Hesi patho exam - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Following routine colonoscopy screening, a client is told that he had several polyps removed. The client began crying stating, "I just can't deal with cancer. I'm too young." The nurse responds: A) "Don't worry. We have some great cancer doctors on staff. I'm sure chemo will help you fight it." B) "Maybe if you're lucky, they have stopped it from metastasizing to your liver." C) "A simple intestinal surgery will cure you." D) "Most colon polyps are not cancerous. The biopsy res...

PATHO HESI 2023 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWER UPDATED 2023

Advanced Patho HESI Questions and Answers Rated A+ The nurse hears short, high-pitched sounds just before the end of inspiration in the right and left lower lobes when auscultating a client's lungs. How should this finding be recorded? Fine crackles are short, high pitched sounds heard just before the end of inspiration that are the result of rapid equalization of pressure when collapsed alveoli or terminal bronchioles suddenly snap open. The nurse is assessing an older client and determines ...

Which type of immune preparation, made from donated blood, contains antibodies that provide passive immunity? Toxoid Killed vaccine Live attenuated vaccine Specific Immune Globulin - ANSWER-Specific immune globulins contain a high concentration of antibodies directed at specific antigens. Toxoid vaccines contain a bacterial toxin that has been changed to a nontoxic form. Killed vaccines contain killed microbes or isolated microbes. Live attenuated vaccines are composed of live microbes that ...

HESI PATHO NORMAL RANGES EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT

innate immunity - ANSWER-Immunity that is present before exposure and effective from birth. Responds to a broad range of pathogens nonspecific, skin, short lived, complement system adaptive immunity - ANSWER-the ability to recognize and remember specific antigens and mount an attack on them slower, specific, long lived memory, antigen antibody(immunoglobulins) passive immunity - ANSWER-the short-term immunity that results from the introduction of antibodies from another person or ani...

A nurse is describing the difference between active and passive transport. Which information should the nurse include? - ANSWER-active transport requires energy A nurse is asked about the functions of enzymes. How should the nurse respond? - ANSWER-Correct2 Enzymes direct biochemical reactions A nurse is reviewing the electrolyte laboratory results on several clients. What is the nurse checking? - ANSWER-Various ion levels A nurse is administering to a client an intravenous (IV) fluid ...

An initial disturbance in a system sets off a chain of events that does not favor stability and often abruptly displaces a system from its steady state: what is that? A. positive feedback B. negative feedback C. disease D. homeostasis - ANSWER-A. Positive feedback Positive Feedback - ANSWER--less common - Snowball Effect (some pain/ pressure gets worse and worse) - examples: clots, sneezing, childbirth - when childbirth starts there is an increase in hormone production which progr...

HESI (PATHO BOOK) Exam Fall 2022. Complete Solution With Rationale 100% A decrease in workload, use, pressure, or blood supply appropriately describes: A. physiologic atrophy. B. pathologic atrophy. C. hypertrophy. D. hyperplasia. B. pathologic atrophy. Pathologic atrophy is a decrease in cell size due to decreased use. Physiologic atrophy usually occurs early in development; for example, the thymus gland atrophies during childhood. Hypertrophy is an increase in cell size. Hyperplasia...