NR 283 FINAL EXAM 2025 | PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
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A patient with rheumatoid arthritis asks the nurse what is the main problem
happening inside my body to cause this. The nurse responds "it is a
a. Degenerative disorder involving the small joints"
b. Chronic inflammatory disorder affecting all joints"
c. Systemic inflammatory disorder due to an autoimmune reaction"
d. Inflammatory disorder causing damage to many organs ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------c. Systemic inflammatory disorder due to
an autoimmune reaction"
Of the following, who is most at risk for Gout?
A. Men aged 40-50 years
B. Premenopausal women
C. Male adolescents
D. Female children ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A. Men aged
40-50 years
Which of the following may precipitate an attack of gout?
a. A sudden increase in serum uric acid levels
b. Severe hypercalcemia
c. Mild trauma to the toes ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------a. A
sudden increase in serum uric acid levels
Which of the following would identify an open or compound fracture?
,a. The skin and soft tissue are exposed at the fracture site.
b. A bone is crushed into many small pieces.
c. The bone appears bent with a partial fracture line.
d. One end of a bone is forced into an adjacent bone. ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------a. The skin and soft tissue are exposed at the
fracture site.
The type of compound fracture in which there are multiple fracture lines
and bone fragments is referred to as a/an:
a. compression fracture.
b. greenstick fracture.
c. simple fracture.
d. comminuted fracture. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d.
comminuted fracture.
Vertebral fractures are classified as:
a. simple, compression, wedge, dislocation.
b. compound, open, closed, shattered.
c. complex, torsion, open, multiple.
d. pressure, complex, simple, variable. ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------
-------a. simple, compression, wedge, dislocation.
What is the most common cause of type 1 diabetes mellitus?
a. Increased glucose production in the liver
b. Destruction of pancreatic cells by an autoimmune reaction
c. Increased resistance of body cells to insulin action d. Chronic obesity ----
-----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------b. Destruction of pancreatic cells by
an autoimmune reaction
, Differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes include which of the
following?
a . Type 1 diabetes weight gain is common, and type 2 weight loss often
occurs.
b . Type 1 diabetes leads to fewer complications than does type 2 diabetes.
c. Type 1 diabetes may be controlled by adjusting dietary intake and
exercise, but type 2 diabetes requires insulin replacement.
d . Type 1 diabetes occurs more frequently in children and adolescents,
and type 2 diabetes occurs more often in adults. ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------d . Type 1 diabetes occurs more frequently in
children and adolescents, and type 2 diabetes occurs more often in adults
Which of the following hormonal imbalances causes diabetes insipidus?
a. Increased insulin
b. Decreased glucocorticoids
c. Deficit of ADH
d. Deficit of T3 and T4 ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------c. Deficit of
ADH
Which of the following results from a deficit of antidiuretic hormone (ADH)?
a. Inappropriate ADH syndrome
b. Gigantism
c. Diabetes insipidus ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------c. Diabetes
insipidus
A patient presents to the Emergency room in a hypoglycemic episode
related to his Diabetes Mellitus. The nurse would expect the patient to be
experiencing:
a.A slow heart rate
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