Midterm Exam: NUR631/ NUR 631 (Latest 2023/2024 Update) Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology Exam| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- GCU

Midterm Exam: NUR631/ NUR 631 (Latest

2023/2024 Update) Advanced Physiology and

Pathophysiology Exam| Questions and

Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade AGCU

Q: If a patient has A and B alleles what is their blood type?

Answer:

type AB

Q: What cells increase with a parasitic infection?

Answer:

Eosinophiles

Q: What do you NEVER use for wound care?

Answer:

H202

Q: Why are there oral or IM vaccines?

Answer:

Antigens are transported to different lymph nodes depending on the route.

Q: Why do neonates have a poor inflammatory response?

Answer:

The compliment system is lacking

Q: What is an endogenous opioid?

Answer:

Endomorphins

Q: What nerve fibers transmit pain impulses?

Answer:

Myelinated A-Delta fibers

Q: What electrolytes do you need to assess with Lithium toxicity?

Answer:

Sodium

(risk for hyponatremia)

Q: Why do antipsychotic medications cause tardive dyskinesia?

Answer:

They mimic dopamine

Q: Patients with depression have a decrease in which receptor binding neu- rotransmitter?

Answer:

Serotonin

Q: What type of mood disorder generally is caused by disorders in the hypo- thalamic and

pituitary adrenal system?

Answer:

Depression

Q: How is depression and cortisol secretion linked?

Answer:

Cortisol causes inflamma- tion, inflammation causes depression.

Q: What neurotransmitter is lacking in people with schizophrenia?

Answer:

GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid)

Q: What kind of bleed is suspected with a positive Kernig and Brudzinski sign?

Answer:

Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Q: What vascular malformation results in bleeding?

Answer:

Arterial venous malforma- tion (AVM)

Q: An AIDS patient with fever, clumsy, difficulty walking needs what type of treatment?

Answer:

Antibiotics (suspect infection)

Q: What medication treats toxoplasmosis?

Answer: