NURS 5333 Family 1 Test1 Study Guide +
Questions with Accurate Solutions
natural menopause
12 consecutive months of amenorrhea in a non-pregnant woman, greater than 40 years
of age with a mean age of 51 years
Perimenopause/menopausal transition is
period from the onset of irregular menses to the final menstrual cycle
This condition begins on average about four years before menopause and starts at the
mean age of about 47.
Perimenopause/menopausal transition
Primary ovarian insufficiency
is irregular or cessation of ovulatory menstrual cycles before the age of 40 years
surgical menopause
is removal of functioning ovaries leading to immediate menopause.
median age of menopause is # years
51
Race and menopause
usually occurs earlier in Hispanic women and later in Japanese American women as
compared to Caucasians.
As women age, follicle-stimulating hormone...
hormone production varies and then increases.
, How does Menopause happen PATHO:
inadequate estradiol production leads to the absence of luteinizing hormone surge and
causing failure to ovulate.
Anovulation causes the lack of _______________ production.
progesterone
Woman's body fails to produce estradiol and thus...
leads to thinning of the endometrial lining and eventually menstruation ceases
Estrone
which is produced by adipose tissue, becomes the dominant form of estrogen during
menopause.
> risk of cardiovascular disease and osteoporotic fractures due to women having.....
menopause
decreased risk of cardiovascular disease in menopause?
can be offset by increasing exercise, maintaining a healthy diet and losing weight,
avoiding tobacco use, treating hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes mellitus.
offset the risks of osteoporotic fractures
with weight-bearing exercise and fall prevention, avoidance of smoking and excess of
alcohol intake, and a dietary calcium intake of 1200 milligrams per day combined with
adequate vitamin D intake of 800 to 1200 IUs daily.
Taking a history on these menopausal females, they will...
Questions with Accurate Solutions
natural menopause
12 consecutive months of amenorrhea in a non-pregnant woman, greater than 40 years
of age with a mean age of 51 years
Perimenopause/menopausal transition is
period from the onset of irregular menses to the final menstrual cycle
This condition begins on average about four years before menopause and starts at the
mean age of about 47.
Perimenopause/menopausal transition
Primary ovarian insufficiency
is irregular or cessation of ovulatory menstrual cycles before the age of 40 years
surgical menopause
is removal of functioning ovaries leading to immediate menopause.
median age of menopause is # years
51
Race and menopause
usually occurs earlier in Hispanic women and later in Japanese American women as
compared to Caucasians.
As women age, follicle-stimulating hormone...
hormone production varies and then increases.
, How does Menopause happen PATHO:
inadequate estradiol production leads to the absence of luteinizing hormone surge and
causing failure to ovulate.
Anovulation causes the lack of _______________ production.
progesterone
Woman's body fails to produce estradiol and thus...
leads to thinning of the endometrial lining and eventually menstruation ceases
Estrone
which is produced by adipose tissue, becomes the dominant form of estrogen during
menopause.
> risk of cardiovascular disease and osteoporotic fractures due to women having.....
menopause
decreased risk of cardiovascular disease in menopause?
can be offset by increasing exercise, maintaining a healthy diet and losing weight,
avoiding tobacco use, treating hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes mellitus.
offset the risks of osteoporotic fractures
with weight-bearing exercise and fall prevention, avoidance of smoking and excess of
alcohol intake, and a dietary calcium intake of 1200 milligrams per day combined with
adequate vitamin D intake of 800 to 1200 IUs daily.
Taking a history on these menopausal females, they will...
