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Nursing Fundamentals for Finals Mod A

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show the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities  
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Florence NIghtingale   show
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show founder of the American Red Cross  
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Harriet Tubman   show
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Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)   show
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Registered Nurse (RN)   show
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show programs that are instructed/training by a healthcare agency or institution designed to increase knowledge, skills, and competencies of nurses and other HCP's  
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Code of Ethics   show
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3 essential nursing components   show
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Nurse Practice Act (NPA)   show
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Caregiver   show
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Patient Advocate   show
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Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)   show
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show APRN who is an expert clinician in a specialized area of practice  
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show APRN who provides healthcare to a group of patients , usually in an outpatient, ambulatory care, or community-based setting  
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Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM)   show
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show APRN with advanced education in anesthesia accredited program  
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Nurse Educator   show
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Nurse Administrator   show
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Nurse Researcher   show
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show deals with issues of concern to those practicing in the profession  
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National League for Nursing (NLN)   show
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American Nurse Association (ANA)   show
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International Council of Nurses (ICN)   show
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show the study of all the genes in a person and interactions of the genes with on another and with at person's environment  
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show a state of being that people define in relation to their own values, personality, and lifestyle  
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show a peron's ideas, convictions, and attitudes about health and illness  
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show addresses the relationship between a person's beliefs/behaviors  
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show describes the multidimensional nature of people as they interact within their environment to pursue health  
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show a model developed by Abram Maslow; used to explain human motivation (basic needs)  
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Holistic Model   show
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Passive strategies of health promotion   show
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show individuals adopt specific health programs  
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Health Promotion   show
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Wellness Education   show
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Illness Prevention   show
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3 Levels of Health Prevention   show
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Risk Factor   show
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show a state in which a person's physical, emotional, intellectual, social, developmental, or spiritual functioning is diminished/impaired  
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Acute illness   show
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show longer than 6 months and sometimes life threatening  
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show cognitive, affective and behavioral reactions; how a person interprets their symptoms, take remedial action and use health care system  
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show perception of symptoms and nature (acute or chronic) way a patient behaves when ill  
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External Variables   show
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Professional Standards Review Organizations (PSRO)   show
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Utilization Review Committees (UR)   show
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Prospective Payment System (PPS)   show
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show fixed reimbursement amount w/ adjustments for cost severity (set dollar amount)  
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show payment mechanism in which provider's receive a fix amount per month per patient or enrollee of a health care plan  
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show systems in which a payer has control over primary health care srvs.  
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Integrated Deliver Networks (IDNs)   show
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6 Levels of Care   show
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show patient's who have signs and symptoms of disease are diagnosed and treated  
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Restorative Care   show
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Primary Care   show
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Secondary Care   show
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show -intensive care, psychiatric  
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Restorative Care   show
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Continuing Care   show
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show centralized, coordinated, multidisciplinary process that ensures that a pt. has a plan for care after leaving hospital  
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show The moment a patient is admitted!!!!!  
