UNCG NUR 320 Exam 1 Review Questions With Answers Graded A+ Assured Success
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UNCG NUR 320
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UNCG NUR 320
Chronic illnesses account for what percent of US health expenditures annually?
a) 50%
b) 90%
c) 28% - ️️90%
ABCDE mnemonic to assess lesions for possible malignancy stands for -
️️Asymmetry
Border
Color
Diameter
Evolving
best practices derived from valid and reliable research - �...
UNCG NUR 320 Exam 1 Review
Chronic illnesses account for what percent of US health expenditures annually?
a) 50%
b) 90%
c) 28% - ✔️✔️90%
ABCDE mnemonic to assess lesions for possible malignancy stands for -
✔️✔️Asymmetry
Border
Color
Diameter
Evolving
best practices derived from valid and reliable research - ✔️✔️evidence based practice
T/F: geriatric patients are less likely to have multiple chronic illnesses - ✔️✔️False
The 3 D's for geriatric patients - ✔️✔️Depression, delirium, dementia
Hospice differs from palliative care because in hospice _____ must be accepted -
✔️✔️Death
Levels of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ✔️✔️physiological, safety, belonging, esteem,
self-actualization
Water moves from low solute concentration to high - ✔️✔️Osmosis
solute molecules move from high to low concentration - ✔️✔️Diffusion
force of a fluid in a compartment - ✔️✔️hydrostatic pressure
pressure generated by plasma proteins or colloids in the plasma - ✔️✔️oncotic
pressure
Fluid pressures in edema - ✔️✔️high hydrostatic, low plasma oncotic, high interstitial
oncotic
Activation of the RAAS pathway results in what - ✔️✔️water and sodium retention
hypervolemia correlates with excess consumption of - ✔️✔️sodium salts
, heart failure, kidney injury or cirrhosis of the liver may lead to what fluid imbalance? -
✔️✔️Hypervolemia
serum electrolytes are measured in what? (abbreviation) - ✔️✔️mEq/Liter
effect of hypertonic solution on a cell - ✔️✔️cell shrinks
effect of a hypotonic solution on a cell - ✔️✔️cell swells
large molecules that increase oncotic pressure - ✔️✔️colloids
dissolved minerals in a solution - ✔️✔️crystalloids
phelbitis - ✔️✔️inflammation of a vein
infiltration - ✔️✔️non-vesicant seeps into the surrounding tissue
extravasation - ✔️✔️vesicant seeps into the surrounding tissue
surgery must be performed immediately to save life or limb - ✔️✔️emergent
surgery must be done within 24 hours - ✔️✔️urgent
surgery that is not urgent, but will have catastrophic consequences if not performed -
✔️✔️required
surgery that will not have catastrophic consequences if not performed - ✔️✔️elective
non-medical purpose for surgery (i.e. cosmetic) - ✔️✔️optional
whose role is it to obtain consent from a patient for surgery? - ✔️✔️the surgeon
when is consent required? - ✔️✔️invasive procedure, procedure involving more than
minimal risk, anesthesia, blood products
Preoperative care time range - ✔️✔️first consult to the OR
Intraoperative care time range - ✔️✔️from the OR to the PACU
Surgical pause - ✔️✔️Verify important information prior to procedure
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