NUR 252 ~ Unit 1 Quizzes- Questions and Correct Answers
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NUR 252
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NUR 252
After teaching about coping, which information indicates a correct understanding? Coping is best defined as the process of _________:
-managing stressful challenges -mediating anger -preventing psychological stress -adjusting to the disease managing stressful challenges
During a stress response, ...
NUR 252 ~ Unit 1 Quizzes- Questions
and Correct Answers
After teaching about coping, which information indicates a correct understanding?
Coping is best defined as the process of _________:
-managing stressful challenges
-mediating anger
-preventing psychological stress
-adjusting to the disease ✅managing stressful challenges
During a stress response, an increase in the patient's blood pressure is due to:
-an increase in norepinephrine & cortisol, decrease in ADH
-an increase in epinephrine, cortisol, & aldosterone, a decrease in ADH
-an increase in epinephrine, aldosterone, & ADH, decrease in cardiac output
-an increase in epinephrine, norepinephrine, cortisol, aldosterone, & ADH ✅An
increase in epinephrine, norepinephrine, cortisol, aldosterone, & ADH
A patient just received a phone call at work that his daughter has been in a serious car
accident. Which of the following neuroendocrine responses will help him meet the
demands of this major stressor?
-Vasoconstriction of the blood vessels in the skeletal muscles
-Increased glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis
-A decrease in antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
-A decrease in cortisol and aldosterone in the plasma ✅Increased glycogenolysis and
gluconeogenesis
The stress/age syndrome, a set of neurohormonal and immune alterations that occur
with aging, includes:
-Hyperimmunity; thinning of the blood; decreased blood levels of ADH & cortisol; and
increased secretion of catecholamine, estrogen & testosterone.
-Immunodepression; free radical damage; increased blood concentrations of ADH,
cortisol & catecholamine; decreased secretion of testosterone & estrogen.
-Chronic inflammation; free radical damage; decreased blood concentrations of ADH,
cortisol & catecholamine; increased secretion of testosterone & estrogen.
-Chronic inflammation; thinning of the blood; increased blood levels of ADH &
catecholamine; and decreased secretion of cortisol, estrogen & testosterone.
✅Immunodepression; free radical damage; increased blood concentrations of ADH,
cortisol & catecholamine; decreased secretion of testosterone & estrogen.
, A person experiencing the resistance/adaptation stage (stage 2) of a stress response,
will usually have an increase in:
-Parasympathetic activity with release of acetylcholine
-Lymphocyte cells which trigger the immune system
-Sympathetic activity with release of norepinephrine and epinephrine
-Eosinophils which promote allergic responses ✅Sympathetic activity with release of
norepinephrine and epinephrine
When a person's adrenal cortex releases cortisol during a stress response, there is
a/an:
-Decrease in gastric secretion
-Stimulation of the inflammatory response only
-Increase in blood sugar
-Increase in both the cellular and humoral immune responses ✅Increase in blood
sugar
A 10-year-old male is diagnosed with a parasite. Which lab result should the nurse
check for a response to the parasite?
What is the normal value for hematocrit in an adult patient (Select all that apply)?
-30 - 40% males
-20 - 25% in females
-40 -50% in males
-38 - 47% in females ✅40 -50% in males, 38 - 47% in females
Which of following laboratory tests are used to identify the health of the pancreas (select
all that apply)?
-Lipase
-Bilirubin
-Amylase
-Sodium
-AST
-ALT ✅lipase and amylase
Which laboratory test is used to monitor HIV infection?
-CD4 Lymphcyte count
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