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Intensive Care   show
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Mental Health Facilities   show
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Rural Hospitals   show
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Restorative Care   show
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show provision of medically related professional services/equipment to patients and families in their home  
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show P.T./O.T./S.T., psychological, social services; use of multiple therapies  
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show intermediate care, skilled care, long-term care, assisted living  
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The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987   show
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show required by omnibus; uniform data set established by Dept. of Health (DHS), framework for any state-specified assessment instruments used to develop a written/comprehensive plan of care  
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show short-term relief for people providing home care  
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Adult Day Care   show
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show family-centered care that allows patients to live and remain at home w/ comfort and dignity caused by terminal illness  
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show concept to improve/work efficiently by changing the way patient care is delivered  
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show to recognize health care organizations that achieve excellence in nursing practice  
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Case Manager   show
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show a person who studies in the branch of medicine and deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases  
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show judicial decisions or case law precedent  
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Statutory law   show
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show define the scope of nursing practice and expanded nursing care  
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show required State Board to notify nurse of charges, conduct hearing, offer defense with or without legal counsel  
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show federal/state laws; crime certain actions that inflict/threaten substantial harm to individuals  
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show wrongful act/acts against a person/persons property that are compensated by awarding monetary damages to the individual violated  
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Intentional Tort   show
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Assault   show
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Battery   show
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Negligence   show
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show failure to use the degree of care that a reasonable nurse would use under the same circumstances  
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Standards of Care   show
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show identifying possible risks, analyzing them, acting to reduce them and evaluating the measures taken to reduce them (occurrence report)  
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show preventable errors (falls, UTI's) that should never happen in a hospital setting  
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Good Samaritan Laws   show
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show signed consent by a patient for admission to a health care facility  
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show patient's agreement to allow something such as surgery to happen based on full disclosure  
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show manual method, physical, or mechanical device/material/equipment that immobilizes  
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show 1. Cardio-pulmonary- lack of circulatory/respiratory function 2. irreversible failure of all functions of the entire brain/stem  
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show written statement of a person's wishes regarding medical treatment, living will  
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show instructing a provider to withhold/withdraw life-sustaining procedures  
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Durable Power of Attorney/Health Care Proxy   show
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show HIPAA, patients rights to consent to use and disclose protected health information  
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show standards of conduct, right/wrong behavior  
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show the judgement about behavior  
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Value   show
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show the study of ethics  
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show person's independence; (nurse makes decision to give treatment w/o order due to pt's symptoms)  
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Justice   show
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show agreement to keep promises  
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show promotes taking "positive/good" steps to help others  
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show to do harm  
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show ability to answer for you own actions  
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Deontology   show
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Ethics of Care   show
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show a problem-solving approach to clinical practice that combines the conscientious use of best evidence w/ clinicians exptertise; making decisions about patient care  
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show P = patient of interest I = intervention of interest C = comparison of interest O = outcome (achieve) T = Time (how long)  
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Sentinel Event   show
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Critical Thinking   show
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3 Levels of Critical Thinking   show
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show a way to solve problems using reasoning  
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show information obtained and applying it together with what you already know  
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Intrapersonal Communication   show
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show interaction that occurs between two people/small group  
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Denotative Meaning   show
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show shade/interpretation of the meaning of a word  
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show talking rapidly  
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Therapeutic Communication   show
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SBAR (sit back and assess the recommendation)   show
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Language   show
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show ability to understand and accept another person's perspective  
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Clarifying   show
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Focusing   show
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show restating a sender's msg. in your own words  
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show concise review of main ideas from a discussion  
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Self-disclosure   show
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Instilling Hope   show
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show can cause confusion/anxiety  
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show concern, sorrow  
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show key intervention strategy to improve health behaviors  
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show practice that results in an individuals learning knowledge, new behaviors or skills  
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show purposeful acquisition of new knowledge  
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Referent   show
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Domains of Learning   show
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Attention Set   show
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show you and the patient set objectives; participate in the learning process together  
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Entrusting   show
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Reinforcement   show
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Demonstration   show
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show permits patient to perform skill as nurse observes  
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show two similar things  
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Caring   show
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5 steps of the nursing process   show
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show information obtains through the senses (see)  
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show your judgement/interpretation of cues  
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show provides a holistic framework for assessment of a patients health history, from which you derive a broad range of nursing diagnosis  
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Subjective Data   show
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Objective Data   show
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Open-ended questions   show
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Back-channeling   show
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Closed-ended questions   show
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Validation   show
