NURS-6501N-58, ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS 2024

NURS-6501N-58, ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS 2024 What is the link between major depression and cortisol secretion? Selected Answer: 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? Selected Answer: Erythropoietin What is the first indication of nephrotic syndrome in children? Selected Answer: Periorbital edema A patient is in the Emergency Department with heat stroke. What finding does the healthcare provider associate with this condition? Selected Answer: 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? Selected Answer: 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? Selected Answer: 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? Selected Answer: Reduction and immobilization Cystic fibrosis is characterized by which symptom? Selected Answer: 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? Selected Answer: 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? Selected Answer: 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? Selected Answer: Leptin Why is nasal congestion a serious threat to young infants? Selected Answer: Infants are obligatory nose breathers. A student studying osteomyelitis and asks for an explanation of the term sequestrum. What response by the professor is best? Selected Answer: An area of devascularized and devitalized bone Which statement by the healthcare professional accurately describes childhood asthma? Selected Answer: An obstructive airway disease characterized by reversible airflow obstruction, bronchial hyperreactivity, and inflammation A patient has a spinal cord injury at C4. What should the healthcare professional assess as the priority in this patient? Selected Answer: Respirations Which cells function to maintain bone matrix? Selected Answer: Osteocytes To quickly assess a patient's nervous system for dysfunction, what assessment should the healthcare professional perform as the priority? Selected Answer: Level of consciousness What is the effect of low plasma albumin? Selected Answer: Osmotic pressure decreases; thus water moves from the capillaries to the interstitium. Which immunoglobulin (Ig) is present in childhood asthma? Selected Answer: IgE Which mother does the healthcare professional prepare to administer Rh immune globulin (Rho-GAM) to? Selected Answer: Is Rh-negative and the fetus is Rh-positive A parent brings a 10-year-old child to the clinic and reports a mottled appearance to the skin and legs cramps when the child is in physical education class. Physical assessment positive for upper extremity hypertension. What diagnostic testing or treatment does the healthcare professional prepare the family for? Selected Answer: An echocardiogram