WGU C805 Comprehensive Assessment Study Questions and Answers 2024 Graded A
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Advance nursing
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Advance Nursing
WGU C805 Comprehensive Assessment Study Questions and Answers 2024 Graded A
30 minutes or longer
Lucile calls your medical clinic asking to speak with the nurse. You are an LPN who takes the call. Lucile is asking how long angina pain should last before she becomes alarmed. What will you tell h...
WGU C805 Comprehensive Assessment Study Questions
and Answers 2024 Graded A
30 minutes or longer
Lucile calls your medical clinic asking to speak with the nurse. You are an LPN who
takes the call. Lucile is asking how long angina pain should last before she becomes
alarmed. What will you tell her?
A heart attack signals blockage of blood flow to a part of the heart muscle;
cardiac arrest is sudden loss of heartbeat, pulse, and respiration.
How might you compare/contrast a heart attack with cardiac arrest to a friend who is
confused about the difference?
Abdominal, thoracic, and peripheral
The three common types of aneurysms.
AIDS
_________ occurs as a result of HIV infection, usually after approximately 6 to 9 years
of infection. It is a syndrome of a constellation of infections, conditions, or malignancies
that occur as a result of the increasing immune depletion that HIV infection incurs over
time.
An ECG, stress test, CT scan, and an MRA
When CAD is suspected, what diagnostic tools might help in making a diagnosis?
Andographis and probiotics
Blaine just gets over one cold and gets another. He feels miserable, but there is no
antibiotic for it. An Internet search suggests some complementary therapies that might
help. What are they?
Aneurysm
What is it called when there is a local dilation of an artery or chamber of the heart due to
weakening of its walls?
Treatments for leukemias
Any therapies to reduce effects of chemotherapy
Aplastic anemia
What is the possible cause of low reticulocyte counts in blood tests?
Atherosclerosis
What is the name of the condition characterized by accumulation of yellowish plaques of
cholesterol, lipids, and cellular debris in the inner layers of large- and medium-sized
arteries?
Atherosclerosis
Marked by cholesterol-lipid-calcium deposits in the walls of arteries that may restrict
blood flow.
Arteriosclerosis
A disease of the arterial vessels marked by thickening and loss of elasticity in the
arterial walls. It is known colloquially as "hardening of the arteries."
Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs)
Instruments programmed to give an electric shock only when necessary; can be used
by anyone.
Atrial fibrillation
,The two atria in the heart beat irregularly, often quite rapidly, and out of rhythm with the
lower ventricles.
Bacteremia
What is the term for bacteria in the blood that travels throughout the body causing
serious consequences?
Bleeding under the skin and from the mouth, eyes, and ears
Margery is a missionary nurse in the West African country of Guinea. She is very much
aware of the threat of hemorrhagic fevers and continually teaches to be watchful for a
very specific set of symptoms. What are they?
Mitral valve insuffieciency
Blood backflows into the left atrium.
Botulism
_________ is a serious disease that paralyzes muscles. The symptoms usually occur
within 12 to 36 hours of eating contaminated food and include blurred or double vision,
slurred speech, drooping eyelids, difficulty swallowing, and muscle weakness.
Symptoms can appear, however, as early as 6 hours and as late as 10 days from
exposure. The muscle weakness moves through the body, paralyzing arms and legs.
Death may occur when respiratory muscles become paralyzed.
Botulism was injected into hand grenades tossed at the soldiers.
Charles is a World War II survivor. He was in the army and saw a fair amount of battle.
He tells you that his greatest fear was from botulism poisoning. How is that possible?
Bruit
Abnormal heart sound heard on auscultation
Cardiac tamponade
Fluid in pericardium compresses the heart
Cardioversion
Reset hearts rhythm to normal sinus
Catarrhal stage, approximately 7 to 10 days
Casey has pertussis. His mother is contacting his friends to tell them they may have
been exposed. At what stage and period of time is this?
Category A of potential weapons
Easily transmitted from person to person
Infectious diarrheal outbreaks
Caused by rotaviruses, bacteria, and parasites; maybe airborne respiratory droplets.
Cellulitis
Inflammation of connective tissue
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Karen is exhausted all the time, has a chronic sore throat and myalgia, does not sleep
well, and feels like she is in a fog all the time. What might her PCP consider?
