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What are the two general categories of radiation exposure to people? - Answer-natural and artificial. 
 
Three sources of natural radiation are what? - Answer-cosmic, earth and internal 
 
What percentage of natural radiation makes up the total amount of radiation exposed to the public? - Answer-55 percent 
 
What are some examples of sources of natural radiation? - Answer-From the sun and stars, the ozone, and certain minerals 
 
What percentage makes up artificial radiation for public exposure...
· Nursing diagnosis - Answer-clinical judgment about individual, family, or community responses to actual or potential health problems. Directs interventions 
 
· Diagnostic reasoning - Answer-Method by which nurses utilize critical thinking, i.e., gathering and clustering assessment information, making hypotheses to arrive at diagnoses. See case study 
 
· Nursing process - Answer-include six phases: assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Thi...
Amplitude - Answer-How loud or soft a sound is 
 
Duration - Answer-The length of time a note lingers 
 
Ophthalmoscope - Answer-instrument used to examine the interior of the eye 
 
Otoscope - Answer-instrument used for visual examination of the ear 
 
Pitch - Answer-The number of vibrations per second of a note 
 
Quality - Answer-A subjective difference in a sound as a result of the sounds distinctive overtones 
 
Define and describe the technique of the 4 physical examination skills: Inspect...
Atomic number indicates the number of (blank) in an atom - Answer-Protons 
 
Variations of an element due to different numbers of neutrons - Answer-Isotopes 
 
Characteristics of negative feedback in the human body: - Answer--Tends to correct to a set point 
-Does not tend to be short term 
 
What type of reaction is shown below? 
AB + CD -> AD + BC - Answer-Exchange 
 
Which organelle transport system will allow for the creation of lipids and carbohydrates? - Answer-Smooth ER 
 
Body region ...
The brain and spinal cord make up the - Answer-Central Nervous System 
 
Encephalopathy and liver damage in children, linked to aspirin use following an acute viral illness is known as - Answer-Reye Syndrome 
 
Parkinson disease occurs when which neurotransmitter is no longer produced? - Answer-Dopamine 
 
The word seizure means - Answer-an event due to excessive electrical activity in the brain 
 
Sensory neurons are also known as _______ neurons. - Answer-afferent 
 
Many congenital neurologic...
ANA definition of nursing - Answer-the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations 
 
Provision of a caring relationship, attention to range of human experiences, Integration of assessment data with knowledge, Application of scientific knowledge 
 
Thoughtful Person-Centered Practice ...
Nursing Social Policy Statement of Issues Nurses Address: - Answer-•Promotion of health and wellness 
•Promotion of safety and quality of care 
•Care, self-care processes, and care coordination 
•Physical, emotional, and spiritual comfort, discomfort, and pain 
•Adaptation to physiologic and pathophysiologic processes 
•Emotions related to the experience of birth, growth and development, health, illness, disease, and death 
•Meanings ascribed to health, illness, and other concepts ...
When, where and who established the first school of nursing - Answer-1836 in Kaiserworth, Germany by Pastor Theodore Fleidner 
 
Women educated by Fliedner were called: - Answer- Kaiserworth deconesses (most famous was Florence Nightingale) 
 
When and where was the Nurses Associated Alumnae formed? - Answer-Baltimore, 1897 
 
Purpose of National League of Nursing - Answer-to set standards and rules in nursing education 
 
When and where was the first training program for nurses established? - ...
active transport - Answer-Energy-requiring process that moves material across a cell membrane against a concentration difference 
 
Passive Transport (Diffusion) - Answer-A process that requires no energy to move molecules down their concentration gradient(from high to low concentration) 
 
Gene - Answer-A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait 
 
Genome - Answer-the complete set of genes or genetic material present in a cell or organism 
 
Parts of a cell - Answer-Cell m...
a - Answer-before 
 
ac - Answer-before meals 
 
ACHS - Answer-before meals and at bedtime 
 
bid - Answer-Twice a day (every 12 hours) 
 
BP - Answer-blood pressure 
 
c - Answer-with 
 
cap - Answer-capsule 
 
CD - Answer-continuous duration (DONT CRUSH) 
 
cm - Answer-centimeter 
 
CR - Answer-continuous release 
 
DBP - Answer-diastolic blood pressure 
 
dil - Answer-dilute 
 
disp - Answer-dispense 
 
EC - Answer-enteric coated (DONT CRUSH) 
 
elix - Answer-elixir 
 
ER - Answer-extended re...