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Prepare for NSG 3280 – Pathophysiology for Nurses I Exam 1 with this comprehensive Questions & Answers PDF, designed for Galen College of Nursing students preparing for their first pathophysiology examination. Current publicly indexed NSG 3280 Exam 1 materials identify the course as Pathophysiology and include topics such as pathophysiology terminology, etiology, risk factors, pathogenesis, cellular regulation, cellular injury, stress responses, adaptation, inflammation, immune responses, genetics, disease mechanisms, and clinical manifestations.

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NSG 3280 Exam 1
subjective feelings of an abnormality in the body 1: symptoms


etiology of a particular set of signs and symptoms has 1: syndrome
not yet been determined


interval between exposure of a tissue to an injurious 1: latent period
agent and the first appearance of signs and symptoms


refers to the appearance of the first signs and 1: prodromal period
symptoms indicating the onset of a disease


disease reaches its full intensity, and signs and 1: Stage of manifest illness/acute phase
symptoms attain their greatest severity


signs and symptoms may become mild or disappear for 1: latent/ silent period
a time


relatively severe manifestations but runs a short coarse 1: acute condition
measured in hours, days, or a few weeks




can begin in the acute phase and become prolonged 1: chronic condition
when the body's defenses are insufficient to overcome
the causative agent and can last for months


sudden increase in the severity of a disease 1: exacerbation


an abatement or decline in severity of the signs and 1: remission
symptoms of a disease


stage of recovery after a disease, injury, or surgical 1: convalescence
operation


subsequent pathologic condition produced by a 1: sequela (sequelae)
disease


the degree to which a measurement reflects the true 1: validity/accuracy
value of the object it is intended to measure


the ability of a test to give the same result in repeated 1: reliability/precision
measurements


the extent to which a test can differentiate between the 1: predictive value
presence or absence of a condition in an individual

, NSG 3280 Exam 1
estimate of the probability that disease is present if the 1: positive predictive value
test is positive




an estimate of the probability that disease is absent if 1: negative predictive value
the test is negative


probability that a test will be positive when applied to a 1: Sensitivity
person with the condition


probability that a test will be negative when applied to 1: Specificity
a person who does not have a given condition


Age, gender, genetic and ethnic background, 1: influencers of physiologic parameters?
geographic area, and time of day


a normal adaptive response 1: acclimatization


study of patterns of a disease 1: epidemiology


disease that is native to a local region (a town or 1: endemic disease
county)


disease is disseminated to many people at the same 1: epidemic
time (a country)


disease that spreads widely across a large area (the 1: pandemic
world)




age, ethnic group, gender, socioeconomic factors and 1: principal factors affecting patterns of disease in human populations?
lifestyle considerations, and geographic location


changes in function that occur during the early years of 1: developmental process
life

, NSG 3280 Exam 1
maintaining internal conditions in a stable state by 2: homeostasis
keeping parameters relatively the same/ the state of
being in which all systems are in balance around a fairly
narrow ideal "set point"


ability to successfully adapt to changes 2: allostasis


physical, chemical, or emotional factor that produces 2: stress
tension in the body or mind


anything that throws the body out of allostatic balance 2: stressor


Alarm reaction, Stage of existence, Stage of exhaustion 2: general adaptation syndrome (GAS)


Fight or Flight Response 2: alarm


unknown cause idiopathic




cause of disease Eitology


result of an unintended or unwanted medical treatment iatrogenic


development of disease from initial stimulation Pathogenesis


subjective characteristics of a disease that only the Symptoms are
patient can feel


interval between initial infection and first signs and incubation period/ Latent
symptoms


time of mild signs or symptoms indicating onset of prodomal phase
disease


the disease reaches its full intensity, and signs and Manifest Phase
symptoms attain their greatest severity


gradual recovery after an illness convalescence


Observed and objective manifestations Signs


Subjective feelings from patient Symptoms


S/S that has not been identified syndrome

, NSG 3280 Exam 1
a sudden increase in severity of disease or signs or exacerbation
symptoms


improvement or absence of signs of disease Remission


Stage of a disease or disorder not severe enough to subclinical
produce symptoms that can be detected or diagnosed.


subsequent pathologic condition resulting from an sequela
acute illness


local region or native disease endemic disease


disease acquired by many hosts in a given area in a epidemic disease
short time


worldwide epidemic pandemic disease


Efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you secondary prevention
cannot completely prevent. Colonoscopies, treating for
obesity, high BP but being treated for it,


Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever primary prevention
occurring. Vaccinations


actions taken to contain damage once a disease or tertiary prevention
disability has progressed beyond its early stages.
Therapies


A tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal Homeostasis
state; the regulation of any aspect of body chemistry,
such as blood glucose, around a particular level


process by which the body achieves stability through Allostasis
physiological change


-alarm GAS stages of stress
-resistance
-exhaustion


organism recognizes stress, begins to respond. Fight or alarm stage of GAS
flight and sympathetic nervous system engages
epinephrine and norepinephrine


second stage; resistance stage of GAS
body functions normalize while responding to the
stressor. The body attempts to cope with the stressor
normalization/resolution of glucocorticoid secretion,
fight or flight, and secretions and epinephrine and
norepinephrine.

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