NURS 3366 RRD 1 EXAM REVISION QUESTIONS AND ALL CORRECT ANSWERS (ALREADY GRADED A+) (2024 UPDATE) 100% GUARANTEED
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NURS 3366
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NURS 3366
Physiology - ANSWER- The study of functions & processes that occur in the body, mostly the
NORMAL processes
Pathophysiology - ANSWER- The study of the underlying changes in body physiology that
result from disease or injury
Homeostasis - ANSWER- Maintenance of constant conditions in the body's ...
NURS 3366 RRD 1 EXAM REVISION QUESTIONS AND ALL CORRECT ANSWERS
(ALREADY GRADED A+) (2024 UPDATE) 100% GUARANTEED
Physiology - ANSWER- The study of functions & processes that occur in the body, mostly the
NORMAL processes
Pathophysiology - ANSWER- The study of the underlying changes in body physiology that
result from disease or injury
Homeostasis - ANSWER- Maintenance of constant conditions in the body's internal
environment (body's balancing act)
Stressors - ANSWER- Challenges to the body's balance (homeostasis)
Compensation - ANSWER- The (appropriate) return of homeostasis after being challenged by
a stressor (similar words include adaptation, healing, etc.)
Glycogenolysis - ANSWER- Breakdown of glycogen (form of stored glucose)
Control Mechanisms (or Compensatory Mechanisms) - ANSWER- Mechanisms the body uses
to compensate (ex: glycogenolysis when hungry & food is unavailable; increased heart rate or
constriction of peripheral arteries in response to massive blood loss)
Periphery - ANSWER- The outward bounds of something as distinguished from its internal
regions or center; arms and legs
Constrict - ANSWER- To make narrow or draw together
Decompensation - ANSWER- The failure to compensate, adapt, heal, etc.; occurs when the
body is unable to appropriately meet the challenge of stressors (ex: control mechanisms are
exhausted, compensation can deteriorate either rapidly or slowly)
Disease - ANSWER- Harmful condition of the body (and/or mind)
Disorder - ANSWER- Disturbance in the healthiness of the body
, Syndrome - ANSWER- Collection of symptoms
Risk Factors - ANSWER- Factors that or contribute to and/or increase probability that a disease
will occur ("setting the stage"; ex: heredity, age, ethnicity, lifestyle, environment)
Precipitating Factor - ANSWER- Condition of event that triggers a pathologic event or disorder
("kick off"; an asthma attack can be precipitated by physical exertion)
Etiology - ANSWER- Cause of a disease; includes all factors that contribute to the development
of a disease (ex: etiology of AIDS=HIV, etiology of rheumatic heart disease=autoimmune reaction,
TB=mycobacterium)
Idiopathic - ANSWER- Disease with an unidentifiable cause
Iatrogenic (Problem) - ANSWER- Occurs as a result of medical treatment (ex: if kidney failure
is due to improper use of prescribed antibiotics, the etiology of the kidney failure is iatrogenic)
Nosocomial (Problems) - ANSWER- Result as a consequence of being in the hospital (ex:
urinary tract infection developed while patient was in the hospital)
Clinical Manifestations (i.e. S&S) - ANSWER- The demonstration of the presence of a sign
and/or symptoms of a disease
Signs - ANSWER- Manifestations that can be objectively identified by a trained observer (ex:
fever, bleeding, rash)
Symptoms - ANSWER- Subjective manifestations that can only be reported by the person
experiencing them (ex: pain, nausea, fatigue)
Local (S&S) - ANSWER- Redness, swelling, heat, rash, & lymphadenopathy (disease of lymph
nodes) in a particular area
Systemic (S&S) - ANSWER- Fever, urticaria (hives), malaise ("I feel dragged out" or "I feel
awful all over"), or systemic lymphadenopathy (disease of lymph nodes)
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