Lungs Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Respiration (general term) - Answer- The process of gas exchange that occurs between the alveoli and the pulmonary capillaries and between the body's cells and their adjacent capillaries as well as the use of glucose and oxygen during normal metabolism within the cells (as opposed to ventilation/breathing, which is moving air in and out of lungs). Can be broken in four components: pulmonary ventilation, external respiration, internal respiration, and cellular respiration and metabolism Pu...

TEST BANK FOR HEALTH ASSESSMENT IN NURSING 6TH EDITION BY WEBER 9781496344380 CHAPTER 1-34 COMPLETE GUIDE. Table of Contents Unit 1: Nursing Data Collection, Documentation, and Analysis Chapter 1 Nurse’s Role in Health Assessment: Collecting and Analyzing Data Chapter 2 Collecting Subjective Data: The Interview and Health History Chapter 3 Collecting Objective Data: The Physical Examination Chapter 4 Validating and Documenting Data Chapter 5 Thinking Critically to Analyze Data and Make Informe...

What is Starling's Law of Capillary forces? How does this explain why a nutritionally deficient child would have edema? - CORRECT ANSWER Starling's Law describes how fluids move across the capillary membrane. There are two major opposing forces that act to balance each other, hydrostatic pressure (pushing wa-ter out of the capillaries) and osmotic pressure (including oncontic pressure, which pushes fluid into the capillaries). Both electrolytes and proteins (oncontic pressure) in...

NREMT Most severe dysrhythmia of the heart ANS- Asystole Asystole ANS- indicates no electrical activity in the heart PEA ANS- indicates some residual electrical activity within the heart, but not enough for a pulse Ventricular fibrillation ANS- shockable rhythm, heart rhythm problem that occurs when the heart beats with rapid, erratic electrical impulses. This causes pumping chambers in your heart (the ventricles) to quiver uselessly, instead of pumping blood. Ventricular tachycar...

ATI ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (2023/2024) (VERIFIED ANSWERS)WITH NGN what structure prevents food from being aspirated into the lungs? - CORRECT ANSWER the epiglottis how does the event of ovulation take place? - CORRECT ANSWER it takes place as the graafian follicle ruptures, subsequently releasing an ovum straightening the elbow by lowering the hand affects what muscle? - CORRECT ANSWER triceps brachii production of what is a function of the prostate glan...

for a client admitted to the hospital with partial and full thickness burns of the chest and face, which concern would the nurse establish as a priority? - Correct inadequate gas exchange caused by smoke inhalation which is the priority nursing action immediately after the insertion of a subclavian central venous access catheter for a client who is to begin TPN? - Correct auscultate the lungs to evaluate breath sounds which nursing intervention would be the priority for an older client wit...

A fifth-grade student with cerebral palsy has average intelligence and intelligible speech bit limited mobility and, as a result, struggles greatly with both fine motor and gross motor skills. To best help the student successfully complete written assignments, the teacher should provide a: a. Voice Recognition Software Program b. Pencil Grip and Raised-Line Paper c. portable word processor d. personal amplifier and FM system correct answers a. Voice Recognition Software Program Screenin...

What is the structure that carries air downward from the larynx to the lungs? - ANSWER Trachea When can the oropharyngeal airways not be used? - ANSWER Gag reflex present What is will not be caused by vigorous suctioning the back of the patients throat ? - ANSWER convulsions What is the oxygen flow rate when ventilating with a BVM ? - ANSWER 15 LPM with oxygen reservoir What percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere? - ANSWER 21% at al altitudes What should the oxygen flow be at when...

ABSA Study Guide Questions + Answers Solved Correctly Which of the following would be used to dilate a urethral stricture? Choose one Foley Bakes Filiform with followers None of the above -Answer-Filiform with followers Reverse Trendelenburg's position -Answer-The head of the bed is raised and the foot of the bed is lowered What do ligaments connect? -Answer-bone to bone The taenia coli are -Answer-three longitudinal bands of muscle located beneath the serosa of the colon. Taenia co...

thrombus - CORRECT ANSWER-clot embolus - CORRECT ANSWER-traveling clot why are DVT dangerous - CORRECT ANSWER-deep veins below the waist can travel up to the lungs PE locations - CORRECT ANSWER-subsegmental segmental lobar saddle saddle PE - CORRECT ANSWER-when two main arteries, come into lungs, clot blocks the entire blood supply of lungs acute symptoms means - CORRECT ANSWER-immediate symptoms subacute symptoms means - CORRECT ANSWER-symptoms in days to weeks chronic symptoms mean...