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LVN Final Module 1 Exam With complete solutions 2024_2025
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LVN Final Module 1 Exam With completesolutions 2024/2025
What is an advocate?
-Support and defend a clients health, wellness, safety, wishes, personal rights,
including privacy
What is a nurse's role as a patient's advocate?
A nurse advocate has a legal and ethical obligation to safeguard the patient's
interest
How can you check skin turgor on an older adult?
grasping the skin on (tenting)
-back of the hand
-sternum
-forearm
-abdomen
What is tenting?
Poor turgor. Tissue will stand by itself; indicated dehydration
What is subjective data?
-Client statement
-What the patient speaks or feels
-symptoms verbally provided by the patient
When should the nurse wear gloves?
-when touching blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions, and contaminated
items
-Put on clean gloves just before touching the mucous membranes and non-intact
skin of patients
-Wear gloves when general contact with any "wet" body secretion is anticipated
What are nitrogen-containing waste products?
-urea
, -uric acid
-Ammonia
Where is most of the ATP produced?
Mitochondria
What is ATP?
Adenosine Triphosphate - ENERGY - is required for active transport.
Where do you find MOST DNA?
Nucleus
What is the waste product of aerobic glucose metabolism?
-carbon dioxide
-water
What is Cholesterol?
BAD
Where does cholesterol come from?
liver
foods of animal products
What are characteristics for cholesterol?
Fat like waxy substance
How is cholesterol beneficial?
cholesterol helps your body make cell membranes, hormones, vitamin D
Glucose is catabolized to what ________ in the absence of oxygen?
pyruvic acid
Describe transcription in DEPTH
-the copying of a segment of DNA by mRNA in the nucleus
-Newly formed mRNA copies copies of the gene then serves as a blueprint for
protein synthesis during the process of translation
-A binds to U
-C binds to G
What is another good source of a nutrient for a patient who is experiencing
constipation?
drink plenty of water
What is our AP?
Apical Pulse
How long do we count our AP?
1 FULL minute
Describe an orthodox jewish diet
-prayer before meals
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