WGU D115 Exam | Advanced
Pathophysiology for the Advanced
Practice Nurse Exam | Q&A Rated A+ |
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When a child is diagnosed with cancer, which intervention has the
greatest influence on the child's mortality rate?
A) age at the time of diagnosis
B) participation in clinical trials
C) proximity to a major cancer treatment center
D) parental involvement in the treatment planning
- Correct Answer - Ans: B- participation in clinical trials
Reflex activities concerned with heart rate, blood pressure,
respirations, sneezing, swallowing, and coughing are controlled
by which area of the brain?
A) pons
B) midbrain
C) cerebellum
D) medulla oblongata
- Correct Answer - Ans: D- medulla oblongata
,The edema of the upper cervical cord after a spinal cord injury is
considered life threatening because of which possible outcome?
A) hypovolemic shock from blood loss during the injury
B) breathing difficulties from an impairment to the diaphragm
C) head injury that likely occurred during the injury
D) spinal shock immediately after the injury
- Correct Answer - Ans: B- breathing difficulties from an
impairment to the diaphragm
What term is used to describe the complication that can result
from a spinal cord injury above T6 that is producing paroxysmal
hypertension, as well as piloerection ans sweating above the
spinal cord lesion?
A) craniosacral dysreflexia
B) parasympathetic dysreflexia
C) autonomic hyperreflexia
D) retrograde hyperreflexia
- Correct Answer - Ans: C- autonomic hyperreflexia
Atheromatous plaques are most commonly found:
A) in larger veins
B) near capillary sphincters
, C) at branches of arteries
D) on the venous sinuses
- Correct Answer - Ans: C- at branches of arteries
Multiple sclerosis is best described as:
A) a CNS demyelination, possibly from an immunogenetic virus
B) inadequate supply of acetylcholine at the neurotransmitter
junction as a result of an autoimmune disorder
C) the depletion of dopamine in the CNS as a result of a virus
D) a degenerative disorder of lower and upper motor neurons
caused by viral-immune factors
- Correct Answer - Ans: A- a CNS demyelination, possibly from
an immunogenetic virus
Graves disease develops from:
A) a viral infection of the thyroid gland that causes overproduction
of thyroid hormone
B) an autoimmune process during which lymphocytes and fibrous
tissue replace thyroid tissue
C) thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin, which causes
overproduction of thyroid hormones
D) ingestion of goitrogenes, which inhibits the synthesis of the
thyroid hormones, causing goiter
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