Med-Surg Exam #1_Test (100% correct answers)

medical-surgical nursing correct answers a specialty practice area in which nurses promote, restore, or maintain optimal health for patients from 18 to older than 100 years of age hypertension correct answers Used to treat _______________, the "ACE inhibitors" are drugs that disrupt the renin-angiotensin II pathway by reducing the amount of ACE made so that less angiotensin II is present. rapid response team (RRT) correct answers called to intervene when patient is deteriorating (before a respiratory or cardiac arrest occurs) 400 to 600 mL/day correct answers minimum urine amount needed to excrete toxic waste products 2.2 ; 500 correct answers ______ lb of weight gained is equivalent to 1 liter of fluid retained -- weight change of 1 lb is equal to a fluid volume change of about ______ mL insensible water loss correct answers water loss through skin, lungs, stool dehydration (hypovolemia) correct answers fluid intake/retention does not meet body's fluid needs; results in fluid volume deficit signs & symptoms include: -thready, increased pulse rate -decreased BP and orthostatic hypotension -increased respirations, dyspnea -flat neck and hand veins -diminished peripheral pulses -decreased urine output -poor skin turgor -hypoactive bowel sounds/constipation fluid overload (hypervolemia) correct answers an excess of body fluid signs & symptoms include: -weight gain -increased BP -bounding, increased pulse rate -increased respirations, dyspnea -crackles in the lungs -distended neck and hand veins -headache, confusion -orthopnea -pitting edema -ascites -hyperactive bowel sounds/diarrhea