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The theory that states all living organisms are seen as interacting, unified wholes that are more than the sums of their parts is called
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Holism
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The tendency of the body to maintain a state of balance or equilibrium while continually changing; a mechanism in which deviations from normal are sensed and counteracted is known as
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Homeostasis
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The "holistic" nurse must keep the _____ in mind when assessing one part of an individual and consider how that part _____ to all others.
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whole, relates
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What is Abraham Maslow famous for?
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Maslow's Hierarchy of needs
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What are Maslow's five basic human needs in order from bottom of the pyramid to the top?
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Physiologic, Safety and Security, Love and Belonging, Self-Esteem, Self-actualization
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What did Kalish add to Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
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A Stimulation Level
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Define compensatory.
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counter balancing
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What is a closed system?
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a system that does not exchange energy, matter, or information with its environment
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A system that exchanges energy, matter, and information is what kind of system?
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an open system
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An imaginary line that differentiates one system form another system or a system from its environment is called a.
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boundary
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What is Psychologic homeostasis?
emotional or psychologic balance or state of mental well-being |
the emotional or psychologic balance or state of mental well-being
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All living systems are closed systems. TRUE or FALSE
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FALSE - Living systems are open systems because they depend on a continous exchange of energy with the environment.
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Negative feedback stimulates change. TRUE or FALSE
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FALSE - Negative feedback inhibits change; positive feedback stimulates change
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In the digestive system what would be considered the throughtput mechanism?
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Digestion
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What factors influence the the prioritization of a need?
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The person's ethnocultural standards, external and internal stimuli, and self determined priorities.
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Madeleine Leininger said this is the essence of nusing and dominant, distinctive, and unifying feature of nursing.
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Caring
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A person who doubts the existence of God or a supreme being or believes the existence of God has not been proven is known as an
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Agnostic
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A person that denies the existenc of God is an
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Atheist
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Polytheism is the belief in one God. TRUE or FALSE
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FALSE - Polytheism is the beleif in more than one God; Monotheism is the beleif in only one God.
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