Maternal & Child Health Nursing: Care of the Childbearing & Childrearing Family, 7th edition – Glossary

Maternal & Child Health Nursing: Care of the Childbearing &
Childrearing Family, 7th edition – Glossary/ Maternal & Child Health
Nursing: Care of the Childbearing & Childrearing Family, 7th edition –
Glossary


schemas: - CORRECT ANSWER-the means by which thoughts are
organized (Piaget)


scope of practice: - CORRECT ANSWER-range of activity


scurvy: - CORRECT ANSWER-vitamin C deficiency involving muscle
tenderness and petechiae


seborrhea: - CORRECT ANSWER-a scaly scalp condition, often called
cradle cap


secondary stuttering: - CORRECT ANSWER-stuttering that develops
after a child learns to speak without stuttering


sella turcica: - CORRECT ANSWER-a depression of the sphenoid bone


sensorimotor stage: - CORRECT ANSWER-the period from birth to 2
years of age (Piaget)

,sensory deprivation: - CORRECT ANSWER-loss of environmental
stimuli


sensory overload: - CORRECT ANSWER-receiving more stimulation
than can be tolerated or processed


septicemia: - CORRECT ANSWER-pathogenic organisms in the
bloodstream


sequestrum: - CORRECT ANSWER-dead bone tissue detached from
adjoining healthy bone


sexually transmitted infections (STIs): - CORRECT ANSWER-those
spread through sexual contact with an infected
partner


shaken baby syndrome: - CORRECT ANSWER-repetitive, violent
shaking of a small infant by the arms or shoulders
causing a whiplash injury to the neck, edema to the brainstem, and
distinct retinal hemorrhages


shoulder dystocia: - CORRECT ANSWER-an infant's wide shoulders are
unable to pass through the outlet of the pelvis

,A - CORRECT ANSWER-


abortion: - CORRECT ANSWER-any interruption of a pregnancy before
the fetus is viable (a stage of development that
will enable the fetus to survive outside the uterus if born at that time)


absorption: - CORRECT ANSWER-transfer of a drug from its point of
entry in the body into the bloodstream


abstinence: - CORRECT ANSWER-refraining from sexual intercourse


abstract thought: - CORRECT ANSWER-final stage in cognitive thought
processes; allows problem solving and
creating hypotheses


accommodation: - CORRECT ANSWER-adjustment of the eye to focus
on a close image (ophthalmology); the ability to
adapt thought processes to fit what is perceived (Piaget)


acculturation: - CORRECT ANSWER-the process of losing cultural
beliefs and values to those of a dominant society


acrocyanosis: - CORRECT ANSWER-cyanosis (blue color) in the feet and
hands

, acute bilirubin encephalopathy: permanent damage of brain cells
caused when high levels
(about 20 mg-100 ml) of indirect bilirubin leave the bloodstream and
interfere with the chemical
synthesis of brain cells


acute pain: - CORRECT ANSWER-sharp pain, generally occurring
abruptly after an injury
acyanotic heart disease: heart or circulatory anomalies that involve
either a stricture to the flow
of blood or a shunt that moves blood from the arterial to the venous
system (oxygenated to
unoxygenated blood, or left-to-right shunts)


adolescence: - CORRECT ANSWER-the time period between 13 years
and 18 to 20 years


adrenarche: - CORRECT ANSWER-pubic and axillary hair that occur
with puberty
adventitious sounds: extra or abnormal breathing sounds
affective learning: learning that involves a change in attitude


afterload: - CORRECT ANSWER-the resistance against which the
cardiac ventricles must pump