NU606 EXAM 1 (2025/2026) ACTUAL EXAM COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ACCURATE SOLUTION (DETAILED & ELABORATED) |GET IT 100% ACCURATE!! TEST!!

NU606 EXAM 1 (2025/2026) ACTUAL EXAM COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ACCURATE SOLUTION (DETAILED & ELABORATED) |GET IT 100% ACCURATE!! TEST!! What is the definition of Health as set forth by the WHO in 1948? Correct Answer Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity. Etiology Correct Answer the cause of a disease or abnormal condition Pathogenesis Correct Answer development of disease; how does it evolve Morphology Correct Answer Refers to shape, change in cells or tissue 1 Manifestations Correct Answer signs and symptoms of disease; appearance of the illness Signs and Symptoms Correct Answer Signs: Objective (Temperature taken by thermometer) Symptoms: Subjective ("I feel hot") Syndrome Correct Answer A compilation of signs and symptoms that are characteristic of a specific disease state. Physiology Correct Answer The study of body function Pathophysiology Correct Answer the study of how disease processes affect the function of the body 2 Signs and symptoms may be related to _________ Correct Answer The primary disorder or they represent the body's attempt to compensate for the altered FN caused by the pathologic condition. True or False: Many pathogenic states are not observed directly. Correct Answer True True or False: You may not be able to a patient hemorrhaging, but you can see that the patient's body is trying compensate for blood loss by being tachycardic Correct Answer True Clinical Course Correct Answer Describes evolution of disease -acute, subacute, chronic Acute Disease 3 Correct Answer symptoms develop rapidly but the disease lasts only a short time Subacute Disease Correct Answer symptoms between acute and chronic, not as severe as an acute disease and not as prolonged as a chronic disease Chronic Disease Correct Answer an ongoing condition or illness, typically not severe 5 Etiologic Factors and Examples Correct Answer 1. Biologic Agents - Hep C 2. Physical Forces - Car accidents 3. Chemical Agents - Poison 4. Nutritional excesses or deficits - Increased fat in diet 4 5. Genetic Inheritance - Sickle Cell Diagnosis Correct Answer designation as to the nature or cause of a health problem Reliability Correct Answer the extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores on two halves of the test, on alternate forms of the test, or on retesting Validity Correct Answer The extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to Sensitivity and Specificity Correct Answer how well the test or observation identifies people with or without a disease 5 Predictive Value Correct Answer extent to which a test can differentiate between presence or absence of a person's condition disease case Correct Answer can be either an existing case or the number of new episodes of a particular illness