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Community Health Nursing Theories - Nightingale's Theory of Environment - Health Belief Model - Likelihood of Taking Action Factors - Answer - *Nightingale's Theory of Environment*: Focuses on impact of a person's environment on their health. Focus in on preventative care (washing hands, clean environment). *Health Belief Model*: Assumes a persons primary motivation in taking positive health actions is to avoid getting a disease. *Likelihood of taking action is based on*: 1. Modifyi...

abiotic - Answer - non-living autotroph - Answer - An organism that makes its own food. asexual reproduction - Answer - a reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent biotic - Answer - living biosphere - Answer - Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists, including land, water, and the atmosphere. cell specialization - Answer - Cells throughout an organism can develop in different way...

What are the two types of cells? - Answer - ● Eukaryotic (plant and animal) ● Prokaryotic (bacteria) What are the differences between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells? - Answer - Prokaryotic cells are much smaller than eukaryotic cells. Eukaryotic cells contain membrane bound-organelles and a nucleus containing genetic material, while prokaryotes do not. How is genetic information stored in a prokaryotic cell? - Answer - Found free within the cytoplasm as: ● Chromosomal DNA (si...

What is homeostasis? - Answer - Homeostasis is the maintenance of a constant internal environment in order to maintain optimum conditions for enzyme and cellular function. Give examples of conditions maintained by homeostasis in the body - Answer - ● Blood glucose concentration ● Body temperature ● Water levels What two types of responses are used in body control systems? - Answer - Nervous and chemical What three components do all control systems have? - Answer - ● Receptor...

What is ICD-10-CM? - Answer - ICD-10-CM is a morbidity classification published by the U.S. for classifying diagnoses and reason for visits in all healthcare settings. What are the 4 organizations that make up the Cooperating Parties for ICD-10-CM? - Answer - AHA (American Hospital Association), CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services), AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association), NCHS (National Center for Health Statistics). How is the ICD-10-CM organized/divided? - ...

Format & Structure - Answer - The ICD-10-CM Tabular List contains categories, subcategories and codes. Use of codes for reporting purposes - Answer - For reporting purposes only codes are permissible, not categories or subcategories, and any applicable 7th character is required. Placeholder character - Answer - The ICD-10-CM utilizes a placeholder character "X". The "X" s used as a placeholder at certain codes to allow for future expansion. 7th Character - Answer - Certain ICD-10-CM...

Read the following excerpt from Paine's Common Sense: It matters not where you live, or what rank of life you hold, the evil or the blessing will reach you all. Paine uses this statement to point out: - Answer - the potential for universal benefit or universal calamity. Which of the following best describes the speaker's tone in the following lines: "Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, / Missing me one place search another"? - Answer - Inviting In the following sentence, "c...

How do allosteric effectors affect enzyme structure and function? - Answer - "from a distance" allosteric inhibitors can either activate or deactivate an enzyme. Example of allosteric inhibitor - Answer - ATP = allosteric I for ATCase. Give overview of glycogen phosphorylase covalent modification - Answer - (glycogen)n +PO4 -> (glycogen)n-1 and G6P How does covalent modification affect the T and R state for glycogen phosphorylase? - Answer - Phosphorylated form favors the R-state ...

Which of the following displays would have the target "pop out" of a visual array (such that reaction times would be the same regardless of how many distractors were present)? A. a red vertical bar amidst green verticals and red horizontals B. a red vertical bar amidst green verticals and red verticals C. a red vertical bar amidst green verticals and green horizontals D. a green vertical bar amidst green squares and red verticals - Answer - C. a red vertical bar amidst green verticals and ...

To determine whether there is a delay in impulse conduction through the atria, the nurse will measure the duration of the patient's - P wave. The nurse needs to quickly estimate the heart rate for a patient with a regular heart rhythm. Which method will be best to use? - Use the 3-second markers to count the number of QRS complexes in 6 seconds and multiply by 10. A patient has a junctional escape rhythm on the monitor. The nurse will expect the patient to have a heart rate of _____ beats...

