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CHRONICITY
| CERUMEN IMPACTION | EXCESS CERUMEN BLOCKS EAR CANAL AND IMPAIRS HEARING |
| CERUMINOSIS | EXCESSIVE BUILDUP OF CERUMEN OR EARWAX IN THE EXTERNAL CANAL |
| OTITIS MEDIA | INFECTION OF THE MIDDLE EAR, COMMON IN CHILDHOOD |
| ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA | OFTEN CAUSED BY HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE OR STREP PNEUMONIAE |
| CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA | CAUSED BY GRAM NEGITIVE BACTERIA |
| OTITIS MEDIA INTERVENTIONS | ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY, ANALGESICS, LOCAL HEAT, NASAL DECONGESTANTS |
| OTITIS EXTERNIA | SWIMMERS EAR, BACTERIAL INFECTION, OUT EAR |
| LABYRINTHITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE INNER EAR- SX- VERTIGO,TINNITUS,HEARING LOSS. RARE CONDTION. MAY CAUSE PERMANENT DAMAGE |
| PRESBYACUSIS | HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATED WITH AGING |
| OTOSCLEROSIS | ABNORMAL SPONGY BONE FORMATION AROUND THE STAPES - MORE COMMON IN WOMEN |
| MENIERE'S DISEASE | TINNITUS AND VERTIGO. SX TREATED WITH ANTIHISTAMINES, ANTIMETICS, DIURETICS, ORAL NIACIN. |
| MACULAR DEGENERATION | PROGRESSIVE DETERIORATION OF THE MACULAE OF THE RETINA AND CHOROID OF THE EYE. LOSS OF CENTRAL VISION RELATED TO ATROPHY OR DETERIORATION OF THE MACULA. PERIPHERAL VISION REMAINS. ASSOCIATED WITH AGING |
| CATARACT | ABNORMAL PROGRESSIVE CONTION OF THE LENS OF THE EYE, CHARACTERIZED BY LOSS OF TRANSPARENCY. A GRAY WHITE OPACITY CAN BE SEEN WITHIN THE LENS, BEHIND THE PUPIL. LEFT UNTREATED SIGHT IS EVENTUALLY LOST. |
| RETINAL DETACHMENT | SEPERATION OF THE RETINA FROM THE CHOROID RESULTING FROM A HOLE IN THE RETINA THAT ALLOWS THE VITREOUS HUMOR TO LEAK BETWEEN THE CHOROID ABND THE RETINA. SYMPTOMS- PAINLESS, FLOATERS, FLASHING LIGHTS, SHADOW, TOTAL BLINDNESS. RX- SURGICAL. |
| CORNEAL ABRASIONS | IJURY THRU IRRITANTS TO THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE EYE, THE RUBBING OFF OF THE OUTER LAYERS OF THE CORNEA. |
| CONJUNCTIVITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE CONJUNCTIVA CAUSED BY BACERIAL OR VIRAL INFECTION,ALLERGY, OR ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS. IN NEWBORNS CAN LEAD TO TOTAL BLINDNESS |
| CHRONIC GLAUCOMA | OFTEN BILATERAL, SLOWLY DEVELOPED AND IS GENETICALLY DETERMINED. OBSTRUCTION IS BELIEVED TO BE WITHIN THE CANAL OF SCHLEMM.SX GRADUAL OVER PERIOD OF EARS. HALOS,ELEVATED INTRAOCCULAR PRESSURE. RX- EYE GTTS. |
| ACUTE GLAUCOMA | OCCULAR EMERGANCY RESULTS IN RAPID VISION LOSS. |
| GLAUCOMA | AN ABNORMAL CONTION OF ELEVATED PRESSURE WITHIN AN EYE BECAUSE OF OBSTRUCTION OF THE OUTFLOW OF AQUEOUS HUMOR. |
| RETINOPATHY | NONINFLAMMATORY EYE DISORDER RESULTING FROM CHANGES IN THE RETINAL BLOOD VESSELS. LEADING CAUSE OF VISION IN ADULTS UNDER 40. |
| CONGENITAL CATARACTS | USUALLY HEREDITARY MAY BE CAUSED BY VIRAL INFECTION DURING 1ST TRIMESTER |
| PRESBYOPIA | ASSOCIATED WITH AGING WHEN THE ELASTICITY OF THE LENS OF THE EYE IS LOST. NEAR VISION IS LOST BUT FAR VISION REMAINS THE SAME. |
| PRESBYOPIC | PERTAINING TO A DECREASE IN ACCOMODATION OF THE LENS AS ONE GROWS OLDER, RESULTS IN FARSIGHTNESS |
| HYPEROPIA | FARSIGHTNESS |
| MYOPIA | NEARSIGHTNESS |
| STRABISMUS | INABILITY OF THE EYES TO FOCUS IN THE SAME DIRECTION |
| PROPRIOCEPTION | ORIENTS A PERSON IN SPACE DURING POSITION CHANGES AND WHILE WALKING ON UNEVEN SURFACES. INCLUDE- GAIT INBALANCE, FALLS, DIZZINESS. |
| CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS SENSORY DYSFUNCTION | INCLUDES: IMPAIRED HEARING, VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, NEUROVASCULAR DEFICICITS, AND ALTERED MENTAL STATUS |
