Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

NURSING SCHOOL YEAR ONE > holistic health- diseases > Flashcards

holistic health- diseases Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
Nursing Mental Health flashcards Nursing Management of Care flashcards NCLEX-PN® flashcards NCLEX-RN® flashcards Nursing Fundamentals flashcards Nursing Pediatrics flashcards Nursing Safety & Infection flashcards Nursing Pharmacology flashcards Nursing Maternity flashcards Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) flashcards
1
Q

persistent pain

A

3 months or more

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

chronic pain behaviour

A

rubbing, movement, exercise

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

key nursing roles in pain mangement

A

assessment of pain, pain-relief, parmacological

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

prutius

A

itching

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

bulla

A

large skin, bluster

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

wheal

A

raised itchy bump

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

nodules

A

small, solid bump

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

papule

A

small raised bump

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

alert

A

awkae, able to respond

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

lethargic

A

not fully alert, difts to sleep

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

obtunded

A

sleeps all the time

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

stupor

A

unconscious, response barely

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

coma

A

sleeping, no wake up

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

edema

A

large pitting in skin

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

primary lesions

A

arise from when skin intake then broken

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

secondary lesions

A

crustiness after burn died, scar tissue

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

zosterfrom

A

linear arrangement along nerve route

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

linear

A

scratch or straight line

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

grouped

A

cluster of lesion

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

hematoma

A

caused by abuse or tramua

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

ecchymosis

A

brusie

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

keratoses

A

horny growth on skin

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

xerosis

A

dry scaly skin

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

chloasma

A

brown patchy skin

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

acrochordons

A

skin tags

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

skin tiger

A

sever dehydration

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

thills

A

over area of valves- cat purring

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

heave

A

push on hand- right ventricle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

percordium

A

region or are in from of heart/thorax

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

ventricle gallop

A

decreased ventricle compliance-heart failure

creates s3

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

artial gallop-pathological

A

decreased compliance of ventricle

not good folw from from aria to ventricle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

murmurs

A

blowing, swooshing sound

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

orthostatic hypertension

A

high blood pressure when standing up

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

people likey to have orthostatic hypertension

A
  • dehydration
  • heart problem
    -nervous disorders
    -parkisons
    -adernal gland disorders
  • over weight
    -pregency
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

claudication

A

pain in leg, caused by arterial insufficiency

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

arteriosclerosis

A

thickening or hardening of arteries caused by a bulidup of plaque

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
37
Q

heart failure

A
  • not pumping enought blood to meet needs of body
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
38
Q

heart failure causes

A
  • acute-MI
  • sudden dysrhthmais
  • viral infection
  • hypertensionn
  • cardiomyopathy
  • congenital heart disease
  • chemo
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
39
Q

malnutritention symptoms

A

-skin thins
- shiny
- atrophic
- nail have thick ridges
- hair loss
- ulcers

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
40
Q

abnormal findings- malnutrition

A
  • brown discolouration
  • venous ulcers
    -artial deficit
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
41
Q

resp. pregnancy- symptoms

A

-lower rib flare
- increased coastal angle
- diaphragm coastal angle
- resp.rate the same

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
42
Q

childern resp.- symptoms

A
  • increased size of airway
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
43
Q

debelopmental consideration- resp.

A
  • less mobile coastal cartilage
  • resp.muscle strenght decrease
  • loss of alveoli surface area
  • loss airway reflexes
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
44
Q

vesicular

A
  • soft and low pitched
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
45
Q

bronchial

A
  • louder and higher pitch
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
46
Q

bronchonvesicular

A
  • intermediate intensity and pitch
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
47
Q

egophony

A

patient says “eeeee”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
48
Q

asthma

A

alergic hypersensitivity to allergens

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
49
Q

emphysema

A

pulmonary capillary bed and alveoli creating larger air sacs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
50
Q

