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What is the gate control theory? - answer Suggest that pain impulses can
be regulated or even blocked by hating mechanisms located along the
central nervous system.
Proper Pain Management Advantages - answer Faster recovery, less
readmissions, improves quality of life, shorter hospital stays
Know objective signs of pain - answer Increased heart rate, increased
blood pressure, diaphoresis (Sweating)
Sensory system: Correct order of the light passing through the eye. (4
structures) - answer Cornea, aqueous humor, pupil, lens, vitreous humor,
retina
What part of the brain controls the basic vital function of life? - answer
Medulla
, What type of hormone acts in the kidney that regulates sodium and
potassium levels - answer ADH
What are islets of Langerhans - answer groups of pancreatic cells
secreting insulin and glucagon.
Two main functions of thymus glands - answer Coordinates immune
defenses, and stimulates the maturation of lymphocytes into T-Cells
Effects of the release of epinephrine & norepinephrine (3 answers) -
answer Adrenaline when released cause increased heart rate, muscle
strength, blood pressure, sugar metabolism.
Slows heart rate causes confusion, anxiety, irregular hearts beats,
shortness of breath, headache and nausea
KNOW BLOOD CIRCULATION - answer Systemic and pulmonary circulation
The right atrium receives blood from where? - answer superior and
inferior vena cava
Small chord like structures in the valves of the heart - answer Chordate
tendinae
What is the definition of the point of pain or resistance of ROM (range of
motion) - answer Moving a joint passively or actively with avoidance of
injury as tolerated in order
When doing mobility, when moving a patient up in bed, you as a nurse
should protect the back by doing what motion? - answer No skidding, to
avoid friction
When cleaning dentures, which part of the dentures go first - answer
Upper dentures.
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