A response to stressors in which a person used an ineffective reaction or response.
What is distress
100
What position is used in the GYN exam such as a Papanicolaou smear?
What is dorsal lithotomy
100
Developing a connectedness
to the universe and to
experience a state of peace
and relaxation.
What is meditation
100
Average adult loses how many milliliters of fluid daily
What is 2500ml (normally lost through skin, lungs, and gi tract)
100
Major electrolyte in intracellular fluid which maintains normal nerve and muscle activity and osmotic pressure within the cells and aids in the cellular metabolism of carbohydrates and proteins.
What is potassium
200
A low pitched snoring sound that are louder on exhalation.
What is sonorous wheeze
200
The test used to obtain information about the acid/base balance.
What is arterial blood gases (body ph is maintained by the buffer systems, respiratory system and kidneys)
200
The practice of entering altered states of consciousness to help others
What is shamanism.
200
The movement of a solute from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower molecular concentration until equilibrium is reached.
What is diffusion.
200
Which theory of pain proposes that pain can be relieved by blocking the transmission of pain impulses to the brain by physical modalities and altering the individual's thought processes, emotions or behaviors?
What is the gate control theory
300
A process that activates the individual's forces from within.
What is healing
300
Phosphate level of 4.7mg/dl. The nurse would expect the calcium level to be
What is decreased
300
The three stages of grief
What is shock, reality and recovery
300
The process used by sodium to control the body's fluid balance
What is osmosis
400
This focus is the client's functional health patterns, responses to changes in health status and alterations in lifestyle.
What is nursing health history
400
Inseparable connection and operation of thoughts, feelings, and physiologic function.
What is bodymind
400
Where is phosphate mostly found in the body
What is bone and teeth (functions with calcium)
400
The substance required for calcium absorption within the gastrointestinal tract.
What is Vitamin D
500
Increased concentration of hydrogen ions occurs in the body fluids.