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Assessment
Definition
collection of health info to determine health status by observation, intervies and physical examination
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Diagnosis/Analysis
Definition
data ia analyzed, gaps recognized, clusters made, theories and patterns are developed and diagnosis is made
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planning
Definition
develop of a plan of cae collabaritively with patient to achieve a common goal, prioritize diagnoses, select strategies, and develop a care plan,
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implementation
Definition
interventions are implemented in order to reach goal and documented. either done directly or indirectly. recoring response of patient.
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evaluation
Definition
planned systematic comparison of persons health status with defined goals and expected outcomes, on going, delibertive activity involving the nurse, person, and other health care providers
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medical diagnosis
Definition
disease or patology
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nursing diagnosis
Definition
diagnosis of a person response to health and illness
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wellness diagnosis
Definition
human response to to a state or level of wellness in an individual, family, r community that has the desire to move toward higher state of being healthy.
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label
Definition
name of diagnosis and description
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etiology
Definition
identifies probable causes, gives direction to therapy and enables individualization
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risk factors
Definition
places person at risk, or symptomns, etiology for potential problems
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related factors
Definition
causing or contributing to actual problem, etiology for actual problem, has signs and symptomns
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defining characteristics
Definition
cluster of signs and symptomns that indicate the prescence of a diagnostic label, suggest outcomes
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trust vs. mistrust and age
Definition
birth-1 yr. infant is helpless depends on parent for food, warmth. if met it results in trust, if not it develops into mistrust and anxiety
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autonomy vs. shame and doubt
Definition
1-3 yr. toddler wants to be autonomous and govern hisself. parent should properly allow this. otherwise shame and guilt develop
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initiative vs guilt
Definition
3-6 yr. childs task is to develop intiative. has energy surplus. parent needs to reasure chid otherwise guilt develops
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industry vs. inferiority
Definition
6-12 yr. child masters social and cognitive skills allowing for competence and competition. inferiority develops if skils arent mastered.
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role identity vs. role confusion
Definition
12-20 yr. self esteem and asthetics are major concern ans must match their view of themselves, if it does identity develops.
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intimacy vs. isolation
Definition
20-35. adult seeks love, commitment, and intimacy.and trust. if not found ina  relationship, loneleiness develops.
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generativity vs. stagnation
Definition
35-64 yrs. middle adult want to either procreate or contribute to the young generation. if not successfu they become bored and feel empty.
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ego integrity vs. despair
Definition
64 + yrs. when many elder are pushed into retirement , they must find things to do, or they develop despair.
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sensorimotor
Definition
birth-2yrs. time of intelligent activity, infants perceive info through the 5 senses and learn to modify behavior in response to those stimuli
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adolescence
Definition
period of transition between childhood and adulthood
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cephalocaudal
Definition
neuromuscular growth starting at he head and moving toward the feet
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chronological age
Definition
age for every yr since birth
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cognitive development
Definition
development of how the individual perceives and process info about the world
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concrete operations
Definition
cognitive develpmentstage where children begin to project themselves into other peoples situations and realize that their way of thinking isnt the only way
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critical periods
Definition
periods of time when a person has an increased vulnerability to physical, chemical, psychological, or environmental influences
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development
Definition
progression of behavioral changes that involve the aquisition of appropriate, cognitive, linguistic, and social sklls
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developmental age
Definition
age of development of a child, based on Ericksons developmental stages.
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developmental task
Definition
task the child should perform during a developmental stage, before proceeding to the next, and by a certain age.
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formal operations
Definition
ability to reason abstractly
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growth
Definition
physiologic development of a living being and in the quantitie change seen in the body
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infant
Definition
a child from age 1 to 12 months
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middle adulthood
Definition
period from age 35-64
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motor development
Definition
development of motor skills(physical)
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neonate/newborn
Definition
birth to 28 days
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older adulthood
Definition
wide range of physical, mental, and psychosocial status. 65+
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play
Definition
childrens work, where they learn to socialize, hot to play with others and aceptable behaviors
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preoperational
Definition
age 2. use of symbols to represent bjects and experiences. this process is liberating.
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preschooler
Definition
child between 3-5 yrs of age
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proximodistal
Definition
skill development starts at the midline of the body and moves outward
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psychosocial development
Definition
stges of mental andsocial development. erickson and piaget
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puberty
Definition
dramatic physiological changes, self awareness peaks, physical ealth is good, makes bad descion such as sex and drugs.
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school-aged children

