RASMUSSEN PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1 TEST BANK

RASMUSSEN PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1 TEST BANK

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• Which of the following assessment findings indicates an alteration in homeostatic

control mechanisms?

• Fever

• Injury that occurs when blood flow is diminished to tissue is called injury.

• ischemic

• The cancer growth continuum is divided into which of the following stages?

• Initiation, promotion, progression

• The activities of the cell are directed by which cell structure?

• Cytoplasm

• Enzymes that use oxidation to convert food materials into energy are found in sausage-

shaped structures called:

• mitochondria

• A patient presents with hyponatremia. What is the priority assessment for the patient?

• Mental status changes

• What is the priority assessment for a patient with a potassium imbalance?

- EKG 1 / 3

• A patient presents with hypomagnesemia, what would the nurse anticipate the calcium

levels would be?

• low

• A patient presents with hypercalcemia. What would the nurse anticipate the

phosphorous levels would be?

• low

• The nurse is teaching a patient who has recently given birth about immunity that has

been passed to the baby in utero. Which statement by the patient indicates that additional teaching is needed?

• "I had chickenpox and am immune to it, so my baby will not need to have the

chickenpox vaccine."

• In preparing a community teaching program, which information presented by the nurse

addresses a type of secondary cancer prevention?

• Annual measurement of prostate-specific antigen levels

• A 2-day post-op heart transplant patient begins to have fever and signs and symptoms of

heart failure. The patient is more than likely experiencing which of the following?

• Type IV delayed hypersensitivity

• Which of the following is a complication of chronic stress?

• Increased susceptibility to illness

• Within minutes after receiving an injection of penicillin, the patient complains of

shortness of breath and chest pain. The nurse notifies the patient's healthcare provider because this patient is most likely experiencing which type of hypersensitivity?

• Type I 2 / 3

• During which of the following stages of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS) have the

body's coping methods been completely utilized?

• Exhaustion

• Which of the following is a chemical triggered by the sympathetic nervous system made

from the adrenal medulla that is responsible for many of the physiological symptoms of the "fight or flight" response?

• Epinephrine

• What disease state results from an inability to differentiate self from non-self?

• Autoimmune

• Which of the following patients is at the greatest risk for impaired immune function?

• 79-year-old male with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus

• The nurse is teaching a community health class about the immune system. The nurse

asks the class to list various functions of B cells in immunity. Which responses by students are correct? (Select all that apply.)

• "They are the first to arrive at the scene of infection."
• "They make all sorts of antibodies."
• "They eat up bacteria, viruses, and parasites."
• "They turn into memory cells that keep the person immune."
• "They release chemicals to stop inflammation when healing is done."

B & D

• Difference between a sign and a symptom
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