Maternal & Child Health Nursing: Care of the Childbearing & Childrearing Family, 7th edition - Glossary

Maternal & Child Health Nursing: Care of the Childbearing & Childrearing Family, 7th edition - Glossary abortion: - CORRECT ANSWERS any interruption of a pregnancy before the fetus is viable (a stage of development that will enable the fetus to survive outside the uterus if born at that time) absorption: - CORRECT ANSWERS transfer of a drug from its point of entry in the body into the bloodstream abstinence: - CORRECT ANSWERS refraining from sexual intercourse abstract thought: - CORRECT ANSWERS final stage in cognitive thought processes; allows problem solving and creating hypotheses accommodation: - CORRECT ANSWERS adjustment of the eye to focus on a close image (ophthalmology); the ability to adapt thought processes to fit what is perceived (Piaget) acculturation: - CORRECT ANSWERS the process of losing cultural beliefs and values to those of a dominant society acrocyanosis: - CORRECT ANSWERS cyanosis (blue color) in the feet and hands acute bilirubin encephalopathy: permanent damage of brain cells caused when high levels (about 20 mg-100 ml) of indirect bilirubin leave the bloodstream and interfere with the chemical synthesis of brain cells acute pain: - CORRECT ANSWERS sharp pain, generally occurring abruptly after an injury acyanotic heart disease: heart or circulatory anomalies that involve either a stricture to the flow of blood or a shunt that moves blood from the arterial to the venous system (oxygenated to unoxygenated blood, or left-to-right shunts) adolescence: - CORRECT ANSWERS the time period between 13 years and 18 to 20 years adrenarche: - CORRECT ANSWERS pubic and axillary hair that occur with puberty adventitious sounds: extra or abnormal breathing sounds affective learning: learning that involves a change in attitude afterload: - CORRECT ANSWERS the resistance against which the cardiac ventricles must pump afterpains: - CORRECT ANSWERS intermittent cramping due to uterine contraction during involution in the postpartal period age of viability: - CORRECT ANSWERS the earliest age at which fetuses could survive if they were born at that time; generally accepted as 24 weeks, or fetuses weighing more than 400 g alleles: - CORRECT ANSWERS two like genes allergen: - CORRECT ANSWERS antigen that causes the release of mediating substances causing tissue injury and allergic symptoms allogeneic transplantation: - CORRECT ANSWERS transfer of body tissues from an immune-compatible (histocompatible) donor allografting: - CORRECT ANSWERS transfer of body tissue bet