Evolve NCLEX Exam-MedSurg2 |Study Questions
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Hemophilia is a genetic disease in which the affected person lacks some of the blood-clotting
factors normally found in plasma. The factor that is missing in hemophilia A is factor
_________.
A: VII
B: VIII
C: IX
D: X - ANSWER B: VIII
The majority of stem cells are located in the:
A: Blood
B: Bone marrow
C: Liver
D: Spleen - ANSWER B: Bone marrow
What type of white blood cells combat parasitic infections?
A: Neutrophils
B: Monocytes
C: Eosinophils
,D: Basophils - ANSWER C: Eosinophils
Examples of autoimmune diseases include all of the following except:
A: Emphysema
B: Rheumatoid arthritis
C: Multiple sclerosis
D: Graves disease - ANSWER A: Emphysema
The primary symptom of an immunologic disorder is:
A: Night sweats
B: Prolonged bleeding
C: Chronic fatigue
D: Infection - ANSWER D: Infection
A patient is undergoing a transplant procedure during which the patient's own bone marrow
will be harvested before chemotherapy and radiation therapy, and then, after the therapy,
the patient's own bone marrow will be returned to the patient. This type of transplant is
known as a(n) _________________ transplant.
A: Allogeneic bone marrow
B: Peripheral blood stem cell
C: Autologous bone marrow
D: Allogeneic blood stem cell - ANSWER C: Autologous bone marrow
A complication of allogeneic bone marrow transplants in which T lymphocytes in the
transplanted bone marrow identify the patient's tissue as foreign and try to destroy
the patient's tissues is called:
A: Graft-versus-host disease
B: Hepatic venoocclusive disease
C: Neutropenia
Patients with ___________ are at the highest risk of developing leukemia.
A: Diabetes mellitus
B: Down syndrome
C: Spina bifida
D: Tetralogy of Fallot - ANSWER B: Down syndrome
The nurse is caring for a patient diagnosed with acute nonlymphocytic leukemia. A symptom
of this type of leukemia that the nurse may expect to see is:
A: Increased platelet count
B: Amenorrhea
C: Constipation
D: Epistaxis - ANSWER D: Epistaxis
A nursing student is assigned to care for a patient receiving high doses of chemotherapy to
treat a recent diagnosis of acute lymphocytic leukemia. During a preconference, the student
is asked what type of therapy this is and correctly responds:
A: Intensification
B: Consolidation
C: Induction
D: Maintenance - ANSWER C: Induction
An autoimmune disease in which the person's immune system loses its ability to recognize
itself and mounts an immune response against its own proteins is:
A: Systemic lupus erythematosus
B: Rheumatic fever
C: Multiple sclerosis
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