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1200 mL/min - Answer What is the total renal blood flow? 25% - Answer How much of the CO do the kidneys receive? Glomerulus - Answer A ball of capillaries surrounded by Bowman's capsule in the nephron and serving as the site of filtration in the vertebrate kidney Collecting duct - Answer A segment of the nephron that returns water form the filtrate to the bloodstream Glomerular filtration rate - Answer Rate at which plasma moves though glomerular capillaries ↑ ...

what is dyspnea? - Answer sensation of difficult or uncomfortable breathing; sensation of shortness of breath, laboured breathing, preoccupied with breathing what are signs of dyspnea? - Answer - flaring of nostrils, use of accessory muscles of respiration & retraction - variety of possible reasons; initially on exertion, then at rest pnea - Answer Greek word meaning "respiration" or "breathing" what is orthopnea? - Answer difficulty breathing (shortness of brea...

what is GERD - Answer gastroesophageal reflux disease What is celiac disease? - Answer an autoimmune disease in which people cant eat gluten because is damages their small intestine What is the "Honeymoon Period"? - Answer - a short period after the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes where the pancreas is still able to produce a significant amount of insulin. What are the cell types in the pancreas - Answer endocrine + exocrine gland cells acinar cells - exocrine (released ...

neoplasia - Answer the new and abnormal development of cells that may be benign or malignant cancer - Answer any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division no need for stimuli altered morphology malignant - Answer encompasses multiple diseases: escape the point of orgin, invasion of local tissue epithelial cells and cancer - Answer skin cells that cover the external body surface and line the internal surfaces of organs house 90% of cancer...

IE + T format interdisciplinary education and training - Answer -when you are learning together w other healthcare professionals -when students are paces w professors of other fields other than their own benefits of the IE + T program - Answer -better outcomes for patients -cost reduction for patients -reduced duplication of tests and lab work -increased communication between diff healthcare professionals -more efficient care for patients IE + T - Answer this training only o...

What is the purpose of the musculoskeletal system? - Answer offer support for standing erect and for movement, encase and protect the inner vital organs, produce red blood cells, and function as a reservoir for storage of essential minerals such as calcium and phosphorus in the bones Why is mobility important? - Answer mobility allows you to express emotion, maintain activities of daily living, promote all physiological processes, and reap the physical and emotional benefits of recreati...

Diagnostic reasoning - Answer - attending - formulating - gathering - evaluating Nursing process - Answer - assessment - diagnosis - outcome identification Nursing process - Answer - planning - implementation - evaluation Nursing process: assessment - Answer Collect data: - review of the clinical record - interview - health history - physical exam - functional assessment - consultation - review of the literature Nursing process: assessment - Answer Collec...

What are the 4 areas of the general survey? - Answer 1) Physical appearance (LOC FASS) - LOC - facial expression - age - sex - skin 2) body strucutre (SNSPPB) - stature (height) - nutrition (weight) - symmetry and posture - position - body contour, build 3) mobility - gait - ROM 4) behaviour (FMSDH) - facial expression - mood and affects - speech - dress - personal hygiene What are 3 things that need to be recorded when assessing LOC? - Answer 1) stimulus - name cal...

While the nurse is taking the health history, the patient complains of pruritus. What is a potential cause of this symptom? - Answer Drug reactions A flat macular hemorrhage is called a(n) - Answer purpura A 75 year old hospitalized patient with limited mobility, activity, and nutrition scores a 7 on the Braden Risk Assessment scale. What does this indicate? - Answer The patient is at very high risk for skin tears, skin breakdown, and/or the development of pressure sores The co...

the functioning of mental health cannot be scrutinized, therefore it is... - Answer inferred mental disorders are depicted as... - Answer constellations of co-occurring symptoms that may involve alterations in thought, experience, and emotion and are serious enough to cause distress and impair functioning, cause difficulties in sustaining interpersonal relationships and performing jobs, and sometimes lead to self-destructive behavior and suicide. what does the full mental health nurs...