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VN 22 CLO 1 Flashcards

1
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1.Most common cause of a MI

A

Coronary Thrombosis

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2
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  1. When we measure blood hormones levels, what are we measuring
A

To tells us how our endocrine gland are working

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3
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  1. Know the normal calcium level
A

9 to 11 mg/dL

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4
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  1. Know the range of normal PH of blood
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7.35 to 7.45

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5
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  1. Why do we get noisy respirations near death
A

Muscular skeletal changes

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6
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  1. Know what kind of fluid is normal saline
A

Isotonic Solution

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7
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  1. Know the normal range of bicarbonate
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22 to 29 mEq/L

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8
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  1. Know what acromegaly:
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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)

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9
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  1. Know what stage 4 cancer means
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Cancer have invaded to other organs of the body

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10
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  1. What are you looking for in client with Hypocalcemia
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For excessive bruising and bleeding without cause

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11
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  1. Know how to describe what benign
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Type of tumor that is not invasive or spreading/non cancerous.

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12
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  1. Hoarse that lasts for a month is a manifestation/sign of what
A

Laryngeal cancer

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13
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  1. What is a cardinal sign of lung cancer
A

Mucopurulent septum

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14
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  1. What is consider the pacemaker of the heart
A

SA node

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15
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  1. Know the difference between arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis
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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

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16
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  1. What are characteristic of atherosclerosis
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Fatting deposits in the lumen of the arteries

17
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  1. Know the definition of Blood pressure
A

The pressure of circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels

18
Q
  1. What is a reason for heart failure
A

When the heart cannot pump sufficient enough to meet the bodies needs

19
Q
  1. What is the main cause of right side heart failure
A

Left side heart failure

20
Q
  1. As death approaches how does cardiac function change
A

The apical pulse may reach 100 beats or more, the cardiac output decreases and the heart rate & blood pressure being to fall

21
Q
  1. How does anxiety effect surgery
A

Poor respond to the surgery and prone to complications

22
Q

Know what factors can place a client at risk for wound dehiscence

A

Obesity, Smoking and Malnutrition

23
Q
  1. Know the three types region anesthesia
A

Spinal, local and epidural

24
Q
  1. What is the primary characteristic associated with colon cancer
A

Changes in the bowel

25
Q
  1. Which part of the nervous system regulates the expenditure of energy
A

Sympathetic

26
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  1. Part of the nervous system that is responsible for digesting food and limiting body waste
A

Parasympathetic

27
Q
  1. Manifestations of consist headache and see papilledema can be indication of what
A

Brain tumor

28
Q
  1. Know where the thymus gland is
A

In the upper chest behind your breastbone (sternum)

29
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  1. Know what gigantism is
A

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

30
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  1. What medication would be prescribed for hypothyroidism
A

Synthroid

31
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  1. A client with type 2 diabetes ask the nurse why he can’t have a pancreatic transplant
A

The underline problem is insulin resistance

32
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  1. Client education for diabetes, what is the most important thing to do to prevent neuropathy
A

Control blood glucose

33
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  1. Where are we giving insulin injection
A

Abdomen

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