Vocab

Question 1

Autonomy

Answer 1

• the patient’s need for self-determination

Question 2

Beneficence

Answer 2

• the ethical principle that means “do good” for the patient

Question 3

Nonmaleficence

Answer 3

• the ethical principle that means “do no harm” to the pt

Question 4

Utilitarianism

Answer 4

• a theory that defines the appropriate use of resources as that which results in the greatest good for the greatest number

Question 5

Values

Answer 5

• the ideals, customs, institutions and behaviors regarded by a specific group

Question 6

Specificity

Answer 6

• ability of test to correctly classify and individual as disease-free is called test’s specificity

Question 7

Sensitivity

Answer 7

• ability of a test to correctly classify an individual as diseased

Question 8

Acromegaly

Answer 8

• growth disorder associated with a pituitary tumor

Question 9

Ballard gestational age assessment:

Answer 9

• used to assess or confirm the gestational age of a neonate utilizing six physical and six neuromuscular characteristic

Question 10

Failure to thrive:

Answer 10

• sign defined by growth in an infant or child below the 3rd or 5th percentiles on growth chart

Question 11

Gestational age:

Answer 11

• indicator of a newborn’s maturity

Question 12

Hydrocephalus

Answer 12

• condition that results form excessive accumulation of CSF in brain or ventricular system

Question 13

Korotkoff sounds

Answer 13

• Turbulence of blood flow in the artery

Question 14

Normal pulse pressure

Answer 14

• 30-50