NUR 265 Termonology Set UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
A person's state of awareness, ranging from being fully alert to unconscious also
Level of Consciousness (LOC)
refers to ease of arousal
A persons awareness of the current time, person, and place; time refers to month,
Orientation day, year and person can be relationship to a person rather than to themself and
place is where they are and if they understand it
Alert able to answer questions; responsive; interactive
, Lethargic slow or sluggish reactions, easily falls asleep,
Obtunded less than full alertness of surroundings
Stupor a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility
Coma state of profound unconsciousness
confused thinking, lack of awareness to surroundings, may result in acting out;
Delirium
temporary state of confusion usually resolved when underlying issue is solved
Aphasia impairment of language and the inability to speak
the act of examining or reviewing from a far, general observation of someone or
Inspection
something
Palpation assessment technique that is an examination by touch
assessment technique where the examiner taps on a surface of the body to
Percussion determine the difference in the density of the underlying structure; dullness,
tympany, resonance, hyper-resonance
Auscultation assessment technique of listening to sounds within the body
larger flat side of stethoscope, used to hear high-pitched sounds of the heart, lungs
Diaphragm Stethoscope Sounds
and abdoment
smaller curved side of stethoscope, used to hear low-pitched sounds of the vascular
Bell Stethoscope Sounds
system of heart and abdomen
Ophthalmoscope instrument used for visual examination of the eye
Assessment sequence for an infant painful or irritating things done last
Assessment sequence for a toddler
Assessment sequence for a preschooler
Assessment sequence for a school-age
child
Assessment sequence for an adolescent
related to cachexia; weakness or wasting away of the body due to chronic or severe
Cachectic
illnesses
a manner of walking, stepping, or running; normal should be smooth, upright, with
Gait
arms moving in opposition
BMI specifics for underweight
BMI specifics for 'normal' weight
BMI specifics for overweight
BMI specifics for obese
Waist circumference in women
Waist circumference in men
Caffeine, activity/exercise, smoking all increase blood pressure where
Factors controlling blood pressure
inactivity/sedentary decrease blood pressure
A person's state of awareness, ranging from being fully alert to unconscious also
Level of Consciousness (LOC)
refers to ease of arousal
A persons awareness of the current time, person, and place; time refers to month,
Orientation day, year and person can be relationship to a person rather than to themself and
place is where they are and if they understand it
Alert able to answer questions; responsive; interactive
, Lethargic slow or sluggish reactions, easily falls asleep,
Obtunded less than full alertness of surroundings
Stupor a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility
Coma state of profound unconsciousness
confused thinking, lack of awareness to surroundings, may result in acting out;
Delirium
temporary state of confusion usually resolved when underlying issue is solved
Aphasia impairment of language and the inability to speak
the act of examining or reviewing from a far, general observation of someone or
Inspection
something
Palpation assessment technique that is an examination by touch
assessment technique where the examiner taps on a surface of the body to
Percussion determine the difference in the density of the underlying structure; dullness,
tympany, resonance, hyper-resonance
Auscultation assessment technique of listening to sounds within the body
larger flat side of stethoscope, used to hear high-pitched sounds of the heart, lungs
Diaphragm Stethoscope Sounds
and abdoment
smaller curved side of stethoscope, used to hear low-pitched sounds of the vascular
Bell Stethoscope Sounds
system of heart and abdomen
Ophthalmoscope instrument used for visual examination of the eye
Assessment sequence for an infant painful or irritating things done last
Assessment sequence for a toddler
Assessment sequence for a preschooler
Assessment sequence for a school-age
child
Assessment sequence for an adolescent
related to cachexia; weakness or wasting away of the body due to chronic or severe
Cachectic
illnesses
a manner of walking, stepping, or running; normal should be smooth, upright, with
Gait
arms moving in opposition
BMI specifics for underweight
BMI specifics for 'normal' weight
BMI specifics for overweight
BMI specifics for obese
Waist circumference in women
Waist circumference in men
Caffeine, activity/exercise, smoking all increase blood pressure where
Factors controlling blood pressure
inactivity/sedentary decrease blood pressure
