Lab Quiz 2

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Assessment

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the collection of data about an individual's health state

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Biomedical model

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The western European/ North American tradition that views health as the absence of disease

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Complete Database

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A complete health history and full examination

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Critical Thinking

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Simultaneously problem solving while self-improving one's own thinking ability

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Diagnostic Reasoning

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a method of collecting and analyzing clinical information with the following componets: (1) attending to inititally available cues, (2) formulating diagnostic hypotheses, (3) gathering data relative to the tentative hypothesis, (4) evaluating each hypothesis with the new data collected, (5) arriving at final diagnosis

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Enviroment

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the tota all the conditions and elements that make up the surroundings and influence the development of a person

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Evidence- based practice

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a systematic approach emphasizing the best research evidence, the clinician's experience, patient preferences and values, physical examination, and assesment

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Focused database

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used for a limited or short-term problem; concerns mainly one problem, one cue complex, or one body system

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Followup database

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used inall settings to monitor progress of short-term or chronic health problems

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Emergency database

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rapid collection of the database, often compiled concurrently with lifesaving measures

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Holistic Health

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the view that the mind, body, and spirit are independent and function as a whole within the enviroment

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Medical diagnosis

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sed to evaluate the cause and etiology of disease; focus is on the function or malfunction of specific organ system

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Nursing Diagnosis

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used to evaluate the response of the whole person to actual or potential health problems

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Nursing Process

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a method of collecting and analyzing clinical information with the following components : (1) assessment (2) diagnosis (3) outcome identification (4) planning, (5) implementation, and (6 ) evaluation

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Objective data

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What the health professional observes by inspecting, palpating, percussing, and ausultating during the physical examination

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Prevention

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any action directed toward promoting health and preventing the occurrence of disease

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Subjective Data

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What the person says about himself or herself during history taking

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Wellness

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a dynamic process and view of health; a moe toward optimal functioning

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Bruit

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blowing, swooshing sound heard through the stethoscope over an area of abnormal blood flow

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dysphagia

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difficulty swallowing

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Goiter

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increase in size of thyroid gland that occurs with hyperthyroidism

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Lymphadeopathy

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enlargment of the lymph nodes due to infection, allergy, or neoplasm

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Macrocephalic

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refers to adnormally large head

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Microcephalic

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adnormally small head

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Normocephalic

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refers to round symmetric skul that is appropitely related to body size

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torticollis

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head tilt due to shortening or spasm of one sternomastiod muscle

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Vertigo

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illusory sensation of either the room or one's on body spinning: not the same as dizziness

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Accommodation

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adaption of the eye for near vision by increasing the curvature of the lens

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Anisocoria

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unequal pupil sizes

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arcus Senilla

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Gray-white arc or circle around the limbus of the iris that is cmmon with aging

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Argyll Robertson pupil

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pupil doesn't react to light; does constrict with accommodation

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astigmatism

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Refractive error of visio du to differences in curvature in refractive surfaces of the eye (cornea and lens )

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A-V crossing

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crossing paths of an artery and vein in the ocular fundus

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Bitemporal hemianopsia

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loss of both tempoal visual fields

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Biepharitis

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inflammation of the glands and eyelash follicls along the margin of the eyelids

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Cataract

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opacity of the lens of the eye that develops slowly with agin and gradually obstructs vision

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Chalazion

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infectio or retention cyst of a meibomian gland, showing as a beady nodule on the eyelid

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Conjunctivitis

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infection of the conjunctiva, "pinkeye"

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Cotton wool area

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adnormal soft exudates visible as gray-white areas on the ocular fundus

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Cup-to-disc ration

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ration of the width of the physiologic cup to the with of the optic disc, nomally half or less

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iopter

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unit of strenght of the lens settings on the ophthalmoscope that changes focus on the eye structure

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diplopia

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double vision

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Drusen

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bengin deposits on te ocular fundus that show as round yellow dots and occur commoly with aging

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etropion

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lower eyelid loose ad rolloing outward

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Entropion

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lower eyelid rolling inward

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Exophthalmos

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protruding eyeballs

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Fovea

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area of keensest visino at the ceterof the macula on the ocular fundus

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Glaucoma

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a group of eye deseases characterized by increased intraocular pressure

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Hordeolum

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(stye) red, painful pustule that is a localized infection of hair follicle at eyelid margin

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Lid lag

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abnomal whit rm of sclera visible between the upper eyelid and the iris when a person moves the eyes downward

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Macula

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rond darker area of the ocular fundus that mediates vision only from the central visual field

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Microaneurysm

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adnormal findingof round red dots on the ocular fundus that are localized dilations of small vessels

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Miosis

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concstricted pupils

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Mydriasis

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dilated pupils

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Myopia

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nearsighted; refractive error in which near vision is better thn far vision

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Nystagmus

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involuntary, rapid rhythmi; movement of the eyeball

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Optic atrophy

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pallor of the optic disc due to partial or complete death of optic nerve

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Optic disc

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area of ocular fundus in which blood vessels exit and enter

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Papilledema

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stasis of blood flow out of the ocular fundus; sign of increased intracranial pressure

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Presbyopia

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decrease in power of accommodation that occurs with aging

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Pterygium

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triangular opaque tissue of the nasal side o the conjunctiva that grows toward the center of the cornea

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Ptosis

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drooping of upper eyelid over the iris and possibly coverin the pupil

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red reflex

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red glow that appears to fill the person's pupil whenn first visualized through the ophthalmoscope

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Strabismus

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(squint, crossed eye) disparity of the eye axes

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Xanthelasma

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soft, raised yellow plaques occuring on te skin at the inner corners of the eyes

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Annulus

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outer fibrous rim encircling the eardrum

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Atresia

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congenital absence or closure of ear canal

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Cerumen

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yellow waxy amterial that lubricates and protects the ear canal

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Cochlea

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inner ear structure containing the central haring apparatus

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Eustachian tube

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connects the middle ear withe nasopharynx and allows passage of air

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Helix

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superior posterior free rim of the pinna

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Incus

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"anvil" ; middle f the 3 ossicles of the middle ear

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Malleus

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"hammer"; first of the 3 ossicles of the middle ear

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Mastoid

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bony prominene of the skull located just behind the ear

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Organ of Corti

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sensory organ of hearing

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Otalgia

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pain in the ear

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Otitis externa

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inflammation of the outer ear and ear canal

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Otitis Media

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inflamation of the middle ear and tympanic membrane

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Otorrhea

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discharge from the ear

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Pars flaccida

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small, slack, superior section of tympanic membrane

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Pinna

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auricle, or outer ear

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Stapes

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"stirrup"; inner of the 3 ossicles of the middle ear

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Tinnitus

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ringing in the ears

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Tympanic membrane

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"eardrum" , thin, translucent, oval membrane that stretches across the ear canal and seprates the middle ear from the outer ear

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Umbo

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knob of the malleus that shows thoughthe tympanic membrane

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Vertigo

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a spinning, twirling sensation