Definition
6-10 yrs. they take place in a peer group, adopt moral standards and build self-esteem
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sensory development
Definition
development of the senses
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toddler
Definition
1-3 yrs. learn to walk
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yound adulthood
Definition
21-34. physical groth is complete
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solitary play
Definition
children play with toys alone. infants
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parrellel play
Definition
toddlers play with their own toys but next to each other
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associative play
Definition
prescholers play the same game but without rules. no common goal
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cooperative play
Definition
preschoolers play the same game and follw the same rules. achieve the same goal.
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dramatic play
Definition
pretend play, play dress up , or pretend to be doctors
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symbolic play
Definition
pretend or imaginative play that enables preschool children to recreate experiences and try out roles.
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DDST II
Definition
assess development of children by assessing the skills they can perform and comparing those to the norms.
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Brigance Screens
Definition
updated frequnetly and are accurate. infant/toddler. early preschool. preschool. kindergarten and 1st. they obtain strengths and weaknesses and obtain data.
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Active processing
Definition
observing, listening, translating, reasoning, using intuition, validating.
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verbal
Definition
form of communication. using words to onvey messages by talking and writing
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nonverbal
Definition
form of communication. set of behaviors that convey messages ithout words or by supplementing verbal communication.
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paralanguage
Definition
form of nonverbal communication. it is the nonverbal componets of spoken language such as stress, acent, pitch, pause, intonation, rate, volume, and quality.
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reflection
Definition
response that echoes patients words.
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clarification
Definition
used when patients word choice is confusing or ambigious. used to summarize patients words, implifying and clarifying them.
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confrontation
Definition

you oberve a certain action, feeling or statement and focus the patients attention on it. give honest feedback.

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explanation
Definition
inform the patient . condenses the facts and presents survey of how you perceive their needs. type of validation.
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health perception- helath maintenece
Definition
clients personal view of health and associative behaviors with quest to be healthy. health ractices. use of alcohol and tobacco and other substances, home, schol, and occupational safety. clients description of illness.
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nutritional- metabolic
Definition
seem well-nourished and well developed, over/under weight for age and height. how does the skin look. cholesterol level. family hisotry of diabetes. dental. swallowing. endocrine or gastrointestinal problems.
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elimination
Definition
usual bowel and blader habits, frequency, color and odor, consistency of stool, difficulty urinating, incontinence, use of laxatives, any history of bowel or bladder problems
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activity- excercise
Definition
daily activities. level of physical fitness. cardiac or respirtory problems. what activities give you the most pleasure, do you need help with home maintenece, what is your activity tolerane. pattern of crcise. sedentary. smoking., performing ADls. use of mobility devices.
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sleep- rest
Definition
pattern of sleep. rituals. feel rested in the morning. use of sleep aids. sleep thorugh the night. trouble faling asleep.
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cognitive- perceptual
Definition
vision problems. hearing problems. name. address. what dy is it. why are you here at the hospital. how lng have you been here. any pain. heat/cold intolerance.
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self- perception- sef- concept
Definition
what can you tell me about yourself. how will hospitalization affect you rlife. support system. who relies on you. where do you get moral support. how  do you take care of yourself. how do you fel about being ill. do you have anxiety. have you used psyche drug. alcohol. or street drugs.
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resonant
Definition
hollow sound, over normal lung tissue
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hyperresonant
Definition
booming sound, abnormal
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tympany
Definition

