Nightingale college pathophysiology midterm exam Questions with Complete Solutions When a baby has been identified as having featal exposure to alcohol, which assesment parameter should be concidered
- low birth rate
- mental retardation
- facial anomalies
- All of the above Correct Answer-D. All of the above
A nurse documents tattooing and stippling in a trauma patient which type of injury does the patient have? Correct Answer-Gunshot wounds tattooing and stapling are caused by gunpowder and occur on the skin surrounding the entrance wound.The nurse is caring for a new mother who just gave birth to a baby with Down syndrome. The nurse explains that this syndrome is a result of trisomy with which chromosome? Correct Answer-Chromsome 21 A couple has two offspring's one child has an autosomal recessive disease trait and one is normal what most likely conclusion can the nurse make about the parents? Correct Answer-both parents could be Carriers If an Ovum has chromosomal nondisjunction which condition could result in the embryo? Correct Answer-Monosomies and trisomies 1 / 2
If the patient has liquefactive necrosis which organ should the nurse assess first? Correct Answer-Brain hypoxic injury to the brain results in liquefactive necrosis because the central nervous system contains little connective tissue.A nurse recalls that adaptive cellular mechanisms function too Correct Answer-protect cells from injury adaptive cellular mechanisms actually help cells adjust to environmental changes thereby protecting them from injury and death The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is transmitted through autosomal recessive inheritance which is most likely the diagnosis for the patient? Correct Answer-cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disease Which organ is most frequently affected by chronic alcohol injury Correct Answer-Liver Which of the following statements by a clinician about mutations is correct Mutations always lead to genetic disease
- Mutations always lead to genetic disease
- spontaneous mutations occur as a result of exposure to a mutagen
- mutations are alterations in a normal DNA sequence
- Mutations are always inherited Correct Answer-C.
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