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Definition
*The focus is on the adult patient's response to actual or potential
alterations in health
*Medical-surgical nurses must be knowledgeable about:
-ALL body systems
-disorders that affect them
-and the interrelatedness of body systems and health problems
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Course Acute
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, Term
Prognosis
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ultimate outcome disease of long duration
number of persons who die from
direction
the disease
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Definition
number of persons who die from the disease
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Duration Recovery
Mortality Fertility
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Definition
*The focus is on the adult patient's response to actual or potential
alterations in health
*Medical-surgical nurses must be knowledgeable about:
-ALL body systems
-disorders that affect them
-and the interrelatedness of body systems and health problems
Give this one a try later!
Course Acute
... Sign
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2 of 21
, Term
Prognosis
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ultimate outcome disease of long duration
number of persons who die from
direction
the disease
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3 of 21
Definition
number of persons who die from the disease
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Duration Recovery
Mortality Fertility
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