What patient might need a therapeutic diet? A) an athlete B) a teenager with anger issues C)a diabetic D) someone who sleeps all the time c
What do unsaturated fatty acids do? help with the metabolic process
What role does positive nitrogen balance have in regards to wounds, how does it help? + n...
NSG 300 Exam 2 Questions and
Solutions
What patient might need a therapeutic diet?
A) an athlete
B) a teenager with anger issues
C)a diabetic
D) someone who sleeps all the time ✅c
What do unsaturated fatty acids do? ✅help with the metabolic process
What role does positive nitrogen balance have in regards to wounds, how does it help?
✅+ nitrogen balance repairs and replaces tissues.
It is needed for growth, normal pregnancies, lean muscle mass, and vital organs
What are some reasons protein is needed for the human body? ✅it's needed for blood
clotting, fluid regulation, and acid-base balance
What are two illnesses that may require fluid restriction? ✅cardiopulmonary and renal
disease
In what situation might hypervitaminosis occur? ✅it can occur when someone takes an
excess of supplemental vitamins. This also includes excess intakes of fortified foods
and fish oils.
What's the role of macro minerals? ✅ph balance
Which organ produces bile, destroys poisons, destroys old rbcs, and stores
vitamins/iron? ✅liver
What are the levels of critical thinking? ✅basic, complex, and commitment
What are the 5 components of the critical thinking model? ✅1)knowledge base
2)experience
3)critical thinking competencies
4)attitudes
5)standards
The stomach.... ✅-stores, churns, and breaks food
-Hcl activates enzymes
-kills germs
, What are the normal lab values for sodium (Na+)? ✅136-145 meq/L (136-145 mmol/L)
What are the normal ph ranges according to the book? ✅7.35-7.45
What are the normal lab values for potassium? ✅3.5-5.0 meq/L (3.5-5 mmol/L)
Role of a nurse clinical executive ✅clinical/business leader who is concerned with
maximizing quality of care and cost effectiveness while maintaining relationships and
professional satisfaction of the staff.
Establish philosophy that enables quality nursing care
Fluid output occurs through what organs?
A)skin
B)mouth
C)lungs
D) GI tract
E)kidneys ✅A,B,C,E
T/F
Vomiting is considered as normal fluid output ✅False
Abnormal
What can cause K+ to shift into cells? ✅insulin, epinephrine, and alkalosis
Why do patients with pancreatitis frequently develop hypocalcemia? ✅because most
of it is excreted in feces, this is because less Ca+ is absorbed through the GI, causing
dietary Ca+ to decrease, and Ca+ output to increase
What are the manifestations for hyperkalemia? ✅muscle weakness, life threatening
cardiac dysrhythmias, cardiac arrest.
3 processes of acid-base ✅acid production, acid buffering, and acid excretion
What are 2 ways acid is excreted? ✅kidneys and lungs
What are the 3 pressure related factors that contribute to pressure ulcer development?
✅pressure INTENSITY
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