Medical Terminology Study Guide 2024

Wellness - ANSWER-Involves the ability to adapt emotionally and physically changing state of health and environment.Illness - ANSWER-An altered level of functioning in response to a disease process; the impairment of a client's physical, social, emotional, spiritual, developmental, or intellectual functioning.Disease – ANSWER-A condition that results in the physiological alteration in the composition of the body.Illness-Wellness Continuum – ANSWER-An assessment tool used to measure the level of wellness to premature death.Emergency Nursing Principles - ANSWER-The guidelines that nurses follow to assess and manage emergency situations for a client or multiple clients.Triage - ANSWER-1. Resuscitation2. Emergent3. Urgent4. Less urgent5. NonurgentABCDE - ANSWER-AirwayBreathingCirculationDisability ExposureCardiac Arrest - ANSWER-The sudden cessation of cardiac function caused most commonly by ventricular fibrillation or ventricular asystole.Ventricular Fibrillation (VF) - ANSWER-A fluttering of the ventricular causing LOC, pulselessness, and no breathing; requires collaborate care to defibrillate immediately using ACLS protocol.Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) - ANSWER-An irritable firing of ectopic ventricular beats at a rate of 140-180/min; the client over time will become unconscious and deteriorate into VF.Ventricular Asystole - ANSWER-A complete absence of electrical activity and ventricular movement of the heart; the client is in complete cardiac arrest and requires implementation of BLS and ACLS protocol.Pulseless Electrical Activity