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49 Cards in this Set
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CLARIFICATION
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examiner's response used when the pt's word choice is ambiguous or confusing
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CLOSED QUESTION
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questions that ask for specific info; 1-2 word answer, yes/no, forced choice
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DISTANCING
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use of impersonal speech to put space btwn the self and a threat
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EMPATHY
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viewing the world from the other person's inner frame; accepting other person's feelings
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INTERVIEW
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meeting btwn examiner & pt with the goal of gathering a complete health history
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JARGON
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using med vocab with a pt
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NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
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message conveyed through body language
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EXPLANATION
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examiner's statements that inform the pt sharing factual & objective info
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OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS
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asks for longer narrative info; pt can answer in any way
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SUMMARY
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final review of what examiner understands pt has said
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VERBAL COMMUNICATION
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messages sent through spoken words
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ABSTRACT REASONING
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pondering a deeper meaning beyond the concrete & literal
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ATTENTION
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concentration, ability to focus
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CONCSIOUSNESS
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being aware of one's own existence
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LANGUAGE
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using the voice to communicate one's thoughts and feelings
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MEMORY
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ability to lay down and store experiences and perceptions for later recall
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MOOD
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prolonged display of a person's feelings
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ORIENTATION
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awareness of the objective world in relation to the self
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PERCEPTIONS
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awareness of objects through any of the five senses
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THOUGHT CONTENT
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what the person thinks
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THOUGHT PROCESS
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the way a person thinks
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AMPLITUDE
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intensity; how loud/soft a sound is
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DURATION
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length of time a note lingers
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NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION
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infection inquired during hospitalization
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OPHTHALMOSCOPE
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instrument that illuminates the internal eye structures
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OTOSCOPE
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instrument that illuminates the ear canal
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PITCH
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frequency; number of vibrations per second
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QUALITY
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subjective difference in a sound due to the sound's distinctive overtones
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AUSCULTATORY GAP
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brief time period when korotkoff's sounds disappear during auscultation of blood pressure ; common with hypertension
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BRADYCARDIA
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HR < 60 beats/min
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SPHYGMOMANOMETER
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instrument for measuring arterial blood pressure
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STROKE VOLUME
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amount of blood pumped out of the heart with each heartbeat
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TACHYCARDIA
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HR > 100 beats/min
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ALOPECIA
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baldness; hair loss
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CYANOSIS
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dusky blue color to skin or mucous membranes
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ERYTHEMA
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intense redness of the skin
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EXCORIATION
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self-inflicted abrasion on skin due to scratching
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FISSURE
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linear crack in skin extending into dermis
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JAUNDICE
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yellow color to skin, palate, sclera due to excess bilirubin in blood
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KELOID
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hypertrophic scar, elevated beyond site of original injury
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NEVUS
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mole; skin lesion due to melanocytes
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PALLOR
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excessively pale, whitish pink color
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PETECHIA
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a minute reddish or purplish spot containing blood that appears in skin or mucous membrane as a result of localized hemorrhage
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PRURITUS
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itching
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PURPURA
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red-purple skin lesion due to blood in tissues from breaks in blood vessels
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TELANGIECTASIS
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skin lesion due to permanently enlarged and dilated blood vessels that are visible
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ULCER
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sloughing of necrotic inflammatory tissue that causes a deep depression in skin, extending into dermis
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DIAPHORESIS
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excessive sweating
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ECCHYMOSIS
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bruise
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