Task 2 Part A Cebita Santhosh Q1. The three main types of blood vessels in the circulatory system are veins, arteries and capillaries. The veins carry deoxygenated blood from the capillaries back to the heart. The arteries carry blood away from the heart to your tissues. The capillaries are the smallest of the body's blood vessels, only one cell thick and are found in the muscles and lungs.…
The elevation in bicarbonate ions is due to an addition in alkali to the body which it cannot be excreted by the kidney. Metabolic alkalosis is always associated with renal impairment of some kind due to the kidneys vast capacity in excreting excess alkali. Loss of acid from the body as occurs in vomiting include metabolic alkalosis is equivalent to adding alkali to the body. (Angus MD, 2006). Excessive loss of acid from the blood, low carbon dioxide levels, and high bicarbonate levels in the blood are all causes of metabolic alkalosis.…
Salt is used on a daily basis for a number of reasons, such as cooking, water treatment and de-icing roads.[1] In Canada, salt is heavily relied on when it comes to snow removal. But, the truth is, while salt does help people during the winter, it causes the rest of the environment to suffer. Because of this, I strongly feel that salt should NOT be used on our roads. Salt harms animals, affects aquatic ecosystems negatively, causes pollution, contaminates greenery by the road, and damages cars and roads.…
Activity #1 1. Potassium and Sodium. Potassium is more concentrated inside the cell and sodium is more concentrated outside the cell. 2. Resting membrane potential is the difference in voltage of the fluids inside a cell and outside a cell.…
hypotension is considered a life threatening condition that can lead to shock (2). Prevention of spousal abuse takes second priority so future harm could be prevented. Lowest priority is for therapeutic self-care demand to enhance self image of K.H. Although self-image is important, low priority is what is related to self-image–related therapeutic self-care demands. Regulatory and Control Operations The supportive-educative nursing system design was performed to get K.H back in control of herself and strengthen her self-care agency.…
Hyponatremia has several signs and symptoms. Some of the common symptoms listed by the Mayo Clinic include nausea and vomiting, headache, confusion, fatigue, restlessness, irritability, muscle weakness, spasms or cramps, seizures, and even coma. It was already stated that a serum sodium laboratory value below 135 mEq/L is a sign that a patient is hyponatremic so it is very important to pay attention to your client’s lab…
Electrolytes affect the amount of water in your body, the acidity of your blood (pH), your muscle function, and other important processes. Electrolytes such as sodium, potassium, and others that are critical in allowing cells to generate energy, maintain the stability of their walls, and to function in general. They generate electricity, contract muscles, move water and fluids within the body, and participate in other activities. The concentration of electrolytes in the body is controlled by different kinds of hormones, most of which are manufactured in the kidney and the adrenal glands. Sensors in specialized kidney cells monitor the amount of sodium, potassium, and water in the bloodstream.…
3801NRS Advanced Clinical Decision Making Student Name: Rebekah Stanley Student Number: S2929435 Essay/Report Title: Case Study Essay Assessment Item 1 WORD COUNT: TBA Clinical decision making and reasoning can be seen as one of the most important roles taken on board by the registered nurse within the healthcare setting (Pinnock & Welch, 2014).…
Over consumption of salt is the explanation of the sodium overage in my body switching salt with Mrs. Dash or other salt replacement or just reducing the salt intake will dramatically the risks associated with sodium like hyper tension and heart disease. All the minerals and vitamins I am lacking from this report is gained by the multi vitamin supplement prescribed by my doctor and is absent in my food…
The ketogenic diet is a high fat, low carb special diet to help control seizures in some people with epilepsy. A doctor prescribed and followed closely by a dietitian monitored. It is stricter than the modified Atkins diet, the precise measurement of calories, fluids and protein needs. The ketogenic name means that produces ketones in the body (= ketone ketone production = gene).…
Two-thirds of American adults are overweight, and half of these are obese (Lambert). What leads Americans to be overweight? Americans have a fast paced culture that includes fast food. Fast food provides the convenience of food, without the time it takes to make a meal. Over seven percent of Americans visit a McDonalds daily and 20 to 25 percent go to some sort of fast-food restaurant (Lambert).…
Stroke is the third leading cause of death in America and is one of the leading causes of disability. Just like everything else in our body, our brain is fed by blood through arteries. And just as high blood pressure can damages the arteries of our heart, it can damages the arteries leading to our brain. If the arteries to our brain are only partially blocked, you can experience a transient ischemic attack- kind of like mini stroke. Its a brief, temporary disruption of blood to your brain caused by a blood clot or atherosclerosis.…
EPILEPSY: ADD TITLE Hunter Rolloff is not an ordinary 20 year old. According to the article, “Epilepsy Facts,” 1 in 26 Americans are diagnosed with Epilepsy. Hunter has epilepsy; he talked and walked like a healthy baby until he had encephalitis which is inflammation of the brain, at 14 months old. After being diagnosed with epilepsy, he lost the ability to talk and walk. After countless hours, weeks and months of therapy, he once again gained the ability to walk, but to this day he can say only a very few words.…
At a young age, children are not usually able to notice this, which is currently a large issue. In the United States, the average sodium intake for a child aged between 8-12 is 3260 mg/day (CDC, 2013). It is recommended that children around this age group eat no more than 2,200 mg/day of sodium, and the reality is well beyond that, which is exceedingly dangerous (Paul and Robinson,…
The reason drinking saltwater is bad for you is because “it causes dehydration. ” says Livescience in their article Why Can’t We Drink Salt Water? Anyways that is 1 of many reasons why it is bad for you. “Another reason is that consuming too little or too much salt wreaks havoc in our bodies.” says Howstuffworks in their article What if you drink saltwater?…