NURS 264 Exam 4 Latest Study Questions And Already Passed Answers.
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NURS 264
Etiology of Obesity - Answer results when energy intake exceeds energy expenditure
Caused by changes in cellular insulin sensitivity, glucose utilization, fat accumulation, hepatic glucose production, and fluid balance
What are the two key factors in determining obesity? - Answer Amount ...
NURS 264 Exam 4 Latest Study
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Etiology of Obesity - Answer results when energy intake exceeds energy expenditure
Caused by changes in cellular insulin sensitivity, glucose utilization, fat accumulation, hepatic glucose
production, and fluid balance
What are the two key factors in determining obesity? - Answer Amount of body fat and location of
body fat
Calcium deficit - Answer related to decreased bone formation and altered nerve conduction
iron deficit - Answer related to fatigue and anemia
Potassium deficit - Answer related to muscle weakness, especially of cardiac muscle
Sodium deficit - Answer associated with weakness and GI disturbances
Zinc Deficits - Answer related to inadequate growth, especially secondary sex characteristics
Excess vitamin D - Answer can lead to nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, confusion
Excess Vitamin A - Answer nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, hair loss, and headaches
excess vitamin C - Answer diarrhea and nausea
Excess B6 - Answer irreversible nerve damage
,Anorexia Nervosa - Answer An individual who refuses to maintain body weight within minimal normal
standards
Often display personality traits such as desire for perfection, academic success, and a denial of hunger in
the face of starvation
Effects of Anorexia - Answer Mitrovalve prolapse
Supraventricular
Ventricular dysrhythmias
orthostatic hypotension
CHF
Constipation, delay gastric emptying, and gastric dilation and rupture when binge eating
Mallory Weiss
What are the 2 key features of Bulimia Nervosa - Answer 1. Eats a very large quantity of food in a short
period of time. This is considered binging and usually takes place in a specified amount of time, often
minutes and usually less than 2 hours
2. The individual will rid himself or herself of the food just eaten to avoid any associated weight gain
Binge eating - Answer resembles bulimia
Will eat a large quantity of food in a small period of time, or all day long
Eating is not triggered by hunger
Purging disorder - Answer regularly use self induced vomiting, laxatives, diuretics, or extreme methods
to control their weight or shape
Usually not significantly over-weight or under-weight
Night Eating Syndrome - Answer Also known as nocturnal eating syndrome, is an eating disorder
characterized by persistent pattern of late-night binge eating
NES is commonly associated with depression
, Acute Esophagitis - Answer Occurs from infection, chemical ingestion, medications, excessive vomiting,
or occasional episodes of GERD
Chronic Esophagitis - Answer most commonly associated with presence of poorly controlled GERD
diagnosis of esophagitis - Answer endoscopy
Treatment - Answer Decrease inflammation and relieve symptoms through antacids such as PPIs
GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) - Answer The lower esophageal sphincter is weak and allows
the contents of the stomach to reflux up into the esophagus
Symptoms of GERD - Answer dysphagia, heartburn, epigastric pain, regurgitation
Diagnosis of GERD - Answer endoscopy
Treatment of GERD - Answer Keeping head elevated greater than 60º while eating
Provide small, frequent meals
Encourage smoking cessation
PPI Use
gastroenteritis - Answer Occurs from an irritation to the lining of the stomach, small intestine, or large
intestine by pathogen or toxin
Norovirus is a highly contagious and transmitted through fecal-oral route or through close contact
Clinical presentation of gastroenteritis - Answer Anorexia
Nausea/Vomiting
Pain/discomfort
diarrhea
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