....Wide eyes, webbed neck, short stature, flat low-

set ears, low nasal bridge, IQ <70

What gene is responsible for the maintenance of all other cells?

.....ANSWER.....Housekeeping genes

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If a patient comes in with chronic wounds that aren't healing,

what are we thinking about? .....ANSWER.....Diabetes - some

underlying condition preventing proper wound healing

If a newborn does not have enough collectin proteins what kind

of infection would they develop? .....ANSWER.....A respiratory

infection - pneumonia

Where do B Lymphocytes grow and mature? .....ANSWER.....Bone

marrow

If someone gets a vaccination or gets chicken pox from someone

else, what kind of immunity do they have? .....ANSWER.....Active-

acquired immunity

Why do we give rhogam? .....ANSWER.....To prevent hemolytic

anema - given to Rh negative mom with Rh positive baby

Why does someone have rejection occur after an organ

transplant? .....ANSWER.....T helper cells release cytokines,

cytotoxins attack endothelial cells and cause tissue damage

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What is happening at a cellular level in a type II sensitivity

reaction? .....ANSWER.....Antibodies bind antigens on the cell

surface

What is an exotoxin? .....ANSWER.....This is released by bacteria

and causes you to get sick

What cells fight fungal infections? .....ANSWER.....Phagocytes, T

lymphocytes

Why is it that when you are stressed you are more at risk to get

sick? .....ANSWER.....Cortisol increases and causes T helper cells to

be suppressed (cortisol suppresses T1 cell)

Severely stressed patient - what will we see in lab work?

.....ANSWER.....Hypoglycemia

What happens if we've got cellular metabolism that is just not

working right - what will happen? .....ANSWER.....Filled up with

waste