Pharm Exam 1 Prep U

A client is experiencing sympathetic stimulation in response to a stressful event. Which substance will most affect the client's sodium and water retention?

Aldosterone

What does the body create using choline?

Acetylcholine

A patient is admitted to the emergency room after a car accident. Based on the experience of the emergency room nurse, what system will affect a response to the emergency?

Autonomic nervous system

The nurse is caring for a client with premedication: blood pressure (BP) 88/40 mm Hg, heart rate (HR) 45, respiratory rate (RR) 12, glucose 70 mg/dL, cardiac output (CO) 3.8 liters/minute (normal range 4-6 L/min). The nurse would predict which assessment findings after administering a sympathomimetic to the client? Select all that apply.

BP 100/60 glucose 150 mg/dL (8.32 mmol/L) RR 20

The nurse is caring for a client who is known to have deficient levels of dopamine because of a dietary lack of tyrosine. The nurse should expect to assess for evidence of:

Decreased adrenergic response

The nursing instructor is explaining the role of the parasympathetic nervous system in influencing body functions. Which change in a patient's body functions would be directly related to the stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system?

Decreased heart rate

What is the resulting physiologic effect when the parasympathetic nervous system is stimulated?

Increased GI ability

The body uses tyrosine in the diet to make what substance?

Norepinephrine

Most of the free norepinephrine molecules are taken up by the nerve terminal that releases them in which process?

Reuptake

The functions of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) can be broadly described as:

activities designed to maintain a constant internal environment, to respond to stress or emergencies, and to repair body tissues