VN 22 CLO 1 Flashcards
1.Most common cause of a MI
Coronary Thrombosis
- When we measure blood hormones levels, what are we measuring
To tells us how our endocrine gland are working
- Know the normal calcium level
9 to 11 mg/dL
- Know the range of normal PH of blood
7.35 to 7.45
- Why do we get noisy respirations near death
Muscular skeletal changes
- Know what kind of fluid is normal saline
Isotonic Solution
- Know the normal range of bicarbonate
22 to 29 mEq/L
- Know what acromegaly:
Condition in which growth hormone is over secreted after the epiphyses of the long bones have sealed. (All bones are limited expect the bones of your hands, feet and face)
- Know what stage 4 cancer means
Cancer have invaded to other organs of the body
- What are you looking for in client with Hypocalcemia
For excessive bruising and bleeding without cause
- Know how to describe what benign
Type of tumor that is not invasive or spreading/non cancerous.
- Hoarse that lasts for a month is a manifestation/sign of what
Laryngeal cancer
- What is a cardinal sign of lung cancer
Mucopurulent septum
- What is consider the pacemaker of the heart
SA node
- Know the difference between arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis
Arteriosclerosis: loss of elasticity or hardening of the arteries
Atherosclerosis: condition in which the lumen of the artery fills with fatty deposits called plaque, chiefly composed of cholesterol
- What are characteristic of atherosclerosis
Fatting deposits in the lumen of the arteries
- Know the definition of Blood pressure
The pressure of circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels
- What is a reason for heart failure
When the heart cannot pump sufficient enough to meet the bodies needs
- What is the main cause of right side heart failure
Left side heart failure
- As death approaches how does cardiac function change
The apical pulse may reach 100 beats or more, the cardiac output decreases and the heart rate & blood pressure being to fall
- How does anxiety effect surgery
Poor respond to the surgery and prone to complications
Know what factors can place a client at risk for wound dehiscence
Obesity, Smoking and Malnutrition
- Know the three types region anesthesia
Spinal, local and epidural
- What is the primary characteristic associated with colon cancer
Changes in the bowel
- Which part of the nervous system regulates the expenditure of energy
Sympathetic
- Part of the nervous system that is responsible for digesting food and limiting body waste
Parasympathetic
- Manifestations of consist headache and see papilledema can be indication of what
Brain tumor
- Know where the thymus gland is
In the upper chest behind your breastbone (sternum)
- Know what gigantism is
When over secretions of growth hormone (GH) occurs before puberty (when the end [epiphyses] of the long bones are not yet fully united)
All bones have no limit in growth
- What medication would be prescribed for hypothyroidism
Synthroid
- A client with type 2 diabetes ask the nurse why he can’t have a pancreatic transplant
The underline problem is insulin resistance
- Client education for diabetes, what is the most important thing to do to prevent neuropathy
Control blood glucose
- Where are we giving insulin injection
Abdomen
