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| The illness of rapid onset and short duration; the person is expected to recover |
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| 1. assisted living residence (ADL) |
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| Provides housing, personal care, support services, health care, and social activities in a homelike setting to persons needing some help with daily activities |
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| A nursing care pattern; services for the person's care needs are obtained and monitored from admission through discharge and into the home or long term care |
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| A long-term health condition that may no have a cure; it can be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment |
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| A nursing care pattern focusing on tasks and jobs; each nursing team member is assigned certain tasks and jobs |
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| The many health care workers whose skills and knowledge focus on the person's total care; interdisciplinary health care team |
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| A health care agency or program that promotes comfort and quality of life for the dying person |
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| 1. licensed practical nurse (LPN) |
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| A nurse who has completed a practical nursing program and has passed a licensing test; called licensed vocation nurse (LVN) in Calif. and Texas |
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| a person who has passed a nursing assistant training and competency evaluation program(NATCEP); performs delegated nursing tasks under the supervision of a licensed nurse |
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| Those who provide nursing care-RNs, LPN/LVNs and nursing assistants |
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| A nursing care pattern; an RN is responsible for the person's total care |
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| A nursing care pattern; services are moved from the departments to the bedside |
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| The formal review of an agency through the collection of facts and observations |
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| A nurse who has completed a 2-, 3-, or 4-year nursing program and has passed a licensing test |
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| A person who collects information by observing and asking questions |
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| A nursing care pattern, an RN leads a team of nursing staff; the RN decides the amount and kind of care each person needs |
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| An illness or injury from which the person will not likely recover |
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| Separating a person from others against his or her will, keeping the person to a certain area, or keeping the person away from his or her room with consent |
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| Someone who supports or promotes the needs and interest of another person |
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| A person with the legal right to act on the patient's or residents behalf when he or she cannot do so for himself or herself |
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| The care provided to maintain or restore health, improve function, or relieve symptoms |
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| Official recognition by a state that standards or requirements have been met |
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| A state recognizes the certificate, license, or registration issued by another state; reciprocity or equivalency |
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| A document that describes what the agency expects you to do |
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| The dishonest use of property |
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| Nursing care or nursing function. procedure, skill or activity |
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| To answer to one's self and others about his or her choices, decisions, and actions |
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| To authorize or direct a nursing assistant to perform a nursing task |
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| 4. delegated nursing responsibility |
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| A nursing task that a nurse transfers to a nursing assistant when it does not require a nurse's professional knowledge or judgment |
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| The process a nurse uses to direct a nursing assistant to perform a nursing task; allowing a nursing assistant to perform a nursing responsibility that is beyond the nursing assistant's usual role and not routinely done by the nursing assistant |
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| Nursing care or a nursing function, procedure, skill, or activity |
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| A nursing task that is part of a nursing assistant's routine job description and commonly assigned to the nursing assistant; a nursing task that was learned in a nursing assistant training and competency evaluation program (NATCEP) |
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-the willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment that results in physical harm, pain , or mental anguish
-Depriving the person (or person's caregiver) of the goods or services needed to attain or maintain well-being |
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| intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person's body without the person's consent |
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| Touching a person's body without his or her consent |
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-A brief act or behavior of being over-involved with the person
-The intent of the act or behavior is to meet the person's need |
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| An act, behavior, or thought that warns of a boundary crossing or boundary violation |
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| An act or behavior that meets your needs, not the person's |
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| 5. child abuse and neglect |
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The intentional harm or mistreatment of a child under 18 years old:
-involves any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caregiver
-results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse, or exploitation
-presents a likely or immediate risk for harm |
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| Laws concerned with relationships between people |
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| Rules, or standards of conduct, for group members to follow |
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| An act that violates a criminal law |
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| Laws concerned with offenses against the public and society in general |
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| Injuring a person's name and reputation by making false statements to a third person |
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| Any knowing, intentional, or negligent act by a caregiver or any other person to an older adult that causes harm or serious risk of harm |
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| knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct |
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| Unlawful restraint or restriction of a person's freedom of movement |
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| Saying or doing something to trick, fool, or deceive a person |
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| The process by which a person receives and understands information about a treatment or procedure and is able to decide if he or she will receive it |
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| 5. intimate partner violence (IPV) |
