Which of the following assessment findings indicates an alteration in
homeostatic control mechanisms? Correct Ans - Fever
2. Injury that occurs when blood flow is diminished to tissue is called _____
injury. Correct Ans - ischemic
3. The cancer growth continuum is divided into which of the following
stages? Correct Ans - Initiation, promotion, progression
4. The activities of the cell are directed by which cell structure? Correct
Ans - Cytoplasm
Enzymes that use oxidation to convert food materials into energy are found
in sausage-shaped structures called: Correct Ans - mitochondria
6. A patient presents with hyponatremia. What is the priority assessment
for the patient? Correct Ans - Mental status changes
What is the priority assessment for a patient with a potassium imbalance:
Correct Ans - EKG
8. A patient presents with hypomagnesemia, what would the nurse
anticipate the calcium levels would be? Correct Ans - low
A patient presents with hypercalcemia. What would the nurse anticipate
the phosphorous levels would be? Correct Ans - low
1. The nurse is teaching a patient who has recently given birth about
immunity that has been passed to the baby in utero. Which statement by
the patient indicates that additional teaching is needed? Correct Ans -
"I had chickenpox and am immune to it, so my baby will not need to have
the chickenpox vaccine."
1. In preparing a community teaching program, which information
presented by the nurse addresses a type of secondary cancer prevention?
Correct Ans - Annual measurement of prostate-specific antigen levels
, 1. A 2-day post-op heart transplant patient begins to have fever and signs
and symptoms of heart failure. The patient is more than likely experiencing
which of the following? Correct Ans - Type IV delayed
hypersensitivity
1. Which of the following is a complication of chronic stress? Correct
Ans - Increased susceptibility to illness
1. Within minutes after receiving an injection of penicillin, the patient
complains of shortness of breath and chest pain. The nurse notifies the
patient's healthcare provider because this patient is most likely
experiencing which type of hypersensitivity? Correct Ans - Type I
1. During which of the following stages of the general adaptation syndrome
(GAS) have the body's coping methods been completely utilized?
Correct Ans - Exhaustion
1. Which of the following is a chemical triggered by the sympathetic
nervous system made from the adrenal medulla that is responsible for
many of the physiological symptoms of the "fight or flight" response?
Correct Ans - Epinephrine
1. What disease state results from an inability to differentiate self from
non-self? Correct Ans - Autoimmune
1. Which of the following patients is at the greatest risk for impaired
immune function? Correct Ans - 79-year-old male with poorly
controlled diabetes mellitus
1. The nurse is teaching a community health class about the immune
system. The nurse asks the class to list various functions of B cells in
immunity. Which responses by students are correct? (Select all that apply.)
Correct Ans - A) "They are the first to arrive at the scene of infection."
B) "They make all sorts of antibodies."
C) "They eat up bacteria, viruses, and parasites."
D) "They turn into memory cells that keep the person immune."
E) "They release chemicals to stop inflammation when healing is done."
B&D
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