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Galen NUR 155 Exam 1 Lab and TheoryBlood pressure cuff must be _____% of arm circumference - ✅✅-40%
define a health assessment - ✅✅ -A systematic method of collecting data about
a patient for the purpose of determining the patients current and ongoing health
status, predicting risks to health and identifying health-promoting activites.
✅✅-hospital acquired infection
define a nosocomial infection -
define active immunity - ✅✅-host produces antibodies in response to natural
antigens or artificial antigens
✅✅-comes and goes quickly
define acute illness -
Define Afebrile - ✅✅-Absence of fever
Define airborne precautions - ✅✅-transmitted by small droplets
EX: TB, measles, varicella
✅✅-immunity from administered infections
define artificial active immunity -
Define artificial passive immunity - ✅✅-When you become immune after being
injected with antibodies from someone else
define auscultation - ✅✅-listing to sounds produced by internal organs. Usually
done to evaluate:
1. heart
2. lungs
3. abdomen
✅✅-presence of bacteria in the blood
Define bacteremia -
Define body mechanics - ✅✅-used to describe the efficient, coordinated, and
safe use of the body to move objects and carry out ADL's
,Define body temperature - ✅✅-the balance between heat production and heat
loss
Define bradycardia -✅✅-slow heart rate
Define cardiac output - ✅✅-volume of blood pumped into the arteries by the
heart
Define CDC two tier approach - ✅✅-standard precautions and transmission
based precautions
define chronic illness - ✅✅-lasts greater than 6 months. includes remission and
exacerbation
define contact precautions - ✅✅ -transmitted by direct or indirect contact;
includes drug resistant bacteria; surfaces in rooms are contaminated
Define core temperature - ✅✅-temperature taken in the body
ex: rectal and oral
✅✅-chest breathing
Define costal breathing -
Define diaphragmatic breathing. - ✅✅-belly breathing
Define diastolic blood pressure - ✅✅-the force exerted by blood on arterial
walls during ventricular relaxation
define disease - ✅✅-a systematic problem and usually shows evidence
define droplet precautions - ✅✅-transmitted by larger droplets
EX: pertussis, mumps, flu and strep; N95 PPE; 3ft diameter
Define environmental wellness - ✅✅ -ability to promote health measures that
improve standard of living and quality of life
define etiologic agent - ✅✅-how a microorganism gets in
, Define febrile - ✅✅-fever
Define fowlers position - ✅✅-45-60 degrees
define health - ✅✅-presence or absence of disease
define high fowlers position - ✅✅-60-90 degrees
define holism - ✅✅-view individual as a whole
define homeostasis - ✅✅-maintain equilibrium or balance
define illness - ✅✅-a personal state or feeling
Define inspection - ✅✅-looking over; using all 5 senses
define intellectual wellness - ✅✅-ability to learn and use info effectively for
personal, family and career development
define local infection - ✅✅-pathogens are limited to a small area of the body
swelling, redness, etc.
define medical asepsis - ✅✅-clean technique
confining microorganisms
define method of transmission - ✅✅ -Specific ways in which microorganism
travel from the reservoir to the susceptible host.
✅✅-immunity from active infection
define natural active immunity -
Define natural passive immunity - ✅✅-Immunity produced from antibody
transfer from mom to offspring across the placenta or thru breast milk
define occupational wellness - ✅✅-ability to achieve a balance between work
and leisure time
define orthopneic position - ✅✅-bent over touching knees
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