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Health Assesment A Reading Quiz 1
Chapters 6,9,10,11,12,13
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
11/08/2009

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Term
Components of a mental status exam?
(ABCT)
Definition
Apperance, behavior, cognition, and thought processes
Term
What is a general survey?
Definition
The study of the whole person using objective parameters. Components: physical apperance, body stucture, mobility, and behavior. To get an overall impression of the person's general state of health.
Term
bradycardia
Definition
heart rate less than 60 bpm
Term
tachycardia
Definition
heart rate over 100bpm
Term
Orthostatic Hypotension
Definition
When the systolic pressure quickly drops more than 20mmHg when rising to sit or stand.
Term
Blood Pressure
Definition
Norm.: <120/<80
Pre-hypertension: 120-139/80-89
Stage 1 Hypertension: 140-159/90-99
Stage 2 Hypertension: <160/>100
Term
What can cause errors in BP measurement?
Definition
TOO HIGH: anger, anxious, faulty arm position, examiner eye is not at level of mercury, inaccurate cuff size, bladder balloon out or wrap.

TOO LOW: failure to palpate radial artery while infalting, not inflating enough, bladder to large, arm above heart.
Term
COLDSPA-P Questions
Definition
C-What does your pain feel like?
O-What brings the pain on?
L-Where is you pain?
D-When did your pain start?
S-How does pain limit you function?
P-What makes it better/worse?
A-What other symptoms come with the pain?
P-Why do you think you are having this pain/ what does it mean to you?
Term
Chronic Pain
Definition
Pain that lasts for 6 months or longer.
Term
Acute pain
Definition
Short term and self-limiting, follows predictable trajectory, and goes away after injury heals.
Term
Kwashiorkor
Definition
occurs in children who's diet is mostly carbs and little to no protien and are under stress. Accopanying signs include generalized edema, scaling areas of decreased pigmentation, and decreased hair pigmentation.
Term
Marasmus
Definition
due to inadquate intake of protien and calories or prolonged starvation.
Term
Whos at risk for malnutrition?
Definition
ill, decreased economic resources, depressed, elderly, & disabled
Term
BMI
Definition
<18.5 underweight
18.5-24.9 normal weight
25.0-29.9 overweight
30.0-39.9 obesity
Term
Impetigo
Definition
MOist, thin-roofed vesicles with thin, erythematous base. Rupture to for thick, honey-colored crusts. Contagious bacterial infaction of skin; most common in infants and children.
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