drum like ound, over gastric bubble

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dull
Definition
thud like, over organs
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flat
Definition
very dull, over muscles and bones
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dorsal recumbent
Definition
lying flat on back, with knees bent
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lithotomy
Definition
flat, legs elevated in stirrups, used in operating rooms
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sitting
Definition
high fowler, sitting straight up. semi fowler, 45 angle in bed
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supine
Definition
flat, lying on back, abdomen up
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sims
Definition
position in which the patient lies on the side with the knee and thigh drawn upward toward chest. chest and abdomen are allowed to fll forward.
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afebrile
Definition
having no fever
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apical pulse
Definition
pulse on chest wall, 5th lics at MCL
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apnea
Definition
absecence of respirations
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asculatory gap
Definition
time when no sound is heard between kortokoff sounds
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BMR
Definition
amount of energy use in a unit of time by fasting, resting subject to maintain vital functions. the rate, determined by the amount of oxygen used, expresed in calories consumed per hour per square meter of body surface or per kilogram of body weight
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bradycardia
Definition
heart rate les than 60 a min
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bradypnea

Definition
low rate of brething, less than 12 a min
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cardiac output
Definition
volume of lood expelled by the ventricles of the heart with each beat(stroke volume) multiplied by the heart rate
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core temperature
Definition
temp of deep structures compred to peripheral structures
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diastolic blood pressure
Definition
minimum level of blood presure measured between heart contractions
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dyspnea
Definition
breathlessness, a distressful subjective senstion of uncomfortable breathing
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dysrhythmia
Definition
any disturbance or abnomality in a normal rhythimic pattern, specificaaly irregularity in the brain waves or cadence of speech
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eupnea
Definition
normal breathing 12- 20 breaths a min
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hyperpyrexia
Definition
extremely elevated temp that can occur in disease
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hypertension
Definition
elevated blood pessure
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hypotension
Definition
low and inadequate blood pressure
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hypothermia
Definition
temp below 95, slow and shallow respiration, faint heart rate
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orthopnea
Definition
condition in which a person must sit or stand to breathe
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orthostatic hypotension
Definition
low BP occuring when a person sudenly stands
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palpaory blood pressure
Definition
palpating pulse while taking blood pressure
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pulse deficit
Definition
condition in which peripheral pulse rate is less than ventricular pulse rate
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pulse pressure
Definition

