NSULA Nursing 3050 Johnson Exam 1
Study Guide Questions with All Solved
Solutions 2026-2027 Updated.
homeostasis - Answer the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between
interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological processes.
Disease - Answer deviation from normal state of wellness
Pathophysiology - Answer study of the development of a disease
Diagnosis - Answer identification of a specific disease through evaluation of clinical data
etiology - Answer study of causative factors, patterns, occurrence, transmission etc.
Predisposing factor - Answer genetic, attitudinal, personality, and environmental factors that
promote a disease.
Primary Prevention - Answer preventing the onset of disease
Pathogenesis - Answer manner of development of a disease
acute - Answer runs its course and subsides
chronic - Answer won't go away
remission - Answer symptom free
exacerbation - Answer increase in severity or worsening in disease
cure - Answer relief of symptoms or disease
sign - Answer something you see, hear, smell, observe
symptom - Answer patient reported ex. tired nauseated
, syndrome - Answer compilation of several conditions that occur together
subclinical - Answer relating to or denoting a disease that is not severe enough to present
definite or readily observable symptoms.
latent - Answer incubation period, no symptoms but is present
prodromal - Answer vague symptoms
precipitating factor - Answer an element that causes or contributes to the occurrence of a
disorder or problem.
complications - Answer a secondary disease or condition aggravating an already existing one.
covalesence - Answer period of recovery
sequelae - Answer potential unwanted outcomes of primary condition.
ex. limb paralysis after traumatic injury
prognosis - Answer the likely course of a disease or ailment
morbidity - Answer the rate of disease in a population. who has the disease
mortality - Answer death; who has died from the disease
atrophy - Answer a decrease in cellular size caused by aging, disuse, or reduced/absent blood
supply, hormonal stimulation, or neural stimulation. the amounts of ER, mitochondria, and
microfilaments decrease. there is a decrease in protein synthesis, an increase in protein
catabolism or both.
Hypertrophy - Answer an increase in the size of cells in response to mechanical stimuli and
consequently increases the size of the affected organ.
hyperplasia - Answer an increase in the number of cells caused by an increased rate of cellular
division. classified as physiologic and pathologic
Study Guide Questions with All Solved
Solutions 2026-2027 Updated.
homeostasis - Answer the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between
interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological processes.
Disease - Answer deviation from normal state of wellness
Pathophysiology - Answer study of the development of a disease
Diagnosis - Answer identification of a specific disease through evaluation of clinical data
etiology - Answer study of causative factors, patterns, occurrence, transmission etc.
Predisposing factor - Answer genetic, attitudinal, personality, and environmental factors that
promote a disease.
Primary Prevention - Answer preventing the onset of disease
Pathogenesis - Answer manner of development of a disease
acute - Answer runs its course and subsides
chronic - Answer won't go away
remission - Answer symptom free
exacerbation - Answer increase in severity or worsening in disease
cure - Answer relief of symptoms or disease
sign - Answer something you see, hear, smell, observe
symptom - Answer patient reported ex. tired nauseated
, syndrome - Answer compilation of several conditions that occur together
subclinical - Answer relating to or denoting a disease that is not severe enough to present
definite or readily observable symptoms.
latent - Answer incubation period, no symptoms but is present
prodromal - Answer vague symptoms
precipitating factor - Answer an element that causes or contributes to the occurrence of a
disorder or problem.
complications - Answer a secondary disease or condition aggravating an already existing one.
covalesence - Answer period of recovery
sequelae - Answer potential unwanted outcomes of primary condition.
ex. limb paralysis after traumatic injury
prognosis - Answer the likely course of a disease or ailment
morbidity - Answer the rate of disease in a population. who has the disease
mortality - Answer death; who has died from the disease
atrophy - Answer a decrease in cellular size caused by aging, disuse, or reduced/absent blood
supply, hormonal stimulation, or neural stimulation. the amounts of ER, mitochondria, and
microfilaments decrease. there is a decrease in protein synthesis, an increase in protein
catabolism or both.
Hypertrophy - Answer an increase in the size of cells in response to mechanical stimuli and
consequently increases the size of the affected organ.
hyperplasia - Answer an increase in the number of cells caused by an increased rate of cellular
division. classified as physiologic and pathologic
