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1
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Affects patients comfort safety and well-being

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Personal Hygiene

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2
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Functions as protection, secretion excretion, temperature regulation, and sensation

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Skin

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Shields underlying tissue

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Epidermis

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Contains bundles of collagen, nerve fibers, blood vessels, sweat glands, sebaceous glands, and hair follicles

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Dermis

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Lies just beneath the skin it contains blood vessels, nerves lymph, and loose connective tissue filled with fat cells

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Subcutaneous tissue

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6
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Is transparent, smooth, and convex with a pink nail bed, and a translucent white tip

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Normal Nail

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7
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Is lined with mucous membranes

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Oral cavity

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8
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What is Xerostomia?

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Dry mouth

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9
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Is light pink, soft, moist, smooth, and without lesions.

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Normal oral mucosa

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10
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It is the inflammation of the gums

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Gingivitis

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11
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Medical term for tooth decay?

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Dental caries

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12
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Is an important aid to appetite

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Sense of smell

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13
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Removes tartar at the gum line

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Flossing

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14
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Removes particles, plaque, and bacteria. It massages the gums and relieves unpleasant odors and tastes

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Brushing

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15
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Is more effective than use of pediculicidal shampoos in the case of head lice

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Combing

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16
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Coordinated efforts of the musculoskeletal and nervous system

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Body mechanics

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17
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Also refers to posture

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Alignment and Balance

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18
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Weight force exerted on the body

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Gravity

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19
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Force that occurs in a direction opposite to movement

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Friction

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20
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Provides attachments for muscles and ligaments, protects vital organs, aids in calcium regulation

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Skeletal system

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21
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Are working elements of movement

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Skeletal muscles

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22
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Regulates movement and posture

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Nervous System

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23
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refers to a person’s ability to move about freely

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Mobility

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24
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  • refers to a person’s inability to move
  • disrupts normal metabolic functioning
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Immobility

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25
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CBR s BRP’s

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Complete Bed rest without Bathroom Privileges

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26
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CBR

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Complete Bed Rest

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27
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Due to prolonged lying position or sitting position, the patient’s blood pressure may suddenly drop.

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Orthostatic Hypotension

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28
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Can cause thrombi or blockage. That can cause the formation of plaque

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Thrombus Formation

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29
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Decreased urine flow

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Urinary Stasis

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30
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 Formation of stones in the kidney

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Renal Calculi

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31
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 Very common in CBR patient’s
 Due to pressure and friction

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Pressure Ulcer

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32
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Death of tissue cells

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Necrosis

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33
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 Decreased oxygen levels
 Due to low oxygen level, it can lead to necrosis

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Ischemia

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34
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This system helps maintain homeostasis

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Endocrine System

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35
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is responsible for the elasticity of the skin

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Collagen formation

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36
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Intake medication _________ before you initiate certain movement for the medication to work

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30 minutes

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37
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A strategy to reduce orthostatic hypotension

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Dangling the lower extremities for 2 mins

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38
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Relationship of one body part to another

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Body Alignment

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39
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o Achieved by low center of gravity; enhanced by posture

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Body Balance

40
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o A result of weight, center of gravity, and balance

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Coordinated body movement

41
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o Force that occurs in a direction to oppose movement

42
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 There’s a movement or change in length of muscle

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Isotonic exercises

43
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 There is contraction of muscle but no movement

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Isometric exercises

44
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No contraction and no movement

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Resistive isometric exercises

45
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When moving a patient, knowledge of___________ is crucial.

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safe transfer and positioning

46
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holds the handgrips on the upper bars, takes a step, moves the walker forward, and takes another step.
 The nurse side should be on the weaker side of the patient

47
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 Keep the ambulation device on stronger side of the body
 it is forward 6 to 10 inches, keeping body weight on both legs
 Weaker leg is moved forward;
 Stronger leg is advanced past the modulation device

48
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 Up with the good
 Down with the bad
 Assist in the weak side of the patient

49
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 Top layer of skin

50
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 Inner layer of skin

51
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 Separates dermis and epidermis

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Dermal-epidermal junction

52
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Other term for pressure ulcer

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Pressure sore
decubitus ulcer
Bed sore

53
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decreased oxygen levels on the skin

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 Tissue ischemia

54
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a wound that is shallow in depth, moist and painful, and the wound base generally appears red

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Partial-thickness wounds

55
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type of wound that extends into the subcutaneous layer, and the depth and tissue type will vary depending on body location.

