NSG 241 Questions with 100% Correct Answers
Acculturation
Cultural change achieved through exchange of cultural features resulting from firsthand contact
between groups
Acute Illness
An illness typically characterized by an abrupt onset and short duration (less than 6 months)
Advance Directives
Consists of three documents:
1. living will
2. durable power of attorney
3. health care proxy
Agnostic
A person who believes that the nature or existence of God is unknowable
Airway Obstruction
A potentially life-threatening emergency caused by blockage of the pharynx either by the
tongue or another object
Algor Mortis
A drop in body temperature as the body begins to cool after death
Allostasis
The means by which homeostasis is reestablished. Its purpose is to assist the body in
maintaining stability
Alzheimer Disease
,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
Protein fragments
Anesthesia
An inhaled or injected pharmacologic agent that makes the patient insensitive to pain and
sensation during a procedure or surgery
Anger
An emotion that involves antagonism towards another person or situation. It is evoked when an
individual feels wronged.
Anosmia
The complete loss of the sense of smell
Anticipatory Grief
The cognitive, affective, cultural, and social reactions to an expected death, felt by the patient
as well as family members and friends
Anxiety
A response to stress that causes apprehension or uncertainty
Aphasia
Speech or language impairment
Assimilation
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
The collapse of all or part of the lung
Atheist
A person who believes that a god or higher powers do not exist
Atrophy
Wasting away of muscles; a decrease in size
Auricle
The outer ear
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
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
The inner feelings and outward expressions that people experiencing loss demonstrate
Bier Block
A regional anesthetic involving injection of an agents into the venous circulation of an extremity
Bruxism
The clenching of teeth or the grinding of teeth from side to side that occurs during sleep
Burnout
Mental or physical exhaustion due to constant stress or anxiety
Cataplexy
The sudden loss of voluntary muscle tone
Acculturation
Cultural change achieved through exchange of cultural features resulting from firsthand contact
between groups
Acute Illness
An illness typically characterized by an abrupt onset and short duration (less than 6 months)
Advance Directives
Consists of three documents:
1. living will
2. durable power of attorney
3. health care proxy
Agnostic
A person who believes that the nature or existence of God is unknowable
Airway Obstruction
A potentially life-threatening emergency caused by blockage of the pharynx either by the
tongue or another object
Algor Mortis
A drop in body temperature as the body begins to cool after death
Allostasis
The means by which homeostasis is reestablished. Its purpose is to assist the body in
maintaining stability
Alzheimer Disease
,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
Protein fragments
Anesthesia
An inhaled or injected pharmacologic agent that makes the patient insensitive to pain and
sensation during a procedure or surgery
Anger
An emotion that involves antagonism towards another person or situation. It is evoked when an
individual feels wronged.
Anosmia
The complete loss of the sense of smell
Anticipatory Grief
The cognitive, affective, cultural, and social reactions to an expected death, felt by the patient
as well as family members and friends
Anxiety
A response to stress that causes apprehension or uncertainty
Aphasia
Speech or language impairment
Assimilation
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
The collapse of all or part of the lung
Atheist
A person who believes that a god or higher powers do not exist
Atrophy
Wasting away of muscles; a decrease in size
Auricle
The outer ear
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
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
The inner feelings and outward expressions that people experiencing loss demonstrate
Bier Block
A regional anesthetic involving injection of an agents into the venous circulation of an extremity
Bruxism
The clenching of teeth or the grinding of teeth from side to side that occurs during sleep
Burnout
Mental or physical exhaustion due to constant stress or anxiety
Cataplexy
The sudden loss of voluntary muscle tone
