A 37 year old presents with morbid obesity and is being evaluated for colon cancer. The nurse knows there are physiologic changes in obese patients that predispose them to cancer. Which of the following is NOT a physiologic change seen in obese patients?

What is the expected electrocardiogram (ECG) pattern when a thrombus in a coronary artery permanently lodges in the vessel and the infarction extends through the myocardium from the endocardium to the epicardium?

Which principle should the NP remember while planning care for a patient with respiratory problems?  Diffusion of respiratory gases takes place at the:

A 35-year-old female is hospitalized and diagnosed with acute tubular necrosis (ATN).  The NP knows that this is classified as a(n) ____________cause of renal failure?

The primary difficulty in applying the cost approach to determine market value is:

A patient wants to know what causes atherosclerosis.  How should the practitioner respond?  In general, atherosclerosis is caused by:

A 30-year-old female received a severe head injury in a motor vehicle accident. She is now experiencing respiratory abnormalities characterized by alternating periods of deep and shallow breathing with periods of apnea. What term should the NP use when charting this condition?

The four home mortgage “processes” discussed in class are listed below. Which one of these involves a senior-subordinate structure?

Which of the following would be an expected effect of activation of beta-2 receptors?

An experiment was designed to test the effects of the Starling forces on fluid movement.  Which of the following alterations would result in fluid moving into the interstitial space?