DOUGLAS COLLEGE FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES GENERAL NURSING PROGRAM NURSING 2140 PATHPHYSIOLOGY CHALLENGE EXAM FORMAT OF TEST:
I. Length of Exam – 2 hours Number of questions – 115 Type of Exam questions – multiple choice
- definitions/terminology - factors affecting lab values/patterns of disease - vital
- definitions and examples of cellular adaptation /injury
- WBCs - definitions - inflammatory response - healing: types, factors that delay, complications
- maternal infections during pregnancy – TORCH
- penicillins, aminoglycosides: examples, action, side effect
- classification of disorders and examples
- fetal teratogens, effects pf teratogens
- genetic testing (chorionic villi sampling, amniocentesis with ultrasound
- common imbalances and fluid shifts: etiology, clinical manifestations,
- predisposing factors - clinical manifestations - pathophysiology
- predisposing factors - pathophysiology - clinical manifestations and rationale
- comparison Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis
-pathophysilogy -clinical manifestations -treatment
- sites - clinical manifestations - treatment
- types - clinical manifestations - bone healing - complications of fractures - treatment (surgery, traction, etc.) - hip fractures: types, clinical manifestations, complications - post-operative complications for hip replacement surgery
-pathophysiology -predisposing factors -clinical manifestations
- types, related causes - stages, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations - antepartum hemorrhage:
- arteriosclerosis - definition - atherosclerosis - definition, pathophysiology - angina: - predisposing factors, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations
- pathophysiology - clinical manifestations - diagnosis, complications
- definition - pathophysiology and clinical manifestations - differentiate right from left sided failure - complications
- thrombolytic (examples, action) - diuretics (Lasix) - cardiac glycoside (Digoxin) - antianginal (Nitroglycerine) - anticoagulants (Heparin, Warfarin) -
- definition - pathophysiology - treatment
- differentiate clinical manifestations of arterial and venous insufficiency
etiology, pathophysilogy, clinical manifestations
etiology, clinical manifestations, treatment
WHAT TO BRING TO THE TEST Please bring your Douglas College student number, photo identification (driver's license, passport or Douglas College student card), a pen and pencil. No dictionaries are allowed. TO BOOK AN APPOINTMENT
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