chronic obstructive oulomary disease

A

COPD- both bronchitis and emphyema

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
51
Q

hemothorax

A

blood in pueral cavity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
52
Q

pneumothorax

A

air stuck in chest

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
53
Q

tactile fremitus

A

vibrations in lungs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
54
Q

glaucoma

A
  • common, slow clogging of drainage canals
  • leading to pressure
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
55
Q

developmental problems- old ppl heent

A
  • night vision bad
  • glaucoma testing
  • cataracts
  • dryness
  • vision changes
  • safety in homes
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
56
Q

hearing loss rule

A

60-60, 60% every 60 minutes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
57
Q

developmental care

A
  • cilia in hair
  • decreased hearing inability to defect sound
  • caruman aculates
  • presbycusis
58
Q

macular degeneration

A

muscle stop workings

59
Q

epistax

A

nose bleed

60
Q

tinnitus

A

hearing buzzing sound

61
Q

vertigo

A

dizzy

62
Q

perrla

A

puplis equal receptive round light accomidation

63
Q

strabimus

A

misalignment

64
Q

hyperopia

A

farsighted

65
Q

myopia

A

nearsighted

66
Q

dysphagia

A

produced and understand spoken language

67
Q

xanthelasma

A

eye crust

68
Q

iritis

A

inflammation of irsis

69
Q

cerucem

A

earwax

70
Q

allergic rhinitis

A

inflammation of inside nose

71
Q

sexual identity

A

objective labeling of a person as male or female

72
Q

sexual experience

A

waywe give and receive love, hugging, cuddling

73
Q

gender identity

A

degree to which a person identified as male, female

74
Q

gender expression

A

person publicly presents their gender- behaviour, outward apperence, and chosen name

75
Q

sexual orentation

A

gender preference of a personal sexual, beliefs about the determination of a person’s sexual

76
Q

canadian crimianal code

A

sexual assault is sexual activity in the absence of voluntary agreement sexual and sexual touching

77
Q

level one sexual assult

A

forced sexual activity without physical injury

78
Q

level two sexual assult

A

sexual assault with a weapon or verbal threats

79
Q

level three sexual assult

A

sexual assult causing bodily harm

80
Q

level four sexual assult

A

aggravated sexual assult

81
Q

child abuse and neglect

A
  • child abuse and neglect often overlap
  • types: physical, sexual, neglect, emotional
82
Q

elder abuse and neglect

A
  • failure to provide basic services
  • psychological abuse
  • financial abuse or neglect
  • done by a prson of power or in homes
83
Q

developmental concerns- GI

A
  • fat accumulation, woman
  • decreased salivation
  • decreased liver size
  • likey dehydration
  • decreased renal functio
  • morning sickness-pregant
  • heartburn-pregant
  • consitpation- pregant
84
Q

cultural considerations

A
  • heart rate obesity
  • high rate lactose
  • peptic ulcer disease
  • inflammation of bowel
85
Q

GI assocatied symptoms

A
  • nausea
  • vomiting
  • indigestions
  • amorexia
  • diarrhea
  • fever
  • chnage skin change
  • normal bowel function
  • normal freq. ranges 3 imes a week
86
Q

brutes

A

swishing sound-

87
Q

venous hums

A

soft pitched humming nosie

88
Q

friction rubs

A

grating sound that increases with inhalation

89
Q

rebound tenderness

A

insert hnd and lift up quick
- appendicitis

90
Q

rovsing’s sign

A
  • pressing in LLQ and patient reports pain in LRQ
91
Q

psoas signs

A

lift right leg striaght and push down on lower part- if pain appendicitis

92
Q

hepatitis

A

a- spread food and water
b-contact w/ infected blood
c- spread blood contact

93
Q

colon cancer

A
  • fecal immunochemical test
  • 50-74 age
  • screening age 50
94
Q

impacts on nutritional status

A
  • balance between intake and requirments
  • determinants of health, income, education, enviroment
95
Q

opital nutritional status

A

nutritients are cinsumed in amount and support daily requirements

96
Q

undernutrition

A

not enough nutritents

97
Q

overnutritions

A

consuming excess nutritents

98
Q

developmental consideration- woman

A

-estrogen stimulates cell growth in reproductive
-change starts second week of pregance
- misssed menstrual period
- cervix softens
- mucos plug blocks cerivial

