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RASMUSSEN PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 3
TEST BANK LATEST 2023-2024 REAL EXAM
119 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS|ALREADY GRADED A+
- What is the best way a nurse can assess if their client has altered brain function?
- Normal cranial nerve assessment
- Asking addition and subtraction questions
- Altered level of consciousness
- Vital signs
- What hormones help to raise the blood sugar level to help maintain homeostasis?
- Insulin
- Thyroxine
- Renin
- Glucagon
- What are signs of meningitis? Select all that apply.
- Nuchal rigidity (stiff neck or meningismus)
- Headache
- Photopia
- Weight gain
- What are the immediate clinical manifestations noted after a spinal cord injury? Select all that
- Loss of deep tendon reflexes
- Headache
- Irritability
- Flaccid paralysis
apply.
- This is a cause of edema.
- Polyuria
- Dehydration
- Hypotension
- Decreased plasma proteins
- What is the normal range for sodium?
135-145
- What type of seizure will the client have a sudden loss of muscle tone, lasting for seconds,
followed by postictal confusion?Atonic Seizure
- Describe a cerebral aneurysm.
Is a localized outpouching of a cerebral artery. A weakness in the blood vessel in the brain that 1 / 2
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balloons and fills with blood. This weakening of the artery may occur as a congenital defect, or it may develop later in life because of conditions such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus,
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