NURS 6501 / NURS6501, Advanced Pathophysiology Final exam | Latest
What is the link between major depression and cortisol secretion?
Selected Answer:
Individuals with depression show that persistently elevated plasma cortisol levels can result in inflammation that is believed to t...
What is the link between major depression and cortisol secretion?
Selected Individuals with depression show that persistently elevated plasma
Answer: cortisol levels can result in inflammation that is believed to trigger
depression.
• Question 2
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?
Selected Erythropoietin
Answer:
• Question 3
1 out of 1 points
What is the first indication of nephrotic syndrome in children?
, Selected Periorbital
Answer: edema
• Question 4
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?
Selected Absence of sweating despite a high core
Answer: temperature
• Question 5
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?
Selected Polycystic ovary
Answer: syndrome
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
The health care professional is caring for a person who has a pathologic fracture. The
patient asks the professional to explain the condition. What response by the professional
is best?
Selected A fracture that happens at the site of an abnormality already
Answer: in that bone.
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
A patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the bone
surfaces to partially lose contact with each other. What treatment does the health care
professional prepare the patient for?
Selected Reduction and
Answer: immobilization
• Question 8
1 out of 1 points
, Cystic fibrosis is characterized by which symptom?
Selected Excessive mucus
Answer: production
• Question 9
1 out of 1 points
An infant has gluten-sensitive enteropathy and the parents ask the healthcare
professional to explain why the baby bruises so easily. The professional explains that the
baby has which deficit?
Selected Vitamin K deficiency from fat
Answer: malabsorption
• Question 10
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?
Selected Folat
Answer: e
• Question 11
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?
Selected Lepti
Answer: n
• Question 12
1 out of 1 points
Why is nasal congestion a serious threat to young infants?
Selected Infants are obligatory nose
Answer: breathers.
• Question 13
1 out of 1 points
, A student studying osteomyelitis and asks for an explanation of the term sequestrum.
What response by the professor is best?
Selected An area of devascularized and devitalized
Answer: bone
• Question 14
1 out of 1 points
Which statement by the healthcare professional accurately describes childhood asthma?
Selected An obstructive airway disease characterized by reversible airflow
Answer: obstruction, bronchial hyperreactivity, and
inflammation
• Question 15
1 out of 1 points
A patient has a spinal cord injury at C4. What should the healthcare professional assess
as the priority in this patient?
Selected Respirations
Answer:
• Question 16
1 out of 1 points
Which cells function to maintain bone matrix?
Selected Osteocytes
Answer:
• Question 17
1 out of 1 points
To quickly assess a patient's nervous system for dysfunction, what assessment should
the healthcare professional perform as the priority?
Selected Level of
Answer: consciousness
• Question 18
1 out of 1 points
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