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NU 122 Final Exam Review Speyer Questions
With Correct Answers
What is the normal blood sugar - answer✔70-100
What would be considered hyperglycemia upon a random blood sugar read - answer✔>120
If a diabetic is sick - answer✔Make sure they take insulin as needed and don't skip any doses
Diabetic patients are at risk for - answer✔-Heart disease
-Retinopathy
-Slow wound healing
3 P's of Diabetes - answer✔-Polyuria
-Polydipsia
-Polyphagia
Type 1 Diabetes - answer✔-Occurs in young age
-Autoimmune
-Insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas are DESTROYED
-Results in NO insulin production
-Insulin is required for all patients
Type 2 Diabetes - answer✔-Based on poor lifestyle choices
-Can be reversed if lifestyle factors are changed such as increasing exercise and eating healthier
-Pancreas produces insulin but not enough
Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) - answer✔Thickening of artery walls and narrowing or arteries
of upper and lower extremities
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What is a classic sign of PAD? - answer✔Intermittent Claudication
PAD clinical manifestations - answer✔-Intermittent claudication
-Paresthesia
-Shiny skin with no hair
-Diminished or absent pulses in the legs
-Pain at rest *Aggravated by leg elevation*
What position should patients with PAD be in - answer✔Legs DOWN
What type of clothing should patients with PAD wear - answer✔Non restrictive/not tight
If a patient has blood clots what are you going to treat them with - answer✔Blood thinners
(Statins)
Left sided heart failure (Think Left Lung, pulmonary) - answer✔-Blood backs up into LA
-Increased pulmonary hydrostatic pressure causes fluid leakage from the pulmonary capillary
bed into the interstitium and then the alveoli -This results in pulmonary congestion and edema
(pink/blood tinged sputum)
Left sided heart failure is sub classified into three groups - answer✔-HFrEF(Systolic HF)
-HFpEF(Diastolic HF)
-or a combination of the two
HFrEF(Systolic HF) - answer✔-Inability to pump blood effectively
-Decreased LV ejection fraction (LVEF)
Caused by
-Impaired contractile function
-Increased after load
-Mechanical abnormalities
HFpEF(Diastolic HF) - answer✔-Inability of the ventricles to relax and fill during diastole, resting
in decreased stroke volume and cardiac output
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11/16/2024 10:16 AM
NU 122 Final Exam Review Speyer Questions
With Correct Answers
What is the normal blood sugar - answer✔70-100
What would be considered hyperglycemia upon a random blood sugar read - answer✔>120
If a diabetic is sick - answer✔Make sure they take insulin as needed and don't skip any doses
Diabetic patients are at risk for - answer✔-Heart disease
-Retinopathy
-Slow wound healing
3 P's of Diabetes - answer✔-Polyuria
-Polydipsia
-Polyphagia
Type 1 Diabetes - answer✔-Occurs in young age
-Autoimmune
-Insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas are DESTROYED
-Results in NO insulin production
-Insulin is required for all patients
Type 2 Diabetes - answer✔-Based on poor lifestyle choices
-Can be reversed if lifestyle factors are changed such as increasing exercise and eating healthier
-Pancreas produces insulin but not enough
Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) - answer✔Thickening of artery walls and narrowing or arteries
of upper and lower extremities
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, ©BRIGHTSTARS EXAM SOLUTIONS
11/16/2024 10:16 AM
What is a classic sign of PAD? - answer✔Intermittent Claudication
PAD clinical manifestations - answer✔-Intermittent claudication
-Paresthesia
-Shiny skin with no hair
-Diminished or absent pulses in the legs
-Pain at rest *Aggravated by leg elevation*
What position should patients with PAD be in - answer✔Legs DOWN
What type of clothing should patients with PAD wear - answer✔Non restrictive/not tight
If a patient has blood clots what are you going to treat them with - answer✔Blood thinners
(Statins)
Left sided heart failure (Think Left Lung, pulmonary) - answer✔-Blood backs up into LA
-Increased pulmonary hydrostatic pressure causes fluid leakage from the pulmonary capillary
bed into the interstitium and then the alveoli -This results in pulmonary congestion and edema
(pink/blood tinged sputum)
Left sided heart failure is sub classified into three groups - answer✔-HFrEF(Systolic HF)
-HFpEF(Diastolic HF)
-or a combination of the two
HFrEF(Systolic HF) - answer✔-Inability to pump blood effectively
-Decreased LV ejection fraction (LVEF)
Caused by
-Impaired contractile function
-Increased after load
-Mechanical abnormalities
HFpEF(Diastolic HF) - answer✔-Inability of the ventricles to relax and fill during diastole, resting
in decreased stroke volume and cardiac output
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