MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY NURSING PROGRAM NURS 611 –ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Study Guide Questions for Exam 3

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MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY NURSING PROGRAM NURS 611 –ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Study Guide Questions for Exam 3 1. Explain the pathophysiology associate with Type 1 and Type 2 DM. Type 1 diabetes occurs... as a result of the body's immune system attacking the insulin producing beta 2. Explain what occurs in panhypopituitarism. 3. List the clinical manifestations of hypothyroidism. 4. Differentiate diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus and SIADH. 5. What causes the microvascular complications of DM. 6. What is the cause of diabetes insipidus. 7. Describe the pathophysiological changes associated with Addison’s Disease. 8. Describe the pathophysiological changes associated with hypoparathyroidism. 9. What are the causes and pathophysiological changes associate with ketoacidosis? 10. What is acromegaly? 11. Differentiate hypothyroidism and Graves’ disease. 12. Describe the pathophysiology related to chronic DM. 13. What happens during hypoglycemia? 14. What is the metabolic syndrome? 15. Describe how DM causes peripheral neuropathy. 16. Trace the electrical activity of the heart. 17. Identify the location of the neurotransmitters in the heart. 18. Define adrenergic receptors. 19. Discuss left-ventricular end diastolic pressure. . 20. Define Frank-Starling law. 21. Discuss the effect of angiotensin II on the heart. 22. Define pulsus paradoxus. 23. List the indicators for an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). 24. List the clinic indicator for a coronary thrombus. 25. Define pericarditis. 26. List the causes and types of cardiomyopathy. . 27. Discuss the effect of HTN on the kidney. 28. Describe the blood flow through the heart. 29. Differentiate β1 and β2 receptors in the heart. 30. Diagram the action potential of the myocardial cell. Action potential diagram – 31. Discuss surfactant in the lung. 32. Discuss the pulmonary anatomy as it relates to pressure. 33. What part of the brainstem is responsible for automatic rhythm of respiration? 34. Describe how to effectively monitor a person’s alveolar ventilation. 35. Describe the cause of dyspnea. . 36. What cause proximal nocturnal dyspnea (PND)? 37. Discuss oxygen transport in the blood. 38. How is respiration stimulated? 39. Discuss β receptors in the lung. 40. What substances can cause bronchoconstriction? 41. What cause pulmonary artery constriction. 42. What changes occur in the lung due to Asthma, emphysema and chronic bronchitis. 43. What are the risk factors for pulmonary emboli? 44. List the changes in the aging lung. 45. Which of the following anemias is classified as a macrocytic-normochromic anemia? 46. What causes the paresthesia that occurs in vitamin B12deficiency anemia? 47. How does the body compensate for anemia? 48. Deficiencies in folate and vitamin B12 alter the synthesis of which cell component? 49. What type of anemia has a defective secretion of intrinsic factor, which is essential for the absorption of vitamin B12. Additional information that will be on the test per the panopto recording: ...........................................................................................continued........................................................................ [Show More]

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