NURS 6501 FINAL EXAM PARCTICE DOCS COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS

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NURS 6501 FINAL EXAM PARCTICE DOCS COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS Question 1 1 out of 1 points A child with acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis is voiding smoky, brown-colored urine and asks ... the healthcare professional to explain what causes it. What explanation by the professional is best? Question 2 1 out of 1 points Cystic fibrosis is characterized by which symptom? Question 3 1 out of 1 points What is the primary pathologic alteration resulting from ankylosing spondylitis (AS)? Question 4 1 out of 1 points Which spinal tract carries the most nociceptive information? Question 5 0 out of 1 points Parents bring their 1-year-old child to the emergency department, reporting that the child has been irritable and pounding on her head, has projectile vomiting, and seems very sleepy for most of the last 3 days. What diagnostic testing does the healthcare professional prepare the child and parents for as the priority? Question 6 1 out of 1 points A patient reports frequent nightmares. For which of these should the healthcare professional assess the patient? Question 7 1 out of 1 points A newborn baby displays jaundice 20 hours after birth. What action by the healthcare professional is most appropriate? Question 8 1 out of 1 points Local signs and symptoms of Hodgkin disease-related lymphadenopathy are a result of what? Question 9 1 out of 1 points Which bones are affected in Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease? Question 10 1 out of 1 points A patient has been diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) and asks the healthcare professional to describe it. What description by the professional is most accurate? Question 11 1 out of 1 points A newborn has meconium ileus. What diagnostic test does the healthcare professional advise the parents about? Question 12 1 out of 1 points A healthcare professional is educating a community men's group on symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The professional relates that most symptoms are a result of which pathophysiologic condition? Question 13 1 out of 1 points A patient in the healthcare clinic reports fatigue, weakness, and dyspnea, as well as pale conjunctiva of the eyes and brittle, concave nails. What assessment by the healthcare professional is most appropriate for the suspected anemia? Question 14 1 out of 1 points Prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES) can result in which type of cancer? Question 15 1 out of 1 points A healthcare professional is caring for a patient diagnosed with aphasia. What action by the professional would be best in working with this patient? Question 16 1 out of 1 points What are the clinical manifestations of testicular cancer? Question 17 0 out of 1 points A person has been diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) that is positive for the Philadelphia chromosome. What statement by the healthcare professional is most appropriate? Question 18 1 out of 1 points The healthcare professional directs a student to assess a teen who has Osgood-Schlatter disease. What assessment finding does the student anticipate for this disorder? Question 19 0 out of 1 points Which statement by the healthcare professional accurately describes childhood asthma? Question 20 0 out of 1 points A healthcare professional is reviewing a patient's laboratory results and sees that the patient has a low reticulocyte count and a high iron level. Which type of anemia does the professional associate these findings with? Question 21 1 out of 1 points What directly causes ovulation during the menstrual cycle? Question 22 1 out of 1 points A patient has been hospitalized for a large deep vein thrombosis and states he is the third person in his family to have this condition in the last 2 years. What response by the healthcare professional is most appropriate? Question 23 0 out of 1 points A professor explains to a class that the reason lymph nodes enlarge and become tender during infection is because of what reason? Question 24 1 out of 1 points A healthcare professional advises a pregnant woman to add supplements of which nutrient to her diet to prevent birth defects? Question 25 1 out of 1 points A parent brings a 10-year-old child to the clinic and reports a mottled appearance to the skin and legs cramps when the child is in physical education class. Physical assessment positive for upper extremity hypertension. What diagnostic testing or treatment does the healthcare professional prepare the family for? Question 26 1 out of 1 points A person has abnormally severe tooth decay and erosion of the tooth enamel. What problem should the health care professional assess the person for? Question 27 0 out of 1 points A healthcare professional had taught a pregnant woman about the risk of transmitting herpes simplex virus (HSV) from her to her fetus. What statement by the woman indicates the professional needs to provide more information? Question 28 1 out of 1 points Without prior exposure to an antigen, which cells are able to destroy some types of tumor cells and some virus-infected cells? Question 29 1 out of 1 points Which statement by the professor best describes acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)? Question 30 0 out of 1 points What is the role of thromboxane A (TXA 2) in the secretion stage of hemostasis? Question 31 1 out of 1 points Parents report their 3-week-old infant who eats well and has gained weight began to have projectile vomiting for no apparent reason. What treatment option does the healthcare professional prepare to educate the parents on? Question 32 1 out of 1 points A child has Duchenne muscular dystrophy. What complication does the healthcare professional teach the parents is most important to control? Question 33 0 out of 1 points To quickly assess a patient's nervous system for dysfunction, what assessment should the healthcare professional perform as the