NUR2502 EXAM 1 LATEST EXAM QUESTIONS

NUR2502 EXAM 1 LATEST EXAM QUESTIONS

AND CORRECT ANSWERS

MULTIDIMENSIONAL CARE 3 EXAM 1

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COLLEGE

Signs and symptoms of type 1 diabetes mellitus - ANSWER✔✔- Polyuria, Polydipsia, Polyphagia

• weight loss
• fatigue
• increased frequency of infections
• rapid, early onset

- INSULIN DEPENDENT

Correlation of blood glucose levels with HGA1C results - ANSWER✔✔- As A1C % becomes more elevated so does glucose

• 5.7 - 6.4 pre-diabetic
• 6.5 or above is diabetic!

Pathophysiology of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) - ANSWER✔✔- Relative or absolute insulin deficiency

• Increase in counterregulatory hormones (glucagon, cortisol, catecholamines, growth hormone)
• Hyperglycemia

Cause of osmotic diuresis in the diabetic patient - ANSWER✔✔Increase in blood sugar (Hyperglycemia) · Characteristics of the Somogyi effect - ANSWER✔✔- Morning hyperglycemia after a night of Hypoglycemia 1 / 2

• Tremors
• Night sweats
• Restlessness

Nocturnal hypoglycemia TNM staging of tumors - ANSWER✔✔- Tumor Size: 0-2cm, 2-5cm, >5cm, broken through skin or attached to chest wall

• Node Status: can't feel, swollen nodes, swollen & lumpy nodes, nodes near collarbone

- Metastasis: 0 = cancer-free, 1 = cancer cells or micrometastasis

· Term generally given to a malignancy of glandular epithelial tissue - ANSWER✔✔- Adenocarcinoma · Characteristics of stem cells - ANSWER✔✔A mesenchymal stem cell is a primitive cell with the ability

to:

• Self-replicate
• Reduce inflammation
• Fight apoptosis
• Perpetual self-renewal
• Ability to differentiate into a specialized adult cell type such as muscle cells or RBC

· Characteristics of benign tumors - ANSWER✔✔- A slow, progressive rate of growth that may come to a standstill or regress.

• An expansive manner of growth.
• Inability to metastasize to distant sites.

Composed of well-differentiated cells that resemble the cells of the tissue of origin

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