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| Physical violence, sexual violence, stalking, or psychological aggression by a current or former partner |
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| Violating a person's right not to have his her name, photo, or private affairs exposed or made public with giving consent |
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| A rule of conduct made by a government body |
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| Make false statements in print, in writing (including e-mail and text messages), through pictures or drawings, through broadcast (radio, TV, or video), posted on-line on websites, or through video sites and social media sites |
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| Negligence by a professional person |
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When a caregiver or responsible person fails to:
-Protect a vulnerable person from harm
-Provide food, water, clothing, shelter, health care, and other activities of daily living to a vulnerable person |
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| An unintentional wrong in which a person did not act in a reasonable and careful manner and a person or the person's property was harmed |
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| That which separates helpful actions and behaviors from those that are not helpful |
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| 5. professional sexual misconduct |
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| An act, behavior, or comment that is sexual in nature |
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| 5. protected health information |
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| Identifying information and information about the person's health care that is maintained or sent in any form (paper, electronic, oral) |
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| A person's behaviors and way of living that threaten his or her health, safety, and well-being. |
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| Making false statements through the spoken word, sounds sign language, or gestures |
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| The skills care and judgements required by a health team member under similar conditions |
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| A wrong committed against a person or the person's property |
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| A person 18 years old or older who has a disability or condition that makes him or her at risk to be wounded, attacked, or damaged |
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| A legal document of how a person wants property distributed after death |
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| Repeated attacks or threats of fear, distress, or harm by a bully toward a target |
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| A job stress resulting in being physically or mentally exhausted, having doubts about your abilities, and have doubts about the value of your work |
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| Trusting others with personal and private information |
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| A clash between opposing interests or ideas |
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| A polite, considerate, or helpful comment or act |
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| To spread rumors or talk about the private matters of others |
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| To trouble, torment, offend or worry a person by one's behavior or comments |
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| The most important thing at the time |
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| Following laws, being ethical, having good work ethics, and having the skills to do your work |
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| The response or change in the body caused by any emotional, psychological, physical, social, or economic factor |
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| The event or factor that causes stress |
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| Staff members work together as a group; each person does his or her part to give safe and effective care |
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| Behavior in the workplace |
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| The field of medicine focused on the treatment and control of obesity |
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| Messages sent through facial expressions, gestures, posture, hand and body movements, gait, eye contract, and appearance |
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| Being unable to respond to stimuli |
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| The exchange of information-a message sent is received and correctly interpreted by the intended person |
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| The characteristics of a group of people-language, values, beliefs, habits, likes, dislikes, customs-passed on from one generation to the next |
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| Any lost, absent, or impaired physical or mental function |
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| The worth, value, or opinion one has of a person |
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| The field of medicine concerned with the problems and diseases of old age and older persons |
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| A concept that considers the whole person; the whole person has physical, social, psychological, and spiritual parts that are woven together and cannot be separated |
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| Weighting 100 pounds or more over one's normal weight |
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| Something necessary or desired for maintaining life and mental well-being |
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| 7. nonverbal communication |
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| Communication that does not use words |
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| Have an excess amount of total body fat; body weight is 20% or more above what is normal for the person's height and age |
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| The field of medicine concerned with the care of women during pregnancy. labor, and childbirth and for 6 to 8 weeks after birth |
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| 7. optimal level of function |
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| A person's highest potential for the mental and physical performance |
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| Re-stating the person's message in your own words |
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| The field of medicine concerned with the growth and development, and care of children-newborns to teenagers. |
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| The field of medicine concerned with mental health disorders |
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| Spiritual beliefs, needs, and practices |
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| Experiencing one's potential |
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| Thinking well of oneself and seeing oneself as useful and having value |
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| Communication that uses written or spoken words |
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| Collecting information about the person; see "nursing process" |
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| 8. electronic health record (EHR) |
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| An electronic version of a person's medical record; electronic medical record (EMR) |
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| A report that the nurse gives at the end of the shift to the on-coming shift; change-of-shift report |
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| To measure if goals in the planning step were met; see "nursing process" |
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| To perform or carry out nursing interventions (nursing measures, nursing actions, nursing tasks) in the care plan; see "nursing process" |
