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CHRONICITY

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CERUMEN IMPACTION   EXCESS CERUMEN BLOCKS EAR CANAL AND IMPAIRS HEARING  
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CERUMINOSIS   EXCESSIVE BUILDUP OF CERUMEN OR EARWAX IN THE EXTERNAL CANAL  
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OTITIS MEDIA   INFECTION OF THE MIDDLE EAR, COMMON IN CHILDHOOD  
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ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA   OFTEN CAUSED BY HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE OR STREP PNEUMONIAE  
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CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA   CAUSED BY GRAM NEGITIVE BACTERIA  
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OTITIS MEDIA INTERVENTIONS   ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY, ANALGESICS, LOCAL HEAT, NASAL DECONGESTANTS  
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OTITIS EXTERNIA   SWIMMERS EAR, BACTERIAL INFECTION, OUT EAR  
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LABYRINTHITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE INNER EAR- SX- VERTIGO,TINNITUS,HEARING LOSS. RARE CONDTION. MAY CAUSE PERMANENT DAMAGE  
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PRESBYACUSIS   HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATED WITH AGING  
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OTOSCLEROSIS   ABNORMAL SPONGY BONE FORMATION AROUND THE STAPES - MORE COMMON IN WOMEN  
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MENIERE'S DISEASE   TINNITUS AND VERTIGO. SX TREATED WITH ANTIHISTAMINES, ANTIMETICS, DIURETICS, ORAL NIACIN.  
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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  
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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.  
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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.  
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CORNEAL ABRASIONS   IJURY THRU IRRITANTS TO THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE EYE, THE RUBBING OFF OF THE OUTER LAYERS OF THE CORNEA.  
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CONJUNCTIVITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE CONJUNCTIVA CAUSED BY BACERIAL OR VIRAL INFECTION,ALLERGY, OR ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS. IN NEWBORNS CAN LEAD TO TOTAL BLINDNESS  
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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.  
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ACUTE GLAUCOMA   OCCULAR EMERGANCY RESULTS IN RAPID VISION LOSS.  
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GLAUCOMA   AN ABNORMAL CONTION OF ELEVATED PRESSURE WITHIN AN EYE BECAUSE OF OBSTRUCTION OF THE OUTFLOW OF AQUEOUS HUMOR.  
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RETINOPATHY   NONINFLAMMATORY EYE DISORDER RESULTING FROM CHANGES IN THE RETINAL BLOOD VESSELS. LEADING CAUSE OF VISION IN ADULTS UNDER 40.  
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CONGENITAL CATARACTS   USUALLY HEREDITARY MAY BE CAUSED BY VIRAL INFECTION DURING 1ST TRIMESTER  
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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.  
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PRESBYOPIC   PERTAINING TO A DECREASE IN ACCOMODATION OF THE LENS AS ONE GROWS OLDER, RESULTS IN FARSIGHTNESS  
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HYPEROPIA   FARSIGHTNESS  
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MYOPIA   NEARSIGHTNESS  
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STRABISMUS   INABILITY OF THE EYES TO FOCUS IN THE SAME DIRECTION  
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PROPRIOCEPTION   ORIENTS A PERSON IN SPACE DURING POSITION CHANGES AND WHILE WALKING ON UNEVEN SURFACES. INCLUDE- GAIT INBALANCE, FALLS, DIZZINESS.  
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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS SENSORY DYSFUNCTION   INCLUDES: IMPAIRED HEARING, VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, NEUROVASCULAR DEFICICITS, AND ALTERED MENTAL STATUS  
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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.  
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SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS   THE SOUND IS HEARD LONGER BY AIR CONDUCTION  
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CONDUCTIVE HEARING LOSS   THE SOUND IS HEARD LONGER BY BONE CONDUCTION  
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WEBER TEST   METHOD OF ASSESSING AUDITORY ACUITY  
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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.  
