NUR 2063 ESSENTIALS OF
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY (NUR 2063) /
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1
RASMUSSEN UNIVERSITY UPDATED
Question :What is Pathophysiology
Correct answer:is the study of what happens when the normal
anatomy and physiology go wrong, causing disorder and disease process of the human body.
Question :What 4 things does pathophysiology include?
Correct answer:Etiology, Pathogenesis, Clinical
Manifestations, and Treatment Implications
Question :What is etiology
Correct answer:study of causes or reasons for phenomena.
Includes Idiopathic conditions that have an unknown origin or cause.
Question :What is pathogenesis?
Correct answer:development or evolution of disease from
initial stimulus to the expression of manifestations as time occurs.
Question :What are clinical manifestations?
Correct answer:Signs and symptoms of disorder.
Question :What are treatment implications?
Correct answer:Which combine the etology, pathogenesis,
and clinical manifestations to determine the best treatment of condition per individual.
Question :What are signs?
Correct answer:Objective or observed manifestations of
disease.
Question :What are symptoms?
Correct answer:Subjective feelings of abnormality in the
body.
Question :What is objective data
Correct answer:What you observe and can measure.
Question :What are examples of objective data?
Correct answer:rash, low blood pressure, bleeding
Question :What is subjective data?
Correct answer:What the patient may report to you
Question :What are examples of subjective data?
Correct answer:pain scale, they feel suicidal, fatigued.
Question :What is epidemiology?
Correct answer:study of the patterns of disease involving
populations. Based on the spread and contact of diseases in people.
Question :What are the levels of disease prevention?
Correct answer:Primary, Secondary, Tertiary
Question :Explain Primary Prevention
Correct answer:"Preventing"; altering susceptibility or
reducing exposure of disease for people.
Question :Examples of Primary Prevention
Correct answer:Vaccinations and Handwashing
Question :Explain Secondary Prevention
Correct answer:"Screening"; early detection, screening, and
management of disease to catch disease early before it spreads
Question :Examples of Secondary Prevention
Correct answer:PAP smears for STDs, lab work for HBA1C
check, mammogram
Question :Explain Tertiary Prevention
Correct answer:"Treating" and preventing further
complications from a disorder or disease after the person has the condition
Question :Examples of Tertiary Prevention
Correct answer:Rehab for hip surgery, relearning ADL's after
amputation, Wound care after stroke to prevent pressure ulcers.
Question :What is homeostasis?
Correct answer:a state of equilibrium in which all body
systems are in balance and the body is at its most optimal in functioning. Stable.
Question :What is allostasis?
Correct answer:ability to successfully adapt to challenges. It
is not a balance but an attempt to adapt to achieve
homeostasis. Example: sweating to lower ones body temp.
Question :Stages of the General Adaptation Syndrome
Correct answer:alarm, resistance, exhaustion
Question :Explain alarm stage of general adaptation
syndrome
Correct answer:Where the sympathetic nervous system is
activated due to stress. Fight or Flight responses are activated