Pathophysiology HESI final Questions and Answers Already Graded A
What kind of nursing implications will come with diverticulosis? ✔✔encourage 2-3 L of fluid per day, assess stools for color, consistency, frequency, and presence, and offer high dietary roughage.
What are the warning signs of hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state ✔✔polyuria, polydipsia, and polyphagia and also an elevated fever
What is the glucose level in a hyperosmolar hyperglycemia state? ✔✔above 600
How severe is the dehydration that comes with hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state? ✔✔it is so bad it can send you into a diabetic coma.
What are the classifications of osteoporosis? ✔✔type 1 is associated with early menopausal estrogen deficiency, type 2 is senile osteoporosis with calcium with calcium deficiency
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What kind of nursing implications come with osteoporosis? ✔✔implement an exercise regimen that incorporates weight bearing exercises and instruct on adequate calcium intake through diet or supplements
How can you test hCG. hormones ✔✔you can test for detection by blood test about 11 days after conceptions and about 14 days after conception by urine test. The levels will peak in the first 8- 11 weeks
Explain starling's law ✔✔the greater the muscle fibers are stretched, the more the heart can pump out blood more forcefully, so the CO will be increased.
What is tissue plasminogen activator? ✔✔it is an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of plasminogen to plasmin, the major enzyme responsible for clot breakdown
When would you use tissue plasminogen activator? ✔✔for treatment of acute ischemic stroke
What is cardiac tamponade? ✔✔It is compression of heart muscles by excess fluid or blood within the pericardial sac
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