NRSG 2350 Exam 1 Questions And 100% Correct Answers.
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define pathophysiology - Answer the physiology of altered health
pathology + physiology
define pathology - Answer study of functional changes in cells, tissues, and organs of the body that occur as a result of an injury, disorder, or disease
define physiology - Answer mechanisms o...
NRSG 2350 Exam 1 Questions And 100%
Correct Answers.
define pathophysiology - Answer the physiology of altered health
pathology + physiology
define pathology - Answer study of functional changes in cells, tissues, and organs of the body that
occur as a result of an injury, disorder, or disease
define physiology - Answer mechanisms of body functions
identify pathophysiology importance for clinical practice - Answer pathophysiology focuses on the
mechanisms of the underlying disease process and provides the background for preventative as well as
therapeutic health care measures and practices
etiology - Answer cause/origin of a disease or condition
pathogenesis - Answer the development of a disease ... cellular level
incubation period - Answer period between exposure to infection and the appearance of symptoms
prodromal period - Answer after incubation... more signs and symptoms... time during which a disease
process has begun is not yet clinically manifested
acute - Answer severe and sudden onset of conditions
remission - Answer a reduction or disappearance of signs and symptoms of disease... no longer
evidence of the disease
,exacerbation - Answer increase in the severity of a disease or its signs and symptoms... signs and
symptoms have come back... periodically symptoms become more pronounced when you have a chronic
disease... it never went away you just have more symptoms of it at times
recrudescence - Answer the recurrence of symptoms after a period of remission ... a relapse
convalesence - Answer gradual recovery of health and strength after illness or injury... recovering from
illness the signs and symptoms are getting better
prognosis - Answer the likely outcome or course of a disease; the chance of recovery or recurrence
idiopathic - Answer a disease or condition that arises spontaneously or where the cause is unknown
iatrogenic - Answer an illness caused by medical examination or treatment
manifestation - Answer the display or disclosure of characteristic signs or symptoms of an illness
treatment - Answer medical care given to a patient for illness or injury/ a session of medical care or the
administration of a dose of medicine
prevention - Answer action taken to decrease the chance of getting a disease or condition
congenital disease - Answer birth defect... a condition present at birth regardless of its cause
genetic disease - Answer a disease that is caused by a change, or mutation, in an individual's DNA
sequence... caused by changes in a person's DNA genes or heredity
developmental disease - Answer severe, chronic disability of an individual who has a mental or physical
impairment by the age of 22 which is likely to continue indefinitely and results in substantial functional
limitations in three or more areas of major life activity
,inflammatory disease - Answer immune system attacks the body's own tissues, resulting in
inflammation... ex rheumatoid arthritis. disease related to swelling
degenerative disease - Answer the function or structure of the affected tissues or organs changes for
the worse over time
metabolic disease - Answer disrupt normal metabolism, the process of converting food to energy on a
cellular level... thousands of enzymes participating in numerous interdependent metabolic pathways
carry out this process
neoplastic disease - Answer abnormal growth of cells... tumor... conditions that cause tumor growth -
benign or malignant
explain the concept of homeostasis and 2 feedback systems involved in maintaining homeostasis -
Answer homeostasis - pH level, blood glucose level, and internal temp are all equal
positive feedback - intensify the variable... ex human being born... pressure --> contractions --> more
releases of hormones and on and on
negative feedback - when some variable triggers a counter acting response in order to come back to set
variable ex. sweating when youre hot, shivering when youre cold (negative feedback loop)
define pharmacology - Answer the study of drugs
sources of drug information - Answer drug label
package insert
reference books
journals
internet - lexicomp
package insert - Answer prepared by manufacturer
, contains all the chemical and study information that led to the drug's approval
difficult to understand and read
drug label - Answer specific info that identifies a specific drug
nursing diagnosis (nursing process) - Answer drawing a conclusion from the assessment data that was
gathered
outcomes (nursing process) - Answer goals for patient
planning/implementation (nursing process) - Answer formulation of a plan of care that includes actions
to improve or maintain the patient's health
evaluations (nursing process) - Answer determining if the plan of care was effective at either
maintaining or improving the patient's health
collection of data (np and med admin) - Answer client interview
medical record review
laboratory values
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