NMNC 1135 Final Exam Terminology Questions and Answers 100% Correct
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NMNC 1135 Final Exam Terminology Questions and Answers 100% CorrectNMNC 1135 Final Exam Terminology Questions and Answers 100% CorrectNMNC 1135 Final Exam Terminology Questions and Answers 100% CorrectNMNC 1135 Final Exam Terminology Questions and Answers 100% Correct
Communication - ANSWER - Ongo...
NMNC 1135 Final Exam
Terminology Questions and
Answers 100% Correct
Communication - ANSWER - Ongoing, dynamic series of events that involves the
transmission of meaning from the sender to the receiver
Feedback - ANSWER - Response to the sender sent by the receiver regarding the
message
Message - ANSWER - Information sent or expressed by sender in the communication
process
Perceptual bias - ANSWER - The use of personal perception to judge others
Referent - ANSWER - Factors that motivates a person to communication with
another individual
Healthcare Associated Infection - ANSWER - Infection that was not present or
incubating at the time of admission to a health care setting
Medical asepsis - ANSWER - Procedures used to reduce the number of
microorganisms and prevent their spread
Handwashing - ANSWER - Vigorous, brief rubbing together of all surfaces of lathered
hands followed by rinsing under a stream of warm water for 15-20 seconds
Pathogen - ANSWER - Microorganism capable of producing disease
Virulence - ANSWER - Ability of an organism to rapidly produce a disease
, Afebrile - ANSWER - Without fever
Diaphoresis - ANSWER - Profuse sweating
Bradycardia - ANSWER - A slow heart rate marked by a pulse of less than 60 beats
per minute in an adult
Hypertension - ANSWER - A condition in which the blood pressure of an adult is
greater than 140/90 on three separate readings several weeks apart
Hypotension - ANSWER - A decrease of the systolic and diastolic blood pressure to
below normal
Orthostatic Hypotension - ANSWER - A form of low blood pressure that occurs with
changes of posture
Pyrexia - ANSWER - Fever
Tachycardia - ANSWER - An abnormally rapid heart rate, typically faster than 100
beats per minute in an adult
Tachypnea - ANSWER - Abnormally rapid breathing, typically faster than 20 beats
per minute in an adult
Point of maximal impulse (PMI) - ANSWER - Point on the chest wall where the heart
beat can be seen; 5th intercostal space, left-midclavicular line
Clubbing - ANSWER - Enlarged phalanx of the finger; usually caused by chronic
hypoxemia
Edema - ANSWER - Excessive amounts of fluid in the interstitial space
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