NSG 241 Exam 3 || Graded A+.
Acculturation correct answers Cultural change achieved through exchange of cultural features
resulting from firsthand contact between groups
Acute Illness correct answers An illness typically characterized by an abrupt onset and short
duration (less than 6 months)
Advance Directives correct answers Consists of three documents:
1. living will
2. durable power of attorney
3. health care proxy
Agnostic correct answers A person who believes that the nature or existence of God is
unknowable
Airway Obstruction correct answers A potentially life-threatening emergency caused by blockage
of the pharynx either by the tongue or another object
Algor Mortis correct answers A drop in body temperature as the body begins to cool after death
Allostasis correct answers The means by which homeostasis is reestablished. Its purpose is to
assist the body in maintaining stability
Alzheimer Disease correct answers The most common type of dementia in which protein
fragments called amyloid plaques build up between the nerve cells of the brain, blocking
electrical and chemical connections between neurons
Amyloid Plaques correct answers Protein fragments
,Anesthesia correct answers An inhaled or injected pharmacologic agent that makes the patient
insensitive to pain and sensation during a procedure or surgery
Anger correct answers An emotion that involves antagonism towards another person or situation.
It is evoked when an individual feels wronged.
Anosmia correct answers The complete loss of the sense of smell
Anticipatory Grief correct answers The cognitive, affective, cultural, and social reactions to an
expected death, felt by the patient as well as family members and friends
Anxiety correct answers A response to stress that causes apprehension or uncertainty
Aphasia correct answers Speech or language impairment
Assimilation correct answers Attempting to use a new object in the same way that more familiar
objects are used. The process by which individuals from one culture group merge with, or blend
into, a second group
Atelectasis correct answers The collapse of all or part of the lung
Atheist correct answers A person who believes that a god or higher powers do not exist
Atrophy correct answers Wasting away of muscles; a decrease in size
Auricle correct answers The outer ear
, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System correct answers An ongoing, state-based, random-
digit-dialed telephone survey of the non institutionalized US population over 18 years of age.
Collects data on health risk behaviors and preventative health services related to leading causes
of death
Bereavement correct answers The inner feelings and outward expressions that people
experiencing loss demonstrate
Bier Block correct answers A regional anesthetic involving injection of an agents into the venous
circulation of an extremity
Bruxism correct answers The clenching of teeth or the grinding of teeth from side to side that
occurs during sleep
Burnout correct answers Mental or physical exhaustion due to constant stress or anxiety
Cataplexy correct answers The sudden loss of voluntary muscle tone
Cataract correct answers A condition that causes the lens of the eye to become cloudy and impair
vision
Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) correct answers Injury to the brain that occurs when an area of
the brain is deprived of blood flow; stroke
Chemoreceptors correct answers Sensory nerve endings that react to chemicals
Chronic Grief correct answers A type of complicated grief characterized by the grief reactions
that do not diminish over time and continue for a long period of time
Acculturation correct answers Cultural change achieved through exchange of cultural features
resulting from firsthand contact between groups
Acute Illness correct answers An illness typically characterized by an abrupt onset and short
duration (less than 6 months)
Advance Directives correct answers Consists of three documents:
1. living will
2. durable power of attorney
3. health care proxy
Agnostic correct answers A person who believes that the nature or existence of God is
unknowable
Airway Obstruction correct answers A potentially life-threatening emergency caused by blockage
of the pharynx either by the tongue or another object
Algor Mortis correct answers A drop in body temperature as the body begins to cool after death
Allostasis correct answers The means by which homeostasis is reestablished. Its purpose is to
assist the body in maintaining stability
Alzheimer Disease correct answers The most common type of dementia in which protein
fragments called amyloid plaques build up between the nerve cells of the brain, blocking
electrical and chemical connections between neurons
Amyloid Plaques correct answers Protein fragments
,Anesthesia correct answers An inhaled or injected pharmacologic agent that makes the patient
insensitive to pain and sensation during a procedure or surgery
Anger correct answers An emotion that involves antagonism towards another person or situation.
It is evoked when an individual feels wronged.
Anosmia correct answers The complete loss of the sense of smell
Anticipatory Grief correct answers The cognitive, affective, cultural, and social reactions to an
expected death, felt by the patient as well as family members and friends
Anxiety correct answers A response to stress that causes apprehension or uncertainty
Aphasia correct answers Speech or language impairment
Assimilation correct answers Attempting to use a new object in the same way that more familiar
objects are used. The process by which individuals from one culture group merge with, or blend
into, a second group
Atelectasis correct answers The collapse of all or part of the lung
Atheist correct answers A person who believes that a god or higher powers do not exist
Atrophy correct answers Wasting away of muscles; a decrease in size
Auricle correct answers The outer ear
, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System correct answers An ongoing, state-based, random-
digit-dialed telephone survey of the non institutionalized US population over 18 years of age.
Collects data on health risk behaviors and preventative health services related to leading causes
of death
Bereavement correct answers The inner feelings and outward expressions that people
experiencing loss demonstrate
Bier Block correct answers A regional anesthetic involving injection of an agents into the venous
circulation of an extremity
Bruxism correct answers The clenching of teeth or the grinding of teeth from side to side that
occurs during sleep
Burnout correct answers Mental or physical exhaustion due to constant stress or anxiety
Cataplexy correct answers The sudden loss of voluntary muscle tone
Cataract correct answers A condition that causes the lens of the eye to become cloudy and impair
vision
Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) correct answers Injury to the brain that occurs when an area of
the brain is deprived of blood flow; stroke
Chemoreceptors correct answers Sensory nerve endings that react to chemicals
Chronic Grief correct answers A type of complicated grief characterized by the grief reactions
that do not diminish over time and continue for a long period of time
