NSG 121 (NSG121)

NSG 121 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM 3 STUDY BLUEPRINTSecondary Lymphedema - correct answer results from injury, scarring, excision of lymph nodes, radiation, or, less often, trauma or chronic infection. Ex. Postmastectomy Primary Lymphedema - correct answer rare, usually congenital Cardiovascular System Size - correct answer approximately that of a clenched adult fist Cardiovascular System Location - correct answer from the center to the left side of the thorax in the mediastinum, between th...

NSG 121 Health Assessment Exam 4 Purpose of Frontal Lobe - correct answer Cognitive Memory Judgment Arithmetic Abstract thinking Parietal Lobe is Responsible For - correct answer Sensory Recognition Object Size & Shape Speech Temporal Lobe is Responsible For - correct answer Hearing What is the function of the cerebellum? - correct answer Balance What is the midbrain responsible for? - correct answer Sends messages to and from the brain What does the spinal cord do as far ...

NSG 121 Health Assessment HESI Final ExamOpen Ended Question - correct answer When obtaining a nursing history, use the open-ended question technique to allow the patient a wide range of possible responses. Interpreter - correct answer Person who can translate between languages. For patients who do not speak English, use an interpreter whenever possible Interrupting Client - correct answer Do not interrupt clients, in health care settings, it is better to listen than to talk and to ask go...

NSG 121 Health AssessmentThe Nurse's role in health assessment - correct answer To promote health, to prevent illness, to treat human responses to health or illness, to advocate for individual, families, communities, and populations Type of assessments: Emergency - correct answer Life-threatening/unstable Airway, breathing, circulation Type of assessment: Comprehensive - correct answer - Broad and complete, complete health history and physical assessment Type of Assessment: General s...

NSG 121 Unit 2 List blood flow through the heart. - correct answer SVC/IVC, R atrium, tricuspid, R ventricle, pulm arteries, lungs, pulm veins, L atrium. mitral, L ventricle, aortic valve = system List the cardiac conduction system. - correct answer SA node, AV node, Bundle of His, perkingie fibers = contraction What changes occur in the elderly with aging for the CV system? - correct answer -decreased CO -impaired blood flow to tissues --> heart has decreased ability to respond to ...

NSG 121 UNIT 3- Fluids & Electrolytes/GIThe nurse is caring for a client with heart failure. On assessment, the nurse notes that the client is dyspneic, and crackles are audible on auscultation. What additional manifestations would the nurse expect to note in this client if excess fluid volume is present? A. weight loss and dry skin B. Flat neck and hand veins and decreased urinary output. C. An increase in blood pressure and increased respirations D. Weakness and decreased venous pressure (...

NSG 121 UNIT 4 CardiacA client is newly diagnosed with a heart murmur and asks the nurse to explain what this means. What is the nurse's best response? A. "It is a term health care providers use to describe the efficiency of blood circulation." B. "It is a rushing sound that blood makes moving across narrowed places or defects." C. "It is the sound of the heart muscle stretching in an area of weakness." D. "It is the sound the heart makes when it has an increased workload." - correct...

NSG 121 Exam 2anxiety - correct answer the most basic of human emotions. there is a perceived threat followed by a subsequent reaction. an adaptive response that occurs across the lifespan. can be episodic or chronic. can be a symptom or disorder. the first diagnosable psych diagnosis. is more treatable and is the most common and mildest mental health disorder dysfunctional behavior - correct answer often a defense against anxiety. often decreases as anxiety decreases stages of the ANS fig...

NSG 121 Herzing University -NSG121 Exam 2 fully solved rated A+Structures of the dermis - correct answer Sebaceous glands Blood vessels Nerves Lymphatic vessels Hair follicles Sweat glands How is the epidermis nourished? - correct answer Oxygen from the surface air Causes of phototoxicity - correct answer Drugs (such as antibiotics, cardiac medications, antihistamines) Risks for skin cancer - correct answer Previous history of skin cancer More than 50 moles (nevi) Severe sunburns...

NSG121 Exam 3Landmark to auscultate the pulmonic valve - correct answer 2nd ICS, left sternal border Three ways blood flow is regulated through the venous system - correct answer Skeletal muscles The valves that are inside the veins Respiration T/F: When thinking about the conduction system of the heart, the SA node generates the initial electrical impulse and the Purkinje fibers initiates cardiac contraction - correct answer True What drains into the left lymphatic duct? - correct an...