Chapter 29 PrepU ML3

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 Fight-or-Flight stops unnecessary productions

The nurse is assessing a client who has urinary hesitation and occasional overflow incontinence. What adrenergic receptors may be overstimulated in this client?

Alpha-1 in urinary bladder

The anatomy and physiology instructor is discussing adrenergic receptors with the nursing class. What adrenergic receptor would the instructor tell the students is found in the heart and can stimulate increased myocardial activity and increase heart rate?

Beta1 cardiac tissue

Which would be considered functions of the autonomic nervous system? (Select all that apply.)

Control of heart rate Maintenance of water balance Regulation of respiration In notes ANS Functions

Which is a parasympathetic response of the lacrimal glands?

Increased secretions increase your "tears" again

The nurse is assessing a client. What assessment finding is the clearest indicator of autonomic function?

The client's respiratory rate is 22 breaths per minute pretty high

The nurse administers an anticholinergic medication to a client. The nurse would predict which receptor subtypes to be blocked? Select all that apply.

Muscarinic Nicotinic part of parasympathetic nervous system

The nurse is caring for a client with asthma who has been experiencing shortness of breath and who has been administered a medication to cause bronchodilation. What aspect of autonomic nervous function has the nurse most likely influenced?

Stimulation of beta-adrenergic receptors Beta has more "automatic" organs and such

Norepinephrine is made by nerve cells using which substance?

Tyrosine

The nurse is caring for a client with asthma who has been administered albuterol in order to promote bronchodilation and relieve shortness of breath. When giving this medication, the nurse has affected the client's autonomic nervous system by:

stimulating beta2-receptors. beta2 in bronchi