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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. BUN
Blood urea nitrogen
Excision - surgical removal
Face sheet - orders - progress notes - DNR - Advance Directives - Meds - Labs
Rapid flow

2. path
Certified Nursing Assistant
(usually young women) Autoimmune disease. Degeneration of the joints - with permanent damage.
Orgin of
Surgical repair of joint

3. Bili
Rapid flow of blood
Post cibrum (after meals)
Bilirubin
Specializes in Family Health Care for all family members

4. vascular
Pertaining to below (body directional terms)
Tissue (word roots/combining forms)
Needed when pt stops breathing (usually w/a black mouth covering)
Circulation

5. phos
Mouth
Intensive Care Unit
Phosphatase (chemistry)
Neurology

6. Bolus
Cell
Rounded mass of food formed in the mouth and ready to be swallowed; also defined as concentrated dose of medication or fluid (frequently given intravenously.
Liter
Diagnoses/Treats diseases or fractures of the musculoskeletal system

7. chol/o or chol/e
Diagnoses/Treats mental illness
Bile - gall
Intravenous push
Coronary artery disease= narrowing of the arteries due to buildup of plaque on the arterial walls (a condition called atherosclerosis)

8. Piggyback
To support/protect (framework)
Pertaining to two (both sides) (body directional terms)
A Dr's order that remains in effect and is executed according to the pt's needs.
Usually on the main IV. A method in which drugs are usually administered intravenously in 50-100ml of fluid

9. blepthro
Lab - Rad - Pharm - PT - Respt. - OT - etc.
Eyelid
Connects and holds tissue together - to transport substances - and to protect against foreign invaders. Forms and protects bones - fat - blood cells - and cartilage and provides immunity.
Diagnoses/Treats diseases or fractures of the musculoskeletal system

10. cerebr/o
Brain
Taking fluid from somewhere
Every other day
Blue

11. stat
Kidney
Immediately
Neurological Vital Signs (Neurocheck)
Total parenteral nutrition

12. A&O
Diagnosis/Treats diseases and disorders of the internal organs of adults
US Govern. agency who ensures that foods - drugs - cosmetics - and medical devices are safe and properly labeled.
Alert and orientated
Gynecology

13. MI
Registered Dietitian. One who has completed and education program/served an internship/and passed the exam given by the American Dietetic Assoc.
Myocardial infarction
Treats pt's w/hypersensitivity to pollens - foods - medications - and other substances
Pt controlled analgesic

14. Pastoral Care
Spiritual Support
Treats diseases and injuries through operative methods; may specialize in a particular area - such as heart - eye - or pediatric surgery
Crooked - curved (lateral)
(mainly children) A certain type of bone disease (2nd most common) Causes bones to become weak.

15. al or ous
Pertaining to (word roots/combining forms)
Milliequivelant
UA in charge of this sheet. Keep up to date so that can inform family who is assigned to pt.
Diagnoses/Treats disorders of a newborn

16. VT
No information - No publication
Vomit (Emesis Bases usually have to ordered)
Skin (word roots/combining forms)
Ventricular tachycardia (if it goes on too long - will become SVT=sinus ventricular tachycardia)

17. ICU
Phosphatase (chemistry)
Intensive Care Unit
Respiratory syncytial virus (can live on surface for 7 days)
Within/stomach/pertaining to

18. Metastasis
Gynecology
Process in which tumor cells spread to distant parts of the body
Nerves - Brain - Spinal Cord
(type of test) done in Respiratory Dept. (done if C02 is building up in the blood)

19. leuk/o
Save a day
Pertaining to the middle (body directional terms)
White
Substances (solids -liquids -or gases) used in diagnostic imagine procedures that permit the radiologist to distinguish between various body soft tissue structures; may be injected - swallowed - inhaled - or introduced by rectum.

20. Prone
Rectum
Lying w/face downward (body directional terms)
Substances (solids -liquids -or gases) used in diagnostic imagine procedures that permit the radiologist to distinguish between various body soft tissue structures; may be injected - swallowed - inhaled - or introduced by rectum.
Pertaining to

21. CBR
Complete bed rest
Blood being held back
Vein
A tubular instrument (rigid or flexible) with a light source and a viewing lens for observation that can be inserted through a body orifice or through a small incision.

