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Assignment:
The nursing process was initially an adapted form of problem-solving technique based on theory used by nurses every day to help patients improve their health and assist doctors in treating patients. Its primary aim is to know the health status and the problems of clients which may be actual or potential. It is made up of a series of stages that are used to achieve the objective-the health improvement of the patient. The use of nursing process can stop at any stage as deemed necessary or can be repeated as needed. This process is inclusive of physical health as well as the emotional aspects of patient health. Nursing knowledge is used throughout the process to formulate changes in approach to the patient's changing condition. Answer the following questions below.
Mary, a 43 year old woman presents with polyuria, polydipsia and constant tiredness. Her sister, Anne, has hearing loss of unknown type, and her mother, Iris, died from a diabetic coma at the age of 50.
1. On a clear analysis of this case what are you most important key learning points of this case?
2. What is the possible unifying diagnosis?
3. What is the inheritance pattern of this condition?
4. What chemicopathological test would aid the diagnosis?
5. Name at least three causes of pancreatitis other than alcohol.
6. Explain the role of progesterone in this process.
7. Mary's urine underwent urinalysis: if the result had show low osmolarity and electrolyte levels, what might this have suggested?
8. The contractile unit consisting of bundles of thick filaments interleaved at either end with those of thin filaments is?
9. The connective tissue that surrounds individual fibers is __
10. When the velocity of enzyme activity is plotted against substrate concentration, which of the following is obtained?
11. The rate determining step of Michaelis-Menten kinetics is ____
12. The catalytic efficiency of two distinct enzymes can be compared based on which of the following factor?