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| The legal account of a person's condition and response to treatment and care; chart or clinical record |
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| A written guide about the person's nursing care; care plan |
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| A health problem that can be treated by nursing measures; see "nursing process" |
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| An action or measure taken by the nursing team to help the person reach a goal; nursing action, nursing measure, nursing task |
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| The method nurses use to plan and deliver nursing care; its 5 step are assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation |
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| Using the senses of sight, heard, felt, or smelled by an observer; signs |
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| Using the sensed of sight, hearing, touch, and smell to collect information |
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| Setting priorities and goals; see "nursing process" |
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| Describes the care given and the person's response and progress |
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| The written account of care and observations, charting, documentation |
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| The oral account of care observations |
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| Things a person tells you about that you cannot observe through your senses; symptoms |
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| A shortened form of a word or phase |
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| At or toward the front of the body or body part; ventral |
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| The part farthest from the center or from the point of attachment |
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| Away from the mid-line; at the side of the body or body part |
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| At or near the middle or mid-line of the body or body part |
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| At or toward the back of the body or body part; dorsal |
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| A word element at the beginning of a word; it changes the meaning of the word |
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| The part nearest to the center or to the point of attachment |
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| A word element containing the basic meaning of the word |
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| A word element at the end of a word; it changes the meaning of the word |
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| A blood vessel that carries blood away from the the heart |
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| A very tiny blood vessel; nutrients, oxygen, and other substances pass from capillaries into the cells |
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| The basic unit of body structure |
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| The process that breaks down food physically and chemically so it can be absorbed for use by the cells |
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| The substances in red blood cells that carries oxygen and gives blood its red color |
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| A chemical substance secreted by the endocrine glands into the bloodstream |
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| Protection against a disease or condition; the person will not get or be affected by the disease |
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| The point at which 2 or more bones meet to allow movement |
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| The process in which the lining of the uterus (endometrium) breaks up and is discharged from the body through the vagina |
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| How the body uses nutrients to provide energy and maintain body functions |
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| Groups of tissue with the same function |
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| Involuntary muscle contractions in the digestion system that move food down the esophagus through the alimentary canal |
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| The body's response to (functional or movement) to a stimulus |
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| The process of suppling cells with oxygen and removing carbon dioxide from them |
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| Anything that excites or causes a body part to function, become active or respond |
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| Organs that work together to perform special functions |
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| A group of cells with similar functions |
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| A blood vessel that returns blood to the heart |
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| The time between puberty and adulthood; a time of rapid growth and physical, sexual, emotional, and social changes |
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| Changes in mental, emotional, and social function |
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| A skill that must be completed during a stage of development for the development to continue |
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| The physical changes that are measured and that occur in a steady, orderly manner |
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| The first menstruation and the start of menstrual cycles |
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| The time when menstruation stops and menstrual cycles end |
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| A behavior or skill that occurs in a stage of development |
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| A person of the same age-group and background |
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| The person mainly responsible for providing or assisting with the child's basic needs |
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| The period when reproductive organs begin to function and secondary sex characteristic appear |
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| Emotional, romantic, and physical attraction to men, women, or both sexes |
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| A period of time (age range) in which a person learns certain skills |
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| 11. teen dating violence (TDV) |
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| The physical, emotional sexual, or psychological violence within a dating relationship as well as stalking |
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| The study of the aging process |
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| A state of being unaware of one's setting and being unable to react or respond to people, places, and things |
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| The loss of cognitive and social function caused by changes in the brain |
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| A sudden, catastrophic event in which people are injured and killed and property is destroyed |
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| When electrical current passes through the body |
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| When a patient or resident leaves the agency with staff knowledge |
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| That which carries leaking electricity to the earth and away from an electrical item |
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| Any thing in the person's setting that could cause injury or illness |
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| Any chemical that is a physical hazard or health hazard |
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| Paralysis (plegia) on 1 side (hemi) of the body |
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| Loss of muscle function, sensation, or both |
