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NRN 101 - Ch 4
Fundamentals of Nursing
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Accute Illness | Rapid onset of symptoms and lasts only a relatively short time |
| Chronic Illness | many different physical and mental alterations in health with slow onset and many periods of remission and exacerbation |
| Disease | Pathologic change in the structure or fuction of the body or mind |
| Exacerbation | Reappearance of symptoms |
| Health | State of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not mearly the absense of disease or infirmity |
| Illness | Response of a person to a disease |
| Remission | Disease is present but symptoms are not experienced |
| Risk Factor | Something that increases a person's chances for illness or injury |
| Wellness | Active state, orieneted towards maximizing the potential of the individual regardless of the state of health |