| RINNE TEST | METHOD OF DISTINGUISHING CONDUCTIVE FROM SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS. PREFORMED WITH TUNING FORKS OF 256, 512, 1024 CYCLES, PLACED ONE HALF INCH FROM THE EXTERNAL AUDITIRY MEATUS AND AGAIN WITH THE VIBRATINGSTEM PLACED OVER THE MASTIOD BONE. |
| SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS | THE SOUND IS HEARD LONGER BY AIR CONDUCTION |
| CONDUCTIVE HEARING LOSS | THE SOUND IS HEARD LONGER BY BONE CONDUCTION |
| WEBER TEST | METHOD OF ASSESSING AUDITORY ACUITY |
| TONOMETRY | MEASURING OF INTRAOCCULAR PRESSURE BY DETERMINING THE RESISTANCE OF THE EYEBALL TO INDENTATION BY AN APPLIED FORCE. ELEVATED PRESSURE REVEALS GLAUCOMA. THREE TYPES- AIR PUFF, SCHIOTZ,APLANATION. |
| SNELLEN CHART | VISUAL ACUITY |
| ROMBERG TEST | INDICATION OF LOSS OF SENSE OF POSITION IN WHICH THE PATIENT LOSES BALANCE WHEN STANDING ERECT, FEET TOGETHER, AND EYE CLOSED. |
| OPTHALMIC MEDICATION | MYOTIC-CONSTRICT DRIATICS- DILATE |
| MYRINGOTOMY | LIE ON AFFECTED SIDE TO IMPROVE DRAINAGE FROM MIDDLE EAR |
| COCHLEAR IMPLANTS | FOR PROFOUNDLY DEAF. REQUIRES POSTOPERATIVE TRAINING AND REHAB FOR USE |
| CATARACTS REMOVAL | EYE MED TO PREPARE FOR SURG.. IMPLANTATION OF INTRAOCCULAR LENS. USE OF PATCH OVER THE AFFECTED EYE, MIOTIC EYE DROPS AND COLD COMPRESSES FOR DISCOMFORT. LAYING FACE DOWN POST OP. |
| GROWTH | PHYSICAL CHANGE AND INCREASE IN SIZE |
| DEVELOPMENT | INCREASE IN THE COMPLEXITY OF FUNCTION AND SKILL PROGRESSION |
| GENETIC FACTORS INFLUENCING GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT | EYE COLOR,HEIGHT, TEMPERMENT |
| ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCING GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT | FAMILY,RELIGION, CULTURE, SCHOOL, COMMUNITY, AND NUTRITION |
| DEVELOPMENTAL TASK THERORY- HAVIGHURST | GROWTH AND DEVEL. AS OCCURING DURING 6 STAGES, EACH ASSOCIATED WITH 6 TO 10 TASKS TO BE LEARNED |
| PERSONALITY | COMPLEX CONCEPT, CONSIDERED AS THE OUTWARD EXPRESSION OF THE INNER SELF. IE- TEMPREMENT, FEELINGS, INDEPENDENCE |
| FREUD | CONCEPTS OF UNCONSCIOUS MIND, DEFENSE MECHANISMS, ID,EGO AND SUPER EGO. |
| ERIKSON | ENVISIONS LIFE AS A SEQUENCE OF LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT, REFLECTS BOTH POSITIVE AND NEG ASPECTS |
| PECK | ALTHOUGH PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS DECREASE WITH AGE, MENTAL AND SOCIAL INCREASE IN THE LATER PART OF LIFE |
| GOULD | ADULT DEVELPOMENT |
| COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT | REFERS TO THE MANNER IN WHICH PEOPLE LEARN TO THINK, REASON, AND USE LANGUAGE. PAIGET |
| KOHLBERG | FOCUSES ON THE REASONS PEOPLE MAKE THE DECISIONS THEY DO |
| GILLIGAN | SEES WOMEN OFTER SEE MORALITY DIF THAN MEN |
| FOWLER | FAITH AS A FORCE THAT GIVES MEANING TO A PERSONS LIFE |
| WESTERHOFF | FAITH AS A WAY OF BEING AND BEHAVING THAT EVOLVES FROM AN EXPERIANCED FAITH GUIDED BY PARENTS AND OTHERS |
| RESPITE CARE | ALLOWS CARE GIVER TIME TO SELF WITHOUT A SENSE OF SHRUGGING ONES RESPONSIBILITY |
| G TUBE FEEDING | PT IN FOWLERS- ROOM TEMP VIA GRAVITY- NOT OVER 18 INCHES ABOVE ABDOMEN |
| MORPHINE OPIODS | BIND TO RECEPTORS IN THE DORSAL HOORNIN THE SPINAL CORD AND BRAIN |
| OPIATES | CNS DEPRESSENTS THAT CAN RESULT IN RESP DEPRESION, URINARY RETENTION NAD CONSTIPATION |
| NSAIDS | DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF OPIATESNEEDED WHEN GIVEN IN COMBO |
| TRANSACTION STRESS | EMOTIONAL COGNITIVE AND COPING RESPONSE TO STRESS |
| STIMULUS BASED STRESS MODEL | USED TO ID STRESSORS AND PREDICT RESPONSES |
| GENERAL ADAPTATION | THERORY REFERS TO PROCESS OF ADAPTING TO STRESS |
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