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NSC 114 Exam 3 Questions with Correct Answers 2024 New Update Middle adult physical changes: cardiovascular - Answer-Blood vessels lose elasticity and become thicker- increased blood pressure and heart disease Middle adult physical changes: appearance - Answer-Thinning/gray hair, skin turgor de...

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NSC 114 Exam 3 Questions with Correct
Answers 2024 New Update
Middle adult physical changes: cardiovascular - Answer-Blood vessels lose elasticity
and become thicker- increased blood pressure and heart disease

Middle adult physical changes: appearance - Answer-Thinning/gray hair, skin turgor
decreases, moisture decreases
SubQ fat decreases but fatty tissue is redistributed resulting in fat deposits in the
abdominal area

Middle adult physical changes: metabolism - Answer-Metabolism slows and results in
weight gain

What does redistribution of fatty tissue in middle adults affect - Answer-SubQ injections

Middle adult physical changes: musculoskeletal - Answer-Thinning of intervertebral
disks (get shorter), calcium loss from bone tissue

Who is calcium loss from the bones more common in - Answer-Post menopausal
women

Middle adult physical changes: reproductive - Answer-Decrease in hormones (causes
reproductive issues)

What does the loss of calcium from the bones put middle adults at risk for - Answer-
Osteoporosis- more fragile bones

Older adult age range - Answer-Over 65

Erikson's delima for the older adult - Answer-Integrity vs. despair

Erikson's delima: integrity - Answer-Feeling satisfied with their accomplishments in life
and goals that were achieved

Erikson's delima: despair - Answer-Feeling as though they don't have a purpose. They
did not accomplish what they had wanted or reach their goals

Older adult physical changes: neuromuscular - Answer-Slowed reaction time, joint
stiffness/impaired balance, decreased regulation of temperature

,What effect does a decreased regulation of temperature in older adults have on the
patient - Answer-They get colder more easily

Slowed reaction time, joint stiffness, and impaired balance puts older adults at risk for -
Answer-Falls and injuries

Older adult physical changes: sensory - Answer-Loss of visual acuity/hearing
loss/decreased taste and smell, increased threshold for pain

Deltoid injection Needle gauge and length - Answer-Gauge- 23-25
Length- 1 inch

Deltoid injection maximum amount - Answer-1 mL

Deltoid injection syringe size - Answer-3-5 mL

Vastus Lateralis needle gauge and length - Answer-Gauge- 21 or 22
Length- 1-1.5 inch

Vastus Lateralis maximum amount - Answer-3 mL

Vastus Lateralis syringe size - Answer-3-5 mL

Ventrogluteal needle gauge and length - Answer-Gauge- 21 or 22
Length- 1-1.5 inch

Ventrogluteal syringe size - Answer-3-5 mL

SubQ needle gauge and length - Answer-Gauge- 25-30
Length- 3/8-5/8 inch

SubQ maximum amount - Answer-1 mL

SubQ syringe size - Answer-1-2 mL or tuberculin

SubQ injection sites - Answer-Lower belly, back of arm, top of chest, areas with fatty
tissue

ID needle gauge and length - Answer-Gauge- 25-27
Length- 1/4-5/8 inch

ID maximum amount - Answer-0.5 mL

ID syringe size - Answer-1 mL or tuberculin

ID injection sites - Answer-Inner forearm, above chest, top of back

,Z-track needle gauge and length - Answer-Gauge- 21-23
Length- 1-1.5 inch

Z-track maximum amount - Answer-3 mL

Z-track syringe size - Answer-3-5 mL

Z-track sites - Answer-Ventrogluteal and Vastus Lateralis

Nutrition - Answer-What a person eats and how the body uses it

Nutrients - Answer-Organic and inorganic substances found in foods and required for
body function

Nutritive value - Answer-Nutrient content of a specified food

Micronutrients - Answer-Vitamins and minerals that are required in mg or mcg

Sugars - Answer-Simplest carbohydrate

Macronutrients - Answer-Water, carbohydrates, protein, fats, and vitamins/minerals that
are required in hundreds of grams

Are sugars water soluble - Answer-Yes

Types of sugars - Answer-Monosaccharides and disaccharides

Examples of monosaccharides - Answer-Glucose, fructose, galactose

Which monosaccharide is most abundant - Answer-Glucose

Examples of disaccharides - Answer-Sucrose, lactose, maltose

Starches - Answer-Polysaccharides

Are starches soluble in water - Answer-No

Fiber - Answer-Supplies roughage or bulk

What do enzymes do - Answer-Break down substances

Major enzymes - Answer-ptyalin (salivary amylase), pancreatic amylase, and
disaccharidases

End products of carbohydrate breakdown - Answer-Monosaccharides- glucose

, Where are broken down carbohydrates typically absorbed - Answer-The small intestine

Why does the body break carbohydrates down to glucose - Answer-Maintain blood
glucose levels
To provide a ready source of energy

What happens the the glucose made during carbohydrate breakdown - Answer-Either
used or stored as glycogen or fat

Proteins are made of - Answer-Amino acids

What do proteins do - Answer-Build and repair

Essential amino acids must be - Answer-Supplied

Do non essential amino acids need to be e supplied - Answer-No- the body can
manufacture these

Complete proteins - Answer-Contain all of the essential amino acids

Examples of complete protiens - Answer-Meats, fish, dairy, eggs

Incomplete protiens - Answer-Vegetables

Where does digestion begin - Answer-In the mouth

What enzyme in the mouth begins digestion - Answer-Pepsin

Where is most protein digested - Answer-In the small intestine

The pancreas secretes - Answer-Proteolytic enzymes

What are the enzymes secreted by the pancreas - Answer-Trypsin, chymotrypsin,
carboxyoeotidase

What is secreted in the intestine to break down protiens - Answer-Aminopeptidase and
dipeptidase

How are amino acids stored after protein breakdown - Answer-As plasma protein or
body tissue ("metabolic pool")

Nitrogen balance - Answer-Net result of intake and loss of nitrogen

What kind of diet is given to burn victims/patients with muscle waste/breakdown -
Answer-High protein

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