Which of the following guidelines may be used to identify which heart sound is S1? S1 coincides with the carotid artery pulse. Which of the following cardiac alterations occurs during pregnancy? An increase in cardiac volume and a decrease in blood pressure Which of the following is an appropriate position to have the patient assume when auscultating for extra heart sounds or murmurs? Roll toward the left side The leaflets of the tricuspid and mitral valves are anchored by __________________
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1. The independent variable for A‚ B‚ and C is postnatal age in hours. The dependent variables for A‚ B‚ and C are systolic blood pressure‚ diastolic blood pressure‚ and mean blood pressure respectively. The relationships between these variable is direct and positive in that as the independent variable of postnatal age increases the corresponding dependent variable increases. 2. The independent and dependent variables in Figure 3 are the same as in Figure 2‚ as well as the relationship between
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does it do? The largest vessel attached to the heart is the Aorta‚ and it is responsible for delivering blood to the body. 3. What is pulmonary circulation? Pulmonary Circulation is the flow of blood through the heart to the lungs and back to the heart. The function is taking the waste products that contain molecules CO2 and other substances and turn it into blood through the lungs then the blood returns to the heart to through the left side and goes through to the rest of the body. 4. The sound
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of medication errors‚ pressure-ulcers‚ falls‚ suicide or attempted suicide in a facility‚ and numerous surgical mishaps including the wrong patient‚ wrong procedure‚ wrong site‚ intraoperative or postoperative event or death. The adverse event that we will dissect and recommend strategies for prevention include a medication
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came to operating theatres for a procedure. Names that are used have been changed in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2004)‚ to protect identities. The specific haemodynamic monitoring used for the patient is‚ Direct Arterial Pressure Measurement‚ more commonly termed “A line”. Mary is a 68 year old female who came to theatres for a diagnostic laparotomy. A laparotomy is an opening of the abdomen for surgical intervention (Merck 2007). This was to be performed as an initial
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Hines‚ Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital‚ Maywood‚ Illinois; and 3Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering‚ Illinois Institute of Technology‚ Chicago‚ Illinois ABSTRACT When the kidney is subjected to acute increases in blood pressure (BP)‚ renal blood flow (RBF) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) are observed to remain relatively constant. Two mechanisms‚ tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF) and the myogenic response‚ are thought to act in concert to achieve a precise moment-by-moment
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a. What enzyme is released from the kidney in response to decreased blood pressure? _______________________ b. What enzyme converts angiotensin I to angiotensin II? ______________ c. What are two effects of angiotensin II? d. How does aldosterone cause more sodium to be reabsorbed in the kidney? e. As a result‚ what happens to blood volume and blood pressure? _______ 6. a. A decrease in blood volume and blood pressure will lead to a/an ______________ in the sympathetic nervous system (SNS)
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If this occurs‚ it’s known as bradycardia. In an emergency‚ the pulse rate will most likely be higher than normal. The two factors that determine the quality of the pulse are rhythm and force. The rhythm shows regularity and the force shows the pressure of the pulse as it expands the arteries. There are a number of ways to take a patients pulse. The three most common ways are radial‚ brachial‚ and carotid. The radial pulse is found on the wrist and is used on patients 1 year of age and older. In
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Self-Care Management Plan for Hypertensive Teachers Key Areas | Recommendation | Evidence | Strategies | Detection/Diagnosis | Nurses will take every appropriate opportunity to assess blood pressure of teachers in aides to facilitate every detection of hypertension.Nurses will utilize correct technique‚ and appropriate use of cuff size properly maintained calibrated equipment when assessing BPNurses will be knowledgeable regarding the process involved in the diagnosis of HPN | Category Systolic
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a series of heart-muscle fibers. At often times a highly active athlete can experience a heart rate of fifty beats per minute and show no signs of Sinus Bradycardia. This is because regular exercise has shown to improve the heart’s ability to pump blood. Signs
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