NURS6501 / NURS 6501 Advanced Pathophysiology (NURS6501)

An aide asks the nurse why people who have neurofibromatosis will show varying degrees of the disease. Which genetic principle should the nurse explain to the aide? Expressivity Why is potassium able to diffuse easily in and out of cells? Selected Answer: . Because the resting plasma membrane is more permeable to potassium A 15-year-old female is diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome. This condition is an example of: Gene imprinting A nurse is reading a chart and sees the t...

Scenario 4: A 65-year-old obese African American male patient presents to his HCP with crampy left lower quadrant pain, constipation, and fevers to 101˚ F. He has had multiple episodes like this one over the past 15 years and they always responded to bowel rest and oral antibiotics. He has refused to have the recommended colonoscopy even with his history of chronic inflammatory bowel disease (diverticulitis), sedentary lifestyle, and diet lacking in fiber. His paternal grandfather died of colon...

45-year-old woman presents with chief complaint of 3-day duration of shortness of breath, cough with thick green sputum production, and fevers. Patient has history of COPD with chronic cough but states the cough has gotten much worse and is interfering with her sleep. Sputum is thicker and harder for her to expectorate. CXR reveals flattened diaphragm and increased AP diameter. Auscultation demonstrates hyper resonance and coarse rales and rhonchi throughout all lung fields

module 5 assignment

In the case study, a 14-year-old female patient presented with abnormal bruising, red splotches on her legs, and bleeding gums

module 2 knowledge check

Module 3- Knowledge Check

Module 4- Knowledge Check

Module 5- Knowledge Check

module 8 knowledge check