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Nursing Term- Week 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acute Urinary Incontinence | Refers to a transient and reversible loss of urine |
| Acute Illness | Rapidly occuring illness that runs its course, allowing the person to return to their level of functioning |
| ADL | Activities of daily living |
| Assessment | The first phase of the nursing process, involves data collection, organization and validation |
| Chronic Urinary Incontinence | May be classified as one of four main types: stress, urge, overflow and functional |
| Chronic Illness | Ineversible illness that causes a permanent physical impairment and require long term health care |
| Dependent | Are those actions that requires an order from a physician or another health care professional |
| Exacerbation | Period in chronic illness when the symptoms reappear |
| Empathy | Projecting sensitivity and understanding of another's feelings |
| Health | A dynamic condition that enables a person to function at optimum potential at any given point in time |
| Holism | An approach to health that recognizes the intertwine of physical, mental, spiritual and social |
| Illness | Abnormal process in which any aspect of the person's functioning is altered |
| Incidence | The frequency of new cases of a disease or condition in a specific population or group |
| Independent | Nursing actions initiated by the nurse that do not require direction or order |
| Interdependent | Actions that are implemented in a collaboration by nurse and health care professional |
| Morbidity | Frequency that a disease occurs |
| Mortality | Number of deaths |
| Nursing Diagnosis | A statement describing a combination of signs or syptoms indicative of an actual or pontential health problem that nurses can be able to treat |
| Nursing Process | A five step systematic method for organizing and delivering nursing care |
| Objective | (Signs)Data are observable and measurable that are obtained through both standard assessment techniques and diagnosis tests |
| Perineal | Referring to the perineum |
| Rapport | Special feelings held by the client and nurse based on acceptance, warmth, friendliness trust and non-judgmental attitude |
| Remission | Period in chronic illness when the disease is present, but the person does not experience any symptoms |
| Retention Catheter | Tube introduced into the bladder through the urethra and anchored there for the purpose of allowing continous drainage of urine |
| Risk Factor | Something that increases a person's chance of illness or injury |
| Subjective | (Symptoms)Data are from the client's point of view and include: feelings, perceptions and concerns |
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