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Advanced Patho NURS 5315 exam 1| Questions With Verified Answers 2024 Action potential Correct Answer: The process by which excitable cells transmit information from one to another. How is the action potential altered by a potassium imbalance? (Hyperkalemia) Correct Answer: The ECF has more K+ ions. The membrane potential becomes more positive (hypopolarized). Cells become MORE excitable. T waves peak. QRS complexes widen. Causes dysrhythmias, weakness, paresthesia. {If membrane p...

Chest Pain AKA Angina Patho Correct Answers Patho: Chest pain associated with decreased blood flow or ischemia to the myocardial tissue. Chest pain PA Correct Answers Physical Assessment: chest heaviness Pressure Squeezing Fullness Pain radiates to left shoulder, arm, or jaw. Elevation of blood pressure during attack Chest pain Pharm Correct Answers Pharm: Nitroglycerin- relaxes and widens blood vessels Dosing: 0.3-0.6mg every 5 minutes for max of 3 doses Long-term treatmen...

WGU D236 PATHO - MEGAN/SHAY’S STUDY GUIDES WITH LATEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A+ GRADE GUARANTEED 2024/2025 (V1, V2 AND V3) (MORE THAN 250 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS) V1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS REVISION QUESTIONS 1.What is the primary determinant of oncotic pressure? CORRECT ANSWER: Albumin 2.Form of osmotic pressure exerted by proteins CORRECT ANSWER: Oncotic Pressure 3.What is the difference between adult and child immunity? CORRECT ANSWER: Naive T Cells 4.Fluid and electrolyte levels ...

Nurs 5315: Adv Patho Exam 3 Set 1 | Latest Version | 2024/2025 | Graded A+ **Describe the flow of blood through the heart.** **Blood flows from the body into the heart through the vena cavas, enters the right atrium, passes through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle, exits via the pulmonic valve into the pulmonary artery, travels to the lungs, returns via the pulmonary veins to the left atrium, passes through the mitral valve into the left ventricle, exits via the aortic valve...

1. A patient presents for evaluation of a sharp, aching chest pain which in- creases with breathing. Which anatomic area would you localize the symptom to? A) Musculoskeletal B) Reproductive C) Urinary D) Endocrine ANS: A) Musculoskeletal Chest pain may be due to a musculoskeletal condition, such as costochondritis or intercostal muscle cramp. This would be worsened by motion of the chest wall. Pleuritic chest pain is also a sharp chest pain which increases with a deep breath. This...

Advanced Pathophysiology Summer 2024 UTA 5315 Test 3 Mitral Valve Stenosis - answer- Characterized by NARROWING of mitral valve - Normal is 4-6 cm -Narrowed is less than 2.5 cm - Caused by RHEUMATIC FEVER -More common in WOMEN -Oxygenated blood comes back into heart into the left atrium and down through the mitral valve to the left ventricle - Complex: Stenosis leads to volume/pressure in left atrium, which results in atrial hypertrophy/dilation, which increases pressure/volume in the ...

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MN 551 PATHO UNIT 8 QUIZ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Real quiz updated 2024 Scored 92%) A 40-year-old male patient with multiple health problems has been diagnosed with a testosterone deficiency. Which of the following assessment findings would his care provider attribute to an etiology other than this deficiency? Question options: The patient has a low muscle mass as a proportion of total body weight. The patient has a history of susceptibility to upper respiratory infections. The patient h...

Patho Hesi 2022-2023 Questions and Answers 100% Pass An initial disturbance in a system sets off a chain of events that does not favor stability and often abruptly displaces a system from its steady state: what is that? A. positive feedback B. negative feedback C. disease D. homeostasis A. Positive feedback Positive Feedback -less common - Snowball Effect (some pain/ pressure gets worse and worse) - examples: clots, sneezing, childbirth - when childbirth starts there is an increase in hormo...

NURS 5315: Advanced Pathophysiology Exam 1 Latest 2023. cells increase in number, mitosis (cell division) must occur, size of cell does not change Phys: increased rate of division, increase in tissue mass after damage or partial resection; may be compensatory, hormonal, or pathologic Patho: abnormal proliferation of normal cells usually caused by increased hormonal stimulation (endometrial). increase of production of local growth factors Ex: removal of part of the liver lead to hyperplasia...