Patho Hesi Questions and Answers
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Which would the nurse emphasize when teaching lifelong management of type 1 diabetes to an
adolescent?
a. Soaking the feet in hot water each day
b. Inspecting both feet freq
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Patho Hesi Questions and Answers
Rated A+
Which would the nurse emphasize when teaching lifelong management of type 1 diabetes to an
adolescent?
a. Soaking the feet in hot water each day
b. Inspecting both feet frequently for signs of trauma
c. Drying the feet thoroughly after a bath by rubbing with a towel
d. Treating minor cuts on the feet with an antiseptic such as iodine ✔✔Inspecting both feet
frequently for signs of trauma
When arterial blood gases done on a client who is being resuscitated after cardiac arrest show a
low pH, which factor is the likely cause of the laboratory result?
a. Ketoacidosis
b. Irregular heartbeat
c. Lactic acid production
d. Sodium bicarbonate administration ✔✔lactic acid production
Which education would the nurse provide the parents of an infant about the cause of
galactosemia?'
a. Intolerance of grains
b. Error in carbohydrate metabolism
c. Inability to metabolize an essential amino acid
d. Absence of parasympathetic ganglion cells in the colon ✔✔error in carbohydrate metabolism
Galactosemia results from an absence of the hepatic enzyme that converts galactose to glucose, a
step in carbohydrate metabolism. Intolerance to grains is found in children with celiac disease.
An inability to metabolize an essential amino acid (phenylalanine) describes phenylketonuria.
When parasympathetic ganglion cells are absent from the colon, megacolon (congenital
aganglionic megacolon) develops.
Which is the purpose of a vitamin K injection in a newborn?
a. It promotes conjugation of bilirubin.
b. It promotes formation of red blood cells.
c. It prevents destruction of red blood cells.
d. It provides protection from hemorrhage ✔✔It provides protection from hemorrhage.
The nurse is teaching a pregnant client with sickle cell anemia about the importance of taking
supplemental folic acid. Which response by the nurse explains how folic acid would help?
a. "It lessens sickling of red blood cells."
b. "It prevents vaso-occlusive crises."
c. "It helps decrease the cellular oxygen need."
d. "It will promote production of hemoglobin." ✔✔"It will promote production of hemoglobin."
Which is the regulator of extracellular osmolarity?
a. Sodium
b. Potassium
c. Chloride
d. Calcium ✔✔Sodium
The nurse applies a cold pack to relieve musculoskeletal pain. Which rationale explains the
analgesic properties of cold therapy?
a. Promoting analgesia and circulation
b. Numbing the nerves and dilating the blood vessels
c. Promoting circulation and reducing muscle spasms
d. Causing local vasoconstriction, preventing edema and muscle spasms ✔✔Causing local
vasoconstriction, preventing edema and muscle spasms
After the nurse has finished teaching a client about sickle cell anemia, which statement indicates
that the client has a correct understanding of the condition?
a. "I have abnormal platelets."
b. "I have abnormal hemoglobin."
c. "I have abnormal hematocrit."
d. "I have abnormal white blood cells." ✔✔"I have abnormal hemoglobin."
Which observations would indicate findings found in a child with Turner syndrome? Select all
that apply. One, some, or all responses may be correct.
a. Webbed neck
b. Impaired language
c. Tall stature with long legs
d. Low position of posterior hairline
e. Shield-shaped chest with wide space between the nipples ✔✔a. Webbed neck
d. Low position of posterior hairline
e. Shield-shaped chest with wide space between the nipples
Which part of the kidney senses changes in blood pressure?
a. Calices
b. Glomerulus
c. Macula densa
d. Juxtaglomerular cells ✔✔macula densa
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