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WGU D440 Saunders ReviewTest with Questions and answers
Electrolytes play a major role in?
osmolality and body water regulation, acid- base balance, enzyme reactions, and
neuromuscular activity.
Why is water important for our health?
1. Critical for cell function.
2. Makes up 60% to 70% of total body weight.
3. A person cannot survive without water for more than a few days.
What's hematological studies? What does this study differentiate?
1. Complete blood cell count with red blood cell indices and peripheral smear
2. These studies differentiate between anemias and nutritional deficiencies.
What type of studies evaluate protein balance?
Short-term protein status
Long-term protein status
Nitrogen balance
Short-term protein status is best determined by
evaluating retinol-binding protein, prealbumin, transferrin, creatinine, and blood urea nitrogen
(BUN) levels.
Long-term protein status can be determined by
evaluating serum albumin levels.
Nitrogen balance is evaluated by
measuring urea in the urine, which provides information regarding protein loss
T/F:Always assess the client's ability to eat and swallow, and promote independence in eating
as much as is possible.
TRUE:
Always assess the client's ability to eat and swallow, and promote independence in eating as
much as is possible.
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans are designed for
, nutritional and health professionals to assist all individuals and their families in consuming a
healthy, nutritionally adequate diet.
the nurse is performing a Badinski reflex test on a client to assess the neurologic system.
which is the correct interpretation by the nurse?
flaring of the tens in response to stimulation indicates an upper motor neuron disorder
the nurse is caring for a client with a history of head injury in a motor accident. the client
reports a lack of coordination and imbalance since the accident. which part of the cerebrum
does the nurse suspect to have been damaged?
cerebellum
which instruction does the nurse provider to a client who is prescribed an anticholinergic drug
for symptomatic relief of Parkinson's disease?
"watch out for side effects such as dry mouth and double vision after taking the medication."
which neurotransmitter is depleted in clients with Parkinson's disease?
dopamine
the nurse is providing care for multiple clients being treated for seizures disorder. which
client does the nurse expect to be diagnosed with status epileptics?
a client experiencing a series of three tonic-clonic seizures
the nurse is providing care for a client who is prescribed to undergo a polysommogram. which
explanation the test does the nurse provide?
"the test measures brain and body activity during sleep."
a client is suspected to have a narrowing of the spinal cord. which test does the health-care
provider prescribe to confirm this diagnosis?
computerized tomography (CT)
while reviewing the medication prescirbed for a client, the nurse finds the client is on a
therapy to decrease the release of the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate. which disorder
dose the nurse recognize in the client?
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
after a theoretical session about edrophonium (tension) testing, the nurse educator asks a
staff nurse to select a client from a group with different neurological disorders on which to
perform the test. which client is the nurse expected to select?
a client with myasthenia gravis
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