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MCPHS University - NUR 226 Exam 1 Questions And Answers
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MCPHS University - NUR 226 Exam 1 QuestionsAnd Answers
Pathology The study of cell and tissue changes associated with disease
Pharmacology The study of medicine: how drugs are administered, where drugs travel
in the body, responses that drugs produce
Pharmacokinetics The study of drug movement throughout the body
Pharmacodynamics How a medicine changes the body
Pharmacotherapy Medical treatment by means of drugs
Pharmacogenetics - Answer The study of genetic variations that cause differences in
the way patients handle medications
Materia Medica - Answer The study of herbal remedies
Disease - Answer A deviation from the normal state of homeostasis
Biopsy - Answer The removal of small amounts of living tissue
Autopsy - Answer Examination of the body and organs after death
Diagnosis - Answer The identification of a specific disease
, Etiology - Answer The causative factors in a particular disease
Predisposing factors- Answer Trends that favor the onset of a disease in an animal
Pathogenesis- Answer The origin and development of the disease
Acute disease- Answer Sudden; develops rapidly, marked signs, short duration
Chronic disease- Answer Often mild, develops slowly, persists for long periods;
permanent tissue damage
Subclinical state- Answer Pathologic changes, but no overt manifestations
Latent state- Answer "Silent" stage; no symptoms or clinical signs apparent
Prophylaxis - Answer Action taken to prevent disease and preserve health
Nursing diagnosis - Answer Clinical judgment about a person's response to an actual or
potential health state. Used to evaluate response of the whole person to health
problems
Medical diagnosis - Answer Used to evaluate the etiology of disease; treatment plan
Incubation period - Answer Time of exposure to a microorganism and onset of signs and
symptoms (disease may be communicable)
Prodromal period - Answer Early development of a disease; signs nonspecific or absent
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