priority? Question 34 1 out of 1 points A criterion for a diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a period of excessive worrying that lasts for at least how many months? Question 35 1 out of 1 points A patient has been diagnosed with lithium toxicity. Which electrolyte imbalance does the healthcare professional correlate with this condition? Question 36 1 out of 1 points A severely malnourished patient is in the hospital to improve nutrition. On the second day, the patient reports palpitations and difficulty breathing. After placing the patient on a cardiac monitor, what action does the health care professional take next? Question 37 1 out of 1 points Gait disturbances and instability are characteristic of which form of cerebral palsy? Question 38 1 out of 1 points A healthcare professional works with recent refugees. A mother brings in her children who have been diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia. What action by the professional is most appropriate? Question 39 1 out of 1 points Which pain theory proposes that a balance of impulses conducted from the spinal cord to the higher centers in the central nervous system (CNS) modulates the transmission of pain? Question 40 0 out of 1 points Which statement is likely true regarding children being treated for cancer with radiation therapy? Question 41 0 out of 1 points A patient had a seizure that consisted of impaired consciousness and the appearance of a dreamlike state. How does the healthcare professional chart this episode? Question 42 0 out of 1 points A child has Duchenne muscular dystrophy and the parents want to know how this occurred. Which statement by the healthcare professional is most accurate? Question 43 1 out of 1 points Why is nasal congestion a serious threat to young infants? Question 44 1 out of 1 points A patient is in the Emergency Department with heat stroke. What finding does the healthcare provider associate with this condition? Question 45 1 out of 1 points A student is learning about pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). What information does the student clarify with a study partner as being correct? Question 46 1 out of 1 points In acute hypothermia, what physiologic change shunts blood away from the colder skin to the body core in an effort to decrease heat loss? Question 47 1 out of 1 points Which immunoglobulin (Ig) is present in childhood asthma? Question 48 0 out of 1 points Clinical manifestations that include irregular or heavy bleeding, the passage of large clots, and the depletion of iron stores support which diagnosis? Question 49 1 out of 1 points An adult patient has been hospitalized with thrombocytopenia with a platelet count of 8000/mm 3. What action by the healthcare professional is most appropriate? Question 50 1 out of 1 points A 9-year-old child has a blood pressure of 112/72 mmHg in the school nurse's office. What action by the school nurse is most appropriate? Question 51 1 out of 1 points A man reports to the healthcare professional that he had a sudden onset of malaise, low back pain, and perineal pain with high fever and chills, dysuria, nocturia, and urinary retention. What action by the healthcare professional is most appropriate? Question 52 1 out of 1 points A patient has been hospitalized with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). The patient asks how this could have occurred. What response by the healthcare professional is best? Question 53 1 out of 1 points A student asks the healthcare professional why researchers are trying to link specific genes to specific asthma phenotypes. What response by the professional is best? Question 54 1 out of 1 points The disruption in cellular adhesion observed in bullous impetigo is caused by an exfoliative toxin related to which organism? Question 55 1 out of 1 points A healthcare professional is seeing a patient with suspected schizophrenia. For which prenatal occurrence should the professional assess? Question 56 1 out of 1 points In order to help prevent a preadolescent girl from developing later cervical cancer, which virus does the healthcare professional recommend vaccination against to the parent? Question 57 1 out of 1 points A child has cystic fibrosis (CF). Which medication does the healthcare professional teach the parents about? Question 58 1 out of 1 points A healthcare professional is discussing breast feeding with a pregnant woman. Which beneficial substance does the professional tell the mother is found in breast milk? Question 59 1 out of 1 points Which condition is considered a clinical cause of amenorrhea? Question 60 1 out of 1 points A person comes to the healthcare clinic and reports night sweats and fever. The healthcare professional obtains a chest x-ray which shows a mediastinal mass. What other assessment or diagnostic test does the professional provide as a priority? Question 61 1 out of 1 points What initiates inflammation in acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis? Question 62 1 out of 1 points The student asks the professor for a definition of orexigenic neurons. What description by the professor is most accurate? Question 63 1 out of 1 points A health care professional is teaching a group of college women about increasing calcium in the diet to prevent osteoporosis. A participant asks at what age is peak bone mass is reached in women. What response is best? Question 64 1 out of 1 points A patient is 8 hours postoperative after a long orthopedic procedure. The student asks why this patient is at particular risk of developing a thromboembolism. What response by the healthcare professional is best? Question 65 0 out of 1 points A healthcare professional is caring for a patient who was rewarmed after suffering from hypothermia. What possible long-term complication will the professional continue to assess the patient for? Question 66 1 out of 1 points Which patient finding would lead the health care professional to assess the patient for inflammatory joint disease? Question 67 1 out of 1 points A child has osteosarcoma and the healthcare team is