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NURS 6501N Week 7 Quiz – NURS-6501 Advanced Pathophysiology

1. A 40-year-old male vegetarian is diagnosed with folate deficiency anemia. He reports that he is an alcoholic. Which of the following factors put him at greatest risk for developing his disease?
2. A 25-year-old female has a heavy menses during which she loses a profuse amount of blood. Which of the following adaptations should the nurse expect?
3. A 67-year-old female has chronic gastrointestinal bleeding. A nurse recalls the primary cause of her anemia is:
4. A 10-year-old male is diagnosed with leukemia. The nurse assesses for which other condition that could be associated with his disease?
5. In disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), the nurse assesses for active bleeding after intravascular clotting because:
6. A group of cells isolated in the laboratory have membrane-bound granules in their cytoplasm and they show phagocytic activity. Which of the following cells is most similar?
7. A hematologist is discussing hematopoiesis. Which information should be included? ________ participate in hematopoiesis.
8. A 5-year-old male was diagnosed with normocytic-normochromic anemia. Which of the following anemias does the nurse suspect the patient has?
9. A staff member wants to know where the greatest proportion of iron is located. How should the nurse respond? The greatest proportion of total body iron is located in the:
10. A 15-year-old male with infectious mononucleosis is being given instructions on how to prevent the spread of this infection to others. Which statement represents a correct instruction?
11. A nurse monitors for the most common childhood cancer, which is:
12. A 50-year-old female is diagnosed with primary thrombocythemia. A nurse would expect the blood smear to reveal _____ platelets.
13. A nurse checks individuals with liver disease for clotting problems because:
14. A 45-year-old female undergoes a splenectomy to remove a tumor. Which of the following assessment finding is most likely to occur following surgery?
15. When a nurse is reviewing lab results and notices that the erythrocytes contain an abnormally low concentration of hemoglobin, the nurse calls these erythrocytes:
16. Thrombocytopenia may be:
17. How should the nurse prepare a patient who is to receive a Schilling test for pernicious anemia?
18. A 35-year-old female is diagnosed with vitamin B12 deficiency anemia (pernicious anemia). How should the nurse respond when the patient asks what causes pernicious anemia? A decrease in ______ is the most likely cause.
19. The people from which country have the lowest risk for Hodgkin lymphoma?
20. A 58-year-old female presents in the clinic presenting with fatigue, weight loss, and tingling in her fingers. Laboratory findings show low hemoglobin and hematocrit, a high mean corpuscular volume, and normal plasma iron. These assessment findings are consistent with which type of anemia?
21. For a patient experiencing hypersplenism, the nurse expects the erythrocytes to be:
22. An adult patient’s blood sample is ….in a laboratory. Assuming a normal sample, which type of white blood cell accounts for the highest percentage?
23. A 5-year-old female is diagnose with acute leukemia. The nurse will most likely treat this patient with:
24. A 45-year-old male is diagnose with macrocytic, normochromic anemia. The nurse suspects the most likely cause of this condition is nurs 6501n week 7 quiz
25. A 65-year-old male experienced loss of appetite, weight loss, lemon-yellow skin, liver enlargement, and a beefy red tongue shortly before his death. Autopsy suggested pernicious anemia, and the cause of death would most likely reveal:
26. A 52-year-old male IV drug user was ….with hepatitis C 5 years ago. He is now experiencing impaired blood clotting. The nurse suspects a decrease in which of the following vitamins?
27. A 10-year-old male presents with abdominal swelling, night sweats, fever, and weight loss. He is diagnose with Burkitt lymphoma. Upon obtaining the history, which of the following is the most likely cause?
28. The nurse will check which of the following tests to directly measure iron stores?
29. During an infection, the nurse assesses the lymph nodes. Lymph nodes enlarge and become tender because:
30. Which of the following individuals should the nurse assess first for a vitamin B12 deficiency anemia?
31. A 15-year-old male is diagnose with infectious mononucleosis. When the patient asks how he got this disease, how should the nurse respond? The most likely cause is:
32. A nurse is teaching the staff about platelets. Which information should the nurse include? In addition to playing a role in hemostasis, platelets have the ability to:
33. A newborn is diagnose with congenital intrinsic factor deficiency. Which of the following types of anemia will the nurse see documented on the chart?
34. A nurse is caring for a patient who cannot clot. Which end product of the clotting cascade is this patient unable to make?
35. A 10-year-old male is ….with sickle cell anemia. When the parents ask who is responsible for this disease, what is the nurse’s best response? He most likely inherited it from: