NR601 – MIDTERM EXAM Questions with Verified Answers
(Correct Update)
Question 1: Why do the older adult population have hypertrophy, what is happening during this
process
Answer: Increased cytoplasm activity
Question 2: Patients 65 and older, what is the blood pressure reading when it should start being
treated?
Answer: 130 Want to keep their BP less than 130
Question 3: What are the recommended blood pressure medications that are prescribed for older
adults
Answer: Diuretics Dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers.
Question 4: What are examples of dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker medicatons?
Answer: Ending in Pine AMLODAPINE
Question 5: What genetic factors tends to coexist with high blood pressure in the aging adult?
Answer: Obesity insulin resistance diabetes hyperlipedemia
Question 6: What are the three pulmonary function tests
Answer: Spirometry Lung volume assessment dittusion capacity
Question 7: Spirometry is what kind of test and what does it evaluate
Answer: Ettort dependant test that evaluates airflow limitation of obstructive diseases and
airways (COPD, Asthma)
Question 8: WHat are the ket measurements of spirometry
Answer: Forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1), of a forced expiratory maneuver
and the forced vital capacity (FVC), the total volume a person can exhale during the forced
maneuver.
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(Correct Update)
Question 1: Why do the older adult population have hypertrophy, what is happening during this
process
Answer: Increased cytoplasm activity
Question 2: Patients 65 and older, what is the blood pressure reading when it should start being
treated?
Answer: 130 Want to keep their BP less than 130
Question 3: What are the recommended blood pressure medications that are prescribed for older
adults
Answer: Diuretics Dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers.
Question 4: What are examples of dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker medicatons?
Answer: Ending in Pine AMLODAPINE
Question 5: What genetic factors tends to coexist with high blood pressure in the aging adult?
Answer: Obesity insulin resistance diabetes hyperlipedemia
Question 6: What are the three pulmonary function tests
Answer: Spirometry Lung volume assessment dittusion capacity
Question 7: Spirometry is what kind of test and what does it evaluate
Answer: Ettort dependant test that evaluates airflow limitation of obstructive diseases and
airways (COPD, Asthma)
Question 8: WHat are the ket measurements of spirometry
Answer: Forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1), of a forced expiratory maneuver
and the forced vital capacity (FVC), the total volume a person can exhale during the forced
maneuver.
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