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Key features - must-have features that means that this patient in order to diagnose this disease must have this particular sign or symptom differentiating features - rejecting features that is if a patient has this particular sign or symptom the diagnosis of this disease that we're considering can't be made derangement - disturbance of normal bodily functioning what are illness scripts - classic disease representations In illness scripts, epidemiology refers to what - a description...

Nurses attitudes toward health and illness should consider the total person, as well as the environment in which the person lives. All people free of disease are not equally healthy. Views of health have broadened to include mental, social, and spiritual well-being, as well as a focus on health at family and community levels. Conditions of life, rather than pathological states, are what define health.

What is Optimal Nutrition? - Receives and uses nutrients from a variety of food, in ideal amounts, resulting in balanced nutrition; which over variations in health and disease and prides reserves for the body. (Basically a person is getting all of their nutrients) What is malnutrition? - Receiving of less than the desired amounts of nutrients resulting in greater risk for physical illness, limitations in physical work capacity, immune system function and mental activity. (malnutrition is eith...

A 15-year-old female presents to the ER following a physical assault. She has internal damage to the neck with deep bruising. X-ray reveals fractures of the hyoid bone and tracheal and cricoid cartilage. Which of the following most likely caused her injuries? A. Chemical asphyxiation B. Manual strangulation C. Choking (foreign body) asphyxiation D. Ligature strangulation - B. Manual strangulation

A client asks the nurse what was meant when the physician told her she had a positive Chadwick sign. Which of the following information about the finding would be appropriate for the nurse to convey at this time? 1. "It is a purplish stretch mark on your abdomen." 2. "It means that you are having heart palpitations." 3. "It is a bluish coloration of your cervix and vagina." 4. "It means the doctor heard abnormal sounds when you breathed in." - 3

Cells communicate by using hundreds of kinds of signal molecules, for example, insulin. Cells communicate in three main ways; they display plasma membrane-bound signaling molecules (receptors) that affect the cell itself and other cells in direct physical contact. The other options do not correctly describe this process.

So which of the following does the term apoptosis refer? A. Increased rate of mitosis by certain cells B. Ischemic damage to cells C. Liquefication of necrotic tissue D. Pre-programmed cell self-destruction - D. Pre-programmed cell self-destruction Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Alteration of DNA does not change cell function B. Damage cells may be able to repair themselves C. All types of cells die at the same rate D. Mild ischemia causes immediate cell death - B. Dama...

A man with a history of smoking has a bronchial biopsy showing that the normal columnar ciliated epithelial cells have been replaced by stratified squamous epithelial cells. The man is correctly told that this process could be reversed if he quits smoking. - True

Reversible action, predictability, ease of administration, freedom from drug interactions, low cost, chemical stability, and simple generic names - Name some additional properties of an ideal drug: - Physiologic variables (age, gender, weight) - Pathologic variables (diminished function of kidneys or liver) - Genetic variables (can alter metabolism of drugs) - Drug interactions - What are the 4 sources of individual variation when taking medication? Chemical name - Provides the exact de...

Influenza: Manifestations - Nasopharyngeal inflammation, viral upper respiratory tract infection Rapid onset: malaise (develops in matter of minutes) abrupt onset of chills --> fever--> muscle aches -->headache Respiratory: dry nonproductive cough, sore throat, substernal burning coryza Coryza - Clear, watery secretions lead to nasal inflammation and profuse nasal discharge...this is called Coryza