NUR 612 Exam 1 (Module 1) UAB Questions and Answers | Updated 2026 | Graded A+

NUR 612 Exam 1 (Module 1) UAB Questions and Answers | Updated 2026 | Graded A+ Physiology - answer-Study of the normal functions of the human body Pathophysiology - answer-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 - answer-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 - answer-An acute or chronic illness that one acquires or is born with that causes physiological dysfunction in one or more body system Etiology - answer-Explains the cause of the disease Pathogenesis - answer-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 - answer-The microscopic and gross changes that are characteristic in a disease processHistology - answer-The microscopic study of cells and extracellular matrix Lesion - answer-A pathologic or traumatic change of an organ or tissue Clinical Manifestations - answer-The hidden or obvious evidence that a person is sick Symptoms - answer-Subjective complaints noted by the person with the disorder such as pain, difficulty breathing, headache, blurred vision Signs - answer-Disease manifestations noted by the observer such as temperature elevation, a blown pupil and pitting edema Syndrome - answer-A compilation of signs and symptoms Complication - answer-Adverse extension of a disease or treatment Sequelae - answer-Lesions or impairments that follow or are caused by a disease Diagnosis - answer-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 - answer-The person's account of symptoms, progress, and factors that contribute to a diagnosis Physical Exam - answer-Performed to identify signs of altered body structure or functions; also may identify problems not obtained in the history Acute disorder - answer-Relatively severe, but self-limitedSubacute disorder - answer-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 Chronic disorder - answer-Continous, long-term process May improve or get worse Preclinical stage - answer-Disease is not clinically evident but will progress to clinical disease Sublcinical disease - answer-Not clinically apparent and not destined to become a clinical disease Clinical disease - answer-The disease is present as manifested by signs and symptoms Carrier Status - answer-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 - answer-The study of disease occurrence in human populations Incidence - answer-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 - answer-Measures existing disease in a population at a given point in time Morbidity - answer-Describes the effects of an illness Mortality - answer-Death Risk Factors - answer-Conditions suspected of contributing to a development of a disease Cross-sectional - answer-Use the simultaneous collection of information to classify exposure and outcome status