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show logically analyzing and interpreting assessment data about a patient to form a clinical judgement  
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NANDA International (NANDA-I)   show
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Etiology   show
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show -Problem (problem) - Etiology (cause) -Symptoms (characteristics)  
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show broad statement that describes a desired change in a patients condition/behavior  
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3 steps in choosing a nursing intervention   show
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show does not require a doctors order; take upon self  
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show requires a doctors order  
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show the minimum level of care accepted to ensure high quality of care to patients  
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RBC (red blood cells circulating)   show
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Hgb (hemoglobin) the 14 yr. old goblin goes trick/treating while transporting candy)   show
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Hct (hematocrit) men (42) minus 5 for women (37)   show
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ESR   show
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Cultures   show
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show looks for presence of WBC's, bacteria, etc in urine  
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show measures the % of each type of leukocyte present 5,000 - 10,000  
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WBC 4,000 and below   show
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Granulocyte   show
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Agranulocyte   show
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Never Let Moneys / Eat Bananas Granulocyte Agranulocyte   show
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show 55 - 70 % -form in 7 - 14 days stay for only 6 hours -kill bacteria -produced by acute infection/trauma -bands form (infection  
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Lymphocytes (granulocyte)   show
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show 2 - 8% -are phagocytic, fight bacteria, remove necrotic debris and microorganisms from the blood -produce rapidly  
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show 0.5 - 1% -involved in allergic reactions -basos contain heparin, histamine, & serotonin, inflammatory response to allergic reaction increases -do not respond to bacterial/viral infection  
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show 1 - 4% -as the allergic response increases so the number of eosinophils -do not respond to bacteria  
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show high, up  
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PENIA (pick the penia off the ground)   show
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show 120/80  
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show 60 - 100  
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Adult respirations   show
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show 96.8 - 100.4 F  
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show Inspect Palpation Percussion Auscultation Smell  
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Resolving an Ethical Dilemma   show
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show fine bubbling sounds in the lungs  
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Atrophy   show
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Adventitious Lung Sounds   show
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show normal resiliency of the skin  
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Melena   show
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show inflammation of a vein  
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Petichiae   show
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Pallor   show
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Orthopnea   show
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Cerumen   show
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show yellowish discoloration of the skin; caused by greater amounts of bilirubin in the blood  
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Erythema   show
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show abnormal accumulation of fluid in the interstitial spaces  
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show difficulty breathing  
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show back  
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show bluish color of the skin  
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show skin hardening  
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show ear  
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Arthro-   show
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show before  
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show science/study of  
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Post-   show
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tachy-   show
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show red  
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show to form an opening  
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show glandular  
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bi-   show
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nephron-   show
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Broncho   show
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show skin  
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show enlargement  
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show heart  
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show nerve  
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chole-   show
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show surgical removal of  
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show disintegration  
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show disease/condition  
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costo-   show
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-plasty   show
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show a vessel  
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-algia   show
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cysto-   show
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-lithiasis   show
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mal-   show
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show back  
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entero-   show
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show tongue  
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show all  
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show air  
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brachio-   show
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show slow  
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ambi-   show
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hyper-   show
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gastro-   show
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-rhage   show
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show intestine  
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cholesysto-   show
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show inflammation of  
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-lith   show
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neo-   show
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show origin/beginning  
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-rhea   show
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a- / an-   show
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show half  
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show tumor/swelling  
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auto-   show
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hemo-   show
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show female  
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extra-   show
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show difficult/abnormal  
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show to/toward  
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leuko-   show
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show liver  
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show kill/destroy  
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show blood  
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-emia   show
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osteo-   show
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show tissue  
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Heat Loss   show
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Diaphoresis   show
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Pyrexia   show
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Febrile   show
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show without fever  
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show constant body temperature  
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show Fever spikes; returns to acceptable level in 24 hours  
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Remittent Fever   show
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show Fever mixed w/ normal temperature lasting longer than 24 hours  
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show medication that reduce fever  
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Hyperthermia   show
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show prolonged exposure to the sun or high temperatures  
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show heat loss during prolonged exposure to cold  
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Oral Temp.   show
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show easy accessible; minimal patient repositioning/not waking pt.  
