Vocan Exam 3 Pt 3

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Addiction

Back 1

A primary, chronic, neurobiological disease, with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. It is characterized by behaviors that include one or more of the following: impaired control over drug use, compulsive use, continued use despite harm, and craving.

Front 2

Biofeedback

Back 2

Behavioral therapy that involves giving individuals information about physiological responses (such as blood pressure or tension) and ways to exercise voluntary control over those responses.

Front 3

Idiopathic pain

Back 3

Pain in the absence of an identifiable physical or psychological cause or pain perceived as excessive for the extent of organic pathological condition.

Front 4

Patient Contolled analgesia

Back 4

Drug delivery system that allows clients to self

Front 5

Physical dependence

Back 5

A state of adaptation that is manifested by a drug class specific withdrawal syndrome that can be produced by abrupt cessation, rapid dose reduction, decreasing blood level or the drug, and/or administration of an antagonist

Front 6

Prostaglandins

Back 6

Potent hormonelike substances that act in exceedingly low doses on target organs

Front 7

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)

Back 7

Technique in which a battery powered device blocks pain impulses from reaching the spinal cord by delivering weak electrical pulses directly to the skin's surface.

Front 8

Transduction

Back 8

Process that begins in the periphery when a pain producing stimulus sends an impulse across a peripheral nerve fiber.

Front 9

Imagery

Back 9

Visualization techniques that make use of the conscious mind to create mental images to evoke physical changes in the body.

Front 10

Autonomy

Back 10

Ability or tendency to function independently

Front 11

Stereognosis

Back 11

Ability to recognize objects by the sense of touch.

Front 12

Resilency

Back 12

The ability to cope with expected and unexpected stressors

Front 13

Therapeutic communication

Back 13

Specific responses that encourage the expression of feelings and ideas and convey the nurse's acceptance and respect