NUR 229 Pathophysiology Test Questions and Correct Answers
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NUR 229
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NUR 229
Hemodynamically stable maintaining good blood pressure
Pathophysiology study of functional changes in the body that occur in response to disease or injury
Pathology the study of cell and tissue changes associated with disease
Gross pathology visible changes in organ or system
Microscopy patholo...
NUR 229 Pathophysiology Test
Questions and Correct Answers
Hemodynamically stable ✅maintaining good blood pressure
Pathophysiology ✅study of functional changes in the body that occur in response to
disease or injury
Pathology ✅the study of cell and tissue changes associated with disease
Gross pathology ✅visible changes in organ or system
Microscopy pathology ✅microscopic changes at a cellular level
Diagnosis ✅identification of a specific disease through evaluation of signs, symptoms,
and diagnostic testing
Etiology ✅causative factors (may include one or more factors)
Etiologic agents ✅-congenital
-inherited or genetic
-microorganisms (viruses, bacteria, fungus etc)
-immunologic dysfunction
-metabolic derangement
-degeneration (programed senescence/finite life expectancy)
-malignancy
-burns and other trauma
-nutritional deficiency or excess
-idiopathic-unknown cause
-latrogenic -disease or dysfunction due to health care provider error
Characteristics of disorders ✅1. pathogenesis- development of the disease or the
sequence of events involved in tissue changes associated with disease development
2. onset may be sudden and obvious (acute) or of gradual onset or progression
(insidious) slow and steady
Stages of Illness ✅1. acute: sudden onset and or short term
2. chronic: often milder but persistent
3. subclinical: pathogenic changes occur without obvious manifestations (defy clinical
detection)
4. latent: silent without evident signs
5. primordial: early development of disease when there may be vague signs and/or
symptoms
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