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Question 1

Most common cause of an MI

Answer 1

coronary thrombosis

Question 2

When we measure blood hormone levels what are we measuring?

Answer 2

how our endocrine glands are working

Question 3

Normal Calcium level (pg.187 med surg)

Answer 3

9-11mg/dL

Question 4

Normal range for normal ph of blood

Answer 4

7.35- 7.45

Question 5

Why do we get noisy respirations when a client is nearing death

Answer 5

muscular-skeletal changes

Question 6

What kind of fluid is normal saline (pg.134 med surg)

Answer 6

isotonic

Question 7

Normal range for bicarbonate

Answer 7

22-29 mEq/L

Question 8

What is acromegaly

Answer 8

oversecretion of GH in adulthood
(enlarged hands, feet, skull)

Question 9

What is stage 4 cancer? (pg. 763 med surg)

Answer 9

not considered curable

Question 10

What do you look out for in hypocalcemia

Answer 10

excessive bleeding or bruising w/out cause

Question 11

What does benign mean (pg.1002 med surg)

Answer 11

type of tumor that is not invasive or spreading

Question 12

What is hoarseness that lasts for about a month a manifestation of

Answer 12

laryngeal cancer

Question 13

What is a cardinal sign of lung cancer

Answer 13

mucopurulent sputum

Question 14

whats considered the pacemaker of the heart

Answer 14

SA node

Question 15

Difference between arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis (pg.323 med surg)

Answer 15

Arteriosclerosis: loss of elasticity or hardening of the arteries that accompanies the aging process.

Atherosclerosis: a condition in which the lumen of arteries fills with fatty deposits called plaque.

Question 16

What is a characteristic of atherosclerosis

Answer 16

fatty deposits in the lumen of the arteries

Question 17

what is blood pressure

Answer 17

the force of circulating blood on the walls of the arteries

Question 18

What is a reason for heart failure

Answer 18

when the heart can’t pump sufficiently enough to provide what it needs to provide to the rest of the body.

Question 19

What is the main cause of right-sided heart failure

Answer 19

left sided heart failure

Question 20

As death approaches how does cardiac function change

Answer 20

-apical pulse may reach 100bpm
-then cardiac output decreases
-heart rate & blood pressure begin to fall

Question 21

How does anxiety affect possible surgery

Answer 21

poor response to surgery & prone to complications

Question 22

what factors put a client at risk for wound dehiscence

Answer 22

-obesity
-smoking
-malnutrition

Question 23

What are the 3 types of anesthesia

Answer 23

-spinal
-local
-epidural

Question 24

what is the primary characteristic with colon cancer

Answer 24

changes in the bowels that lasts

Question 25

which part of the nervous system regulates the expenditure of energy

Answer 25

sympathetic

Question 26

Which part of the nervous system is responsible for digesting food and eliminated body waste

Answer 26

parasymptathetic

Question 27

Manifestations of a constant headache & papilledema are an indication of what

Answer 27

brain tumor

Question 28

Where is the thymus gland

Answer 28

upper chest behind the breast bone (sternum), sits in between the lungs

Question 29

What is gigantism?

Answer 29

oversecretion of GH hormone before puberty

Question 30

What medication would be prescribed for hypothyroidism (brand name)

Answer 30

synthroid

Question 31

Client with type 2 diabetes asks the nurse why he cant have a pancreatic transplant

Answer 31

underlying problem is insulin resistance

Question 32

where are we giving most insulin injections

Answer 32

abdomen