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Disease Prevention and Control

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Human immunodeficiency virus
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Product that stimulates a person's immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease, protecting the person from that disease
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Nurse practioner
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Viral infection of the liver
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Registered nurse
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Type of pathogen that lives on dead plant and animal material
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Spread from 1 person to another; contagious
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Type of pathogen that produces toxins, often as waste products, which harm the host
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Chronic condition; long duration & generally slow progression; not curable
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Advanced practice nurse
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Protection from an infectious agent; once you have this to a specific disease, you can be exposed to that disease and not become infected
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Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
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Has advanced degree in nursing; must work under the supervision of a doctor; can prescribe medications per state regulatory laws
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Condition of the body or one of its parts that impairs normal functioning & is typically manifested by distinguishing signs and symptoms
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BMI greater than or equal to 30
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Type of pathogen that can only replicate itself within the cells of a living host
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Type of pathogen that is metabolically dependent on another living organism (host) for completion of its life cycle
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Must work under the supervision of a doctor; can prescribe medications per state regulatory laws; background of study is medicine instead of nursing
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Physician's assistant
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Has either a 2 or a 4 year degree; tasks include assessment and providing care as ordered by the doctor
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Known as the "silent killer"
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Non-communicable disease that results in too much sugar being in the blood stream
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Medical doctor
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Specific causative agent of disease
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Non-communicable disease that affects the lungs through constriction of the airway, inflammation of the airway, and increased mucous production in the airway
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Sexually transmitted infection
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Body mass index