NUR 612 Exam 1 (Module 1) UAB Questions With 100% Correct Answers
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NUR 612
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NUR 612
NUR 612 Exam 1 (Module 1) UAB Questions With 100% Correct Answers
Sublcinical disease (Correct Answer) - Not clinically apparent and not destined to
become a clinical disease
Clinical disease (Correct Answer) - The disease is present as manifested by signs and
symptoms
NUR 612 Exam 1 (Module 1) UAB Questions
With 100% Correct Answers
Physiology (Correct Answer) - ✅ Study of the normal functions of the human body
Pathophysiology (Correct Answer) - ✅ The study of the cellular and organ changes that
occur with disease and the effects that these changes have on the total body function
Focuses on the mechanism of the underlying disease and provides information to assist
with planning preventive as well as therapeutic health care measures and practices such
as following a healthy diet, exercising, and being compliant with prescribed medications
Determinants of Health (Correct Answer) - ✅ Attain lives free of preventable disease,
disability, injury, and premature death.
Achieve health equity and eliminate disparities
Promote good health for all
Promote healthy behaviors across the life span
Disease (Correct Answer) - ✅ An acute or chronic illness that one acquires or is born
with that causes physiological dysfunction in one or more body system
,Etiology (Correct Answer) - ✅ Explains the cause of the disease
Pathogenesis (Correct Answer) - ✅ How the disease process evolves
Sequence of cellular and tissue events that occur from initial contact with an etiologic
agent until the ultimate expression of the disease occurs
Morphologic changes (Correct Answer) - ✅ The microscopic and gross changes that
are characteristic in a disease process
Histology (Correct Answer) - ✅ The microscopic study of cells and extracellular matrix
Lesion (Correct Answer) - ✅ A pathologic or traumatic change of an organ or tissue
Clinical Manifestations (Correct Answer) - ✅ The hidden or obvious evidence that a
person is sick
Symptoms (Correct Answer) - ✅ Subjective complaints noted by the person with the
disorder such as pain, difficulty breathing, headache, blurred vision
Signs (Correct Answer) - ✅ Disease manifestations noted by the observer such as
temperature elevation, a blown pupil and pitting edema
Syndrome (Correct Answer) - ✅ A compilation of signs and symptoms
Complication (Correct Answer) - ✅ Adverse extension of a disease or treatment
,Sequelae (Correct Answer) - ✅ Lesions or impairments that follow or are caused by a
disease
Diagnosis (Correct Answer) - ✅ Designation as to cause or nature of a health problem;
involves evaluating competing possibilities and selecting the most likely one from many
conditions in a given age, gender, race, lifestyle, genetic background and locality based
upon
History (Correct Answer) - ✅ The person's account of symptoms, progress, and factors
that contribute to a diagnosis
Physical Exam (Correct Answer) - ✅ Performed to identify signs of altered body
structure or functions; also may identify problems not obtained in the history
Acute disorder (Correct Answer) - ✅ Relatively severe, but self-limited
Subacute disorder (Correct Answer) - ✅ Intermediate between an acute and a chronic
disorder, general not as severe as an acute disorder and does not last as long as a chronic
disorder
Chronic disorder (Correct Answer) - ✅ Continous, long-term process
May improve or get worse
Preclinical stage (Correct Answer) - ✅ Disease is not clinically evident but will progress
to clinical disease
, Sublcinical disease (Correct Answer) - ✅ Not clinically apparent and not destined to
become a clinical disease
Clinical disease (Correct Answer) - ✅ The disease is present as manifested by signs and
symptoms
Carrier Status (Correct Answer) - ✅ A person has an organism but is not infected as
evidenced by an antibody response or by clinical manifestations; this person CAN infect
others
Epidemiology (Correct Answer) - ✅ The study of disease occurrence in human
populations
Incidence (Correct Answer) - ✅ Reflects the number of new cases of a particular illness
during a specified time for a population at risk that does not have the disease
Prevalence (Correct Answer) - ✅ Measures existing disease in a population at a given
point in time
Morbidity (Correct Answer) - ✅ Describes the effects of an illness
Mortality (Correct Answer) - ✅ Death
Risk Factors (Correct Answer) - ✅ Conditions suspected of contributing to a
development of a disease
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