NR: 283 PATHO FINAL EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS(COMPLETE EXAM PACK 2023)

The nurse is caring for a patient who is 3 days post-op bowel resection surgery. The nurse is monitoring the patient for possible bowel obstruction. Which of the following should the nurse suspect is a sign of bowel obstruction? - ANSWERMarked abdominal distension What is the most common assessme...

UTI or Acute Cystitis - ANSWERS- cloudy urine - caused by E. coli Pancreatitis - ANSWERSis caused by: - gallstones (bile duct disorder) - alcohol Rickets - ANSWERS- a term used for osteomalacia in CHILDREN - usually due to inadequate or lack of Vitamin D Appendicitis - ANSWERS- pain in ...

Functions of skeletal muscle - ANSWER-Facilitate body movement -Maintain body position -Stabilize joints -Produce heat Fracture - ANSWERBreak in the integrity of a bone Complete fracture - ANSWERBone broken, forming separate pieces Incomplete fracture - ANSWERBone only partially broke...

what are the clinical manifestation for alterations in arousal? - ANSWERSlevel of conscious changes which is the most critical evidence, pattern of breathing evaluates level of brain dysfunction, pupillary changes indicate level of brain stem dysfunction, oculomotor responses and motor response whic...

Pathophysiology - ANSWERSthe study of how disease processes affect the function of the body at a cellular level homeostasis - ANSWERSbodies desire to reach balance, things are always changing in our body, negative feedback loops Etiology - ANSWERScause of disease, where does it come from Id...

Pathophysiology - ANSWERSstudy of how disease affect the normal body function at a CELLULAR LEVEL Undifferentiated Cells - ANSWERSno=no function Differentiated Cells - ANSWERShave a job ex: hair cells, liver cells, cardiac cells Osmosis - ANSWERSmovement of water down a concentration grad...

liquefaction necrosis - ANSWERSrefers to the process by which dead cells liquefy under the influence of certain cell enzymes example of liquefaction necrosis - ANSWERSstroke - infarction of brain tissue, it swells and then disappears coagulative necrosis - ANSWERSwhen the cell proteins are alt...

Pyelonephritis may be distinguished from cystitis by the presence in pyelonephritis of: a. Microbes spread through the circulation. b. Antibodies have not yet formed. c. There is no effective treatment. d. There is a continuous mucosa along the involved structures - ANSWERSd. There is a conti...

What regulates the release of hormones? - ANSWERSfeedback systems Positive Feedback - ANSWERStells a hormone to make more Negative Feedback - ANSWERSstops making a hormone Secreting Cells - ANSWERSwhat is pumped out of the cells (ADH released from the posterior pituitary gland) Receiving...