NUR 612 Exam 1 (Module 1) UA Final Exam Actual Exam Newest
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Physiology - ANSWERS--Study of the normal functions of the human
body
Pathophysiology - ANSWERS--The study of the cellular and organ
changes that occur with disease and the effects that these changes
have on the total body function
Focuses on the mechanism of the underlying disease and provides
information to assist with planning preventive as well as therapeutic
health care measures and practices such as following a healthy diet,
exercising, and being compliant with prescribed medications
Determinants of Health - ANSWERS--Attain lives free of preventable
disease, disability, injury, and premature death.
Achieve health equity and eliminate disparities
Promote good health for all
Promote healthy behaviors across the life span
Disease - ANSWERS--An acute or chronic illness that one acquires or
is born with that causes physiological dysfunction in one or more
body system
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Etiology - ANSWERS--Explains the cause of the disease
Pathogenesis - ANSWERS--How the disease process evolves
Sequence of cellular and tissue events that occur from initial contact
with an etiologic agent until the ultimate expression of the disease
occurs
Morphologic changes - ANSWERS--The microscopic and gross
changes that are characteristic in a disease process
Histology - ANSWERS--The microscopic study of cells and
extracellular matrix
Lesion - ANSWERS--A pathologic or traumatic change of an organ or
tissue
Clinical Manifestations - ANSWERS--The hidden or obvious evidence
that a person is sick
Symptoms - ANSWERS--Subjective complaints noted by the person
with the disorder such as pain, difficulty breathing, headache,
blurred vision
Signs - ANSWERS--Disease manifestations noted by the observer
such as temperature elevation, a blown pupil and pitting edema
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Syndrome - ANSWERS--A compilation of signs and symptoms
Complication - ANSWERS--Adverse extension of a disease or
treatment
Sequelae - ANSWERS--Lesions or impairments that follow or are
caused by a disease
Diagnosis - ANSWERS--Designation as to cause or nature of a health
problem; involves evaluating competing possibilities and selecting
the most likely one from many conditions in a given age, gender,
race, lifestyle, genetic background and locality based upon
History - ANSWERS--The person's account of symptoms, progress,
and factors that contribute to a diagnosis
Physical Exam - ANSWERS--Performed to identify signs of altered
body structure or functions; also may identify problems not obtained
in the history
Acute disorder - ANSWERS--Relatively severe, but self-limited
Subacute disorder - ANSWERS--Intermediate between an acute and a
chronic disorder, general not as severe as an acute disorder and does
not last as long as a chronic disorder
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Chronic disorder - ANSWERS--Continous, long-term process
May improve or get worse
Preclinical stage - ANSWERS--Disease is not clinically evident but will
progress to clinical disease
Sublcinical disease - ANSWERS--Not clinically apparent and not
destined to become a clinical disease
Clinical disease - ANSWERS--The disease is present as manifested by
signs and symptoms
Carrier Status - ANSWERS--A person has an organism but is not
infected as evidenced by an antibody response or by clinical
manifestations; this person CAN infect others
Epidemiology - ANSWERS--The study of disease occurrence in human
populations
Incidence - ANSWERS--Reflects the number of new cases of a
particular illness during a specified time for a population at risk that
does not have the disease
Prevalence - ANSWERS--Measures existing disease in a population at
a given point in time