NURS 6501N FINAL
(Exam solutions, with updated multiple versions resources for 2022 Exams)
Question 1
A child with acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis is voiding smoky, brown-colored
urine and asks the healthcare professional to explain what causes it. What explanation by the
professional is best?
Answer: Presence of red blood cells
Question 2
Cystic fibrosis is characterized by which symptom?
Answer: Excessive mucus production
Question 3
What is the primary pathologic alteration resulting from ankylosing spondylitis (AS)?
Answer: Inflammation of fibrocartilaginous joints of the vertebrae
Question 4
Which spinal tract carries the most nociceptive information?
Answer: Lateral spinothalamic
Question 5
Parents bring their 1-year-old child to the emergency department, reporting that the child has
been irritable and pounding on her head, has projectile vomiting, and seems very sleepy for
most of the last 3 days. What diagnostic testing does the healthcare professional prepare the
child and parents for as the priority?
Answer: Lumbar puncture with CSF cultures
Question 6
A patient reports frequent nightmares. For which of these should the healthcare professional
assess the patient?
Answer: History of traumatic event
Question 7
A newborn baby displays jaundice 20 hours after birth. What action by the healthcare
professional is most appropriate?
Answer: Draw blood to measure total bilirubin.
Question 8
Local signs and symptoms of Hodgkin disease-related lymphadenopathy are a result of what?
Answer: Pressure and obstruction
Question 9
Which bones are affected in Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease?
Answer: Heads of the femur
Question 10 A patient has been diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) and asks
the healthcare professional to describe it. What description by the professional is most
accurate?
Answer: ALL is a progressive neoplasm defined by the presence of greater than 30%
lymphoblasts in the bone marrow or blood.
Question 11 A newborn has meconium ileus. What diagnostic test does the healthcare
professional advise the parents about?
Answer: A sweat test
Question 12
A healthcare professional is educating a community men's group on symptoms of benign
prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The professional relates that most symptoms are a result of
which pathophysiologic condition?
Answer: Compression of the urethra
Question 13
A patient in the healthcare clinic reports fatigue, weakness, and dyspnea, as well as pale
conjunctiva of the eyes and brittle, concave nails. What assessment by the healthcare
professional is most appropriate for the suspected anemia?
Answer: Oral mucus membranes and tongue
Question 14
Prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES) can result in which type of cancer?
Answer: Vaginal cancer
Question 15 A healthcare professional is caring fora patient diagnosed with aphasia. What
action by the professional would be best in working with this patient?
Answer: Provide speech therapy.
Question 16 What are the clinical manifestations of testicular cancer?
Answer: Firm, nontender testicular mass
Question 17
A person has been diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) that is positive for the
Philadelphia chromosome. What statement by the healthcare professional is most
appropriate?
Answer: We are planning to get your disease in remission, but it will be hard.
Question 18
The healthcare professional directs a student to assess a teen who has Osgood-Schlatter
disease. What assessment finding does the student anticipate for this disorder?
Answer: Tendinitis of the anterior patellar tendon
Question 19 Which statement by the healthcare professional accurately describes childhood
asthma?
Answer: An obstructive airway disease characterized by reversible airflow obstruction,
bronchial hyperreactivity, and inflammation
Question 20
A healthcare professional is reviewing a patient's laboratory results and sees that the patient
has a low reticulocyte count and a high iron level. Which type of anemia does the
professional associate these findings with?
Answer: The healthcare professional would associate these findings with anemia of chronic
disease or possibly sideroblastic anemia. A low reticulocyte count suggests inadequate red
blood cell production, while high iron levels indicate that the iron is available but not being
effectively utilized for erythropoiesis.
