Pathophysiology Ch. 1, 2, & 7 Exam Questions and Answers
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MSN 570
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MSN 570
T/F: The nurse is swabbing a patient's throat to test for streptococcal pharyngitis. The nurse must understand that tests such as this differ in the probability that they will be positive for a condition when applied to a person with the condition; this probability is termed sensitivity. - Answer-T...
Pathophysiology Ch. 1, 2, & 7 Exam
Questions and Answers
T/F: The nurse is swabbing a patient's throat to test for streptococcal pharyngitis. The
nurse must understand that tests such as this differ in the probability that they will be
positive for a condition when applied to a person with the condition; this probability is
termed sensitivity. - Answer-T
Retroviruses are associated with human cancers, including - Answer-Burkitt lymphoma,
HIV Kaposi sarcoma, T-lymphocyte type1
Familial retinoblastoma involves the transmission of what from parent to offspring? -
Answer-Mutant tumor-suppressor gene
A patient with metastatic lung cancer wants to know her chances for survival. Which
response is correct? - Answer-"Lung cancer has about a 15% survival rate."
Necrotic death of brain tissue usually produces _____ necrosis. - Answer-liquefactive
Which is not normally secreted in response to stress? - Answer-Insulin
Proto-oncogenes - Answer-are normal cellular genes that promote growth
The cellular response indicative of injury because of faulty metabolism is - Answer-
intracellular accumulations
After bronchoscopy and histologic examination of a suspected tumor, your patient is
diagnosed with primary bronchial carcinoma. Thus, the tumor - Answer-is malignant
Persistence of the alarm stage will ultimately result in - Answer-permanent damage and
death
The cellular change that is considered preneoplastic is - Answer-dysplasia
Apoptosis is a process that results in cellular - Answer-death
After suffering a heart attack, a middle-aged man is counseled to take a cholesterol-
lowering medication. This is an example of - Answer-tertiary prevention
All these cellular responses are potentially reversible except - Answer-necrosis
t/f: When the cause is unknown, a condition is said to be idiopathic - Answer-true
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