NUR 280 Exam 2 questions and Verified Correct Answers Latest Update 2024-2025 Questions and Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+ A 5-year-old girl's diagnosis of bone cancer required an aggressive treatment regimen.Which of the following considerations forms the most significant threat to her future health?
- Unwanted effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy
- Retention of chemotherapeutic drugs in the healthy bone matrix
- resistance to chemotherapy and radiation if required later in life
- risk for recurrence of the primary neoplasm after puberty - CORRECT ANSWER: a.
Unwanted effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy
A 22-year-old male is experiencing hypovolemic shock following a fight in which his carotid artery was cut with a broken bottle. What immediate treatments are likely to most benefit the man?Infusion of vasodilators to foster perfusion and inotropes to improve heart contractility Infusion of normal saline or Ringer lactate to maintain the vascular space Resolution of compensatory pulmonary edema and heart arrhythmias
Administration of oxygen and epinephrine to promote perfusion - CORRECT ANSWER:
Infusion of normal saline or Ringer lactate to maintain the vascular space
A 51-year-old man has been diagnosed with chronic bronchitis after a long history of recurrent coughing. Which of the man's following statements demonstrates a sound understanding of his new diagnosis?
"If I had quit smoking earlier than I did, I think I could have avoided getting bronchitis." "I'm pretty sure that I first caught bronchitis from the person who has the cubicle next to mine at work." "I read on the Internet that I might have got bronchitis because I was born with an enzyme deficiency." "I think that I probably could have prevented this if I had got in the habit of exercising more when I was younger." - CORRECT ANSWER: "If I had quit smoking earlier than I did, I think I could have avoided getting bronchitis."
A 54-year-old man with a long-standing diagnosis of essential hypertension is meeting with his physician. The patient's physician would anticipate that which of the following phenomena is most likely occurring?
- Epinephrine from his adrenal gland is initiating the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone
- Vasopressin is exerting an effect on his chemoreceptors and baroreceptors resulting
- The patient's juxtaglomerular cells are releasing aldosterone as a result of
system.
in vasoconstriction.
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d.The conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II in his lungs causes increases in
blood pressure and sodium reabsorption. - CORRECT ANSWER: d.The conversion of
angiotensin I to angiotensin II in his lungs causes increases in blood pressure and sodium reabsorption.
A 69-year-old patient who is obese and has a diagnosis of angina pectoris has been prescribed aspirin by his primary care provider. The patient's medication achieves its therapeutic effect in which of the following ways?
- deactivation of factor X
- inhibition of the clotting pathway
- activation of plasminogen
- prevention of platelet aggregation - CORRECT ANSWER: d. prevention of platelet
aggregation
A 70-year-old male client presents to the emergency department complaining of pain in his calf that is exacerbated when he walks. His pedal and popliteal pulses are faintly palpable, and his leg distal to the pain is noticeably reddened. The nurse knows that the client is likely experiencing which of the following medical diagnosis/possible treatment plans listed below?
- Atherosclerotic occlusive disease necessitating thrombolytic therapy
- Raynaud disease that will require antiplatelet medications
- Giant cell temporal arteritis that will be treated with corticosteroids
- Acute arterial occlusion that will be treated with angioplasty - CORRECT ANSWER:
- Atherosclerotic occlusive disease necessitating thrombolytic therapy
A client who is in a room at 1 atmosphere (760 mm Hg) is receiving supplemental oxygen therapy that is being delivered at a concentration of 50%. What is the consequent PO2?38,000 mm Hg.More data are needed.380 mm Hg.
15.2 mm Hg - CORRECT ANSWER: 380 mm Hg.
A college student is lamenting the fact that she has developed a cold on the weekend prior to exam week. Which of the following statements shows that the student has an accurate understanding of her upper respiratory infection?"I'm just going to try to rest as much as I can until these bacteria clear up." "I think I'll go to the campus clinic and see if I can get a prescription for antibiotics." "I suppose I should have been washing my hands more in the past few days." "If I can just start some antihistamines as soon as possible I bet I'll get over this faster."
- CORRECT ANSWER: "I suppose I should have been washing my hands more in the
past few days."
A college student is training for a marathon in the mountains. One day, she experiences a sharp pain and suddenly becomes short of breath. At the emergency room, chest x-ray reveals a spontaneous pneumothorax. The client asks the nurse to 2 / 3
explain why this happened. The nurse states, "For unknown reasons, you lose intrapleural negative pressure.You must have experienced a forced expiration against a closed glottis to cause the lung to deflate." This means your lungs collapsed and expelled its air when you lose negative pressure." You must have coughed too forcibly and your air sacs burst." You must have a genetic anomaly causing weakened alveolar sacs to rupture. -
CORRECT ANSWER: This means your lungs collapsed and expelled its air when you
lose negative pressure."
A common cause of bacterial pneumonia in both community and hospital setting is:
- coli
- aureus.
Enterobacter.
S. pneumoniae. - CORRECT ANSWER: S. aureus.
A farmers long term EXPOSURE to pesticides has made the cells in his alveoli bronchial tree SUSCEPTIBLE to malignancy. Which of the following processes have taken place in the farmers lungs?
- Promotion
- Progression
- Initiation
D) Differentiation - CORRECT ANSWER: C) Initiation
A formerly normotensive woman, pregnant for the first time, develops hypertension and headaches at 26 weeks' gestation. Her blood pressure is 154/110 mm Hg, and she has proteinuria. What other lab tests should be ordered for her?Urinary sodium and potassium Platelet count, serum creatinine, and liver enzymes Urinary catecholamines and metabolites
Plasma angiotensin I and II and renin - CORRECT ANSWER: Platelet count, serum
creatinine, and liver enzymes
A lung biopsy and magnetic resonance imaging have confirmed the presence of a benign lung tumor in a patient. Which of the following characteristics are associated with this patient's neoplasm?The tumor will grow by expansion and is likely encapsulated.
- if left untreated the patients tumor is likely to metastasize
- the tumor is likely to infiltrate the lung tissue that presently surrounds it
- the tumor will grow by expansion and is likely encapsulated
- the cells that constitute the tumor are undifferentiated with atypical structures -
CORRECT ANSWER: c. the tumor will grow by expansion and is likely encapsulated
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