A 65-year-old woman presents for a follow-up examination after a new patient visit. She has not seen a healthcare provider for several years. She is a smoker and her hypertension is now adequately controlled with medication. Her mother died at age 40 from a heart attack. The fasting lipid profile shows cholesterol = 240 mg/dL, HDL = 30, and LDL = 200. In addition to starting Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes, the nurse practitioner should start the patient on: acid sequestrant. 2. a statin drug...

A nurse is caring for a client who had a partial laryngectomy and is receiving continuous enteral feedings at 65 mL/hr through a gastrostomy tube. Which of the following findings requires immediate intervention by the nurse? - Answer - The infusion pump for administering contimuous feeding is turned off. A nurse is assessing a client who has a magnesium level of 4.4 mEq/L. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? - Answer - Hypotension A nurse is providing dietary teaching ...

2 hrs post-op following an ileal conduit procedure bladder cancer - Answer - Dusky-colored stoma Administering an INJ to a client even after the client states, "I don't want that injection. The last time I got that I was sore for a week." - Answer - Battery Admitting a client to the medical-surgical unit. Which of the following actions should the nurse first take? - Answer - Observe the client's level of mobility Adolescent client who has no previous history of a seizure disorder an...

When a patient has a blood test for HIV that is inconclusive, what ICD-10-CM code is assigned a. Z21 b. R75 c. B20 d. Z11.4 - Answer - b. R75 What does MRSA stand for a. Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus b. Methicillin Resistant Streptococcus Aureus c. Moderate Resistance Susceptible Aureus d. Mild Resistance Steptococcus Aureus - Answer - a. Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus What does the forth character in diabetes mellitus diabetes codes indicate? a. T...

The cleansing of the stomach with solution delivered through a nasogastric tube is known as what? Gavage Emesis Lavage Stomach pumping - Answer - Lavage Gastric lavage is used to cleanse the stomach of a poison, overdose of medication, or other toxic substance. It is delivered through a nasogastric tube You are providing care to a patient who has recently begun dialysis. Her daughter, with whom she lives and who prepares many of her meals, asks what types of foods she should incorpo...

What is the definition of epidemiology? - Answer - The study of what is upon people/populations Define epidemiology more specifically? - Answer - Study of causal agents, occurrence, distribution, and control of health and disease in a defined human population. Population may be defined by: - Answer - gender, age, geography, ethnic group, occupation, genetics and socioeconomic status Define "health" - Answer - A condition in which an individual performs all vital functions normally. ...

Pharmacy Technician - Answer - A person who helps liscensed pharmacists provide meds and other health care products to paitents Pharmacist - Answer - A perspn who is educated & loscened to dispense drugs and to provide drug info to patients and other health care providers U.S. D.E.A. - Answer - United States Drug Enforcement Administration -enforces federal laws & regulations governing controlled substances Schedule I Drugs - Answer - Abuse potential- high abuse potential ( no medical u...

Knowing which of the following can best assist a technician in the prevention of data entry errors? A. Names of medications B. Insurance co-payments C. Pharmacokinetics D. Physician contact information - Answer - A. Names of medications Which of the following injectable drugs would be stored in refrigerator? A. Clindamycin B. Ciprofloxacin C. Cyanocobalamin D. Calcitonin-salmon - Answer - D. Calcitonin-salmon The requirement that a non-formulary medication be covered only if ap...

To effectively promote family involvement in literacy activities, teachers can encourage parents to A) buy comics and story books B) get their child a library card C) discuss stories and experiences at home D) volunteer in the school's media center - Answer - C) discuss stories and experiences at home This practice is recommended based upon research by Jim Trelease and the National Institute of Education's Commission on Reading. Discussing stories and experiences at home promotes fami...

Affix - Answer - A morpheme or meaningful part of a word attached before or after a root or base word to modify its meaning; a category that includes prefixes and suffixes. Alphabetic Principle - Answer - The use of letters and letter combinations to represent phonemes in an orthography. Automaticity - Answer - Fluent performance without the conscious deployment of attention Base word - Answer - A free morpheme, usually of Anglo-Saxon origin, to which affixes can be added. Blend - An...