fight or flight response correct answers Sympathetic
Rest and Digest correct answers Parasympathetic
What regulates involuntary movement? correct answers Autonomic
What system regulates voluntary movements? correct answers Somatic
What is expected prognosis of ALS patient? correct answers 3-5 years
What is the priority need for late parkinson's patients? correct answers Airway protection
What is the 1st sign of Myasthenia Gravis? correct answers Eye Drooping
What type of diet should be given to seizure patients? correct answers Ketogenic
Which type of pain is usually well localized? correct answers Somatic
What hospice diagnosis requires forced vital capacity less than 40% and dyspnea at rest, anxiety?
correct answers ALS
What is variant angina? correct answers Spasms of Coronary Arteries, not caused by physical or
emotional stress, at rest or with minimal exertion, associated with nicotine, alcohol, or other
stimulants/drugs.
What is the initial objective when evaluating pain? correct answers Treatable causes of pain
Kussmaul respirations correct answers Very deep, labored breathing (usually associated with
diabetic acidosis and renal failure), gasping breaths.
What platelet level is bleeding likely to occur? correct answers Less than 50,000
What platelet level would hemorrhage occur? correct answers Less than 5,000 (Normal 150,000-
400,000)
What is the most common complication of portal hypertension? correct answers Hemorrhage of
esophageal varices
What is the best treatment for bone mets? correct answers Radiation, 1-2 weeks of treatment
before experience any reduction in pain.
Cheyne-Stokes respiration correct answers Hypernea (deep breaths) alternating with apnea. Seen
at EOL.