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NUR 2063 ( LATEST 2024 / 2025 ) FINAL EXAM | GRADED A+ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (SOLVED)
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NUR 2063 Final Exam1. Physiological response to fight or flight, assessment findings?
Answer
HR, BP, and respirations increase, pupils dilate, cortisol is released.
2. What is homeostasis?
Answer
Equilibrium and balance within the body.
3. Function of ribosomes?
Answer
Protein synthesis on the RER, form polysomes.
4. Difference between a sign and symptom?
Answer
Sign = Objective Symptom = Subjective
5. What electrolytes are found more in intracellular space? Extracellular space?
Answer
ICF = Potassium and Phosphate
ECF = Sodium and Chloride
6. Possible lethal effect of Hyponatremia?
Answer
Rapid brain swelling leading to seizures, coma or death.
7. What is an electrolyte pool?
Answer
Electrolytes shift between ECF and pools in response to need/excess.
8. Cause of edema regarding protein?
, Answer
Low protein levels allow salt and water to leave the blood vessels and leak into the tissues.
9. What is anaphylaxis? What are the S/S?
Answer
Severe, life-threatening allergic reac- tion.
S/S - Skin reactions, swollen tongue or throat, airway constriction causing wheezing and rapid
pulse, vomiting, diarrhea, fainting, low BP, dizziness, nausea, and itching.
10. What is passive immunity?
Answer
IgG - short term immunity as the result of intro- duction to antibodies from another person or
animal such as with breast milk. Also, can cross placenta to protect fetus from infection.
11. What are characteristics of metastatic cells?
Answer
Grow and reproduce rapidly, poorly differentiated and irregular in shape, and have abnormal
membranes, cy- toskeletal proteins and morphology.
12. What is sepsis? Goal of treatment?
Answer
The body's extreme response to an infection where chemicals are released into the bloodstream
to fight them infection, triggering inflammation of the blood throughout the body.
Goal of treatment is to use IV antibiotics and fluids to treat originating infection, use supportive
measures to correct vitals abnormalities, and maintain organ system function.
13. Best way to prevent spread of diseases?
Answer
Proper hand washing.
14. Complication of compartment syndrome?
Answer
Muscle or tissue damage or loss, amputation, infection, nerve damage, and kidney failure.
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