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SNELLEN CHART   VISUAL ACUITY  
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ROMBERG TEST   INDICATION OF LOSS OF SENSE OF POSITION IN WHICH THE PATIENT LOSES BALANCE WHEN STANDING ERECT, FEET TOGETHER, AND EYE CLOSED.  
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OPTHALMIC MEDICATION   MYOTIC-CONSTRICT DRIATICS- DILATE  
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MYRINGOTOMY   LIE ON AFFECTED SIDE TO IMPROVE DRAINAGE FROM MIDDLE EAR  
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COCHLEAR IMPLANTS   FOR PROFOUNDLY DEAF. REQUIRES POSTOPERATIVE TRAINING AND REHAB FOR USE  
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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.  
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GROWTH   PHYSICAL CHANGE AND INCREASE IN SIZE  
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DEVELOPMENT   INCREASE IN THE COMPLEXITY OF FUNCTION AND SKILL PROGRESSION  
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GENETIC FACTORS INFLUENCING GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT   EYE COLOR,HEIGHT, TEMPERMENT  
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ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCING GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT   FAMILY,RELIGION, CULTURE, SCHOOL, COMMUNITY, AND NUTRITION  
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DEVELOPMENTAL TASK THERORY- HAVIGHURST   GROWTH AND DEVEL. AS OCCURING DURING 6 STAGES, EACH ASSOCIATED WITH 6 TO 10 TASKS TO BE LEARNED  
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PERSONALITY   COMPLEX CONCEPT, CONSIDERED AS THE OUTWARD EXPRESSION OF THE INNER SELF. IE- TEMPREMENT, FEELINGS, INDEPENDENCE  
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FREUD   CONCEPTS OF UNCONSCIOUS MIND, DEFENSE MECHANISMS, ID,EGO AND SUPER EGO.  
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ERIKSON   ENVISIONS LIFE AS A SEQUENCE OF LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT, REFLECTS BOTH POSITIVE AND NEG ASPECTS  
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PECK   ALTHOUGH PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS DECREASE WITH AGE, MENTAL AND SOCIAL INCREASE IN THE LATER PART OF LIFE  
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GOULD   ADULT DEVELPOMENT  
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COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT   REFERS TO THE MANNER IN WHICH PEOPLE LEARN TO THINK, REASON, AND USE LANGUAGE. PAIGET  
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KOHLBERG   FOCUSES ON THE REASONS PEOPLE MAKE THE DECISIONS THEY DO  
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GILLIGAN   SEES WOMEN OFTER SEE MORALITY DIF THAN MEN  
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FOWLER   FAITH AS A FORCE THAT GIVES MEANING TO A PERSONS LIFE  
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WESTERHOFF   FAITH AS A WAY OF BEING AND BEHAVING THAT EVOLVES FROM AN EXPERIANCED FAITH GUIDED BY PARENTS AND OTHERS  
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RESPITE CARE   ALLOWS CARE GIVER TIME TO SELF WITHOUT A SENSE OF SHRUGGING ONES RESPONSIBILITY  
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G TUBE FEEDING   PT IN FOWLERS- ROOM TEMP VIA GRAVITY- NOT OVER 18 INCHES ABOVE ABDOMEN  
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MORPHINE OPIODS   BIND TO RECEPTORS IN THE DORSAL HOORNIN THE SPINAL CORD AND BRAIN  
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OPIATES   CNS DEPRESSENTS THAT CAN RESULT IN RESP DEPRESION, URINARY RETENTION NAD CONSTIPATION  
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NSAIDS   DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF OPIATESNEEDED WHEN GIVEN IN COMBO  
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TRANSACTION STRESS   EMOTIONAL COGNITIVE AND COPING RESPONSE TO STRESS  
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STIMULUS BASED STRESS MODEL   USED TO ID STRESSORS AND PREDICT RESPONSES  
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GENERAL ADAPTATION   THERORY REFERS TO PROCESS OF ADAPTING TO STRESS  
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