Nightingale College Pathophysiology Midterm Latest Update 2024-2025 Exam 150 Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+
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
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.
A nurse is describing a process in which a piece of 1 chromosome is moved to another chromosome. What term should the nurse use to describe this process?
- Translocation
- Point mutation
- Gene amplification
D. Silencing - CORRECT ANSWER: A. Translocation
A nurse is describing primary immune deficiency. Which primary deficiencies should the
nurse include? - CORRECT ANSWER: B lymphocytes and complement.
Primary immune deficiencies are classified into five groups based on which principle component of the immune or inflammatory system is defective defects of B lymphocytes, T lymphocytes, both B&T lymphocytes combined, phagocytes or compliment.
A nurse is describing the pathophysiology of a herniated disk which information should
the nurse include - CORRECT ANSWER: The nucleus pulposus extrudes and
compresses the nerve root
A nurse is describing the pathophysiology of a subarachnoid hemorrhage which information should the nurse include? - CORRECT ANSWER: Impaired reabsorption of cerebral spinal fluid occurs
A nurse is describing the process of metastasis which is necessary in order for metastasis to occur?
- Decrease cellular motility
- decrease cell adhesion's
- Temporary cessation of cell division
D. proximity to body cavities - CORRECT ANSWER: B. decrease cell adheasions
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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
A patient asks a nurse what leukotrienes do - CORRECT ANSWER: Cause increased
vascular permeability.Leukotrienes cause vascular permeability.
A patient developed a subdermal hematoma within 12 hours of the injury which
diagnosis will the nurse observe documented on the chart? - CORRECT ANSWER:
Acute subdermal hematoma
A patient has a brief episode of neurological defects that resolves within 12 hours with a return to normal functioning which diagnosis will the nurse observe documented on the
chart - CORRECT ANSWER: transient ischemic attack
A patient has a complement deficiency of C5 and C7. The nurse should monitor this patient infections caused by: - CORRECT ANSWER: Neisseria
A patient has a recent spinal cord injury which term should the nurse use to describe the loss of reflex function below the level of injury/lesion - CORRECT ANSWER: spinal shock
A patient has a spinal cord tumor that is causing an irritative syndrome what does this
imply to the nurse? - CORRECT ANSWER: the patient is experiencing compression
symptoms plus radicular pain
A patient has a spinal cord tumor that originate within the neural tissue. what type of
tumor is this called? - CORRECT ANSWER: Intramedullary
A patient has guillain-barre during the health history the nurse should ask about a
history of:
- Migraine headaches
- Herniated discs
- Subdermal hematomas
D. respiratory viral infection - CORRECT ANSWER: D. respiratory viral infection
A patient has Westcott Aldrich syndrome. Which typical assessment findings should the
nurse monitor for in the patient? - CORRECT ANSWER: Decreased IgM and bleeding
A patient is experiencing leukopenia from cancer and chemotherapy treatment which condition should the nurse assess for in this patient
- allergic reaction
- autoimmune disease
- Bleeding
D. Infection - CORRECT ANSWER: D infection 2 / 3
A patient is having a reaction to a bee sting. Which type of hypersensitivity reaction does the nurse expect to see documented in the patient's chart? - CORRECT
ANSWER: Type 1 typical allergic responses are characterized as type one
hypersensitivity reactions.
A patient ruptured the middle meningeal artery, resulting in an epidermal hemorrhage.The nurse realizes that this type of intercranial hemorrhage the bleeding occurs
between the dura mater and the - CORRECT ANSWER: skull
A patient with HIV has painful burning DYSESTHESIAS and PARESTHESIAS, especially in the extremities what condition will the nurse see documented in the chart -
CORRECT ANSWER: HIV neuropathy
A patient's forehead hit the steering wheel during a motor vehicle accident which part of
the brain received the coup injury - CORRECT ANSWER: Frontal
A sign associated with classic cerebral concussion is?A loss of consciousness
- tachycardia
- hypertension
D. decorticate posturing - CORRECT ANSWER: A. loss of consciousness
ALS is caused by:
- degenerative of lower and upper motor neurons
- Neurofibromin a tumor suppressing protein
see degeneration of myelin in the brain and spinal cord
D spinal cord compression with radicular pain - CORRECT ANSWER: A. degenerative
of lower and upper motor neurons
Among the many innate defenses the body has two pathogens, the first line of defense is the: - CORRECT ANSWER: skin and mucous membrane the skin and mucous membrane form a barrier to prevent microorganisms from entering the body.
An individual who is heterozygous for a gene has: - CORRECT ANSWER: Alleles at a given locus that are different from one another.
An oncologist is discussing the process of metastasis which information should the
oncologist include? For metastasis to occur, tumor cells must be capable of:
- withstanding extreme temperatures
- Detecting elevated calcium levels
- surviving in the bloodstream
D. eliminating lymph nodes - CORRECT ANSWER: C surving in the blood stream
Autonomic hyperreflexia is caused by - CORRECT ANSWER: stimulation of
sensory/pain receptors below the level of the spinal cord lesion
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