Chapter 50: Nursing Management: Endocrine Problems Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A 45-year-old male patient with suspected acromegaly is seen at the clinic. To assist in making the diagnosis‚ which question should the nurse ask? a. “Have you had a recent head injury?” b. “Do you have to wear larger shoes now?” c. “Is there a family history of acromegaly?” d. “Are you experiencing tremors or anxiety?” ANS: B Acromegaly causes an enlargement of the hands and feet. Head injury and family history are
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within the synaptic space‚ which occurs by modulating the activity of the dopamine transporter and the norepinephrine transporter. The prefrontal cortex controls all behavior‚ attention‚ and emotion but in patients suffering from ADHD symptoms of decreased attention span‚ heightened distractibility‚ and poor impulse control are seen. The prefrontal cortex requires norepinephrine and dopamine for
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505-506 Metoprolol 12.5MG=0.5 oral AM and PM Antihypertensive: Antianginal Reduces heart rate and cardiac output at rest and during exercise Hypersensitivity‚ dizziness‚ fatigue‚ insomnia‚ mental depression‚ shortness of breath Amlodipine 10MG Q8 (IV times) Calcium channel blocker: Antihypertensive Calcium channel blocking agent that selectively blocks calcium influx across cell membrane of cardiac and vascular smooth muscle without changing serum calcium concentrations Flushing tachycardia‚ nausea
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The poliovirus is well known across the globe‚ especially in America. Many associate the virus with our former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)‚ who was bound to a wheelchair due to his diagnosis of poliomyelitis. “Poliomyelitis is a debilitating muscle disorder‚ caused by the enterovirus known as the poliovirus” (Khan Academy‚ 2015). There are three serotypes of the virus that can cause paralysis; “poliovirus is a positive-strand single-stranded RNA virus” (Racaniello‚ 2005). This virus
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The Physiology of Fitness – Acute and long term effects on the body Musculoskeletal System Response to acute exercise Increased Blood Supply During exercise your blood supply increases to your muscles‚ the reason for this is to keep them working and making sure that they don’t get tired too easily. Increase in Muscle Pliability During exercise your muscles will also become more pliable because as the muscles contract quickly they will generate heat‚ this then makes the muscles more pliable
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The Complete Health History Virginia G Parrott Fort Hays State University Health History Health history assessment conducted on George on the fifteen of February 2010 at approximately one o’clock. George is a fifty-four year white male married with three adult children and two grand children. He has been working as a teacher for over twenty years a local middle school. This paper will highlight George’s health care issues and will identify five nursing diagnosis for him. Methods of Health
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occur in people of any age‚ it is more common in infants‚ older adults‚ and people who have compromised immune systems. Respiratory failure‚ cardiac failure‚ or any other organ failure can occur. Symptoms of Septic Shock Symptoms of Septic shock include either fever‚ malaise‚ chills‚ and nausea. The first sign of shock is often confusion and decreased consciousness. In this beginning stage‚ the extremities are usually warm. Later‚ they become cool‚ pale‚ and bluish. Other symptoms include:
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Maintaining blood pressure can vary depending on three important factors: cardiac output (CO)‚ stroke volume (SV) and peripheral resistance (PR). CO is referred to the amount of blood that is being pumped out of each ventricle within 1 minute (Marieb & Hoehn‚ 2016‚ pp. 688). CO is also the overall product of both heart rate and SV
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with Multisystem Failure The key immediate assessment of the patient to assess homeostasis‚ oxygenation and level of pain would be: breath sounds oxygen saturation respiratory rate and pattern vital signs cognitive ability urine output finger stick glucose restlessness If available lab results‚ I would like to see the resulted complete blood count with differential and complete metabolic profile. Possibly supplying the patient with supplemental oxygen if deemed so by her
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saline on cardiac output? HYPOTHESIS: Cardiac output is higher in a hot saline and low in cold saline temperature parameters. Educated Guess Answer: Phenomenally cardiac output is supposed to rise in hot saline conditions and drastically go down in cold saline conditions. Normalising Data Table 2.1: Cardiac output normalised data of frogs in normal‚ hot and cold saline conditions Normal Hot Cold FROG SV(mV/beat) HR(beat/min) Cardiac output(L/min) SV(mV/beat) HR(beat/min) Cardiac output(L/min)
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