NUR 2063 Exam 3

NUR 2063 Exam 3
1. Etiology
Answer
cause or reason for the event.
- May include agents, age, gender, health, nutritional status, genetics, etc.
2. Iatrogenic
Answer
unintended effect of a medical treatment
3. Pathogenesis
Answer
development and evolution of a disease
- Affected by time, quantity, location, and morphologic changes
4. Homeostasis
Answer
- Dynamic process
- The relative consistency of the body's internal processes
- Give and take system
- Equilibrium is necessary for all cells
5. Cachexia
Answer
- Extreme weight loss disorder
6. Benign tumor
Answer
- Slow, progressive, localized, well defined, resembles host (more differentiated), grows by
expansion, does not usually cause death