Nightingale college pathophysiology midterm exam Questions and Answers (Latest Update)
Question : When a baby has been identified as having featal
exposure to alcohol, which assesment parameter should be concidered A. low birth rate B. mental retardation C. facial anomalies D. All of the above
CORRECT ANSWER : D. All of the above
Question : A nurse documents tattooing and stippling in a
trauma patient which type of injury does the patient have?
CORRECT ANSWER : Gunshot wounds tattooing and
stapling are caused by gunpowder and occur on the skin surrounding the entrance wound.
Question : The nurse is caring for a new mother who just gave
birth to a baby with Down syndrome. The nurse explains that this syndrome is a result of trisomy with which chromosome?
CORRECT ANSWER : Chromsome 21
Question : A couple has two offspring's one child has an
autosomal recessive disease trait and one is normal what most likely conclusion can the nurse make about the parents?
CORRECT ANSWER : both parents could be Carriers
Question : If an Ovum has chromosomal nondisjunction
which condition could result in the embryo?
CORRECT ANSWER : Monosomies and trisomies
Question : If the patient has liquefactive necrosis which organ
should the nurse assess first?
CORRECT ANSWER : Brain hypoxic injury to the brain
results in liquefactive necrosis because the central nervous system contains little connective tissue.
Question : A nurse recalls that adaptive cellular mechanisms
function too
CORRECT ANSWER : protect cells from injury adaptive
cellular mechanisms actually help cells adjust to environmental changes thereby protecting them from injury and death
Question : The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic
disease that is transmitted through autosomal recessive inheritance which is most likely the diagnosis for the patient?
CORRECT ANSWER : cystic fibrosis is an autosomal
recessive disease
Question : Which organ is most frequently affected by
chronic alcohol injury
CORRECT ANSWER : Liver
Question : Which of the following statements by a clinician
about mutations is correct A. Mutations always lead to genetic disease B. spontaneous mutations occur as a result of exposure to a mutagen C. mutations are alterations in a normal DNA sequence D. Mutations are always inherited
CORRECT ANSWER : C.
Question : The nurse in the genetic clinic is describing a
genetic disease that leads to progressive dementia in middle to
late adulthood. Which disease is the nurse most likely referring to?
CORRECT ANSWER : Huntington disease
Question : When the clinician is discussing the DNA Helix
which information should be included? In the DNA Helix
guanine pairs with:
CORRECT ANSWER : Cytosine
Question : When a patient has an extreme laceration
(laceration with a flap), which medical term should the nurse document in the chart? A. Contusion B. An Avulsion C. A hemotoma D. An incision
CORRECT ANSWER : B. An Avulsion
Question : Which information indicates that the nurse has a
good understanding of Clastogens? Clastogens agents that cause? A. Chromosomal duplications B. single gene mutations C. Chromosomal breakage D. Sex Chromosome aneuploidies