Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Exam 4 Terms
any terms we need to know
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| meta-analysis | a group of studies on a given topic are examined |
| case study | a case studying on a specific person, issue, event |
| cohort study | an longitudinal study that follow two groups and measures the outcomes of an exposure group and non-exposure group |
| case-control study | persons with and without a specific condition are compared to identify predictive variables |
| randomized controlled study (RTC) | cause and effect relationship using a control group and experimental group |
| Validity | the degree to which the study measure what it intended to measure |
| reliability | study's ability yo produce consistent results with each use |
| usefulness | reflective of the study's application to clinical practice |
| Nuclear Family | Two parents and offspring |
| Extended Family | Relatives of nuclear family |
| Extended-kin network family | share social support network. share chores, goods, services |
| two career families | both parents are employed |
| single parent family | one parent is present |
| childless family | choice or family |
| adolescent family | - teen birth rate - ill-prepared for parenthood - interrupt or stop education - children are at high risk for health and social problems - few role models to break poverty cycle |
| foster family | family takes in children who cannot live with birth parents |
| step family | biological parent with children, new spouse |
| binuclear family | post divorce family with children members of two nuclear households |
| intergenerational family | more than two generations of family living together |
| clear boundaries | create an environment in which people feel comfortable sharing their thoughts and feelings |
| rigid boundaries | the one that attempts to hold on to all of it's members without allowing any outsiders in or out |
| diffuse boundaries | there is little independence between family members |
| authoritarian | - do what I say - set firm limits that cant be questioned - child will not get to understand why something is wrong or how it affect others |
| authoritative | - set rules and firm limits that are reasonable - allow for discussion why something is wrong so child will have a clear understanding - can discuss with parents about their opinions and feelings - allow child to develop a sense of responsibility |
| Permissive | - great deal of warmth and have few controls - "best friend parent" - child end up controlling the parent - child regulate own behavior |
| Indifferent | - "do what you want just don't get in trouble, actually I don't care" |
| discipline | method for teaching children the rules for how to behave in society and what is expected in different circumstances |
| punishment | the action taken to enforce the rules when the child misbehaves |
| Serous | clear, straw colored with a thin watery consistency |
| purulent | opaque or milky, indicated presence of infection, made up of large quantities of cells and debris |
| Hemorrhagic (sanguineous) | red, thick, blood from ruptured vessels *risk for infection* |
| Serosanguinous | contains or related to both blood and the liquid part of blood which is serum |
| granulation tissues | fragile gelatinous pink/red wound tissue |
| cicatrix | firmer fibrous tissue |
| medical asepsis | all practices intended to confine specific area to limit the number, growth, transmission of the microorganism |
| surgical asepsis | free from all microorganisms and spores |
| infection | microorganisms invade body part within effective defenses |
| colonization | strains of microorganisms become normal flora causing no disease |
| Conduction | heat transfer through physical contact of one surface to another surface, e.g. a warm body being cooled by a cool surface |
| Convection | heat transfer through the fluid motion of air or water across the skin, e.g. a warm body being cooled by immersion in a cool liquid |
| Radiation | heat transfer with no physical contact, e.g. warming by sun |
| Evaporation | process of converting water to a vapor, e.g. evaporation of sweat |
Created by:
selena340
Popular Nursing sets