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1. A nurse is caring for a child who is receiving treatment for diabetic ketoaci- dosis and has current blood glucose level of 250mg/dL. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? ANS Administer D5NS by continuous IV infusion 2. A nurse is caring for a child who has epistaxis. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? ANS Apply continuous pressure to the child's nose for at least 10 minutes 3. A nurse is teaching the parents of a 3-year-old who has persistent otitis m...

UNFOLDING Reasoning Case Study, Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) Diana Humphries.

Define Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Answer-1. hyperglycemia 2. ketonemia 3. acidemia Definition of DKA - Answer-- glucose in excess of 300, usually more than 500 but less than 800 How do you manage a patient with hypoglycemia and confusion? - Answer-If awake and oriented and not a risk for aspiration - give oral glucose, need to have high protein meal to ensure continued glucose metabolism If not alert and disoriented IV glucose or IM glucagon Kussmaul respirations - Answer-- rapid, dee...

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Plasma pH maybe not compatible with life? - Answer Below 6.8 Above 9 How does kidney maintain plasma pH? - Answer 1) Reabsorbing the filtered load of HCO3- (4320 mEq/day) 2) Preventing the retention of the daily acid load (70mEq) through the excretion of these H+ ions in the urine Renal Tubular Acidosis - Answer Applied to a group of transport defects in the reabsorption of bicarbonate, the excretion of hydrogen ions, or both. RTA syndromes are characterized by? - Answer 1) Relatively...

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What is Renal Tubular acidosis? - Answer A medical condition that involves an accumulation of acid in the body due to a failure of the kidneys to appropriately acidify the urine or reabsorb bicarbonate. Pathophysiology of renal tubular acidosis - Answer a. Normally, when blood is filtered by the kidney, the filtrate passes through the tubules of the nephron, allowing for exchange of salts, acid equivalents and other solutes before it drains into the bladder as urine. b. In renal tubular ac...

Week 2:ProkaryoticandEukaryoticEndosymbiosis Animalcellmitochondria • Ifyouchoseanimalcells,howaremitochondriareplicatedwithineukaryoticcells? • Ifyouchoseplantcells,howarechloroplastsreplicatedwithinplantcells?Howaretheseprocessessimilartomicrobes? • Doendosymboticrelationshipsstillexisttoday? • Whataretheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofsuchrelationships?

Week 2: Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Endosymbiosis Animal cell mitochondria • If you chose animal cells, how are mitochondria replicated within eukaryotic cells? • If you chose plant cells, how are chloroplasts replicated within plant cells? How are these processes similar to microbes? • Do endosymbotic relationships still exist today? • What are the advantages and disadvantages of such relationships?

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