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A nurse is assigned to provide community outreach to a small town that was partially destroyed by a tornado 3 years earlier and has been rebuilt. The first client is a family who lost their home and their best friend in the tornado. Which intervention by the nurse is best? a. Assessment of the family's home environment to rule out safety issues b. Avoidance of discussion of the disaster of 3 years ago c. Consideration that the family will have worked through the emotional aftermath by n...

128 and 128 - Correct Answer-If a phase matrix of 128 is selected, how many lines and how many TR's must be completed to finish the scan Y - Correct Answer-In coronal imaging, which gradient is usually used for slice selection? Right to left - Correct Answer-For K space filling in a gradient echo sequence, when the frequency encoding gradient is negative, K space is traversed from? False - Correct Answer-The Y gradient alters the field of strength along the X-axis (horizontal) ...

hypercapnia - Correct Answer-excessive carbon dioxide in the blood hypoxemia - Correct Answer-deficient amount of oxygen in the blood hypoxia - Correct Answer-Low oxygen saturation of the body, not enough oxygen in the blood flail chest - Correct Answer-fracture of two or more adjacent ribs in two or more places that allows for free movement of the fractured segment pneumothorax - Correct Answer-air in the pleural cavity caused by a puncture of the lung or chest wall ple...

What is pulmonary disease? - Correct Answer-Type of disease that affects the lungs and other associated parts of the respiratory system. Describe pulmonary disease - Correct Answer-Acute, obstructive, chronic or infectious/noninfectious Pulmonary disease can be associated with other organs - True or False - Correct Answer-True - the heart in particular Signs and symptoms of pulmonary disease (8) - Correct Answer--Dyspnea -Cough -Sputum -Pain -Cyanosis -Clubbing -Hemopy...

Conception - Correct Answer-Merging of egg and sperm Spermatogenesis - Correct Answer-Process by which sperm cells are produced Fertilization - Correct Answer-Fusion of sperm and egg nuclei Zygote - Correct Answer-Fertilized egg Implantation - Correct Answer-Embedding of fertilized ovum in the uterine lining Advantages of birth control pill (5) - Correct Answer-- extremely effective - 1/1000 become pregnant in the first year of use - reversible - doesn't interrupt s...

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.? Leading cause of death - Correct Answer-Trauma .Tri modal,death, who is our pt. - Correct Answer-Initial 50%, secondary 1-2 hourstertiary 1-2'hours death Pericaridalmsac - Correct Answer-10-15 ml can cause Becky triad - Correct Answer-Distended neck veins, hypotension and muffled heart tones Positive Becky triad - Correct Answer-Try additional fluids if unable to perform pericardial tamponade ?What are 4 field guide levels - Correct Answer-Physiologic, a atomic, mo...

List 8 health benefits associated with regular participation in physical activity. - Correct Answer-Lower risk of coronary heart disease, lower risk of high blood pressure, lower risk of Type 2 diabetes, lower risk of breast cancer, reduced depression, improved cardiorespiraratory & muscular fitness, lower risk of colon cancer, prevention of weight gain. How can interval training improve aerobic performance? - Correct Answer-Maximizes aerobic power and minimizes boredom. List 3 physiol...

A training variable that should be considered when designing an exercise program is: - Correct Answer-frequency Which activity utilizes the aerobic energy system? - Correct Answer-Indoor cycling The Karvonen formula increases the __________ in determining the training heart range (THRR). - Correct Answer-resting heart rate A warm-up is the __________ period for a specific workout. - Correct Answerpreparation To promote and maintain health, an individual should perform _____ m...

Overtraining - Correct Answer-Injury and exhaustion are two symptoms of _____ Endurance athlete - Correct Answer-Capillary density is greater in which type of athlete? Fast twitch (Type 2 b) - Correct Answer-Of the three muscle fiber tissues, which has the greatest potential for power activity? Adduction - Correct Answer-A movement towards the center of the body is _____ Cardiorespiratory - Correct Answer-In a fitness assessment, the step test assesses which component of fitn...

