The nurse uses a picture to show how ions equalize their concentration by which passive transport process?
a. Osmosis
b. Filtration
c. Titration
d. Diffusion
D
Diffusion is the process by which substances move back and forth across compartment mem-branes until they are equally divided.
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In an infant with cyanotic cardiac anomaly, the nurse would expect to see:
a. feedings taken eagerly. b. a decrease in the heart rate with activity. c. little to no improvement in color with oxygen administration. d. a consistent and rapid weight gain.
Blood flows from the left atrium through the _____ valve into the left ventricle
a. mitral b. aortic c. pulmonic d. tricuspid
_______ represents increased sympathetic or decreased parasympathetic autonomic tone.
A. Bradycardia B. Tachycardia
The nurse is caring for a patient who has been diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and has developed esophagitis. The nurse understands that the patient is most at risk for what other complication?
a. Aspiration pneumonia b. Barrett's esophagus c. Bronchospasm d. Laryngospasm