99
Q

dimpling

A

sign skin retraction

100
Q

hpv

A

human papollomavirous prevents sti in canada

101
Q

developmental consideration- male with aging

A

-prostate enlarges
- increases prostate cancer with age
- sperm production decreases

102
Q

phimosis

A
  • foreskin can’t be moved down from tip
103
Q

paraphimosis

A

foreskinnis retarded but can’t move back

104
Q

fissure

A

-painful longitudinal tear in the superficial mucose
- fissures often result from tramua

105
Q

hemorrohoids

A
  • various vein
  • increased portal venous pressure
106
Q

lordosis

A

spine curve in the body

107
Q

soliosis

A

spine curve medially

108
Q

phalen test

A

holds hands back to back for 60seconds without pain

109
Q

rheumatoid arthritis

A

worse in the morning

110
Q

osteoarthritis

A

asymmetrical joints movement

111
Q

complete neuro

A

individual who neurologoical concerns and shwoing neurological disfunction

112
Q

screening neuro

A

performing on seemlying well individuals with no sibjective finding

113
Q

recheck neuro

A

regoing over someone after complete assessment

114
Q

glasgow

A

define person’s level of conceisous

115
Q

critical findings neuro

A
  • decline in alertness
  • change in speech
  • onset weakness
  • seizures
  • lathargic
116
Q

one oflactory nerve

A

close one nostril and smell

117
Q

two optic nerev

A

visual acurity

118
Q

oculomotor, trochlear, abducens nerves

A

PERRLA

119
Q

trigeminal nerve

A

motor- muscles of masticulartion
sensory- sharp and dull

120
Q

facial nerev

A

smile, frown, puff cheeks

121
Q

acoustic nerve

A

whisper number behind ear they repeat number

122
Q

glosspharyngeal and vagus nerve

A

depress lounge and say AHHHH

123
Q

soinal nerve

A

shrug shoulder

124
Q

hypergossal nerve

A

stick tounge out, lay on floow, side-side,
LIGHT-TIGHT-DYNAMITE

125
Q

cereballer functions

A

gait, posture, balance, romberg
- finger to finger test

126
Q

sterognosis

A

ability to recongize objects
- close eye, place object hand,

127
Q

two point discrimination

A

two separte points on skin

128
Q

extinction

A

poke patient same spot on arms, note if the are same spot

129
Q

point localization

A

poitning to spot you poke when eyes are closed

130
Q

decrticate ridgidty

A

flextion of arms and lower limbs, leson in cerebrall cortex

131
Q

decerebrate ridgidty

A

upper limbs, internal rotation,
- lesion in brain stem midbrain or pons

132
Q

flaccid quadriplegia

A

complete loss muscl econtrol
- non functioning part of brain

133
Q

opisthotonons

A

arching back-long periods, indicates meningeal irritation

134
Q

stroke

A
  • blood flow interrupted of a part of brain
135
Q

mental health

A

find balence in life in all catogories

136
Q

mental disordered

A

constellations of co-occuring symptoms involving alteration in thought, experience and emotion

137
Q

mental status exam

A

should always be included in the overal physical assessment of all patient

138
Q

developmental considerations- child

A

-developmental milestone
- most illness have early onset as kid
- long-term affects
- mionorities at risk

139
Q

developmental considerations- older adults

A
  • change in sensory perceptions
  • potiental lost love one
140
Q

factor influencing substance use

A

-social practices and acceptability are the most influenctial determinants
- affordability is an improvement determinant of both level

NURSING SCHOOL YEAR ONE (9 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions