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Fund. of Nursing
Chapter 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Prodromal phase | disease-specific signs and symptoms not yet present |
| Recovery phase | disease-specific signs and symptoms resolve |
| Symtomatic phase | observable signs and symptoms present |
| Seeking help phase | patient contacts healthcare provider |
| Dependency phase | patient agrees to advice and care by health care providers |
| Stress | a nonspecific response of the body to any demand made on it |
| Adaptation | ability to positively adjust to changes that occur in an individual's world |
| Fight or flight response | a sympathetic nervous system reaction to perceived threats that results in the release of adrenaline, cortisol, and other hormones |
| Coping strategies | skills that all individuals use to manage everyday stress |
| Continuum | a scale that has a positive extreme at one end and the opposite extreme at the other end |
| Drug abuse | using medications for any purpose other than the purpose intended by the prescriber |
| Chronic illness | a condition or disorder lasting for 6 months or longer and is characterized by intensifying or improving symptoms |
| Acute illness | a condition or disorder that strikes suddenly and lasts for a limited time |
| Healthy People 2010 | a report issued by the Department of Health and Human services which highlights objectives related to disease prevention and health promotion for the american people |
| Overweight | used to describe having an excess of body weight compared to set standards such as body mass |
| Obese | used to describe having an abnormally high proportion of body fat |
| Remissions | periods of either minimal symptoms or a complete absence of symptoms |
| Exacerbations | periods of worsening symptoms |
| Risk factors | physiological, psychological, or genetic elements that contribute to the development of an illness or disease |
| PIE charting | much shorter and documents less data, includes a list of the nursing diagnosis identified from collected data, the actions you perform to address the diagnosis, and the evaluation of the effectiveness of those actions |
| Narrative charting | continual chronological description of the patients conditions |
| SOAPIER charting | Best organization of charting. includes information verbalized by the patient and discerned with your senses, the problems you identify, the plan for what you are going to do to resolve the problem |
| Documentation | recording of data in a patient's chart |
| Charting by exception | check-list type flow sheets |
| Focus charting | charting includes objective and subjective assessment findings |
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