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The RDA (recommended dietary allowance) of carbs is?
130 g/day
When myocardial ischemia is sustained and results in the death of myocardial cell is?
Myocardial infarction
What is not a cause of left ventricular heart failure?
HTN
Heart failure that causes peripheral edema is?
Right-sided heart failure
The two classic symptoms of pericarditis are?
chest pain and pericardial friction rub.
The RDA for protein is highest for?
pregnant/lactating women & teens
one gram of fat is equal to?
nine calories.
If more _____ is injested than needed by the body, it is stored as adipose tissue.
fat
RDA for fat intake is?
300mg/day
Which of the following is correct regarding minerals and vitamins?
Vitamins and Minerals are essential
Water composes _____ of the total body weight?
about 60%
The BMI for an underweight adult is?
less than 18
A cholesterol level of 240 is?
high (normal is less than 170)
Which of the following is NOT a method of cardiovascular system adjusts to changing demand for blood? vasoconstriction, increasing cardiac output, bradypnea, or vasodilation.
Bradypnea is not a method.
Which of the following is not an eating disorder? vegan, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge eating
Vegan
Which kayer of the heart lines the valves?
Endocardium
Which of the following is an example of a semilunar valve? aortic, mitral, tricuspid, pulmonic
aortic and pulmonic
Which of the following does not occur during diastole? ventricles relax, ventricle contract, ventricle fill with blood
ventricle relax
In the electrical conduction of the heart, the first impulse comes from the?
sinoatrial (SA) node
What is the âpacemakerâ of the heart?
The sinoatrial (SA) node
If both the SA and AV nodes are ineffective, the bundle branches can still contract the heart at a rate of?
20 to 40 beats per minute.
Which of the following is true regarding veins?
veins carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart, except for pulmonary veins, which carry oxygenated blood from the lungs.
The nurse is asked to assess the lymph nodes in a patientâs leg. The nurse will assess the?
popliteal nodes.
When assessing the patientâs exercise habits, the nurse would recommend?
30 minutes a day, but strength training 3-4 times a week
True or False, unstable angina relieved by nitroglycerin?
False
Pericarditis may be aggravated by all except? nitroglycerin, deep breathing, coughing, or lying supine
nitroglycerin
When assessing a patientâs pulse, a diminished or weak pulse would be?
1+
When taking a patientâs blood pressure, the nurse expects a normal pulse pressure to be?
around 40 mmHg.
The nurse presses their finger into the skin and an indentation remains, this is an example of?
pitting edema.
When auscualtating for the PMI, the nurse expects to hear this in what position?
5th intercostal, mid-calvicular
When ausculatating the chest, the nurse hears an extra heart sound, S3, the extra heart sound is a tempo of?
Kentucky sound
When ausculatating the chest, the nurse hears an extra heart sound, S3, the extra heart sound is a tempo of?
Tennessee sound
When documenting a murmur, include all of the following except? timing, quality, pitch, or shunting
shunting
The recovery wave of the heart in a EKG is represented by?
the T wave
Peristalsis in the GI tract is controlled by?
ANS
Which of the following is NOT a function of the liver? bile production, conjugating bilirubin, enzyme production, or production of clotting factor
enzyme production
Which of the following is not an enzyme produced by the pancreas? lipase, protease, amylase, cardinase
Cardinase
The ____ kidney is lower than the other kidney?
right
Alcohol consumption is a risk for all of the following except? peptic ulcers, liver damage, GI cancers, or steatorrhea
Steatorrhea
The nurse palpates the location of the bladder but cannot feel the bladder, this would be recorded as?
normal finding
hiatal hernia is more common in?
older adults and pregnant women.
Which of the following is NOT true regarding peptic ulcer disease? most common in duodenum
caused by h-pylori
occurs more on an empty stomach
can be caused by stressed
occurs more on an empty stomach
True or False, Crohnâs disease only affects the large intestine?
false, it can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract.
Diverticulitis affects the?
decending colon
Gallstones are called?
cholecystitis
Infection/inflammation of the bladder is called?
cystitis
Which of the folowing is not a cause of kidney stones? calcium salts, cystine, H2O, or uric acid
H2O
Normal breathing is called?
eupnea
True or False, diffusion is defined as moving gases in and out of the lungs by inspiration and expiration?
false - ventilation
The nurse notes in their assessment that the patient is using muscles in their neck to breath is called?
accessory muscle use
Normal rspirations for a toddler are?
20-30
A 10 pack year smoking history indicates that the patient smoked?
one pack of cigarettes per day for 10 years.
True or False, bacterial pneumonia is likely to produce a dry cough.
false
Tuberculosis is likely to produce what color sputum?
rust color
How many words can an average person say before they take a breath?
About 10 to 15 words.
True or False, sharp abrupt pain with breathing is associate with pleuritic chest pain.
True - painful
True or False, AP to transverse diameter in people with barrel chest is 1:2
false
the ratio is typically 1:1.
The breath sound over the trachea is?
bronchial
Clinical finding in acute bronchitis is in all of the following except?
productive cough
fever and malaise
substernal chest pain
absent breath sound
absent breath sounds
Blood in the pleural space is called?
hemothorax
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