CRITICALLY ANALYSE AND INTERPRET INFORMATION BASED ON REAL-LIFE SITUATIONS • APPLY KNOWLEDGE OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY TO CLINICAL PROBLEM-SOLVING THE HEALTH CLINIC ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
CRITICALLY ANALYSE AND INTERPRET INFORMATION BASED ON REAL-LIFE SITUATIONS • APPLY KNOWLEDGE OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY TO CLINICAL PROBLEM-SOLVING THE HEALTH CLINIC ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
This assignment will demonstrate your ability to: • critically analyse and interpret information based on real-life situations • apply knowledge of anatomy and physiology to clinical problem-solving The Health Clinic Answer the following questions. Your answers must be concise and no longer than 1 paragraph in length (100 words). 1. Mrs Sweet, a 50-year-old office assistant has been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. She has high blood sugar levels (hyperglycaemia) and glucose has been detected in her urine (glycouria). She has also noticed that her breath smells fruity. a. Explain why her breath smells fruity (4 Marks) b. Can her condition be dangerous? (2 Marks) 2. Some athletes will consume only protein for several days before a competition, which reduces the amount of glycogen in both the muscle fibres and the liver. a. What impact would this have on their ability to perform activities that require short, powerful bursts of activity? (2 Marks) b. How would it affect their ability to perform endurance activities? (2 Marks) 3. Lucy Dupre is a 2-year-old girl living in northern Canada. You notice that her growth seems abnormally slow and she has exhibited signs of weakened bones, including fractures. Her parents admit that they have not supplemented her diet with Vitamin D as they feel that any supplementation is “unnatural” and “not organic”. a. Explain why Lucy is having problems with her bones and bone growth. (4 Marks) b. Is there any truth to her parents’ statement that Vitamin D supplementation is “unnatural” and “not organic”? Explain. (3 Marks) 4. During a surgical procedure, an anaesthiologist administers to the patient an inhaled anaesthetic agent that open Cl- channels in the postsynaptic membranes of neurons in the brain. a. Explain why this would put the patient ‘to sleep’ for the duration of the surgical procedure. (3 Marks) SCH1134D 2 Assignment 5. A nurse has been working for 11 hours on an overnight shift. He is asked to start an intravenous line and hang a bag of 0.9% sodium chloride. He accidentally grabs a bag of 9% sodium chloride instead. a. What is likely to happen to this patient? Why? (4 Marks) 6. Vitamin C is required for synthesis of collagen. a. Predict the effect that a vitamin C deficiency (a disease called scurvy) would have on bone tissue, dense regular collagenous connective tissue, dense irregular connective tissue, and cartilage. (2 Marks) b. What symptoms would you expect to see from this disease? (2 Marks) 7. A nurse injects a patient with a drug that selectively binds to and activates the α2 adrenergic receptors. a. What will happen to the sympathetic nervous system response? Why?
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