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@Brianna17

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A nurse notes a cardiovascular change on an immobilized postoperative patient. One such change the nurse could have noticed is consistent with:
 
  A. atelectasis.
  B. hypertension.
  C. orthostatic hypotension.
  D. increased coagulation of blood.

Question 2

The nurse encourages a postoperative patient to get adequate amounts of sleep after discharge from the health care facility. When the patient asks why, the nurse responds that sleep:
 
  A. restores biological processes.
  B. stimulates appetite on waking.
  C. produces a mental and physiological calm.
  D. produces dreams that stimulate cerebral blood flow.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Decreased lung expansion, generalized muscle weakness, and stasis of secretions occur with immobility. These conditions are consistent with the development of atelectasis. The immobilized patient experiences a decreased circulating fluid, pooling of blood in lower extremities, and a drop in systolic blood pressure. Three factors contribute to thrombus formation, which include loss of integrity of vessel wall, abnormalities of blood flow, and changes in clotting fac-tors/increased platelet activity.

Answer to Question 2

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Sleep is a part of maintaining normal biological processes and optimal immune performances. REM sleep is important for cognitive restoration. Various body functions (motor, memory, im-mune) alter when prolonged sleep loss occurs. During REM sleep patients experience rapid eye movement, fluctuation in heart and respiratory rate, increased/fluctuating blood pressure, loss of skeletal muscle tone, and increase in gastric secretions.


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