systolic-diastolic pressure

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pyrexia
Definition
fever
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tachycardia
Definition
heart rate higher than 100 a min
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tachypnea
Definition
rapid rate of breathing. more than 20 a min
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albinism
Definition
total abscence of pigment melanin
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alopecia
Definition
loss of hair, baldness
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atrophy
Definition
decrease in size or physiologic activity of a normally developed tissue or organ as a result of inactivity or disse
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beaus lines
Definition
transverse furrow or groove across a nail, extends down to nail bed
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braden scale
Definition
assess risk:sensory perception, moisture, activity, mobility, nutrition, friction and shear. of geting a pressure ulcer
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bulla
Definition
larger than 1 cm diameer, single chambered, superifcial in epidermis, thin walled and ruptures. Ex:friction blister, burns, contact dermatitis
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chloasma
Definition
increased pigmentaion in face and comon in pregnancy
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clubbing
Definition
angle between finger and nail straightens to 180 and nail base feels spongy to palpation
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crusting
Definition
tickened, dried, exudate. left when vesiles or pustules burst or dry up. color is red-brown, honey or yellow. Ex: impetigo, weeping eczematous dermatitis, scab after abrasion
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cyanosis
Definition
bluish color signifying decreased profusion , occurs with hypoxemia, shock, heart failure, chronic bronchitis, and congenital heart disease
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cyst
Definition
encapsualted-fluid filled cavity in dermis or sub-cutaneous layer, tensely evaluating skin. Ex: sebaceous cyst, wen.
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ecchymosis
Definition
hemorrhagic spot or blotch, larger than petechia, in skin or mucous memebrane, forming a nn-elevated, rounded or regular, blue or purplish patch.
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erosion
Definition
scooped out but shallow depression, superficial, epidermis lost, moist but no bleeding, heals without scar because it doesnt extend into dermis
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erythema
Definition
intense redness of skin from excss blood in dilated superficial capillaries. Expected with fever, inflammation, and blushing
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excoriation
Definition
self-inflicted abrasions. SUperficial, sometimes crusted. scratches from intense itching. Ex: scabies, insect bites, varicella, dermatitis
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fissure
Definition
linear crack with abrupt edges, estends into dermis, dry or moist. Ex:cheilosis, athletes foot
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hematoma
Definition
bruise you cn feel, elevates skin and swells, multiple petechia and purpura may occur on face when prolonged crying or couging raises venous pressure
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hirsutism
Definition
excess body hair. forms male pattern distribution on face and chest in females
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jaundice
Definition
exhibited by yellow color, indicating rising amounts of bilirubin in the blood. ocurs with hepatitis, cirrhosis, sickle-cell, and transfuions and hemolytic disease of the newborn.
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keloid
Definition
hypertrophic scar resulting skin level is elevated by excess scar tissue, which is invasive beyond injury sight.
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lichenification
Definition
prolonged intense scratching eventually thickens the skin and produces tightly packed sets of papules, resembles lichen.
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longitudinal ridging
Definition
elevated ridges extend from proximal nail fold to distal nail plate, usually in those over 50
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macule
Definition
color change, flat and circumscribed of less than 1 cm. Ex: freckles, scarlet fever, measles, hypopigmentation, flat nevi
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melanocytes
Definition
cells that produce melanin , which gves brown pigment to hair and skin
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milia
Definition
tiny white papules on the cheeks, forehead, and aross the nose and chin of newborns. Caused by sebum that occludes the opening of the follicles , dont squeeze lesions
Term
mongolian spots
Definition
variation of hyperpigmentation in black, asian, american indian, and hispani newbons. blue-black to purple macular area. at sacrum, buttocks, (ab, thighs, shoulders, and arms)
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nevus
Definition
macular and occursin chilren and adolescents. mole.
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nodule
Definition
solid, elevated, hard, soft, larger than, 1cm. may extend deep into dermis. Ex: xanthoma fibroma, intradermal nevi
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pallor
Definition
when red pink tone in skin is lost, skin takes the color of connective tissue. common in anxiety and fear.
Term
papule
Definition
something you can feel(solid,elevated, circumscribed, less than 1cm diameter). caused by superficial thickening in the epidermis. Ex: elevated nevus(mole), lichen planus, moluscum, verruca(wart).
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paronychia
Definition
