Lesson 1 Flashcards
Define health
- Physical,mental and social well-being.
- Absence of disease or infirmity.
Define illness
Subject experience of loss of health.
Illness is objective T/F?
False.
Illness is subjective.
Disease is subjective or objective?
Objective
What process is disease ?
Pathological process
Disease is detected by ______ and ______
Medical science ; Empirical knowledge
Other names of evidence informed practice
Evidence based practice
Best practice
Examples of EBP
- Infection control
- wound care
- O2 use in COPD
Research sources are based on
Evidence ; not facts
Disease which is severe and sudden in onset
Acute disease
Conditions which developed over a long time
Chronic disease
Atherosclerosis is a _____ disease
Chronic
Heart Attack is a _____ disease
Acute
Return to health or wellness is
Healing
Name the factors that influence healing
- physical
- psychosocial
- biological factors
- culture and diversity factors
- religion and spirituality factors
Pathophysiology
The functional changes in body
result of a particular disease or syndrome
Pathophysiology results in ___ and ____
Signs ; symptoms
Changes of cells maybe ____ or ____
Physiological; pathological
Cell structure alteration is caused due to
Envt changes, DNA changes, aging etc
Decrease in cell size is
Atrophy
Atrophy is caused due to
Decrease in workload
Name causes due to decrease in workload in atrophy
- Disuse
- Denervation - loss of nerve supply
- Lack of endocrine stimulation
- Decrease nutrition
- Ischemia - decrease in blood flow
Hypertrophy is
Increase in cell size
Increase in cell size is due to
Increase in workload
Name the 2 causes of hypertrophy
- Normal physiological
- Abnormal pathologic
What’s normal physiological
Increase in muscle mass from lifting weights
What’s abnormal pathologic
Result from disease or as compensatory mechanism
Example of hypertrophy
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - heart muscles thickened
What’s hyperplasia
Increase in cell number
What causes hyperplasia
- physiologic
- non - physiologic
What’s the physiologic causes of hyperplasia
Hormonal changes - breast and uterine enlargement during pregnancy
Skin injury
Hyperplasia and ___ occurs together
Hypertrophy
Example of hyperplasia
Plantar wart
What’s metaplasia
Conversion of one adult cell type to another adult cell type
Metaplasia is caused due to
- Chronic irritation
- Inflammation
Example of metaplasia
Respiratory epithelium metaplasia from cigarette smoke
What’s dysplasia
Deranged cell growth- vary in size, shape and appearance
Example of dysplasia
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
What are the nursing processes
Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Name various nursing management
1.Client & family teaching
2.Inter-professional collaboration
3.Lab tests
4.Health promo
5.Real & potential nursing probs
6.Nursing interventions
7.Diag studies
8.Nursing process (ADPIE)
9.Referral
10.Pharm
11.Client- centered care
