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NUR 2063 Final Exam1. What is a normal potassium level?
- 3.5-5.0 mEq/L
2. What should you do if you suspect a patient is hypokalemic?
- monitor the heart. POTASSIUM GOES WITH HEART
3. What are the Catecholamines?
- epinephrine and norepinephrine released during fight or flight response.
4. What is the function of albumin?
- to maintain osmotic pressure which prevents plasma from leaking into tissues.
ALBUMIN ATTRACTS WATER
5. What happens if there is a decrease in albumin?
- water will escape into the interstitial space
6. Ascites
- accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity
7. What is the function of aldosterone?
- It conserves sodium in the body which helps water retention and maintains blood
pressure
8. What is allostasis?
, - Ability of an organism to successfully adapt to changes and to return to homeostasis
9. What are the names of the fluid compartments?
- intracellular, extracellular, interstitial, intravascular
10. What is the cause of edema?
- increased capillary hydrostatic pressure
11. What is the difference between sign and symptoms?
- signs are objective, symptoms are subjective
12. Type 3 hypersensitivity reaction
- -results from the formation of igG or igM antibody-antigen complexes in the circulation
examples: Systemic lupus or Rheumatoid arthritis
13. Primary prevention
- Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring. (immunization)
14. Secondary prevention
- Efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent.
(screenings)
15. Tertiary prevention
- actions taken to contain damage once a disease or disability has progressed beyond its
early stages. (contain and get back to normal)
, 16. Hypernatremia
- High sodium: increased temp, weakness, disorientation, delusions, hypotension,
tachycardia. SODIUM GOES WITH NEUROLOGICAL
17. Function of mitochondria
- produces ATP during cellular respiration for energy
18. When should you screen for colonoscopy?
- after 50 years old and every ten years after that because it takes at least ten years for a
tumor here to become cancerous
19. How often should women self-examine for breast cancer?
- every month
20. What is the primary function of bone marrow?
- formation of blood cells. Hematopoiesis, hemopoiesis
21. Signs of localized inflammation
- redness, heat, pain, swelling, tenderness, glossy appearance
22. Leukocytosis
- increase in the number of white blood cells
23. Leukemia
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