Test #4
Practice
Questions
A 15-year-old male is brought to the ER for treatment
of injuries received in a motor vehicle accident. An
MRI reveals spinal cord injury, and his body
temperature fluctuates markedly. The most accurate
explanation of this phenomenon is that:
a)
b)
c)
d)
He developed pneumonia
His sympathetic nervous system has been
damaged, and thermal control disturbed
He has a brain injury
He has septicemia from an unknown source
 His
sympathetic nervous system has been
damaged, and thermal control disturbed
A 72-year-old male demonstrates left-sided weakness
of upper and lower extremities. The symptoms lasted 4
hours and resolved with no evidence of infarction. The
patient most likely experienced a(n):
a)
b)
c)
d)
Stroke in evolution
Arteriovenous malformation
Transient Ischemic Attack
Cerebral Hemorrhage
 Transient
Ischemic Attack
While planning care for a patient who has acute
pyelonephritis, a nurse recalls the most common
condition associated with the development of acute
pyelonephritis is:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Cystitis
Renal Cancer
Urinary Tract Obstruction
Nephrotic Syndrome
 Urinary
Tract Obstruction
A 42-year-old male is involved in a motor vehicle
accident during which he loses a lot of blood. The
nurse realizes he is in acute renal failure caused by:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Kidney stones
Immune complex deposition in the glomerulus
Inadequate renal blood flow
Obstruction of the proximal tubule
 Inadequate
renal blood flow
Which patient is most prone to multiple organ
dysfunction syndrome (MODS)? In a patient with:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Myocardial infarction
Pulmonary disease
Septic shock
Autoimmune disease
 Septic
Shock
A 10-year-old male is given penicillin for an infection.
He has an allergic reaction, during which he develops
urticarial lesions. These lesions are mediated by the
release of:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Beta-adrenergic agonists
Histamine
Calcium
Cortisol
 Histamine
A 28-year-old male is admitted to the burn unit 2 hours
after receiving second- and third-degree burns over
50% of his body surface in an industrial explosion.
Abnormal vital signs include low blood pressure and
tachycardia. Lab results show a high hematocrit due
to:
a) Sickle cell syndrome
b) Fluid movement out of the vascular space
c) Renal failure
d) Increased vascular protein secondary to increased
metabolism
 Fluid
movement out of the vascular space