NURS6501 Advanced Pathophysiology Final Exam 2023 Walden University
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NURS 6501
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NURS 6501
NURS6501 / NURS 6501: Advanced Pathophysiology
Final Exam Version 1 (Latest 2022 / 2023) Walden
University(100% Correct)
A woman diagnosed with trichomoniasis asks if her sexual partner should be treated as
well. What is the appropriate response by the healthcare professional?
Selected
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NURS6501 / NURS 6501: Advanced Pathophysiology
Final Exam Version 1 (Latest ) Walden
University(100% Correct)
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
A woman diagnosed with trichomoniasis asks if her sexual partner should be treated as
well. What is the appropriate response by the healthcare professional?
Selected Sexual partners should be treated even if they are
Answer: asymptomatic.
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
An infant is brought to the emergency department by parents who report that the baby's
fontanels seem to be bulging outward. What action by the healthcare provider
is most appropriate?
Selected Measure the head circumference and plot it on a growth
Answer: chart.
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
A patient has polycythemia vera and presents to the Emergency Department with
plethora and neurological changes. The student asks the healthcare professional to
explain the primary cause of these symptoms. What response by the professional is best?
Selected Increased blood
Answer: viscosity
, Question 4
1 out of 1 points
When are childhood cancers most often diagnosed?
Selected At peak times of physical
Answer: growth
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
A severely malnourished patient is in the hospital to improve nutrition. On the second
day, the patient reports palpitations and difficulty breathing. After placing the patient on
a cardiac monitor, what action does the health care professional take next?
Selected Have lab drawn for
Answer: electrolyte levels.
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
What is the link between major depression and cortisol secretion?
Selected Individuals with depression show that persistently elevated plasma
Answer: cortisol levels can result in inflammation that is believed to trigger
depression.
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
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 Reduction and
Answer: immobilization
• Question 8
1 out of 1 points
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 Erythropoietin
, Answer:
• Question 9
1 out of 1 points
The disruption in cellular adhesion observed in bullous impetigo is caused by an
exfoliative toxin related to which organism?
Selected Staphylococcus
Answer: aureus
• Question 10
1 out of 1 points
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 Lepti
Answer: n
• Question 11
1 out of 1 points
What diagnosis is given to parents when their infant's hip maintains contact with the
acetabulum but is not well seated within the hip joint?
Selected Subluxated
Answer: hip
• Question 12
1 out of 1 points
The healthcare professional directs a student to assess a teen who has Osgood-Schlatter
disease. What assessment finding does the student anticipate for this disorder?
Selected Tendinitis of the anterior patellar
Answer: tendon
• Question 13
1 out of 1 points
What are the clinical manifestations of testicular cancer?
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