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danielfitts88

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The nurse recognizes what patient has lost a barrier defense increasing his risk for infection?
 
  A) A 68-year-old man diagnosed with prostate cancer
  B) A 24-year-old man diagnosed with partial thickness burns
  C) A 13-year-old boy diagnosed with chickenpox
  D) A 72-year-old man diagnosed with bacterial pneumonia

Question 2

When a drug is said to increase the force of contraction of the heart muscle, the nurse appropriately uses what term?
 
  A) Positive chronotropic
  B) Positive inotropic
  C) Negative inotropic
  D) Negative dromotropic



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Answer to Question 1

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A burn patient loses the protective barrier of the skin and is at risk for infection. In a partial thickness burn, the glands of the skin secrete chemicals that destroy many pathogens and also the normal flora that live on the skin. A cancer patient has decreased cellular defenses. The patient with chickenpox and the patient with pneumonia both have a diminished immune defense along with the prostate cancer patient but still are at less risk for infection than the burn patient.

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Sympathetic stimulation causes an increase in heart rate, blood pressure, and rate and depth of respirations, as well as a positive inotropic effect (increased force of contraction) on the heart and an increase in blood volume (through the release of aldosterone). A negative inotropic effect would be one that decreased the force of a contraction. A negative dromotropic effect is one that slows the conduction of the impulse through the atrioventricular node. A positive chronotropic effect is one that increases the heart rate.



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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again




 

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