Fairleigh Dickinson University

NURS 2210

Quiz 1 questions:

1)A couple has chosen to pay for the harvesting and storage of umbilical cord blood after the delivery of their child to secure a future source of embryonic stem cells. What is the most likely rationale for the couple's decision?

2. An 84-year-old client's blood cultures have come back positive, despite the fact that his oral temperature has remained within normal range. Which of the following phenomena underlies the alterations in fever response that occur in the elderly?

3. A client with diabetes has impaired sensation, circulation, and oxygenation of his feet. He steps on a piece of glass, the wound does not heal, and the tissue area becomes necrotic. The necrotic cell death is characterized by:

4. A client has arrived in the emergency department with massive blood loss from a lacerated liver. Knowing the physiological principles behind the capacity for cells to regenerate, the client's body will likely:

5. A breast cancer client has just learned that her tumor clinical stage is T3, N2, M0. After the physician leaves, the client asks the nurse to explain this to her again. The nurse will use which of the following statements in his or her answer? Your:

6. Which of the following is defined as programmed cell death?

7. A nursing student is cleaning and changing the dressing on a client's sacral ulcer. The student has vigorously cleansed the wound bed to remove all traces of the beefy, red tissue that existed in the wound bed. The student has most likely removed:

8. A client presents for a scheduled Papanicolaou (Pap) smear. The clinician who will interpret the smear will examine cell samples for evidence of:

9. A client has experienced significant decreases in mobility and stamina during a 3- week hospital stay for the treatment of a femoral head fracture. Which of the following phenomena most likely accounts for the client's decrease in muscle function?

10. A client cuts herself with a sharp knife while cooking dinner. The client describes how the wound started bleeding and had a red appearance almost immediately. The nurse knows that in the vascular stage of acute inflammation, the vessels:

11. A 40-year-old female has been diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma. When asked what causes this cancer, the physician looks at the history and responds, “I see in your history, you have had:

12. A client with diabetes and severe peripheral vascular disease has developed signs of dry gangrene on the great toe of one foot. The client asks, “How can this happen?” Which of the following pathophysiologic processes should the nurse explain to this client? “More than likely, your gangrene is caused by:

13. During a lecture on inflammation, the physiology instructor discusses the major cellular components involved in the inflammatory response. The instructor asks, “Which of the following cells arrives early in great numbers?” The student with the correct response is:

14. A client had a positive Pap smear. The surgeon diagnosed “cancer in situ of the cervix.” The client asks, “What does this mean?” From the following statements, which is most appropriate in response to this question? The tumor has: