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Patho HESI Questions and Answers 2024

Following routine colonoscopy screening, a client is told that he had several polyps removed. The client began crying stating, "I just can't deal with cancer. I'm too young." The nurse responds: A) "Don't worry. We have some great cancer doctors on staff. I'm sure chemo will help you fight it." B) "Maybe if you're lucky, they have stopped it from metastasizing to your liver." C) "A simple intestinal surgery will cure you." D) "Most colon polyps are not cancerous. The biopsy re...

which hormone will be found if someone is pregnant? - chorionic gonadotropin If a person vomits alot, what acid imbalance will happen? - metabollic alkalosis what is the body's initial response to a severe burn? - immunologic/inflammatory response is immediate, prolonged, and severe. result from surviving burn shock is immunosuppression with increases susceptibility to potentially fatal burn sepsis. What type of hearing loss is associated with ototoxic (drug) effects? - sensorineural heari...

A 26-year-old male client with Hodgkin's disease is scheduled to undergo radiation therapy. The client expresses concern about the effect of radiation on his ability to have children. What information should the nurse provide? A. The radiation therapy causes the inability to have an erection. B. Radiation therapy with chemotherapy causes temporary infertility. C. Permanent sterility occurs in male clients who receive radiation. D. The client should restrict sexual activity during radiothe...

A client is brought to the Emergency Center after a snow-skiing accident. Which intervention is most important for the nurse to implement? - Review the electrocardiogram tracing What histologic finding in an affected area of the body would suggest the presence of chronic inflammation? - Increase in monocytes and macrophages When observing a client for symptoms of a large bowel obstruction, the nurse should assess for which finding? - Distention of the lower abdomen What information should ...

Patho Final/ HESI. Exam questions and answers. RATED A+ What are the different types of fractures? - -Transverse -Oblique -Spiral -Comminuted -Avulsion -Impacted -Torus -Greenstick What are the stages of bone healing? - 1) hematoma 2) callus formation 3) ossification 4) remodeling What is the difference between a traumatic fracture and pathologic fracture? - -*trauma* --> direct injury -*pathologic* --> disease process; osteoporosis, metastatic bone cancer What is the purp...

Patho Hesi 2021 Practice Questions with rationale answers. Graded A+ The nurse hears short, high-pitched sounds just before the end of inspiration in the right and left lower lobes when auscultating a client's lungs. How should this finding be recorded? A. Inspiratory wheezes in both lungs B. Crackles in the right and left lower lobes C. Abdominal lung sounds in the bases of both lungs D. Pleural friction rub in the right and left lower lobes - B Fine crackles are short, high pitched so...

Patho Hesi 2021. Revision Questions ans answers. Rationale provided. Graded A+ An initial disturbance in a system sets off a chain of events that does not favor stability and often abruptly displaces a system from its steady state: what is that? A. positive feedback B. negative feedback C. disease D. homeostasis - A. Positive feedback Positive Feedback - -less common - Snowball Effect (some pain/ pressure gets worse and worse) - examples: clots, sneezing, childbirth - when childbirth...