CARE, 5TH EDITION (PAPERBACK – APRIL 1, 2025) BY AMELIE
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5TH EDITION
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS ................................................................................... 3
CHAPTER 2 CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ...................................................................... 19
CHAPTER 3 DERMATOLOGIC DISORDERS .................................................................................... 48
CHAPTER 4 EAR, NOSE & THROAT DISORDERS ............................................................................ 63
CHAPTER 5 ENDOCRINE DISORDERS............................................................................................ 82
CHAPTER 6 GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS .............................................................................. 97
CHAPTER 7 GENETIC DISORDERS ............................................................................................... 112
CHAPTER 8 HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS ..................................................................................... 122
CHAPTER 9 MEN’S HEALTH DISORDERS ..................................................................................... 136
CHAPTER 10 NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS ..................................................................................... 156
CHAPTER 11 OPHTHALMIC DISORDERS ..................................................................................... 171
CHAPTER 12 ORTHOPEDIC DISORDERS ..................................................................................... 187
CHAPTER 13 PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS ...................................................................................... 203
CHAPTER 14 PULMONARY DISORDERS ..................................................................................... 217
CHAPTER 15 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ........................................................................................ 232
CHAPTER 16 SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES ...................................................................... 255
CHAPTER 17 UROLOGIC DISORDERS .......................................................................................... 276
CHAPTER 18 WOMEN’S HEALTH DISORDERS ............................................................................ 290
CHAPTER 19 PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS .................................................................................... 309
,CHAPTER 1 CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. THE NURSE IS AWARE THAT THE MUSCLE LAYER OF THE HEART, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE HEARTS CONTRACTION, IS THE:
A. ENDOCARDIUM.
B. PERICARDIUM.
C. MEDIASTINUM.
D. MYOCARDIUM.
ANSWER: D
THE MYOCARDIUM IS THE SPECIALIZED MUSCLE LAYER THAT ALLOWS THE HEART TO
CONTRACT.
2. THE NURSE CLARIFIES THAT THE MASTER PACEMAKER OF THE HEART IS THE:
A. LEFT VENTRICLE.
B. ATRIOVENTRICULAR (AV) NODE.
C. SINOATRIAL (SA) NODE.
D. BUNDLE OF HIS.
ANSWER: C
THE SA NODE IS THE MASTER PACEMAKER OF THE HEART.
3. THE NURSE IS AWARE THAT THE SYMPTOMS OF AN IMPENDING MYOCARDIAL
INFARCTION (MI) DIFFER IN WOMEN BECAUSE ACUTE CHEST PAIN IS NOT PRESENT. WOMEN
ARE FREQUENTLY MISDIAGNOSED AS HAVING:
A. HEPATITIS A.
B. INDIGESTION.
, C. URINARY INFECTION.
D. MENOPAUSAL COMPLICATIONS.
ANSWER: B
INDIGESTION, GALLBLADDER ATTACK, ANXIETY ATTACK, AND DEPRESSION ARE FREQUENT
MISDIAGNOSES FOR WOMEN HAVING AN MI.
4. THE NURSE IDENTIFIES THE LUBB SOUND OF THE LUBB/DUBB OF THE CARDIAC CYCLE AS
THE SOUND OF THE:
A. AV VALVES CLOSING.
B. CLOSURE OF THE SEMILUNAR VALVES.
C. CONTRACTION OF THE PAPILLARY MUSCLES.
D. CONTRACTION OF THE VENTRICLES.
ANSWER: A
THE LUBB IS THE FIRST SOUND OF A LOW PITCH HEARD WHEN THE AV VALVES CLOSE.
5. A PATIENT IS ADMITTED FROM THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. THE EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT PHYSICIAN NOTES THE PATIENT HAS A DIAGNOSIS OF HEART FAILURE WITH A
NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION (NYHA) CLASSIFICATION OF IV. THIS INDICATES THE PATIENTS
CONDITION AS:
A. MODERATE HEART FAILURE.
B. SEVERE HEART FAILURE.
C. CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE.
D. NEGLIGIBLE HEART FAILURE.
ANSWER: B
CLASS IV: SEVERE; PATIENT UNABLE TO PERFORM ANY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WITHOUT
DISCOMFORT. ANGINA OR SYMPTOMS OF CARDIAC INEFFICIENCY MAY DEVELOP AT REST.