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| Paralysis in the legs and lower trunk (para means beyond; plegia means paralysis) |
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| Any substance harmful to the body when ingested, inhaled, injected, or absorbed through the skin |
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| Paralysis in the arms, legs, and trunk (quad means 4; and plegia mean paralysis); tetraplegia |
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| Violent acts (including assault or threat of assault) directed toward persons at work or while on duty |
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| A device that serves as a guard or barrier along the side of the bed; side rail |
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| A device applied around the waist and used to support a person who is unsteady or disabled; gait belt |
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| 14. position change alarm |
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| An physical or electronic device that monitors a person's movement and alerts staff of movement |
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| A drug that kills certain microbes that cause infection |
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| The processes, procedures, and chemical treatments that kill microbes or prevent them from causing an infection; anti mean against and sepsis means infection |
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| A human or animal that is a reservoir for microbes but does not develop the infection |
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| The absence (a) of disease-producing microbes; sepsis mean infection |
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| The process of becoming unclean |
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| Passing microbes from 1 person to another by contaminated hands, equipment, or supplies |
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| A liquid chemical that can kill many or all pathogens except spores |
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| 15. healthcare-associated infection (HAI) |
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| An infection that develops in a person cared for in any setting where health care is given; the infection is related to receiving health care |
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| Protection against a certain disease |
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| A disease state resulting from the invasion and growth of microbes in the body |
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| Practices and procedures that prevent the spread of infection |
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| Practices used to reduce the number of microbes and prevent their spread from 1 person or place to another person or place; clean technique |
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| A small (micro) living thing (organism) seen only with a microscope; microbe |
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| A microbe that does not usually cause an infection |
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| Microbes that live and grow in a certain area |
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| A microbe that is harmful and can cause an infection |
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| A bacterium protected by a hard shell |
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| The absence of all microbes |
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| A work area free of all pathogens and non-pathogens (including spores) |
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| The practices used to remove all microbes; sterile technique |
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| The process of destroying all microbes |
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| Giving a vaccine to produce immunity against an infectious disease |
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| A carrier (animal, insect) that transmits disease |
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| Any substance that transmits microbes |
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| Any drug used for discipline or convenience and not required to treat medical symptoms |
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| Any action taken to control or manage a person's behavior that requires less effort by the staff; the action is not in the person's best interest |
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| Any action taken by the agency to punish or penalize a patient or resident |
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| A device that limits freedom of movement but is used to promote independence, comfort, or safety |
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| Any change in place or position of the body or any part of the body that the person can control |
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| An indication or characteristic of a physical or psychological condition |
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| Any manual method or physical or mechanical device, material, or equipment attached to or near the person's body that he or she cannot remove easily and that restricts freedom of movement or normal access to one's own body |
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| The manual method, device, material, or equipment used to restrain the person that can be removed intentionally by the person in the same manner it was applied by the staff |
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| Items contaminated with blood, body fluids, secretions, or excrements; bio meaning life and hazardous means dangerous or harmful |
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| A disease caused by a pathogen that spreads easily; contagious disease |
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| 17. personal protective equipment (PPE) |
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| The clothing or equipment worn by the staff or protection against a hazard |
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| The area on which an object rests |
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| The way the head, trunk, arms, and legs align with one another; posture |
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| Using the body in an efficient and careful way |
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| 18. dorsal recumbent position |
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| The back-lying or supine position |
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| The science of designing a job to fit the worker; ergo means work, nomos means law |
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| A semi-sitting position; the head of the bed is raised between 45 and 60 degrees |
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| The person lies on 1 side or the other; side-lying |
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| 18. musculo-skeletal disorders (MSDs) |
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| Injuries and disorders of the muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, and cartilage |
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| The person lies on the abdomen with the head turned to 1 side |
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| A lift side-lying in which the upper leg (right leg) is sharply flexed so it is not on the lower leg (left leg) and the lower arm (left arm ) is behind the person; semi- prone position |
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| The back-lying or dorsal recumbent |
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| How a person moves to and from a lying position, turns from side to side, and re-position in a bed or other sleeping furniture |
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| The rubbing of 1 surface against another |
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| Turning the person as a unit, in alignment, with 1 motion |
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| When skin sticks to a surface while muscles slide in the direction the body is moving |
