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Pathophys Week 4-6
Pathophysiology Week 4-6 Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Brachytherapy is being used to treat cancer in a patient. What types of cancers respond well to brachytherapy? (Select all that apply.) | Prostate, Cervix, Head, and Neck |
| Which information indicates a nurse understands characteristics of malignant tumors? | Cells vary in size and shape. |
| A 52-year-old male with hepatitis C recently developed hepatic cancer. Which of the following markers should be increased? | Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) |
| Which genetic change causes alterations in only one or a few nucleotide bases? | Point Mutations |
| The most important environmental risk factor for cancer is exposure to: | Cigarette Smoke |
| When an oncologist is discussing the degree to which an organism’s development is contingent on its environment, which of the following is the oncologist explaining? | Developmental plasticity |
| A patient develops skin cancer on the head and neck following years of sunbathing. Which of the following cancers is most likely? | Basal Cell Carcinoma |
| A water test recently revealed arsenic levels above 200 mcg/L. Which of the following cancers would be most likely to develop in those who consistently drank the water? | Skin |
| What is the origin of most childhood cancers? | Mesodermal germ layer |
| The most common type of tissue cancer occurring between ages 15 and 19 is: | Carcinoma |
| A nurse is preparing to teach the most common malignancy in children. Which malignancy should the nurse discuss? | Leukemia |
| A 3-year-old female was diagnosed with Wilms tumor. This disease is a tumor of the: | Kidney |
| A 50 y/o DM patient experiences visual disturbances and decides to visit his PCP. After examination, the PCP tells the patient that the cells that allow him to see are degenerated. Which of the following structures is most likely damaged? | Retina |
| When the nurse is discussing the patient’s cyclical temperature fluctuation occurring on a daily basis, what term should the nurse use? | Circadian Rhythm |
| Several years after an amputation, the patient continues to sporadically feel pain in the absent hand. What type of pain should the nurse document in the chart? | Phantom Limb Pain |
| A patient is undergoing a sleep lab test. When the sleep lab worker notices EEG patterns with brain activity similar to the normal awake pattern, which phase of sleep is occurring? | REM |
| A teenager sustains a severe closed head injury following an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accident and is in a state of deep sleep that requires vigorous stimulation to elicit eye opening. How should the nurse document this in the chart? | Stupor |
| A patient is admitted to the neurologic critical care unit with a severe closed head injury. When an intraventricular catheter is inserted, the intracranial pressure (ICP) is recorded at 24 mm Hg. How should the nurse interpret this reading? | Higher than Normal (Normal ICP is 1-15 mmHg) |
| An infant is diagnosed with noncommunicating hydrocephalus. What is an immediate priority concern for this patient? | Interstitial Edema |
| 40 y/o M complains of uncontrolled excessive movement & progressive dysfunction of intellectual and thought processes. He is experiencing movement problems that begin in the face & arms and eventually affect the entire body. The most likely diagnosis is: | Huntington Disease |
| A patient presents with acute low back pain. There is no history of trauma. An MRI reveals that the vertebra at L5 has slipped forward relative to those below it. Which of the following conditions will be documented on the chart? | Spondylolisthesis |
| Which of the following would increase a patient’s risk for thrombotic stroke? | Dehydration |
| A patient diagnosed with a spinal cord injury experienced spinal shock lasting 15 days. The patient is now experiencing an uncompensated cardiovascular response to sympathetic stimulation. What does the nurse suspect caused this condition? | A distended bladder or rectum |
| A 65-year-old patient diagnosed with a subarachnoid hemorrhage secondary to uncontrolled hypertension appears drowsy and confused with pronounced focal neurologic deficits. This symptomology would place this hemorrhage at which grade? | III |
| A 30-year-old white male recently suffered a cerebrovascular accident. Which of the following is the most likely factor that contributed to his stroke? | Diabetes |
| A nurse is preparing to teach about the most common defects of neural tube closure. Which one should the nurse discuss? | Posterior |
| What is the most common location of brain tumors in children? | In the posterior fossa |
| What term is used to describe a premature closure of one or more of the cranial sutures during the first 18 months of life? | Craniosynostosis |
| A nurse recalls that the most frequent location of a neuroblastoma is the: | retroperitoneal region. |
| A baby is stillborn after 6 hours of labor. Autopsy reveals hydrocephalus caused by cystic dilation of the fourth ventricle and aqueductal compression. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis? | Dandy-Walker deformity |
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