Nur 634 Test 1 Study Guide Graded A+

Somatic {Ans: Physical symptoms}Plaques {Ans: Raised, large blemishes}delusion of reference {Ans: belief that everyday events, objects, or other people have an unusual personal significance; comet passing earth means they should buy a car}hydrocephalus {Ans: accumulation of fluid in the spaces of the brain}Digital span {Ans: Give the patient a string of numbers to recite back to you}Macules {Ans: Small, flat blemishes}strabismus {Ans: crossed eyes}alopecia areata {Ans: The sudden falling out of hair in round patches or baldness in spots is called}Patches {Ans: Flat, large blemishes}Building blocks of professional ethics {Ans: Non-maleficence, beneficence, autonomy, confidentiality}Hallucinations {Ans: A subjective perception of things that do not exist}mydriasis {Ans: pupil dilation}Vertigo {Ans: Sensation of true rotational movement of patient or surroundings}Miosis {Ans: pupil constriction}Sensitivity {Ans: The probability that a person with disease has a positive test; true positive rate}convergence {Ans: movement of eye muscles to help perceive depth and distance}nystagmus {Ans: involuntary, rapid, oscillating movement of the eyeball}Spelling backward {Ans: Ask the patient to spell world backwards}neologism {Ans: invented or distorted words}Blocking {Ans: sudden interruption of speech, before the completion of an idea, occurs