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| When a person moves between tow horizontal surfaces |
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| To turn one's body from a set standing position |
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| How a person moves to and from a surface |
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| Getting caught, trapped, or entangled in spaces created by the bed rails, the mattress, the bedframe, the head-board, or the foot-board |
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| Having the means to be completely free from public view while in bed |
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| 21. high-Fowler's position |
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| A semi-sitting position; the head of the bed is raised 60 to 90 degrees |
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| The bed frame and its parts- mattress, bed rails head- and foot-boards and bed attachments |
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| The space, furniture, and equipment used by the person in the agency |
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| 21. reverse Trendelenburg's position |
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| The head of the bed is raised and the foot of the bed is lowered |
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| 21. semi-Fowler's position |
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| The head of the bed is raised 30 degrees; or the head of the bed is raised 30 degrees and the knee portion is raised 15 degrees |
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| 21. Trendelenburg's position |
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| The head of the bed is lowered and the foot of the bed is raised |
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| A drawsheet mad of cotton; it helps keep the mattress and bottom linens clean |
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| A small sheet placed over the middle of the bottom sheet |
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| 22. padded waterproof drawsheet |
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| A drawsheet mad of an absorbent top and waterproof bottom used to protect the mattress and bottom linens from dampness and soiling |
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| Breathing fluid, food vomitus, or an object into the lungs |
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| A removal replacement for missing teeth |
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| The practices that promote healthy tissues and structures of the mouth; mouth care |
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| A thin film that sticks to the teeth; it contains saliva, microbes, and other substances |
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| The fold of skin (foreskin) covering the glans of the penis was surgically removed |
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| profuse (excessive) sweating |
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| Routine care given before breakfast; AM care |
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| Care given in the evening at bedtime; PM care |
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| Care given after breakfast; hygiene measures are more thorough at this time |
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| Cleaning the genital and anal areas; pericare |
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| Foreskin covers the head of the penis |
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| A drug that prevents or slows down (anti) blo0d clotting (coagulate) |
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| Excessive amounts of dry, white flakes from the scalp |
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| A very small spider-like organsim |
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| Infestation with wingless insects that feed on blood; lice |
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| infestation of the scalp (capitis) with lice |
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| Infestation of the body (corporis) with lice |
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| Infestation of the pubic (pubis) hair with lice |
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| A skin disorder caused by a female mite |
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| The side of the body with weakness from illness or injury; weak side |
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| The side of the body opposite the affected side; strong side |
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| An item of clothing worn next to the skin under clothing |
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| Painful or difficult (dys) urination; burning on urination |
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| Involuntary loss or leakage of urine during sleep; bed wetting |
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| 27. functional incontinence |
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| The person has bladder control but cannot use the toilet in time |
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| Where a thigh and the abdomen meet |
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| Blood (hemat) in the urine (uria) |
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| Frequent urination (uria) at night (noc) |
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| 27. over-flow incontinence |
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Definition
| Small amounts of urine leak from a full bladder |
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Definition
| Abnormally large amounts (poly) of urine (uria) |
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| Urine is lost at predictable intervals when a specific amount of urine is in the bladder |
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| When urine leaks during exercise and certain movements that cause pressure on the bladder |
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| 27. transient incontinence |
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Definition
| Temporary or occasional incontinence that is reversed when the cause is treated |
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Definition
| The loss of urine in response to a sudden urgent need to void; the person cannot get to a toilet in time |
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Definition
| Voiding at frequent intervals |
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| 27. urinary incontinence (UI) |
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Definition
| The involuntary loss or leakage of urine |
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Definition
| Not being able to completely empty the bladder |
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Definition
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| The process of emptying urine from the bladder; voiding |
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| A tube used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening |
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Definition
| The process of inserting a cather |
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Definition
| A soft sheath that slides over the penis and is used to drain urine |
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Definition
| A natural force that pulls things downward |
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| 28. indwelling catheter/Foley catheter |
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Definition
| A catheter left in the bladder so urine drains constantly into a drainage bag; retention or foley catheter |
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Definition
| A catheter that drains the bladder and then is removed |
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Definition
| A catheter surgically inserted into the bladder though an incision above (supra) the pubis bone (pubic) |
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Definition
| A surgically created opening (stomy) between the colon (colo) and the body's surface |
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Definition
