NURS 3366 (Basic Concepts of
Pathophysiology & Implications for
Nursing) exam with complete solutions
Physiology - ANSWER- study of functions and processes that occur in body,
mostly NORMAL processes
Pathophysiology - ANSWER- the study of the underlying changes in the body
physiology that result from disease or injury
Homeostasis - ANSWER- maintenance of constant conditions in the body's
internal enviroments
Compensation - ANSWER- the return to homeostasis after being challenged by a
stressor
Decomposition - ANSWER- the failure to compensate, adapt, heal, etc
dz - ANSWER- disease
Risk Factors - ANSWER- factors that or contribute to and/or increase probability
that a dz will occur
Precipitating Factor - ANSWER- a condition or event that triggers a pathologic
even or disorder.. the "kick off"
Etiology - ANSWER- the cause of a disease; includes all factors that contribute to
development of dz
Idiopathic - ANSWER- dz with unidentifiable cause
Iatrogenic problems - ANSWER- problem-- occurs as result of medical treatment
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