NURS 8022 FINAL EXAM 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
- Question 1
0 out of 1 points
A high school football player is hit hard in the helmet, losses consciousness for
approximately 8 minutes, and when he wakes up he is confused. He is removed from
the game and examined by an onsite medical professional who determines the player has
suffered a Grade concussion.
Selected Answer: B.
Grade II
Correct Answer: D.
Grade IV - Question 2
0 out of 1 points
A 12 year old boy was walking in the woods and was bitten by a tick. He presents to the
pediatrician with complaints of fever, malaise, joint pain, and a rash. The NP suspects
Lyme disease and knows that theses symptoms are indicative of localized infection. In
this early stage of Lyme disease the rash is known as .
Selected Answer: C.
Vesicular rash
Correct Answer: B.
Erythema migrans
- Question 3
0 out of 1 points
A communicating hydrocephalus is caused by an impairment of the:
Selected Answer: B.
Cerebrospinal fluid flow into the subarachnoid space
Correct Answer: D.
Absorption of cerebrospinal fluid - Question 4
0 out of 1 points
A patient scrapes the knee while playing soccer and complains of sharp and welllocalized pain. Which of the following should the NP document to most accurately
characterize the pain?
Selected Answer: A.
Somatic pain
Correct Answer: A.
Somatic pain - Question 5
0 out of 1 points
Which answer indicates that a NP understands regeneration of neurons? Neurons that
have the capacity for regeneration include:
Selected Answer: C.
Myelinated peripheral neurons
Correct Answer: C.
Myelinated peripheral neurons
- Question 6
1 out of 1 points
In acute hypothermia, what physiological change shunts blood away from the colder
skin to the body core in an effort to decrease heat loss?
Selected Answer: B.
Peripheral vasoconstriction
Correct Answer: B.
Peripheral vasoconstriction - Question 7
1 out of 1 points
A 52 year-old male patient presents with scaly, thick, silvery, and elevated lesions on his
elbow. The skin appears thickened on exam. The NP knows that this disorder is a result
of .
Selected Answer: D.
Autoimmune T cell mediation