| The passage of hard, dry stool |
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Definition
| The process of excreting feces from the rectum through the anus; a bowel movement |
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Definition
| The excessive loss of water from tissues |
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Definition
| The frequent passage of liquid stools |
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Definition
| The introduction of fluid into the rectum and lower colon |
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Definition
| The prolonged retention and buildup of feces in the rectum |
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Definition
| The inability to control the passage of feces and flatus through the anus |
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| The semi-solid mass of waste products in the colon that is expelled through the anus; stool or stools |
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Definition
| The excessive formation of gas or air in the stomach and intestines |
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Definition
| Gas or air passed through the anus |
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Definition
| A surgically created opening (stomy) between the ileum (small intestine[ileo]) and the body's surface |
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Definition
| A surgically created opening that connects an internal organ to the body's surface |
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Definition
| the alternating contraction and relaxation of the intestinal muscles |
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Definition
| A surgically created opening on the body's surface |
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Definition
| A cone-shaped, solid drug that is inserted into a body opening; it melts at body temperature |
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Definition
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Definition
| The fuel or energy value of food |
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Definition
| A soft, waxy substance found in the bloodstream and all body cells |
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Definition
| Difficulty (dys) swallowing (phagia) |
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Definition
| A substance that is ingested, digested, absorbed, and used by the body |
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Definition
| The processes involved in the ingestion, digestion, absorption and use of food and fluids by the body |
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| The swelling of body tissues with water |
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Definition
| Minerals dissolved in water |
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Definition
| A measuring container for fluid |
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Definition
| Having a adequate amount of water in body tissues |
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| The amount of fluid taken in; input |
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| Giving nutrients into the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract (enteral) through a feeding tube |
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| The number of drops per minute (gtt/min) or milliliters per hour (ml/hr) |
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Definition
| A feeding tube inserted through a surgically created opening (stomy) in the stomach (gastro); stomach tube |
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Term
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Definition
| The process of giving a tube feeding |
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Term
| 32. intravenous (IV) therapy |
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Definition
| Giving fluids through a needle or catheter inserted into a vein; IV and IV infusion |
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Definition
| A feeding tube inserted into a surgically created opening (stomy) in the jejunum of the small intestine |
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Term
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Definition
| A feeding tube inserted through the nose (naso) into the small bowel (entral) |
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Term
| 32. naso-gastric (NG) tube |
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Definition
| A feeding tube inserted through the nose (naso) into the stomach (gastro) |
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Definition
| Giving nutrients through a catheter inserted into a vein; para means beyond; enteral relates to the bowel |
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Term
| 32. percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube |
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Definition
| A feeding tube inserted into the stomach (gastro) through a small incision (stomy) made through the skin (cutaneous; a lighted instrument (scope) is used to see inside of body cavity or organ (endo) |
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Definition
| The backward flow of stomach contents into the mouth |
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Definition
| Without (a) a fever (febrile) |
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Definition
| Taking the apical and radial pulses at the same time |
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Definition
| The amount of force exerted against the walls of an artery by the blood |
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Definition
| The amount of heat in the body that is a balance between the amount of heat produced and the amount of heat lost by the body |
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Definition
| A slow (brady) heart rate (cardia); less than 60 beats per minute |
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Definition
| The period of heart muscle relaxation; the heart is at rest |
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Definition
| The pressure in the arteries when the heart is a rest |
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Definition
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| The beat of the heart felt at an artery as a wave of blood passes through the artery |
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Definition
| The difference between the radial and apical pulse rates |
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Definition
| The number of heartbeats or pulses in 1 minute |
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Definition
| Breathing air into (inhalation) and out of (exhalation) the lungs |
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Term
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Definition
| A cuff and measuring device used to measure blood pressure (sphygmo means pulse; manometer is a device for measuring pressure) |
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Term
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Definition
| An instrument used to listen to the sounds produced by the heart, lungs, and other body organs |
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Term
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Definition
| The period of heart muscle contraction: the heart is pumping blood |
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Definition
| The pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts |
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Term
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Definition
| A rapid (tachy) heart rate (cardia); more than 100 beats per minutes |
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Term
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Definition
| A device used to measure (meter) temperature (thermo) |
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Term
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Definition
| Temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure; pulse oximetry and pain are included in some agency |
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Definition
| Moving the body part away from the mid-line of the body |
