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Maternal & Child Health Nursing: Care of the Childbearing & Childrearing Family, 7th edition – Glossary Questions and Correct Answers
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MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NURSING
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MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NURSING
Maternal & Child Health Nursing: Care of the
Childbearing & Childrearing Family, 7th edition
– Glossary Questions and Correct AnswersMaternal & Child Health Nursing: Care of the
Childbearing & Childrearing Family, 7th edition
– Glossary Questions and Correct AnswersMaternal & Child Heal...
Maternal & Child Health Nursing: Care of the
Childbearing & Childrearing Family, 7th edition
– Glossary Questions and Correct Answers
abortion:
✓ ~~~ any interruption of a pregnancy before the fetus is viable (a stage of
development that
will enable the fetus to survive outside the uterus if born at that time)
absorption:
✓ ~~~ transfer of a drug from its point of entry in the body into the bloodstream
abstinence:
✓ ~~~ refraining from sexual intercourse
abstract thought:
✓ ~~~ final stage in cognitive thought processes; allows problem solving and
creating hypotheses
accommodation:
✓ ~~~ adjustment of the eye to focus on a close image (ophthalmology); the ability to
adapt thought processes to fit what is perceived (Piaget)
,acculturation:
✓ ~~~ the process of losing cultural beliefs and values to those of a dominant society
acrocyanosis:
✓ ~~~ cyanosis (blue color) in the feet and hands
acute bilirubin encephalopathy: permanent damage of brain cells caused when high
levels
(about 20 mg-100 ml) of indirect bilirubin leave the bloodstream and interfere with
the chemical
synthesis of brain cells
acute pain:
✓ ~~~ sharp pain, generally occurring abruptly after an injury
acyanotic heart disease: heart or circulatory anomalies that involve either a stricture
to the flow
of blood or a shunt that moves blood from the arterial to the venous system
(oxygenated to
unoxygenated blood, or left-to-right shunts)
adolescence:
✓ ~~~ the time period between 13 years and 18 to 20 years
adrenarche:
, ✓ ~~~ pubic and axillary hair that occur with puberty
adventitious sounds: extra or abnormal breathing sounds
affective learning: learning that involves a change in attitude
afterload:
✓ ~~~ the resistance against which the cardiac ventricles must pump
afterpains:
✓ ~~~ intermittent cramping due to uterine contraction during involution in the
postpartal
period
age of viability:
✓ ~~~ the earliest age at which fetuses could survive if they were born at that time;
generally accepted as 24 weeks, or fetuses weighing more than 400 g
alleles:
✓ ~~~ two like genes
allergen:
✓ ~~~ antigen that causes the release of mediating substances causing tissue injury
and
allergic symptoms
, allogeneic transplantation:
✓ ~~~ transfer of body tissues from an immune-compatible
(histocompatible) donor
allografting:
✓ ~~~ transfer of body tissue between two genetically dissimilar individuals
Alport's syndrome:
✓ ~~~ a progressive chronic glomerulonephritis inherited as an autosomal
dominant disorder
alternative birthing center:
✓ ~~~ a setting for birth separate from a hospital
alternative insemination:
✓ ~~~ assistive reproductive technique, in which sperm is deposited into a
woman's cervix or uterus
amblyopia:
✓ ~~~ reduced vision in one eye; ―lazy eye‖
amenorrhea:
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