NUR 2092 Health Assessment

Health Assessment Exam 1 - Rasmussen

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Acute pain

- short-term, self-limiting, often predictable trajectory; stops after injury heals

Allodynia

- experience of pain after a normally non-painful tactile (from clothing) or

thermal stimulus

Breakthrough pain

- pain restarts or escalates before next scheduled analgesic dose

Chronic (persistent) pain

- pain continues for 6 months or longer after initial injury

Cutaneous pain

- pain originating from skin surface or subcutaneous structures

Incident pain

- occurs predictably after specific movements 

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Modulation

- pain message inhibited during the last phase of nociception

Neuropathic pain

- abnormal processing of pain message; burning, shooting nature

Nociception

- process whereby noxious stimuli are perceived as pain; CNS and PNS intact

transduction- first phase whereby the painful stimulus is changed into an

action potential

transmission - second phase whereby the pain impulse moves from the

spinal cord to the brain

Pain perception

- conscious awareness of painful sensations

Referred pain

- pain felt at a particular site but originates from another location

Somatic pain

- pain originating from muscle, bone, joint, tendons, or blood vessels

Visceral pain

- pain originating from the internal organs such as gallbladder or stomach

Android obesity

- excess body fat that is placed predominantly within the abdomen and upper

body, as opposed to the hips and thighs 

Anthropometry

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- measurement of body (height, weight, circumferences, skinfold thickness)

Body mass index (BMI)

- less than 18.5 = underweight

18.5-24.9 = normal

25-29.9 = overweight

above 30 = obese

Diet history

- a detailed record of dietary intake obtainable from 24hour recalls, food

frequency questionnaires, food diaries, and similar sources

Kwashiorkor

- primarily a protein deficiency characterized by edema, growth failure, and

muscle wasting

Malnutrition

- may mean any nutrition disorder by usually refers to long-term nutritional

inadequacies or excesses

Marasmic kwashiorkor

- combination of chronic energy deficit and chronic or acute protein deficiency

Marasmus

- results from energy and protein deficiency, manifesting with significant loss

of body weight, skeletal muscle, and adipose tissue mass, but with serum

protein concentrations relatively intact

Nutritional monitoring

- assessment of dietary or nutritional status at intermittent times with the aim

of detecting changes in the dietary or nutritional status of a population 

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