Diagnosis - Correct Answer-identification of a disease by a licensed provider Morbidity - Correct Answer-Refers to ill health in an individual and the levels of ill health in a population or group. Mortality - Correct Answer-the state of being subject to death Comorbidity - Correct Answer-a secondary condition that is present on admission and causes an increase in length of stay (LOS) Complication - Correct Answer-a secondary condition that arises during hospitalization and c...

T1 relaxation is also referred to as: - Correct Answer-longitudinal relaxation Which of the following would not be utilized for MRI Imaging? - Correct Answer-Helium atomic #2 The term resonance in MRI refers to the fact: - Correct Answer-energy is applied to precessing nuclei at the frequency which causes them to precess at a different angle Which of the following variables is not part of the Larmor equation? - Correct Answerprecession angle On a T2 weighted image, CSF appear...

A cause of death that increased (as a percentage of all deaths) over the last 100 years in the US is? - Correct Answer-Cancer Life expectancy in the US is significantly affected by a low level of? - Correct AnswerActiveness The "big five" underlying causes of death in the US are? - Correct Answer--Smoking -High Blood Pressure -Overweight and Obesity -Physical Inactivity -High Blood Glucose Regular physical activity was NOT listed by the Surgeon Generals' Report on Physic...

physical fitness - Correct Answer-the ability of your body systems to work together efficiently long term goals - Correct Answer-making personal fitness a lifetime goal, take months or years to accomplish nutrition science - Correct Answer-how plants and animals use food to grow and sustain life cardiorespiratory endurance - Correct Answer-A marathon runner would probably score high on _____ power - Correct Answer-produce force quickly (strength x speed), explosive strength ...

Patient with CHF, what lab value would you pay attention to? - Correct AnswerPotassium Patient with stroke and R sided vision loss. You plan to do which of the following? - Correct Answer-Teach the patient to scan the environment Patient with bowl tumor. Which diagnostic test would confirm the malignancy? - Correct Answer-Biopsy Patient getting Antineoplastic (Chemo). What would you include in their plan of care? - Correct Answer-Consult the physicians before getting immunizations...

What is the name of the gradient coil used to produce sagittal and coronal images? a. Transverse coil b. Golay coil c. Maxwell coil d. Receiver coil - Correct Answer-b. Golay coil ("saddle coil") Which of the following is able to handle the most RF heating? a. elderly b. adult c. obese adult d. neonate - Correct Answer-d. neonate Which of the following techniques can be used to increase the echo spacing? Select all that apply. a. Increase the TR b. Decrease receiving ba...

In general terms, how does MRI work? - Correct Answer-the active nuclei (that DO NOT contain an equal number of protons/neutrons) "spin" in the magnetic field - they are slapped down with an RF pulse and then watched for how fast they get back up - difference between how fast different protons bounce up is the "contrast" used to tell things apart MRI uses a _________ ________ to describe which direction the protons are pointing - Correct Answer-Coordinate system Protons...

Which of the following sets of parameters would likely provide the best T2 image weighting when a GE pulse sequence is applied? A. 1000 ms TR 5 m TE 20 degree flip angle C. 2000 ms TR 5 ms TE 180 degree flip angle D. 250 ms TR 20ms TE 10 degree flip angle - Correct Answer-D. 250 ms TR 20ms TE 10 degree flip angle What role do the protons that are aligned antiparallel to the main magnetic field play? A. They contribute to signal for image detail and contrast B. They do not cont...

Which names contributed to development of NMR/MRI? - Correct Answer-Felix Bloch, Edward Purcell, Peter Mansfield, Paul Lauterbur, Damadian Which individual discovered that tumors and normal tissue can be distinguished by NMR because of their relaxation times? - Correct Answer-Damadian Which individual discovered that a charged particle such as a proton spinning around its own axis has a magnetic field known as a magnetic moment? - Correct Answer-Felix Bloch Which individual develo...

Immediately after an initial 90 degree radio-frequency pulse is turned off, the hydrogen protons will begin to: - Correct Answer-Dephase. The introduction of gadolinium based contrast enhancement agents by Intra-venous injection can involve passing through an abnormal blood brain barrier. The tissue compartments involved are the: - Correct Answer-Intravascular to interstitial. Once in the main magnetic field, a majority of hydrogen protons will align themselves - Correct Answer-Paralle...