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

2. p (with line above it)
Movement/Function
After
Larynx (voicebox)
Visual examination

3. Never take critical labs over the phone

4. -stenosis
Narrowing
Potassium
Pediatrics
Emergency Dept.

5. cal or kcal
Calorie
Without
Stapes (middle ear)
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.

6. sclerosis
White Blood Cell
Diet as tolerated
Hardening of the arteries
Farther from the surface (body directional terms)

7. Gastroenterologist
4x a day
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the digestive tract
Fever
Slow

8. splen/o
Child Protective Service
Force fluids
Spleen
Blue

9. -gram
Rib
Identification Labels
Level of care pt's would require per med condition (GRASP)
Record x-ray - image - or picture

10. CO2
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.
Slow
Carbon dioxide
Forms parts of the nervous system - which conducts electrochemical impulses and helps to coordinate body activities.

11. dermat / o
Skin (word roots/combining forms)
House Officer
Cornea (clear anterior covering of the eye)
Protection - Support - Movement - Blood Cell production - and Mineral storage

12. eukocyte
White Blood Cell
Urinalysis
The # of times a pt breaths per minute (in & out)
Form used to record admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit daily.

13. Leuokocyte
White Blood Cells
Medical
Computed tomography
The measurement of pt's fluid/food intake and output

14. parasentisis trays
Ordered for abdominalcentisis
Joint Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organization
Increase
Coronary Care Unit

15. RD
Usually meds - food - tape - and many other items
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.
Hardening of the arteries
Registered Dietitian. One who has completed and education program/served an internship/and passed the exam given by the American Dietetic Assoc.

16. Functions of the Skeletal System
Bathroom privileges
Intramuscular Injection
Suspected non-accidental Trauma
Protection - Support - Movement - Blood Cell production - and Mineral storage

17. TPR
Registered Dietician
Internal organs (word roots/combining forms)
Diagnoses/Treats mental illness
Temp - pulse - respiration

18. Emergency Room Physician

19. scope
Meninges (spinal cord covering)
Instrument used to examine
No added salt
Decreased - lower - below

20. Automatic Stop Date
Cholesterol
Date in which a specific category of meds must discontinue unless review by a Dr.
Salivary glands - teeth and tongue - liver - gallbladder - pancreas
Transischemic attack (mini stroke)

21. arteri/o
Diagnoses/Treats diseases or fractures of the musculoskeletal system
Artery
Through - Across - Beyond
Tumor

22. -ic (suffix)
Pertaining to
3x a day
Rectal
Nerves - Brain - Spinal Cord

23. U
Blue
Slow
Upper gastrointestinal
Diagnoses/Treats cancerous conditions

24. anemia
Low iron (rbc)
Potassium
Bathroom privileges
Beginning half of word

25. Carcinoma
Flesh tumor (cancer)
Taking fluid from somewhere
Total parenteral nutrition
Hour of sleep

26. Cardiovert
To slow down heart
Clinical Decision Support System
Computer Physician Order Entry
Removal of fluid

27. -logy (suffix)
Wet/Reusable items (instruments etc.)
Study of
Clear
Eyelid

28. Paget's Disease (Ostetitis Deformans)
(mainly children) A certain type of bone disease (2nd most common) Causes bones to become weak.
Heart
Labels affixed to the front cover of a pt's paper chart that indicated pt has allergy.
Bone

29. Hx
Microgram
Taking fluid from somewhere
History
Lung

30. enter/o
Hair (word roots/combining forms)
Intestine
Clinical Decision Support System
Destruction of a pt's immune system. Highly susceptible to infections.

31. Physiology
Blood urea nitrogen
Excessive discharge - flow
Bedside commode
Cells/Inside/How they work

32. Geriatrist
Health Unit Coordinator
Skin (word roots/combining forms)
Diagnoses/Treats diseases and problems w/aging
A device to measure gas exchange and probe to either the ear or the finger (also cld oxygen saturation monitor)

33. Liq
Liquid
Excision - surgical removal
Pass to pt's nurse
Decrease

34. lip / o
Destruction of a pt's immune system. Highly susceptible to infections.
Bedside commode
Decrease
Fat (word roots/combining forms)

35. Muscle Tissue
Enlargement
Bed Sore
Low iron (rbc)
Makes up the muscles of the body that contract and relax to produce movement.

36. Blasts
Red Blood Cell
Record x-ray - image - or picture
Ventricular tachycardia (if it goes on too long - will become SVT=sinus ventricular tachycardia)
Baby Red Blood Cells (When you have to many - usually means something is wrong w/bone marrow)

37. Fx
Intravenous
Pertaining to the brain and spine
Fracture
No Known Food Allergies

38. -ologist
No Known Medication Allergies
While awake
Narrowing
Specialist (Pertaining to)

39. NKMA
No Known Medication Allergies
Cardiac monitor tech (usually just called monitor tech)
Diagnoses/Treats cancerous conditions
O+ o- a+ a- b+ b- ab+ (cannot donate blood) ab- (cannot donate blood)

40. Ruptured Disk
Fast - rapid
(cushion between the bones of vertebra)
Treats diseases and injuries through operative methods; may specialize in a particular area - such as heart - eye - or pediatric surgery
Pt controlled analgesic

41. dura mater
Surgical fixation
Outer touch layer of the meninges
Sclera (white part of eye)
Creating an artificial opening into

42. NPO
Intensive Care Unit
List of meds that each individual pt is currently taking
Nothing by mouth
Cut Out

43. Fistula
Pathway of an opening/wound that spreads
Licenses Practical Nurse
Hemoglobin & hematocrit (HGB & crit or HCT)
Body

44. Spleen

45. NM
Midnight
Diagnoses/Treats disease and defects of the eye
Orthopedics
Retina

46. cyto
Disease (word roots/combining forms)
Milliequivalent
Cell
No Information No Publication

47. Pathology
Registered Nurse
Lab where biopsies are sent to
Stomach
(usually young women) Autoimmune disease. Degeneration of the joints - with permanent damage.

48. -rrhaphy
Pertaining to back to front (body directional terms)
To suture (surgical) repair
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.
3 or more pt's with similar last name (need to write 'Name Alert')

49. RD
Registered dietician
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (reflux disease)
Central Nervous System
History and Physical

50. Standard of Care
Abdomen
Development - nourishment
Provides acute care exclusively to hospitalized pt's.
Minimal Standard (5 rights)