NURB 3050 Exam 1 Questions with
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What is the physiology of altered health? - Answer-pathophysiology
What does the prefix patho- mean? - Answer-disease
What does the prefix patho- deal with? - Answer-structural function changes
What does physiology deal with? - Answer-the function of something
What are the four ways the World Health Organization defines health? - Answer-1.
Attain lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death
2. Achieve health equity and eliminate disparities
3. Promote good health for all
4. Promote healthy behaviors across the life span
What is an acute or chronic illness that you acquired or were born with, causing
physiological disfunction of 1 or more body parts? - Answer-a disease
Define etiology. - Answer-the cause of a disease
What are etiological agents? - Answer-things that could cause a disease
What are five examples of etiological agents? - Answer-biological, virus, burn, genetic
inheritance, physical
What does it mean if you have a congenital condition? - Answer-you were born with it
What kind of defect happens after birth by exposure, development over time, or from a
predisposed factor? - Answer-acquired defect
What term explains how a disease process evolved? - Answer-pathogenesis
Define morphology. - Answer-the study of changes in the tissues
What is the study of changes in the cells? - Answer-histology
What is morbidity? - Answer-how sick a disease makes someone
What is a medical term for death? - Answer-mortality
What is the term for something that predisposes you to an illness? - Answer-risk factor
,What does natural history refer to? - Answer-a disease that naturally evolves without
treatment
When referring to signs and symptoms, which one is subjective? - Answer-symptoms
When referring to signs and symptoms, which one is objective? - Answer-signs
When referring to signs and symptoms, which one does the patient describe? - Answer-
symptom
When referring to signs and symptoms, which one does the nurse observe? - Answer-
signs
When referring to signs and symptoms, which one is measurable? - Answer-signs
When referring to signs and symptoms, which one is quantifying? - Answer-signs
Is a headache a sign or symptom? - Answer-symptom
Is stomach cramps a sign or symptom? - Answer-symptom
Are vital signs a sign or symptom? - Answer-sign
Is a fever a sign or symptom? - Answer-sign
Is pain a sign or symptom? - Answer-sign
What is the identification of a specific disease through evaluating clinical data? -
Answer-a diagnosis
What is a differential diagnosis? - Answer-a list of all possible conditions or diseases
starting from worst case scenario and going to the best case scenario
What is a disease classified as when it happens suddenly? - Answer-acute
What kind of disease is there all of the time? - Answer-chronic
What is it called when a disease worsens? - Answer-exacerbation
What classification of disease is in between acute and chronic? - Answer-subacute
What is the study of numbers in relation to diseases and the distribution of them? -
Answer-epidemiology
When referring to epidemiology, which reflects the number of new cases in a population
at risk: incidence or prevalence? - Answer-incidence
, In epidemiology, what is the existing condition of a population at any given time? -
Answer-prevalence
What are the three levels of disease prevention? - Answer-primary, secondary, tertiary
What happens during primary prevention? - Answer-you keep the disease from
occurring
What are two examples of primary preventions? - Answer-immunizations, adopting
healthy lifestyles
What happens during secondary prevention? - Answer-there is early detection and a
plan for a cure
What are three examples of secondary prevention? - Answer-screenings, health history,
lab testing
What happens during tertiary prevention? - Answer-the disease has happened but we
want to keep it from spreading
What are two examples of tertiary prevention? - Answer-clinical interventions, patient
teaching
Which type of hypersensitivity is inherited? - Answer-type 1 allergic
Which type of hypersensitivity is most common? - Answer-type 1 allergic
What is type one hypersensitivity caused by? - Answer-allergen
Give five examples of allergens. - Answer-food, chemical, pollen, skin products, drugs
What are the four steps to the causative mechanism of hypersensitivity type 1? -
Answer-1. exposure
2. T helper, mast cells, or basophils are activated (release histamines)
3. development of IgE's (type of antibody)
4. mast cells degranulate which leads to an inflammatory response (vasodilation with
tissue edema)
What is an example of a complication of hypersensitivity type 1? - Answer-anaphylaxis
What is anaphylaxis? - Answer-massive release of histamines
Describe the severity of anaphylactic shock. - Answer-severe, life threatening
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