NURS 2063 ESSENTIALS OF PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1- 2024/2025
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NURS 2063 ESSENTIALS OF PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1- 2024/2025
What is herpes zoster (shingles)? - CORRECT ANSWER acute localized inflammatory disease along the dermatomal segment of the skin caused by varicella zoster. Results from reactivation of the latent virus. Eruption of painful vesicles t...
NURS 2063 ESSENTIALS OF PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1-
2024/2025
What is herpes zoster (shingles)? - CORRECT ANSWER acute localized inflammatory
disease along the dermatomal segment of the skin caused by varicella zoster. Results
from reactivation of the latent virus. Eruption of painful vesicles that are unilateral and
can cause paresthesia
Where on the body is herpes zoster found? - CORRECT ANSWER dermatome
What disease must you have first before getting herpes zoster? - CORRECT ANSWER
Chicken pox
Explain what superficial fungal infections are. - CORRECT ANSWER fungi that grow in
warm, moist places. Manifests as circular erythematous rash with itching and burning.
Reddish plaques with peripheral scaling and central clearing.
Where are superficial fungal infections usually found? - CORRECT ANSWER Tinea
capitis = scalp, tinea corporis= body, tinea pedis= toes/ feet.
What causes yeast infections? - CORRECT ANSWER candida albicans.
Where can you find yeast infections? - CORRECT ANSWER thrush in babies, intertrigo
between the folds of skin in bedridden patients, and mucocutaneous candidiasis in
immunocompromised patients.
What is impetigo? - CORRECT ANSWER acute, contagious skin disease characterized
by vesicles, pustules and yellow honeycomb crusting.
What causes impetigo? - CORRECT ANSWER staph/strep
Is impetigo contagious? - CORRECT ANSWER yes it is highly contagious
What is the presentation of discoid lupus? - CORRECT ANSWER scaly red plaques
with scarring that involves sun exposed skin.
What is the presentation of systemic lupus? - CORRECT ANSWER butterfly shaped
erythema involving the cheeks and nose and affects other organs.
What is psoriasis? - CORRECT ANSWER plaques with and overlying silvery scale. It is
inherited and can be found on knees, elbows, lower back, scalp, and nails.
,What is atopic dermatitis? - CORRECT ANSWER chronic inflammatory condition
triggered by an allergen. Pruritic lesions that ooze, and crust that can thicken the
skin.From agents that are found In certain soaps.
What is contact dermatitis? - CORRECT ANSWERcutaneous reaction to topical
irritation or allergy that results form a chemical or plant.
What type of hypersensitivity is contact dermatitis? - CORRECT ANSWERtype 4
delayed
What is scabies caused by? - CORRECT ANSWERmites
What is the pathophysiology of scabies? - CORRECT ANSWERThe eggs lay in the
epidermis and hatch in 3-4 days. Contracted after contact with an infected person.
Characterized by linear burrows and small erythematous papules with overlying dry
scale or crust
How does scabies present? - CORRECT ANSWERlinear burrows and small
erythematous papules with overlying dry scale or crust.
What is lice? - CORRECT ANSWERsmall, brow insects that feed off human blood and
cannot survive without a host. The females lay nits in the hair shaft close to the scalp.
Where can lice occur? - CORRECT ANSWERbody, pubis and head.
What is Lyme disease caused by? - CORRECT ANSWERtick bite
How does a tick bite first present? - CORRECT ANSWERtarget shape
Stage 1 lyme disease process - CORRECT ANSWERsingle or multiple papules that
itch, burn or sting, flulike symptoms common
Stage 2 lyme disease process - CORRECT ANSWERmeningitis, cranial nerve palsies
and neuropathy occurs
stage 3 lyme disease process - CORRECT ANSWEROligoarticular arthritis.
What are pressure ulcers? - CORRECT ANSWERlocalized area of cellular necrosis
resulting from pressure between any boney prominence and with an external object.
What populations are more at risk for having a pressure ulcer? - CORRECT
ANSWERbedridden, elderly, incontience, amputees, those with contractions
Name some of the common places pressure ulcers are found. - CORRECT
ANSWERbuttock, head, elbows, and heels
, What are some risk factors that can lead to pressure ulcers? - CORRECT
ANSWERpoor nutrition, aging, immobility, sensory loss, bowel and bladder
incontinence.
How does a stage 1 ulcer present? - CORRECT ANSWERIntact skin with non
blanching redness.
What is Pathophysiology - CORRECT ANSWERis the study of what happens when the
normal anatomy and physiology go wrong, causing disorder and disease process of the
human body.
What 4 things does pathophysiology include? - CORRECT ANSWEREtiology,
Pathogenesis, Clinical Manifestations, and Treatment Implications
What is etiology - CORRECT ANSWERstudy of causes or reasons for phenomena.
Includes Idiopathic conditions that have an unknown origin or cause.
What is pathogenesis? - CORRECT ANSWERdevelopment or evolution of disease from
initial stimulus to the expression of manifestations as time occurs.
What are clinical manifestations? - CORRECT ANSWERSigns and symptoms of
disorder.
What are treatment implications? - CORRECT ANSWERWhich combine the etology,
pathogenesis, and clinical manifestations to determine the best treatment of condition
per individual.
What are signs? - CORRECT ANSWERObjective or observed manifestations of
disease.
What are symptoms? - CORRECT ANSWERSubjective feelings of abnormality in the
body.
What is objective data - CORRECT ANSWERWhat you observe and can measure.
What are examples of objective data? - CORRECT ANSWERrash, low blood pressure,
bleeding
What is subjective data? - CORRECT ANSWERWhat the patient may report to you
What are examples of subjective data? - CORRECT ANSWERpain scale, they feel
suicidal, fatigued.
What is epidemiology? - CORRECT ANSWERstudy of the patterns of disease involving
populations. Based on the spread and contact of diseases in people.
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