Test Bank for Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered Health States, 8th Edition

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Name: __________________________ Date: _____________1. A community health nurse is teaching a group of recent graduates about the largevariety of factors that influence an individual's health or lack thereof. The nurse isreferring to the framework of determinants of health in one client's situation as ateaching example. Which of the following aspects of this client's situation most likelyexists outside the framework of determinants of health?A)The client has had difficulty finding a family doctor.B)The client has a family history of cardiovascular disease.C)The client has a graduate degree from a renowned university.D)The client lives in an affluent, clean, suburban community.2. A physician is providing care for a number of patients on a medical unit of a largeuniversity hospital. The physician is discussing with a colleague the differentiationbetween diseases that are caused by abnormal molecules and molecules that causedisease. Which of the following patients most clearly demonstrates the consequencesof molecules that cause disease?A)A 31-year-old woman with sickle cell disease who is receiving a transfusion ofpacked red blood cellsB)A 91-year-old woman who has experienced an ischemic stroke resulting fromfamilial hypercholesterolemiaC)A 19-year-old man with exacerbation of his cystic fibrosis requiring oxygentherapy and chest physiotherapyD)A 30-year-old homeless man who has pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP)and is HIV positive3. A member of the health-care team is researching the etiology and pathogenesis of anumber of clients who are under her care in a hospital context. Which of thefollowing aspects of clients' situations best characterizes pathogenesis rather thanetiology?A)A client who has been exposed to themycobacterium tuberculosisbacteriumB)A client who has increasing serum ammonia levels due to liver cirrhosisC)A client who was admitted with the effects of methyl alcohol poisoningD)A client with multiple skeletal injuries secondary to a motor vehicle accident4. A 77-year-old man is a hospital inpatient admitted for exacerbation of his chronicobstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and a respiratory therapist (RT) is assessingthe client for the first time. Which of the following aspects of the patient's currentstate of health would be best characterized as a symptom rather than a sign?A)The patient's oxygen saturation is 83% by pulse oximetry.B)The patient notes that he has increased work of breathing when lying supine.C)The RT hears diminished breath sounds to the patient's lower lung fieldsbilaterally.D)The patient's respiratory rate is 31 breaths per minute.Page 1

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