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show Gold standard for core temp.; more reliable than oral; difficult/ impossible to obtain  
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Axilla   show
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show inexpensive; continuous reading; safe/nonevasive  
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show easy access; no position change; rapid measurement; no risk/injury  
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5 major parts of a stethescope   show
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Temporal Pulse   show
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Carotid Pulse   show
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Apical Pulse   show
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show groove between biceps/triceps muscles at antecubital fossa  
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Radial Pulse   show
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show ulnar side of forearm at wrist  
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show below inguinal ligament; midway between symphysis pubis and anterior superior iliac spine  
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show behind the knee  
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show inner side of ankle; below medial malleolus  
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show along top of the foot; between tendons of great and first toe  
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show speed of the heartbeat measured by the number of contractions of the heart per minute (bpm)  
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Tachycardia   show
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show slow heart rate; less than 60 beats/min.  
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Dysrhythmia   show
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Blood pressure   show
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Systolic Pressure   show
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Diastolic Pressure   show
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Pulse Pressure   show
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Hypertension   show
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show low blood pressure; systolic less than 90 : diastolic less than 60  
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show listening to sounds produced by the body w/ stethescope  
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Korotkoff Sound   show
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Auscultatory Gap   show
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show mechanism the body uses to exchange gases between the atmosphere, blood, and cells  
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show movement of gases INTO and OUT of the lungs  
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Diffusion   show
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Perfusion   show
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Eupnea   show
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show full inspiration and expiration = 1  
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Bradypnea   show
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show respiratory rate more than 20 / minute or higher  
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show lack of respiratory movement  
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show indirect measurement of oxygen in the blood (5th vital sign)  
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ETCO2 (end-tidal carbon dioxide)   show
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show why patient is seeking health care  
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Inspection   show
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Percussion   show
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Olfaction   show
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Integument   show
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Documentation   show
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Electronic Health Record (EHR)   show
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Meaningful Use   show
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show when an actual/potential injury happens, but is not part of a patient record  
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Infection   show
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show the presence and growth of microorganisms within a host  
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Symptomatic   show
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Chain of Infection   show
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Carrier   show
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show large number of microorganisms residing on the surface and deep layers of the skin, in the saliva, and on the oral mucosa and intestinal walls  
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show secondary infection  
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Fomites   show
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show protective vascular reaction that delivers fluid, blood products, and nutrients to interstitial tissues in an area of injury  
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show of or pertaining to the death of tissue in response to disease/injury  
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Antigen   show
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Health-Care Aquired Infection (HAI)   show
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Exogenous-Infection (OUT)   show
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show occurs when part of a patients flora becomes altered INSIDE the body  
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Aseptic Technique   show
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show the absence of disease  
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Medical Asepsis   show
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show sterile technique, includes procedures to eliminate all microorganisms from an area  
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Standard Precautions   show
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Disinfection   show
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show eliminates/destroys ALL forms of microbial life  
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3 types of transmission   show
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Homeostasis   show
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show affects a person's oxygenation by binding strong with hemoglobin; reducing supply of oxygen delivered to tissues  
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show process by which RESISTANCE to an infectious disease is produced or increased  
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show I'm CONCERNED I'm UNCOMFORTABLE SAFE ("this is not safe, you should stop now")  
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RACE   show
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Auditory   show
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show touch  
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show taste  
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show body's ability to sense its position and movement in space  
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show LOW vision/blindness; problem w/ reception; rely on other senses  
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show INADEQUATE quality/quantity of stimuli; impairs perception  
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Sensory Overload   show
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Presbycusis   show
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Accommodation   show
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Ototoxic   show
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Tinnitus   show
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show gradual decline in ability of the lens to focus  
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show cause unknown (vertigo, tinnitus)  
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show study of all aspects of the aging process  
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show dealing with physiology/psychology of aging in older adults  
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Alzheimers   show
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Dementia   show
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Ischemic Vascular Dementia   show
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