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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. CMT
Iris (colored part of eye)
Cardiac monitor tech (usually just called monitor tech)
Measurements of body functions - including temp - pulse - respiration - and bp
With

2. CVICU
Bile - gall
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
Enlargement

3. cyan/o
Blue
Inflammation
Armpit reading of temp
Cholesterol

4. Intake and Output

5. stenosis
Narrowing of the arteries
Within/stomach/pertaining to
Shortness of breath
Resembling (word roots/combining forms)

6. mcg
Microgram
Vein/vessel
The thickest muscular middle layer of the heart
Labels that contain individual pt info for identifying pt records or other personal items.

7. P
Pulse
Hidden
Adult protective Services
Labels affixed to the front cover of a pt's paper chart that indicated pt has allergy.

8. FS
Full Strength or Fasting Sugars
Body
Nothing by mouth
Outer touch layer of the meninges

9. Assignment Sheet
Total parenteral nutrition
UA in charge of this sheet. Keep up to date so that can inform family who is assigned to pt.
Chloride
Usually meds - food - tape - and many other items

10. Radiation Oncologist
Treats cancer through the use of radiation
Ingestion=taking in through the mouth - digestion=mechanical & chemical breakdown of food for use by body cells - Absorption=the transfer of digested food from the small intestine to the bloodstream - Elimination=the removal of solid waste from the b
Tumor (word roots/combining forms)
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the neuro-musculolskeletal system with physical elements to restore the individual to participation in society

11. SNAT
Student Health Unit Coordinatoor
Suspected non-accidental Trauma
Electrocardiography
Lateral chest

12. mening/o
Clot (stationary=thrombosis) (moving=embolism)
Sternum (breastbone)
Meninges (spinal cord covering)
Sodium

13. Central Service Dept. Charge Slip
Treatment
Lab - Rad - Pharm - PT - Respt. - OT - etc.
A form that is initiated to charge a discharged pt for any items used during their hospital stay that were not charged at the time of of use.
Diet as tolerated

14. CFO
Without Fever
Chief Financial Officer
(usually young women) Autoimmune disease. Degeneration of the joints - with permanent damage.
Full Strength or Fasting Sugars

15. Ophthalmologist
Capsule
Diagnoses/Treats disease and defects of the eye
Microgram
History & Physical

16. -genic
UA in charge of this sheet. Keep up to date so that can inform family who is assigned to pt.
Producing - originating - causing (word roots/combining forms)
Spontaneous collapse of lung
Kidney's - ureters - and bladder

17. KUB (also cld a flat plate of abdome)

18. COA or C of A
Surgical opening
Date in which a specific category of meds must discontinue unless review by a Dr.
Conditions of Admission
(cushion between the bones of vertebra)

19. Urologist
Pertaining to below (body directional terms)
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the male/female urinary tracts and of the male reproductive system
Armpit reading of temp
Diagnosis-Related Groups

20. erythrocyte
Producing
Discontinue or discharge
Red Blood Cell
Cerebrospinal fluid (lumbar tray in materials)

21. non-clinical task
Rib
Form used to record admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit daily.
Tasks performed away from the bedside
A bone that has been twisted apart

22. Standard of Care
Temp checked in ear
Factors such as age - gender - race - socioeconomic status etc.
Minimal Standard (5 rights)
Conditions of Admission

23. Systolic BP
Diet as tolerated
Penicillin
Sodium - potassium - co2 - Bun - creatinine - calcium
BP measured during ventricular contraction (the top # - usually higher)

24. Adduction
Bone that goes through the skin (open)
Vertebra (s) - vertebrae (bones of the spine)
Pertaining to Toward (body directional terms)
Outer touch layer of the meninges

25. JCAHO
Joint Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organization
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Bone that goes through the skin (open)
Temp - pulse - respiration

26. DAT
Diet as tolerated
Outer touch layer of the meninges
Injection of a med into a muscle (IM)
Above normal

27. noc
Night
White
Liquid
Fracture

28. cal or kcal
No Known Allergies
Creating an artificial opening into
Out of bed
Calorie

29. Axillary Temperature
A thin membrane that covers the bones (necessary for growth and repair and is the attachment point for ligaments and tendons.
Slows the heart rate (digoxen would increase hear rate)
Cares for Women during pregnancy - labor - delivery - and after.
Armpit reading of temp

30. RRF
Eyelid
Internal Doc (only...never put in chart) Responsible Reporting Form (used when someone within the unit does something wrong)
Minimal Standard (5 rights)
Plastic Bracelet (usually red) that is worn by a pt to indicate allergy.

31. a or ic
Pertaining to
Pulse
Force fluids
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the rectum and anus

32. -ostomy
Surgical opening
Hemoglobin
Tasks performed at the Bedside or in direct contact w/the pt
Needed when pt stops breathing (usually w/a black mouth covering)

33. Anesthesiologist
Complete bed rest
Administers drugs or gases to produce loss of consciousness or sensation in the pt. Care during/after surgery as well.
Provides acute care exclusively to hospitalized pt's.
Doctor of Osteopathy

34. myel
Ventricular tachycardia (if it goes on too long - will become SVT=sinus ventricular tachycardia)
Hospital Base Specialist
Spinal cord
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.

35. tab
Tablet
Student Health Unit Coordinatoor
4x a day
Should contain: ambu bag - code blue book - guiac - stroke alert box.

36. HS
Hour of sleep
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Patient
Bedside commode

37. CHUC
Treats cancer through the use of radiation
Producing - originating - causing (word roots/combining forms)
Certified Health Unit Coordinator
Liquid

38. vascular
Surgical
Intensive Care Unit
Circulation
Licenses Practical Nurse

39. CPS
Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
Condition of
Child Protective Service
A process which the UA records data (date - time - name - and status) on the Dr's order sheet to indicate that a handwritten Dr's transcription has been completed.

40. viscer / o
Lying w/face downward (body directional terms)
Registered dietician
Capsule
Internal organs (word roots/combining forms)

41. Inferior (caudal)
Pertaining to below (body directional terms)
Discontinue or discharge
Transmits nerve impulses from one part of the body to another. (there are 2 types)
Blood being held back

42. Types of Strokes
History & Physical
Internal organs (word roots/combining forms)
Ischemic and hemmoragic
Hidden

43. RD
Clavical or collarbone
Registered dietician
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.
Enlargement

44. ICU
Transmits impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands
Intensive Care Unit
Labels that contain individual pt info for identifying pt records or other personal items.
Stone

45. abd
Cholesterol
Lying of the back - Face Up (body directional terms)
Inner lining of heart - also forms the heart valves
Abdomen

46. -plasty
Doctor of Osteopathy
Surgical repair
Process of recording an x-ray - imaging - taking a picture
Cut Out

47. R
Chest x-ray
Rectal
Book to record all admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit
Vital signs

48. hypo-
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.
Bone that goes through the skin (open)
Biopsy
Below normal

49. cererbospinal
Anteroposterior
Pertaining to the brain and spine
A cord like structure that is located outside the central nervous system (CNS). Contains nerve cells called neurons.
Paralysis of the rt or lt side of body

50. Endocardium
Health Maintenance Organization
Inner lining of heart - also forms the heart valves
Lower part of resp. system
Flesh tumor (cancer)