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Term
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Definition
| Moving the body part toward the mid-line of the body |
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Definition
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Definition
| the decrease in size or wasting away of tissue |
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Definition
| Restricting a person to bed and limiting activity for health reasons |
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Definition
| Decreased motion and stiffness of a joint caused by shortening (contracting) of a muscle |
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Definition
| The loss of muscle strength from inactivity |
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Definition
| Bending toes and foot up at the ankle |
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Definition
| Straightening of a body part |
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Definition
| Turning the joint outward |
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Definition
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Definition
| The foot falls down at the ankle; permanent plantar flexion |
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Definition
| Excessive straightening of a body part |
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Definition
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Definition
| Touching on opposite finger with the thumb |
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Term
| 34. orthostatic hypotension |
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Definition
| Abnormally low (hypo) blood pressure when the person suddenly stands up (postural); postural hypotension |
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Definition
| A device used to support a muscle, promote a certain motion, correct a deformity; orthro means to straighten |
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Definition
| The foot (plantar) is bent (flexion); bending the foot down at the ankle |
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Term
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Definition
| Turning the joint downward |
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Term
| 34. range of motion (ROM) |
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Definition
| The movement of a joint to the extent possible with causing pain |
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Definition
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Definition
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Definition
| A brief loss of consciousness; fainting |
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Definition
| Pain that is sharp or severe; may be felt suddenly from injury, dise3ase, trauma, or surgery |
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Definition
| Pain that continues for a long time (longer than 12 weeks, occurs of and on, or is persistent [constant]) |
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Definition
| Daily rhythm based on a 24-hour cycle that involves behavior, sleep, eating, and waking patterns; the day-night cycle or body rhythm |
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Definition
| A state of well-being; the person has no physical or emotional pain and is calm and at ease |
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Definition
| To focus the person's attention on something unrelated to pain |
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Definition
| Creating or focusing on a relaxing image |
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Definition
| A chronic condition in which the person cannot sleep or stay asleep all night |
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Definition
| To ache, hurt, or to be sore; discomfort |
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Definition
| Pain that seems to come from a body part that is no longer there |
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Definition
| pain felt at the site of tissue damage and that spreads to other areas |
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Definition
| Pain from a body part that is felt in another body part |
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Definition
| To be free from mental and physical stress |
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Definition
| To be calm, at ease, and relaxed with no anxiety or stress |
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Definition
| A state of reduced consciousness, reduced voluntary muscle activity, and lowered metabolism |
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Definition
| The amount and quality of sleep are not adequate, causing reduced function and alertness |
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Definition
| When the person leaves the bed and walks about while sleeping |
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Term
| 37. dorsal recumbent position |
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Definition
| The supine position with the legs together (dorsal means the back of something; recumbent means to lie down) horizontal recumbent position |
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Term
| 37. genupectoral position |
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Definition
| The person kneels and rests the body on the knees and chest; the head is turned to 1 side, the arms are above the head or flexed at the elbows, the back is straight, and the body is flexed at 90 degrees (genu means knee and pectoral refers to chest) |
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Definition
| An instrument used to examine the mouth, teeth, and throat |
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Term
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Definition
| The woman lies on her back with the hips at the edge of the exam table, her knees are flexed, her hips are externally rotated, and her feet are in stirrups |
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Definition
| An instrument (speculum means mirror) used to examine the inside of the nose (nasal) |
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Term
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Definition
| A lighted instrument (scope) used to examine the internal eye (ophthalmo) structures |
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Term
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Definition
| A lighted instrument used to examine the external ear (oto) and the eardrum (tympanic membrane) |
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Definition
| An instrument used to tap body parts to test reflexes (percussion means to strike hard); reflex hammer |
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Definition
| An instrument vibrated to test hearing |
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Term
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Definition
| An instrument used to open the vagina (vaginal) to examine it and the cervix |
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Definition
| A device for measuring (meter) blood glucose (gluco); glucose meter |
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Definition
| Sugar (glucose) in the urine (uria) |
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Term
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Definition
| A swelling (oma) that contains blood (hemat) |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| Bloody sputum (pytsis means to spit) |
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Definition
| A substance appearing in urine from the rapid breakdown of fat for energy; acetone , keytone bodies |
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Definition
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Definition
| Mucus from the respiratory system when expectorated (expelled) through the mouth |
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Definition
| The loss (an) of all sensation (esthesia). especially pain, produced by a drug |
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Definition
| A chemical applied to the skin to prevent the growth and reproduction of microbes |