22. Blasts
Study of (word roots/combining forms)
Consists of the spleen - thymus gland - lymph nodes - a fluid called lymph - and the lymphatic vessels. The lymphatic system maintains fluid balance and immunity.
Baby Red Blood Cells (When you have to many - usually means something is wrong w/bone marrow)
Usually on the main IV. A method in which drugs are usually administered intravenously in 50-100ml of fluid

23. Medication Administration Record (MAR)
Calcium (Can also mean cancer)
List of meds that each individual pt is currently taking
Extends from brainstem through spinal cavity to between the 1st and 2nd lumbar verebrae. It's the patway for conducting sensory impulses up to the brain and motor impulses back down from the brain.
Complete bed rest

24. enter/o
(the egg white) The main body of the cell
Rapid flow of blood
Head of bed
Intestine

25. dermat / o
Diet as tolerated
Skin (word roots/combining forms)
Penicillin
Upper gastrointestinal

26. Pediatrician
Without
Surgical fixation
Provides preventative care and diagnosis and treats diseases of children
Vertebra (s) - vertebrae (bones of the spine)

27. lamin/o
Milliequivalent
Cerebrospinal fluid (lumbar tray in materials)
Chief Financial Officer
Lamina (bony arch of the vertebrae)

28. chol
Ante cibum (before meals)
Cholesterol
Microgram
Blood

29. febrile
Asrpin (acetylsalicylic acid)
Fever
Cardiac monitor tech (usually just called monitor tech)
Labor & Delivery

30. Psych
Eye
Psychiatry
Blood being held back
Femur (thigh bone)

31. ac
Cell
Ante cibum (before meals)
Carbohydrate
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the nervous system

32. Normal HR
Wet/Reusable items (instruments etc.)
60-80 (smoker 80-100 / anything below 40 not OK)
Fast - rapid
Stomach

33. cyto
Cell
Diagnoses/Treats diseases w/the use of various methods of imaging such as x-ray - ultrasound - radioactive materials - and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
Treatment
Bilirubin

34. hepato
Rule out
Blue
Average daily intake of a nutrient meeting requirements of nearly all healthy people of a given age/gender
Liver

35. arthr/o
Blood
Joint
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Bone that goes through the skin (open)

36. crash cart
A doctrine that informs pt's of risky or invasive diagnostic or treatment procedure. They need to be informed of: description of test - risk and or alternatives - risks of death or bodily disability - probable results of the procedure.
Removal of fluid
Should contain: ambu bag - code blue book - guiac - stroke alert box.
Health Maintenance Organization

37. electr/o (word root)
Electricity/Electrical activity
Certified Health Unit Coordinator
As necessary
Circulation

38. Inferior (caudal)
Pertaining to below (body directional terms)
Sodium - potassium - co2 - Bun - creatinine - calcium
Provides acute care exclusively to hospitalized pt's.
Happening now

39. Never take critical labs over the phone

40. Calorie
A measurement of energy or heat
Creating an artificial opening into
Blood
A bone that has been twisted apart

41. FDA (Food & Drug Agency)
US Govern. agency who ensures that foods - drugs - cosmetics - and medical devices are safe and properly labeled.
With
Pulse
Rib

42. Proximal
Middle layer of the meninges (web like structure)
O+ o- a+ a- b+ b- ab+ (cannot donate blood) ab- (cannot donate blood)
Pertaining to closer than another structure from the point of attachment. (body directional terms)
Ante cibum (before meals)

43. H & H
Student Health Unit Coordinatoor
Excision - surgical removal
Hemoglobin & hematocrit (HGB & crit or HCT)
History

44. dura mater
Transmits nerve impulses from one part of the body to another. (there are 2 types)
Outer touch layer of the meninges
Cacner
No Know Food Allergies

45. abd
Abdomen
Diagnosis/Treats diseases and disorders of the internal organs of adults
Condition of the blood
Within normal limits

46. Standing Order

47. Fistula
Abnormal condition characterized by no speech
Hour or hours
Pathway of an opening/wound that spreads
Electroencephalogram (test to check electricity in the brain)

48. Hgb
Ante cibum (before meals)
Herniation or protrusion
Hemoglobin
Cap gas - arterial gas - venous gas

49. pt (lower case)
Patient
Certified Nursing Assistant
Chief Financial Officer
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the ear - nose - and throat

50. clavico
Stomach/intestine/inflammation of
Inner lining of heart - also forms the heart valves
Lumbar Puncture
Clavical or collarbone