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Full-thickness wounds

56
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Formation of clot

57
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complications of wound healing: opening of a wound

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Dehiscence

58
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complications of wound healing: contents are exposed

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Evisceration

59
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a standardized, evidence-based assessment tool commonly used in health care to assess and document a patient’s risk for developing pressure injuries.

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Braden Scale

60
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Stage of pressure ulcer wherein intact skin with nonblanchable redness.

61
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Stage of pressure ulcer that wherein, partial-thickness skin loss involving epidermis, dermis, or both.

62
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Stage of pressure ulcer wherein, full-thickness tissue loss with visible fat.

63
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Stage of pressure ulcer wherein, full-thickness tissue loss with exposed bone, muscle, or tendon.

64
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procedure to remove the necrosis

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Debridement

65
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 Protects from microorganisms
 Aids in hemostasis
 Promotes healing by absorbing drainage or debriding a wound
 Supports wound site
 Promotes thermal insulation
 Provides a moist environment

66
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o is a temporary state of unconsciousness in which the brain is primarily responsive to internal rather than external stimuli
o natural cyclic process that is self-regulated and easily reversible to wakefulness

67
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  • Is characterized by rapid eye movements under the eyelids
  • Also known as “paradoxical” sleep
  • Most dreams occur
  • Vital signs are up but there is a total inhibition of skeletal muscles
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Rapid Eye Movement (REM)

68
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  • is the transitional state between wakefulness and sleep
  • Sleeper is easily awoken with light stimulation
  • Last a few minutes
69
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  • a deeper sleep state where stronger stimuli are required to produce awakening
  • Brain activity is slower and more irregular with short burst of “sleep spindles” and “K-complexes”
  • Memory consolidation occurs in this stage
70
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  • is deeper than N2
  • Slow delta-waves dominate muscles relax, vital signs are at their lowest and difficult to wake the sleeper
71
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The sequence of stages repeats itself for ________ in a typical night

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4 to 5 times

72
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Duration of N2 and REM ________while N3 ________

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increases - decreases

73
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Is the body’s need for sleep or pressure to sleep

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Homeostatic drive

74
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  • Thought to be a substance that accumulates with waking hours and drives the pressure to sleep
75
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  • Promote wakefulness by acting as an antagonist of adenosine
76
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o Affected by light, temperature, social activities, and work routines.
o The biological rhythm of sleep frequently becomes synchronized with other body functions.

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Circadian Rhythms

77
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o VLPO uses ________ to inhibit wake promoting regions of the brain

78
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o The master clock is located in the __________, the SCN of the Hypothalamus

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suprachiasmatic nucleus

79
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is most active in day and least active in night

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SCN or suprachiasmatic nucleus

80
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o Sleep promoting region is located in the ___________, VLPO of the Hypothalamus

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ventrolateral preoptic nucleus

81
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is inhibited by the SCN and activated by adenosine

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VLPO or Ventrolateral preoptic nucleus

82
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o Occur in NREM and REM sleep
o Important for learning, memory, and adaptation to stress

83
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 Sleep cycle lasts _________ minutes

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90 - 100 mins

84
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o Somnambulism (sleepwalking), Night terrors, Nightmares, Nocturnal enuresis (bed-wetting), Body rocking, Bruxism

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Parasomnias

85
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o Emotional stress, Medications, Environmental disturbances, Symptoms

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Sleep deprivation

86
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o Cataplexy, Sleep paralysis

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Narcolepsy

87
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o Primary central sleep apnea, central sleep apnea caused by medical condition, obstructive sleep apnea syndromes, excessive daytime sleepiness

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Sleep apnea

88
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o Adjustments sleep disorder (acute insomnia), Inadequate sleep hygiene, Behavioral insomnia of childhood, Insomnia caused by medical condition.

89
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 Involves physical, emotional, and cognitive components
 5th vital sign
 is subjective and individualized
 Reduces quality of life
 Not measurable objectively

90
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o Converts energy produced by these stimuli into electrical energy.
o Begins in the periphery when a pain-producing stimulus sends an impulse across a sensory peripheral pain nerve fiber (nociceptor), initiating an action potential.

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Transduction

91
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o Sending of impulse across a sensory pain nerve fiber (nociceptor)
o Nerve impulses
o Pain impulses

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Transmission

92
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sensory pain nerve fiber

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Nociceptor

93
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identifies the location and intensity of pain, whereas the association cortex, primarily the limbic system, determines how a person feels about it

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somatosensory cortex

94
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o The point at which a person is aware of pain.

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Perception

95
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o Inhibits pain impulses
o A protective reflex response occurs with pain reception.

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Modulation

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