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Definition
| Surgery done by choice to improve like or well-being |
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Term
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Definition
| A blood clot (thrombus) that travels through the vascular system until it lodges in a blood vessel |
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Definition
| surgery done at once to save life or function |
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Definition
| A treatment with certain drugs that produces a deep sleep and the absence of all sensation, especially pain |
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Definition
| The loss of sensation, produced by a drug, in a small area |
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Definition
| After (post) surgery; post-op |
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Definition
| Before (pre) surgery; pre-op |
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Definition
| The loss of sensation, produced by a drug, in a large area |
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Definition
| A state of quiet, calmness, or sleep produced by a drug |
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Term
| 39. surgical site infection (SSI) |
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Definition
| An infection that occurs after surgery in the body part where the surgery took place |
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Definition
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Definition
| Surgery needed for health; it can be delayed for a few days |
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Definition
| A partial-thickness wound caused by the scraping away or rubbing of the skin |
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Definition
| An open wound on the foot, ankle, or lower leg caused by poor arterial blood flow |
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Definition
| A wound that does not heal easily and within about 3 months |
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Definition
| An open sore on the lower legs or feet caused by decreased blood flow through the arteries ore veins; vascular ulcer |
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Definition
| An open wound on the foot caused by complications from diabetes |
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Definition
| Loss of the epidermis (top skin layer) caused by scratching or when skin rubs against skin, clothing, or other material |
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Definition
| A cut produced surgically by a sharp instrument; it creates an opening into an organ or body space |
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Definition
| An open wound with torn tissues and jagged edges |
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Definition
| An open wound that breaks the skin and enters a body area, organ, or cavity |
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Definition
| An open wound made by a sharp object |
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Definition
| Thick green, yellow, or brown drainage |
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Term
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Definition
| Bloody (sanguis) drainage |
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Term
| 40. serosanguineous drainage |
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Definition
| Thin watery drainage (sero) that is blood-tinged (sanguineous) |
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Definition
| Clear watery fluid (serum) |
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Definition
| A break or rip in the outer layers of the skin; the epidermis (top skin layer ) separated from the underlying tissues |
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Definition
| A shallow or deep crater-like sore of the skin or mucous membrane |
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Definition
| An open on the lower legs or feet caused by poor venous blood flow; stasis ulcer |
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Term
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Definition
| A break in the skin or mucous membrane |
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Term
| 41. avoidable pressure injury |
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Definition
| A pressure injury that develops from the improper use of the nursing process |
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Definition
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Definition
| An area where the bone sticks out or projects from the flat surface of the body; pressure point |
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Definition
| The presence of bacteria on the wound surface or in wound tissue; the person does not have signs and symptoms of an infection |
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Definition
| Removing the epidermis (outer layer of skin) as tape is removed from the skin |
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Definition
| thick, leathery dead tissue that maybe loose or adhered to the skin; it is often black or brown |
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Definition
| Normal skin and skin layers without damage or breaks |
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Definition
| Localized damage to the skin and underlying soft tissue; the injury is usually over a bony prominence or relate to medical or other devices and results from pressure or pressure in combination with shear |
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Definition
| When layers of the skin rub against each other; when the skin remains in place and underlying tissues move and stretch, tearing underlying capillaries and blood vessels and causing tissue damage |
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Definition
| Changes or damage to intact skin-normal skin and skin layers |
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Definition
| Dead tissue that is shed from the skin; it is usually light colored, soft, and moist; may be stringy at times |
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Term
| 41. unavoidable pressure injury |
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Definition
| A pressure injury that occurs despite efforts to prevent on through proper use of the nursing process |
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Definition
| A sensitivity to a substance that caused the body to react with sighs and symptoms |
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Definition
| The lack or absence (a) of breathing (pnea) |
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Term
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Definition
| The collapse of the portion of a lung |
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Definition
| Rapid and deep respirations followed by 10 to 30 seconds of apnea |
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Definition
| Slow (brady) breathing (pnea); respirations are fewer than 12 per minutes |
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Term
| 43. Cheyne-Stokes respirations |
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Definition
| Respirations gradually increase in rate and depth and become shallow and slow; breathing may stop (apnea) for 10 to 20 seconds |
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Term
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Definition
| Bluish color (cyano) to the skin, lips, mucous membranes, and nail beds |
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Definition
| Difficult, labored or painful (dys) breathing (pnea) |
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Definition
| Bloody (hemo) sputum (ptysis means to spit) |
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Definition
| Breathing (ventilation) is rapid (hyper) and deeper than normal |
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Definition
| Breathing is slow (brady) shallow and sometimes irregular |
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Definition
| A reduced amount of oxygen (ox)in the blood (emia) |
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