MN551 FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2024-2025
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 100
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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A patient with a new diagnosis of an endocrine disorder is
unclear about how the body can control the levels of different
hormones over time. Which of the following statements most
accurately underlies the dominant regulation process of hormone
levels in the body?
Question 8 options:
The pituitary gland is genetically programmed to stimulate and
inhibit hormone production and/or release based on needs at
different points in the life cycle.
The hypothalamus ensures that hormone levels correspond
accurately to the diurnal cycle.
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With input from various sensors, hormone production and
release are adjusted based on existing hormone levels.
A positive feedback cycle ensures that stable levels of hormones
exist in the body over time. - CORRECT ANSWER-With input
from various sensors, hormone production and release are
adjusted based on existing hormone levels.
A care aide at a long-term care facility has informed a resident's
nurse practitioner that the 80-year-old woman's eyes appear to
be inflamed and her eyelids are caked with sticky secretions.
The woman subsequently has been diagnosed with posterior
blepharitis. Which of the following treatments is the nurse
practitioner likely to initiate?
Question 9 options:
Intravenous steroids coupled with topical antibiotic ointment
Regularly scheduled cleansing of the woman's eyes with normal
saline
Warm compresses to be applied regularly to her eyes in addition
to oral antibiotics
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Surgical repair of the woman's blocked meibomian glands -
CORRECT ANSWER-Warm compresses to be applied
regularly to her eyes in addition to oral antibiotics
A 28-year-old male who is 6 feet 11 inches tall has a diagnosis
of acromegaly. The man is explaining to a curious but
sympathetic coworker exactly what accounts for his
extraordinary height. Which of the following explanations
demonstrates a sound understanding of his health problem?
Question 10 options:
"A tumor in my brain threw off my hormone levels after I was
finished with adolescence."
"My pituitary gland produced a much higher than normal
amount of growth hormone when I was a child."
T"The high sugar levels that go along with my diabetes made
my pituitary gland overproduce the hormones that cause you to
grow."
"My liver is malfunctioning and produces too many of the
hormones that ultimately cause growth." - CORRECT
ANSWER-"A tumor in my brain threw off my hormone levels
after I was finished with adolescence."
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Following a long history of fatigue, weakness, and poor appetite,
a 39-year-old male has been diagnosed with hypopituitarism.
Which of the following clinical findings would most likely
cause his care team to suspect that the man has an additional
endocrine disorder from a different source?
Question options:
The man displays the signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism.
The patient is 5 feet 2 inches tall and was consistently short for
his age as a child.
The man has a chronic platelet deficiency and is occasionally
anemic.
The man has a low sperm count and has been unable to have
children. - CORRECT ANSWER-The man has a chronic
platelet deficiency and is occasionally anemic.
A 51-year-old woman has been experiencing signs and
symptoms of perimenopause and has sought help from her nurse
practitioner. Doctors have confirmed a deficiency in estrogen
levels as a contributing factor. Which of the following
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