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NURS 200 Exam – Questions With Complete AnswersWhat is therapy? Right Ans - treatment of an illness or disability
How to assess nutritional status Right Ans - - anthropometry
- considerations around weight
- lab tests
Nitrogen Balance Right Ans - Used to estimate protein requirements
Sources of nitrogen are protein
Nitrogen Balance is the nitrogen balance- nitrogen loss
Adults should have zero balance
Growing infants, children, adolescents, pregnant women and those recovering
from illness should have a positive nitrogen status.
Negative nitrogen balance means the amlount of nitrogen excreted is higher
then the amount injested often associated with malnutrition and other
conditions like
Output is calculated by a 24 hour analysis of urinary urea nitrogen level
What are sources of nitrogen Right Ans -
What is included in dietary assessment Right Ans - How do you track the
patients intake
24 hour recall
Food frequency
Food record
Direct Observation
,What is usual/ideal body weight Right Ans - An IBW provides a estimate of
what a person should weigh and rapid weight gain would indicate fluid shifts.
How do calculate BMI Right Ans - BMI is a person's weight in kilograms
divided by the square of height in meters.
What is BMI Right Ans - A valid measurement of weight in relation to
health but does not differentiate between excess fat or muscle or bone.
BMI Formula Right Ans - Formula: weight (kg) / [height (m)]2
With the metric system, the formula for BMI is weight in kilograms divided by
height in meters squared.
Because height is commonly measured in centimeters, divide height in
centimeters by 100 to obtain height in meters.
BMI under 18.5 is considered Right Ans - underweight
BMI between 18.5- 24.9 considered Right Ans - Normal
BMI between 25.0 - 29.9 considered Right Ans - Oveweight
BMI under 30.0 is considered Right Ans - Obese
Diet Drug interactions can be Right Ans - Reduce appetite
Increase appetite and weight gain
Alter absorption, metabolism, and excretion of nutrients
Some interactions can become toxic
Drugs- The side effects Right Ans - Induce N+V
Causes diarrhea/constipation
Alter taste sensations
,Suppress appetite
Dry the mouth
Cause inflammation and lesions in the mouth
Sedate the patient
Drug effects on absorption in the body Right Ans - Stomach Emptying Rate
- Meals delay absorption
- Empty stomach enhances absorption
Stomach Acidity
- Some drugs need an acidic environment
-Others may need an enteric coating
Interactions between Drugs and Dietary Components
- Some foods can bind to drugs and decrease absorption
- Calcium can bind to some antibiotics reducing absorption or both
What effects does Vitamin K rich foods have on drugs Right Ans - It
weakens blood thinners
What effects does Grapejuice have on drugs Right Ans - Increases blood
concentrations of some drugs
Cautions same for tangelos and Seville (sour) oranges
What herbs enhance blood thinners Right Ans - St.John's wort
Garlic
Ginseng
Dong quai
Danshen
Others
, What can cause weight gain Right Ans - Fluid overload
How much weight loss suggests malnutrition Right Ans - more tan 2
percent within 1 week, or over 5 percent over one month.
Dietary effects on drug excretion Right Ans - Inadequate excretion of
medications can cause toxicity
Excessive losses of medications can reduce the therapeutic effect
Urine acidity can affect drug excretion
Tyramine mixed with MOA inhibitor can be Right Ans - fatal
What is a drug Right Ans - Any chemical hat affects the physiological
process of a living organism
Pharmaceutics Right Ans - How dosage forms influence pharmacokinetics
and pharmacodynamics
Pharmacokinetics Right Ans - what the body does to the drug
w Right Ans -
The more clinically focused arm of pharmacology is_________________, the study
of drug actions when implementing drug therapy on specific clinical
indications to prevent and treat disease. Right Ans - Pharmacotherapeutics
_____________, specific to pharmacology, seeks to study the adverse effects of
drugs on living organisms. Right Ans - Toxicology
How are drugs classified Right Ans - Therapeutic and Chemical action
What is a prototype drug Right Ans - One that is well understood
Has a known mechanism of action and known adverse effects
is used to represent and compare other drugs in same pharmacological class
Will be used for you to concentrate on drug class prototypes when you study
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