NUR 2063 ESSENTIALS OF
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 3
- What is the best way a nurse can assess if their client has altered brain function?
a. Normal cranial nerve assessment
b. Asking addition and subtraction questions
c. Altered level of consciousness
d. Vital signs - What hormones help to raise the blood sugar level to help maintain homeostasis?
a. Insulin
b. Thyroxine
c. Renin
d. Glucagon - What are signs of meningitis? Select all that apply.
a. Nuchal rigidity
b. Headache
c. Photopia
d. Weight gain - What are the immediate clinical manifestations noted after a spinal cord injury?
Select all that apply.
a. Loss of deep tendon reflexes
b. Headache
c. Irritability
d. Flaccid paralysis
- This is a cause of edema.
a. Polyuria
b. Dehydration
c. Hypotension
d. Decreased plasma proteins - What is the normal range for sodium?
135-145 mEq/L - What type of seizure will the client have a sudden loss of muscle tone, lasting for
seconds, followed by postictal confusion?
Atonic Seizure - Describe a cerebral aneurysm.
Dilation (ballooning) of a portion of a blood vessel - What is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?
Involves progressive destruction of motor neurons resulting in muscle atrophy - What are the causes of hepatic encephalopathy?
Alcoholism - Please choose the tool you would use to assess your clients level of
consciousness?
Glasgow coma scale - If your client’s toes are pointed downward, and the head and neck are arched
backward, we would chart that posture as?
Decerebrate - What happens in our body during the fight and flight response?
Increased heart rate and dilated pupils - What is an early symptom of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)?
Muscle twitching - Migraines are periodic severe headaches that may be completely incapacitating?
True - What manifestations would you see with a client diagnosed with Parkinsons
disease?
Muscle rigidity, shuffling gait, muscular rigidity, masklike facial expressions - What manifestations of Huntington’s chorea?
Abrupt, bizarre, involuntary dance like movements, decline in mental functions - Does insufficient circulating blood volume describe what is happening in the body
that is experiencing hypovolemia?