assessing for metastases. What diagnostic study would be the priority? Question 68 1 out of 1 points Compared with an adult, an infant has a greater content of extracellular fluid, as well as a greater rate of fluid exchange. What effect does this have on the fluid balance of a child compared with that of an adult? Question 69 0 out of 1 points What is the consequence of a splenectomy? Question 70 0 out of 1 points A student reads in a chart that a child has been diagnosed with mixed precocious puberty and asks for an explanation. What explanation by the healthcare professional is most accurate? Question 71 1 out of 1 points A patient is in status epilepticus. In addition to giving medication to stop the seizures, what would the healthcare professional place highest priority on? Question 72 1 out of 1 points A woman diagnosed with trichomoniasis asks if her sexual partner should be treated as well. What is the appropriate response by the healthcare professional? Question 73 1 out of 1 points A mother reports that her young teens have voracious appetites. The healthcare professional would explain that which hormone is linked to an increase in appetite during puberty? Question 74 1 out of 1 points A patient has chronic anemia associated with chronic renal failure. What substance does the healthcare professional tell the patient is needed to treat this anemia? Question 75 1 out of 1 points A man has balanitis. What action by the healthcare professional is most appropriate? Question 76 1 out of 1 points A pregnant woman is seen for the first time at 6 months' gestation and has not taken prenatal vitamins. The healthcare professional educates the woman on the need for a blood test specifically to assess what substance? Question 77 0 out of 1 points A healthcare professional has taught a parent group about the causes of enuresis. What statement by a parent indicates the professional needs to give more information? Question 78 1 out of 1 points What is the most abundant class of plasma protein? Question 79 1 out of 1 points A 7 year-old-child presents to the clinic where parents report signs and symptoms consistent with asthma. What does the healthcare professional do in order to confirm this diagnosis? Question 80 1 out of 1 points In which stage of syphilis would the following clinical manifestations be found: destructive skin, bone and soft tissue lesions, aneurysms, heart failure, and neurosyphilis? Question 81 1 out of 1 points A healthcare professional in an urban clinic is seeing a patient who has iron deficiency anemia (IDA). What question by the professional is most appropriate to assess for the cause of IDA? Question 82 1 out of 1 points A healthcare professional wants to volunteer for a community education project to help prevent spinal cord injury. What activity would the professional most likely volunteer for? Question 83 1 out of 1 points In immunoglobulin G (IgG) nephropathies such as glomerulonephritis, IgG is deposited in which location? Question 84 1 out of 1 points A patient has been exposed to prolonged high environmental temperatures and now shows signs of dehydration, decreased plasma volumes, hypotension, decreased cardiac output, and tachycardia. What treatment does the healthcare professional prepare to administer to this patient? Question 85 0 out of 1 points What does the student learn distinguishes kwashiorkor from marasmus? Question 86 1 out of 1 points A patient in the clinic had a femur x-ray that was read as having a moth-eaten appearance. What treatment option does the health care professional discuss with the patient? Question 87 1 out of 1 points What diagnosis is given to parents when their infant's hip maintains contact with the acetabulum but is not well seated within the hip joint? Question 88 1 out of 1 points A hospitalized patient's lab work is as follows: WBC 2000, bands 14.8%, and segmented neutrophils 5. The healthcare professional calculates the patient's absolute neutrophil count (ANC). What action does the professional take next? Question 89 0 out of 1 points A patient has damage to the lower pons and medulla. What finding does the healthcare professional associate with this injury? Question 90 1 out of 1 points In infectious mononucleosis (IM), what does the Monospot test detect? Question 91 1 out of 1 points What is the link between major depression and cortisol secretion? Question 92 1 out of 1 points Which condition is consistent with the cardiac defect of transposition of the great vessels? Question 93 1 out of 1 points An infant has been diagnosed with intussusception and the student asks the healthcare professional to explain the condition. What explanation by the professional is most accurate? Question 94 1 out of 1 points A healthcare professional is planning a community event to reduce risk of cerebrovascular accident (CVA) in high risk groups. Which group would the professional target as the priority? Question 95 1 out of 1 points A patient has primary immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and is hospitalized after a bleeding episode. What treatment does the healthcare provider anticipate being ordered for this patient? Question 96 1 out of 1 points The healthcare professor states that a patient has reached pain tolerance. What further information from the professor is most accurate? Question 97 1 out of 1 points A patient has defective secretion of the intrinsic factor leading to anemia. What treatment option does the healthcare professional discuss with the patient? Question 98 1 out of 1 points How is gonorrhea transmitted from a pregnant woman to her fetus? Question 99 1 out of 1 points What is the first indication of nephrotic syndrome in children? Question 100 1 out of 1 points Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) system abnormalities exist in a large percentage of individuals with what? Question 101 0 out of 0 points When completing this exam, did you comply with Walden University's Code of Conduct including the expectations for academic integrity? [Show More]

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