Question: Which one of the following types of wound healing will help the wound to heal the fastest and produce the least amount of scar tissue?
Answer Choices:
Fourth intention.
Second intention.
Third intention.
First intention.
Answer: First intention
Question: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) causes destruction of which part of the lung?
Answer Choices:
Alveolar walls.
Visceral pleura.
Tracheal cartilage.
Bronchial goblet cells.
Answer: Alveolar walls
Question: The nurse would expect a patient with asthma to have which of the following signs and symptoms?
Answer Choices:
Increased anterior-posterior chest diameter and crackles on auscultation.
Episodic wheezing and coughing, sometimes at night.
Pleural effusion and shortness of breath on exertion.
Purulent sputum, tachypnea, and dullness on percussion.
Answer: Episodic wheezing and coughing, sometimes at night
Question: Which one of the following would be considered to be an abnormal or dysfunctional trigger of the inflammatory response?
Answer Choices:
Allergens.
Hypoxia.
Micro-organisms.
Free radicals.
Answer: Allergens
Question: Which one of the following conditions would be considered to be a cause of pre-renal failure?
Answer Choices:
Hypovolemic shock.
Polycystic kidney disease.
Benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Radiologic contrast dye.
Answer: Hypovolemic shock
Question: Classic signs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) include which of the following?
Answer Choices:
Increased anterior-posterior chest diameter.
Paleness.
Dyspnea.
Dullness upon percussion of the chest.
Purse-lipped breathing.
Answer: Increased anterior-posterior chest diameter, Dyspnea, Purse-lipped breathing
Question: Which one of the following chemicals is released from Mast cells and produces the Vascular Response during inflammation?
Answer Choices:
Histamine.
Cytokines.
Prostaglandins.
Lymphokines.
Answer: Histamine
Question: The patient is admitted with shortness of breath due to a large pleural effusion. The nurse would anticipate doing which one of the following?
Answer Choices:
Assist the physician with a thoracentesis.
Suction the patient nasotracheally.
Call respiratory therapy to perform chest physiotherapy.
Administer a rapid-acting diuretic such as Lasix (furosemide).
Answer: Assist the physician with a thoracentesis
Question: The patient just had a skin abscess drained. The nurse instructs the patient to rinse the open wound with peroxide and saline and apply antibiotic ointment and a bandage until the wound heals. This is called healing by:
Answer Choices:
Third intention.
Fourth intention.
Second intention.
First intention.
Answer: Second intention
Question: Which one of the following occurs during the cellular response of inflammation?
Answer Choices:
The injured cells release the chemotaxic gradient.
The cells surrounding the injury become swollen.
The cells surrounding the injury reproduce faster than normal.
The leukocytes emigrate and move toward the area of injury.
Answer: The leukocytes emigrate and move toward the area of injury