BSNC 1000 Midterm Test Questions with Correct Answers

BSNC 1000 Midterm Test Questions with Correct Answers What are the differences between illness vs. disease? - Answer-Illness is SUBJECTIVE and is the experience of being sick/ the reaction to a physical or psychological condition Disease is OBJECTIVE and is a physical/ psychological dysfunction or abnormality What are the three domains of learning? - Answer-cognitive, affective, psychomotor Explain capacity building - Answer-the process of empowering others and strengthening their capabilities. Used to address health concerns in nursing in order to implement decisions, actions or teach What can lead to hypoxia? - Answer-hypoxemia, ischemia, anemia What is hypoxemia? - Answer-low oxygen in the blood What is hypoxia? - Answer-low O2 content in tissues What is ischemia? - Answer-lack of oxygenated blood flow What is histoxic hypoxia? - Answer-Cells fail to use oxygen What is anoxia? - Answer-complete lack of oxygen in tissues What is emphysema? - Answer-airflow limitation due to a destruction of elastin fibers and abnormal enlargment of alveoli What is the pathogenesis for emphysema? - Answer-Neutrophils in alveoli secrete protease (elastase) to kill pathogens. Alveoli are coated with alpha-antitrypsin (AAT) to prevent elastase from further damaging alveoli. When under persistant irritation, neutrophils increase which causes elastase overproduction which further damages alveoli. What are key manifestations of emphysema? - Answer-a) pursed lip breathing: used to control SOB b) barrell chest: caused by lung hyperinflation What is stroke volume? - Answer-the amount of blood ejected by the heart in any one contraction What three factors affect stroke volume? - Answer-a) Preload = amount of blood in ventricles at end of diastoli b) Contractility = strength of myocardial contraction c) Afterload = force of ventricles must exert to open the semilunar valves