red,swollen,tender, inflammation of the nail folds. Usually a bacterial infection if acute, if chronic usually a fungal infection. from a break in the cuticle of those who do wet work.
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patch
Definition
macules that are larger than 1 cm. Ex: mongolian spot, vitiligo, measles, rash, chloasma, cafe au lait spot
Term
petechiae
Definition
tiny punctuate hemorhages 1-3mm round and discrete, dark red,purple,black,brown, color. caused by bleeding from superficial capillaries.
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plaque
Definition
papules coalesce to form surface elevation wider than 1 cm, a plateau like disk shaped lesion. Ex: psoriasis, lichen planus
Term
pressure ulcer
Definition
lesion aused by unreleived pressure that leads to damage of underlying tissues. typically over a bony prominence.
Term
purpura
Definition
confluent ad extensive patch of petechiae and ecchymoses. greater than 3mm flat, red- purple, macular hemorrhage. Seen in thrombocytopenia and scurvy
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pustule
Definition
turbid fluid in the cavity. circumscribed and elevated. Ex: impetigo and acne
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scale
Definition
compact, descate flakes of skin, dry or greasy, silvery or white. Ex: psoriasis, seborrhea dermatitis, eczema, dry skin
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seborrhea
Definition
oily skin
Term
spider angioma
Definition
fiery red, star shaped, marking with a solid circular center. capillary radiations extend from cental arterial body. on face, neck or chest, and associated with pregnancy, chronic liver disease, or estrogen therapy
Term
telangiectasia
Definition
caused by vascular dilation, permanently enlarged, and dilated blood vessels that are visible on skin serbvice.Ex: spider/star angioma or venous lake
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tumor
Definition
larger than 1-3 cm in diameter, firm or soft, deep into dermis, benig or malignant Ex: lipoma, hemangioma
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ulcer
Definition
deeper depression extending into dermis, irregular shape, may bled, leaves scar when heals. Ex:stasis, ulcer, pressure sre, chancre
Term
urticaria
Definition
hves, wheals, coalesce to form exensive reaction intensely piuritic.
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vesicle
Definition
elevated cavity containing free fluid, up to 1 cm, a blister. clear serum flows if ruptured. Ex:herpes simplex, varicells, shingles, contact dermatitis
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vitiligo
Definition
patchy depigmentation  from destruction of melanocytes. appears milky white spots and usually symmetrical.
Term
wheal
Definition
superficial, raised, transient, and errythematous, slightly irregular in shape due to edema. Ex: mosquito bite, allergic reaction, dermographism.
Term
anorexia
Definition
loss of appetite
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ascites
Definition
free sluid in the peritoneal cavity.
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borborygmi
Definition
loud gurgling sounds, rumbling or tinkling sounds heard in ascultation.
Term
bruit
Definition
vasclar sounds, abnormal blowing or swishing sound or murmur heard while ascultationg, results from blood flowing in an occluded artery
Term
costovertebral angle
Definition
angle formed by intersection of 12th rib and vertebral column
Term
diastasis recti
Definition
seperation of rects muscle with a visible bulge along the midline. common in infants and pregnant women
Term
dysuria
Definition
burning during urination
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epigastrium
Definition
portion of abdomen in upper zone
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eructation
Definition
act of drawng up air from stomac with a characterisitc sound through mouth. belching.
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flatus
Definition
air or gas in the intestine hat is passed though the rectum
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fluid wave
Definition
test for ascites. patient pushes hands down on midline of abdomen and examiner taps one flank, while feeling for the tap on the other. fluid allows this.
Term
friction rub
Definition
dry, grating sound heard with a stethoscope during asculatation. Normal over liver and spleen.
Term
guarding
Definition
rgid contraction of ab wall muscles, usually an involuntary reaction to visceral disease
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hepatomegaly
Definition
enlraged liver
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hypogastrium
Definition
inferior part of abdomen below epigastrium
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peristalsis
Definition
coordinated rhythmic serial contraction of smooth muscle that forces food through digestive tract
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periumbilical
Definition
area around the umbilicus
Term
pyrosis
Definition
heartburn, a burning sensation in asophagus and stomach from reflux of gastric seretions
Term
rebound tenderness
Definition
choose site away from painful area, hld hand perpendicular, to abdomen, push down slowly and deeply, then lift up quckly, this makes, stuctures rebound. this should not be painful.
Term

referral pain

Definition
pain is felt at a site other than injured organ
Term
spleenomegaly
Definition
enlargement of spleen
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striae
Definition
silvery white linear jagged marks 1-6mm long. occurs when elastic fibers are broken as in obesity and pregnancy. recent ones are pinkish blue
Term
accomodation
Definition
adaption of eye for near vision
Term
acromegaly
Definition
excesive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary after puberty. creates enlarged skull, thick cranial bones, elongated head.
Term
anisocoria
Definition
having pupils of 2 different sizes
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