NURS-UL 3366 EXAM 1 2026/2027 | NURS-UL 3366
EXAM 1 QUESTIONS, STUDY GUIDE & COMPREHENSIVE
REVIEW
homeostasis - ANS✔✔ maintenance of constant conditions in the body's internal environment
compensation - ANS✔✔ the return to homeostasis after being challenged by a stressor
Glycogenolysis - ANS✔✔ breakdown of glycogen to glucose
decompensation - ANS✔✔ the failure to compensate, adapt, doesn't return to homeostasis
disease - ANS✔✔ harmful condition of the body or mind
disorder - ANS✔✔ disturbance in the healthiness of the body
syndrome - ANS✔✔ a collection of symptoms
risk factors - ANS✔✔ decors that contribute to or increase the probability that a disease will
occur
examples of risk factors - ANS✔✔ smoking, age, ethnicity, diet, environment
precipitating factors - ANS✔✔ a condition or event that triggers a pathologic event or disorder
examples of precipitating factors - ANS✔✔ asthma attacks can be precipitated by exertion
, etiology - ANS✔✔ the cause of a disease, includes all factors that contribute tot he
development of the disease
idiopathic - ANS✔✔ disease with unidentifiable cause
iatrogenic - ANS✔✔ occurs as a result of medical treatment
nosocomial infection - ANS✔✔ hospital acquired infection
clinical manifestations - ANS✔✔ the demonstration of the presence of a sign or symptom
sign - ANS✔✔ manifestations that can only be objectively ideated by a trained
symptoms - ANS✔✔ subjective manifestations that can be only reported by the person
experiencing them
local S&S - ANS✔✔ redness, swelling, heat, rash and lymphadenopathy in a particular area
system S&S - ANS✔✔ fever, urticaria, malaise, systemic lymphadenopathy
acute S&S - ANS✔✔ fairly rapid appearance of disease of several days, usually only last a short
time
chronic S&S - ANS✔✔ develop slowly and often insidious and last longer
remissions - ANS✔✔ periods when S&S disappear of diminish signitcantly
EXAM 1 QUESTIONS, STUDY GUIDE & COMPREHENSIVE
REVIEW
homeostasis - ANS✔✔ maintenance of constant conditions in the body's internal environment
compensation - ANS✔✔ the return to homeostasis after being challenged by a stressor
Glycogenolysis - ANS✔✔ breakdown of glycogen to glucose
decompensation - ANS✔✔ the failure to compensate, adapt, doesn't return to homeostasis
disease - ANS✔✔ harmful condition of the body or mind
disorder - ANS✔✔ disturbance in the healthiness of the body
syndrome - ANS✔✔ a collection of symptoms
risk factors - ANS✔✔ decors that contribute to or increase the probability that a disease will
occur
examples of risk factors - ANS✔✔ smoking, age, ethnicity, diet, environment
precipitating factors - ANS✔✔ a condition or event that triggers a pathologic event or disorder
examples of precipitating factors - ANS✔✔ asthma attacks can be precipitated by exertion
, etiology - ANS✔✔ the cause of a disease, includes all factors that contribute tot he
development of the disease
idiopathic - ANS✔✔ disease with unidentifiable cause
iatrogenic - ANS✔✔ occurs as a result of medical treatment
nosocomial infection - ANS✔✔ hospital acquired infection
clinical manifestations - ANS✔✔ the demonstration of the presence of a sign or symptom
sign - ANS✔✔ manifestations that can only be objectively ideated by a trained
symptoms - ANS✔✔ subjective manifestations that can be only reported by the person
experiencing them
local S&S - ANS✔✔ redness, swelling, heat, rash and lymphadenopathy in a particular area
system S&S - ANS✔✔ fever, urticaria, malaise, systemic lymphadenopathy
acute S&S - ANS✔✔ fairly rapid appearance of disease of several days, usually only last a short
time
chronic S&S - ANS✔✔ develop slowly and often insidious and last longer
remissions - ANS✔✔ periods when S&S disappear of diminish signitcantly
