NURS 6501 Final Exam 66 Question and Answers Walden University!Rated A+ Answers
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An aide asks the nurse why people who have neurofibromatosis will show varying degrees of the disease. Which genetic principle should the nurse explain to the aide?
Selected Answer: b.
Expressivity
Correct Answer: b.
Expressivity
Why is potassium able to diffuse easily in and out of cells?
Selected Answer:
c.
Because the resting plasma membrane is more permeable to potassium
Correct Answer: c.
Because the resting plasma membrane is more permeable to potassium
A 15-year-old female is diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome. This condition is an example of:
Selected Answer: a.
Gene imprinting
Correct Answer: a.
Gene imprinting
A nurse is reading a chart and sees the term oncotic pressure. The nurse recalls that oncotic pressure (colloid osmotic pressure) is determined by:
Selected Answer: b.
Plasma proteins
Correct Answer: b.
Plasma proteins
During childhood, the thymus decreases in size, and this is referred to as
atrophy.
Selected Answer: a.
Physiologic
Correct Answer: a.
Physiologic
What is the role of cytokines in cell reproduction?
Selected Answer: a.
Provide growth factor for tissue growth and development
Correct Answer: a.
Provide growth factor for tissue growth and development
When a patient asks what causes cystic fibrosis, how should the nurse respond? Cystic fibrosis is caused by an gene.
Selected Answer: d.
Autosomal recessive
Correct Answer: d.
Autosomal recessive
A patient has a heart attack that leads to progressive cell injury that causes cell death with severe cell swelling and breakdown of organelles. What term would the nurse use to define this process?
Selected Answer: d.
Necrosis
Correct Answer:
An aide asks the nurse why people who have neurofibromatosis will show varying degrees of the disease. Which genetic principle should the nurse explain to the aide?
Selected Answer: b.
Expressivity
Correct Answer: b.
Expressivity
Why is potassium able to diffuse easily in and out of cells?
Selected Answer:
c.
Because the resting plasma membrane is more permeable to potassium
Correct Answer: c.
Because the resting plasma membrane is more permeable to potassium
A 15-year-old female is diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome. This condition is an example of:
Selected Answer: a.
Gene imprinting
Correct Answer: a.
Gene imprinting
A nurse is reading a chart and sees the term oncotic pressure. The nurse recalls that oncotic pressure (colloid osmotic pressure) is determined by:
Selected Answer: b.
Plasma proteins
Correct Answer: b.
Plasma proteins
During childhood, the thymus decreases in size, and this is referred to as
atrophy.
Selected Answer: a.
Physiologic
Correct Answer: a.
Physiologic
What is the role of cytokines in cell reproduction?
Selected Answer: a.
Provide growth factor for tissue growth and development
Correct Answer: a.
Provide growth factor for tissue growth and development
When a patient asks what causes cystic fibrosis, how should the nurse respond? Cystic fibrosis is caused by an gene.
Selected Answer: d.
Autosomal recessive
Correct Answer: d.
Autosomal recessive
A patient has a heart attack that leads to progressive cell injury that causes cell death with severe cell swelling and breakdown of organelles. What term would the nurse use to define this process?
Selected Answer: d.
Necrosis
Correct Answer: d.
Necrosis
A eukaryotic cell is undergoing DNA replication. In which region of the cell would most of the genetic information be contained?
d.
Necrosis
A eukaryotic cell is undergoing DNA replication. In which region of the cell would most of the genetic information be contained?
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