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NUR 2356 / NUR2356 Exam 1: Multidimensional Care I / MDC 1 Exam 1 Review (Latest 2024/2025) Rasmussen $7.99   Add to cart

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MDC 1 Exam 1
1. What is acid-base balance?
The maintenance of arterial blood pH through regulation of hydrogen ion production
and elimination.


2. What is cellular regulation?
The genetic and physiologic processes that control cellular growth, replication,
differentiation, and function to maintain homeostasis.


3. What is clotting?
multistep process by which blood forms a clot in an appropriate area of tissue injury to
prevent excessive bleeding while maintaining whole body blood flow


4. What is cognition?
complex set of mental processes by which individuals acquire, store, retrieve, and use
information


5. What is comfort?
state in which a person is relieved of distress


6. What is constipation?
A symptom, not a disease; infrequent stool and/or hard, dry, small stools that are
difficult to eliminate


7. What is delirium?
acute fluctuating mental confusion


8. What is dementia?
chronic mental confusion

,9. What is diarrhea?
watery stool without solid form


10. What is elimination?
excretion of waste from the body by the GI tract and by the renal/urinary system


11. What is exemplar?
selected health problem or issue that represents priority concepts


12. What is fluid and electrolyte balance?
regulation of the body fluid, fluid osmolality, and electrolytes by processes such as
filtration, diffusion, and osmosis


13. What is gas exchange?
the process by which oxygen is transported to cells and carbon dioxide is transported
from cells


14. What is glucose regulation?
The process of maintaining optimal blood glucose levels


15. What is immunity?
protection from illness or disease that is maintained by the body's physiologic defense
mechanisms


16. What is infection?
invasion of pathogens into the body that multiply and cause disease or illness

, 17. What is inflammation?
syndrome of normal responses to cellular injury, allergy, or invasion by pathogens


18. What is mobility?
ability of an individual to perform purposeful physical movement of the body.


19. What is nutrition?
process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth.


20. What is pain?
an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience that may be acute or persistent
(chronic)


21. What is perfusion?
adequate blood and oxygen are provided to all cells in the body


22. What is sepsis?
life-threatening response of the body to infection and widespread inflammation that can
cause multiple organ dysfunction syndrome


23. What is sensory perception?
the ability to perceive and interpret sensory input into one or more meaningful
responses


24. What is sexuality?
refers to desire, sexual preference, sexual identity, and behavior

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