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1. Which electrolyte is essential for enzyme and neurochemical
activities?
A.Chloride
B.Magnesium
C.Potassium
D.Phosphate: B, magnesium.
2. Ill health, malnutrition, and wasting as a result of chronic disease are
all
associated with:
A. Surgical asepsis
B. Catabolism
C. Cachexia
D. Venous stasis: *Correct Response: C*
Ill health, malnutrition, and wasting as a result of chronic disease are all
associated with cachexia. Cachexia can also
result from dehiscence of a surgical incision or rupture of wound
closure.
*Surgical asepsis refers to using a sterile technique to protect against
infection before, during, and after surgery. The
,breakdown of tissue, especially after severe trauma or crush injuries is
known as *catabolism.
*Venous stasis is a disorder related to pooling of blood in a vein of the
body; venous stasis typically occurs in the lower
extremities and it is one of the many hazards, or complications, of
immobilization.
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4. Select all the possible opportunistic infections that adversely affect
HIV/AIDS
infected patients:
A. Visual losses
B. Kaposi's sarcoma
C. Wilms' sarcoma
D. Tuberculosis
E. Peripheral neuropathy
F. Toxoplasma gondii: *Correct Response: B, D, F*
Kaposi's sarcoma, tuberculosis, toxoplasma gondii, mycobacterium
avium, herpes simplex, histoplasmosis and salmo nella infections are
HIV/AIDS associated opportunistic infections.
,*Although many affected patients can experience blindness and
peripheral neuropathy, these disorders result from
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impaired nervous system damage rather than an infection.
*Lastly, Wilms' tumor (sarcoma) is a pediatric form of kidney cancer
and it is neither an infection nor something that
typically affects the patient with HIV/AIDS
5. What can help reduce a patient's anxiety and postsurgical pain?
A. Preoperative teaching
B. Preoperative checklist
C. Psychological counseling
D. Preoperative medication: *Correct Response: A*
Patient teaching before surgery not only helps to reduce a patient's
anxiety and postsurgical pain but it also decreases
the amount of anesthesia needed and a lack of anxiety additionally
speeds up wound healing. Preoperative checklists
are a form of nursing documentation that is used to guide and
document the care of the patient before surgery.
Psychological counseling is typically NOT necessary except under highly
unusual circumstances and preoperative
medication can decrease the amount of anesthetic needed and
respiratory tract secretions but it does not help with
, postoperative pain.
6. The recommended daily caloric intake for sedentary older men,
active adult
women and children is:
A. 2400 calories
B. 1600 calories
C. 2800 calories
D. 2000 calories: *Correct Response: D*
Sedentary older men, active adult women and children should all have
6 ounces of grains, 2½ cups of vegetables, 2
cups of fruits, and 3 cups of milk to help make up their 2000 calorie
requirement. Sedentary adolescents require 2400
calories, sedentary women and children require 1600 calories and
active adolescents need 2800 calories daily.
7. Which disease decreases the metabolic rate?
A. Cancer
B. Hypothyroidism
C. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
D. Cardiac failure: Answer: B- hypothyroidism.
8. When caring for an infant during cardiac arrest, which pulse must be
palpated
to determine cardiac function?
A. Carotid
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1. Which electrolyte is essential for enzyme and neurochemical
activities?
A.Chloride
B.Magnesium
C.Potassium
D.Phosphate: B, magnesium.
2. Ill health, malnutrition, and wasting as a result of chronic disease are
all
associated with:
A. Surgical asepsis
B. Catabolism
C. Cachexia
D. Venous stasis: *Correct Response: C*
Ill health, malnutrition, and wasting as a result of chronic disease are all
associated with cachexia. Cachexia can also
result from dehiscence of a surgical incision or rupture of wound
closure.
*Surgical asepsis refers to using a sterile technique to protect against
infection before, during, and after surgery. The
,breakdown of tissue, especially after severe trauma or crush injuries is
known as *catabolism.
*Venous stasis is a disorder related to pooling of blood in a vein of the
body; venous stasis typically occurs in the lower
extremities and it is one of the many hazards, or complications, of
immobilization.
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. Note our prediction Exams contains
97% of the
questions you will find in your exam, which makes as give you 100%
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you will pass in your Exam.:
4. Select all the possible opportunistic infections that adversely affect
HIV/AIDS
infected patients:
A. Visual losses
B. Kaposi's sarcoma
C. Wilms' sarcoma
D. Tuberculosis
E. Peripheral neuropathy
F. Toxoplasma gondii: *Correct Response: B, D, F*
Kaposi's sarcoma, tuberculosis, toxoplasma gondii, mycobacterium
avium, herpes simplex, histoplasmosis and salmo nella infections are
HIV/AIDS associated opportunistic infections.
,*Although many affected patients can experience blindness and
peripheral neuropathy, these disorders result from
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impaired nervous system damage rather than an infection.
*Lastly, Wilms' tumor (sarcoma) is a pediatric form of kidney cancer
and it is neither an infection nor something that
typically affects the patient with HIV/AIDS
5. What can help reduce a patient's anxiety and postsurgical pain?
A. Preoperative teaching
B. Preoperative checklist
C. Psychological counseling
D. Preoperative medication: *Correct Response: A*
Patient teaching before surgery not only helps to reduce a patient's
anxiety and postsurgical pain but it also decreases
the amount of anesthesia needed and a lack of anxiety additionally
speeds up wound healing. Preoperative checklists
are a form of nursing documentation that is used to guide and
document the care of the patient before surgery.
Psychological counseling is typically NOT necessary except under highly
unusual circumstances and preoperative
medication can decrease the amount of anesthetic needed and
respiratory tract secretions but it does not help with
, postoperative pain.
6. The recommended daily caloric intake for sedentary older men,
active adult
women and children is:
A. 2400 calories
B. 1600 calories
C. 2800 calories
D. 2000 calories: *Correct Response: D*
Sedentary older men, active adult women and children should all have
6 ounces of grains, 2½ cups of vegetables, 2
cups of fruits, and 3 cups of milk to help make up their 2000 calorie
requirement. Sedentary adolescents require 2400
calories, sedentary women and children require 1600 calories and
active adolescents need 2800 calories daily.
7. Which disease decreases the metabolic rate?
A. Cancer
B. Hypothyroidism
C. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
D. Cardiac failure: Answer: B- hypothyroidism.
8. When caring for an infant during cardiac arrest, which pulse must be
palpated
to determine cardiac function?
A. Carotid