Concussion
An injury resulting from impact with an object. Partial or complete loss of function, as
that resulting from a blow or fall.
Contusion
An injury where the tissue along or just beneath the surface of the brain is bruised.
Crushing chest pain radiating to the left arm, neck, and jaw
What is the "classic" symptom of myocardial infarction?
,Cutaneous anthrax
A cattle rancher in western Nebraska can be concerned about what kind of anthrax that
farmers and ranchers are regularly exposed to?
Dilatation
Expansion of an organ or vessel
Diphtheria
What is the name of the acute, life-threatening infectious disease characterized by a
membrane-like coating that forms over mucous membrane surfaces, especially the
respiratory tract?
Discomfort, nausea, shortness of breath, indigestion, and fatigue
You are quite aware of the symptoms of an MI for men, but what kind of symptoms
might women have?
DTaP vaccine
Prevention from diphtheria
Dyspnea
Difficulty breathing
Effusion
An escape of fluid
Endocarditis
When there is an inflammation with abnormal vegetations in the membrane lining the
heart valves, what is the disease called?
Erythema chronicum migrans (ECM) rash
How is stage 1 of Lyme disease typically described?
Erythemia infectiosum (fifth disease)
Causes a "slapped cheeck" rash
FAST
Face, Arms, Speech, Time
Arenaviruses, Filoviruses, Bunyaviruses, and Flaviviruses
Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are a group of viral illnesses that affect multiple organ
systems in the body. The four main groups of the viruses are __________.
Viral hemorrhagic fevers
A group of viral illnesses that affect multiple organ systems in the body. The body's
vascular system is damaged, and the body is unable to regulate itself. These agents are
highly infectious and very stable via the aerosol route, which makes them potential
bioterrorism weapons.
For protection from any bacterial infection from the procedures, antibiotic
therapy should begin prior to the procedures.
Gerald has a pacemaker and needs to have dental work, including a root canal and a
crown. Are there any precautions that Gerald should take?
Get vaccinated with DTaP and get boosters.
What are some methods to prevent tetanus?
Given at 12 to 15 months of age; again at age 6 to prevent disease
MMRV vaccine
Greater and lesser saphenous veins
Where are varicose veins most likely to occur?
Hematoma
, A swelling comprising a mass of extravasated blood (usually clotted) confined to an
organ, tissue, or space and caused by a break in a blood vessel.
Hematopoietic
Tissue related to the blood cells in bone marrow
Hemolytic uremic syndrome
Adam, age 6, has been hospitalized with a serious case of infection from E. coli
O157:H7. Medical professionals are hoping to prevent which potentially life-threatening
complication?
Hemorrhagic stroke
Cause can be hypertension, aneurysm, head injury, arteriovenous malfunction, or blood
disease.
Hemorrhagic stroke
Occurs when a blood vessel on the brain's surface ruptures and bleeds into just the
subarachnoid space or when the blood floods the brain itself.
High-fat diet, distress, obesity, no exercise, and smoking
Can you identify characteristics, largely preventable, that may make a person more
susceptible to cardiovascular diseases?
His particular infection is not a threat to others.
If Cary is being treated for an infection, why is he still going to work and meeting
friends?
HIV
Caused by a retrovirus that infects and replicates in human lymphocytes and
macrophages, eroding the integrity of the human immune system over a number of
years.
Most people are infected through sexual contact, before birth or during delivery,
during breast-feeding, or when sharing contaminated needles and syringes.
Hodgkin lymphoma
What is the name for a neoplastic malignancy of the lymphatic system characterized by
painless enlargement of the lymph nodes and spleen?
Holter monitor
Dr. Trang was unable to confirm her diagnosis of a client with myocarditis with an ECG.
What might she order to get a clearer picture of the abnormalities?
Idiopathic
Of unknown cause
Injections of vitamin B12
What is the initial treatment of pernicious anemia?
Iron-deficiency anemia due to inadequate reserves of iron in the body
Lucile is working in the lab examining blood cells in the microscope. She is seeing many
unusually small, hemoglobin-poor RBCs that are lighter in color than usual. What might
she be viewing?
It has DNA typical to avian, swine, and human viruses.
What is the peculiar nature of the H1N1 virus?
H1N1 flu
This virus is caused by a never-before-seen mixture of viruses typical among pigs,
birds, and humans.
It spreads much like pneumonic plague.
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