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1. encephal/o
Brain
Surrounding
Surgical fixation
Certified Nursing Assistant

2. onc / o
Disease (word roots/combining forms)
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.
Farther from another structure (body directional terms)
O E I

3. -trophy
Eye
Development - nourishment
Pertaining to Toward (body directional terms)
Inflammation of small bowel

4. Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Blue
Dry/Throw away
A stroke. An interference of blood flow to the brain which reduces the supply of oxygen and nutrients - causing damage to brain tissue. Major causes are embolism - thrombosis - and hemorrhage.

5. hem/o
Blood
Larynx (voicebox)
Health Unit Coordinator
Enlarged liver

6. ADT Log Book
Inflammation of small bowel
The invasion of the body by a pathogenic micro-organism that reproduces and multiply - causing disease. Bacterial infections are treated w/antibiotics
Book to record all admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit
(on the main IV...piggybacks it) a method by which drugs are usually administered intravenously in 50-100 ml of fluid

7. IM
Intramuscular Injection
Disease (word roots/combining forms)
Cardiomyopathy
Fracture

8. Piggyback
Temp checked in ear
An x-ray taken by a mobile xray machine that is moved to the pt's bedside
Breathing
(on the main IV...piggybacks it) a method by which drugs are usually administered intravenously in 50-100 ml of fluid

9. FF
Center of a Cell (control center) (egg yolk)
Force fluids
A stroke. An interference of blood flow to the brain which reduces the supply of oxygen and nutrients - causing damage to brain tissue. Major causes are embolism - thrombosis - and hemorrhage.
Pertaining to (word roots/combining forms)

10. cardi/o (word root)
Rectal
Cares for Women during pregnancy - labor - delivery - and after.
Tissue
Heart

11. Allergy
Usually meds - food - tape - and many other items
Farther from the surface (body directional terms)
Registered Dietitian. One who has completed and education program/served an internship/and passed the exam given by the American Dietetic Assoc.
Surgical opening

12. Periosteum
Sodium - potassium - co2 - Bun - creatinine - calcium
(on the main IV...piggybacks it) a method by which drugs are usually administered intravenously in 50-100 ml of fluid
A thin membrane that covers the bones (necessary for growth and repair and is the attachment point for ligaments and tendons.
Aorta

13. proct/o
Rectum
Asrpin (acetylsalicylic acid)
Without Fever
Long-Term Care

14. ot/o
Ear
Urinalysis
Penicillin
A method of finding hidden blood in stool

15. sclerosis
Rapid flow of blood
Emergency Dept.
Liver
Hardening of the arteries

16. centesis
Myocardial infarction
Specialist (Pertaining to)
Taking fluid from somewhere
Bone

17. UCR
Day Surgery Unit
Central venous pressure
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the neuro-musculolskeletal system with physical elements to restore the individual to participation in society
Usual - Customary - and Reasonable

18. RDA
Recommended dietary allowance. The average daily intake of a nutrient that meets the requirements of nearly all healthy ppl of a given age/gender.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Cartilage
Removal of fluid

19. HO
House Officer
Body
Tonsils & adenoids
Should contain: ambu bag - code blue book - guiac - stroke alert box.

20. emboli
Central Nervous System
As desired
Above
Moving clot

21. Portable X-ray

22. RN
Bladder (urinary unless otherwise used)
Skin (word roots/combining forms)
Registered Nurse
Total parenteral nutrition

23. stern/o
Milliequivelant
Sternum (breastbone)
Fat (word roots/combining forms)
Pulse

24. Clinical Tasks
Brain
Right lower quadrant
Movement/Function
Tasks performed at the Bedside or in direct contact w/the pt

25. Obstetrician
Rib
Pathway of an opening/wound that spreads
Sternum (breastbone)
Cares for Women during pregnancy - labor - delivery - and after.

26. osis
Every
Aorta
Surgical opening
Condition of

27. Informed Consent

28. -rrhaphy
Pro re nata (as needed)
Coronary artery disease= narrowing of the arteries due to buildup of plaque on the arterial walls (a condition called atherosclerosis)
To suture (surgical) repair
Pass to pt's nurse

29. 5 items that make up a pt's chart
Face sheet - orders - progress notes - DNR - Advance Directives - Meds - Labs
Protection - Support - Movement - Blood Cell production - and Mineral storage
Surrounding
Anyone coming through ER that we send to other hospitals - and is found NOT stable enough to have been sent in the 1st place. Has to be stable before ever transferring a pt.

30. Intake and Output

31. VF
Vertebra (s) - vertebrae (bones of the spine)
Cell
ventricular fibrillation
Producing - originating - causing (word roots/combining forms)

32. A&O
Alert and orientated
Dry/Throw away
60-80 (smoker 80-100 / anything below 40 not OK)
Instrument

33. ED
Center of a Cell (control center) (egg yolk)
Emergency Dept.
White Blood Cells
One of the primary lymphatic organs. Development of the body's defenses against infection by promoting the maturation of cells that provide immune responses.

34. NKA
Enlarged liver
No Known Allergies
Electricity - electrical activity
Date in which a specific category of meds must discontinue unless review by a Dr.

35. path / o
High-density
Surgical incision or to cut into
Disease (word roots/combining forms)
Brain

36. Decubitus Ulcer
Pertaining to above (body directional terms)
Biopsy
Bed Sore
Blood glucose monitoring

37. Cell Membrane
(egg shell) Boundary of the cell. Is porous - flexible - and elastic. The protective cell membrane actively or passively regulates the movement of a substance into and out of the cell. Keeps the cell intact. The cell will die if the cell membrane can
Liver
Spleen
To slow down heart

38. chol
Cholesterol
Axilla or axillary
Communication process between shifts - in which nursing personnel who are leaving report nursing unit activities to coming on duty.
Hardening

39. Fx
Speech
Fracture
Sclera (white part of eye)
Through - Across - Beyond

40. hyper
Decreased - lower - below
Increase
Blue
Penicillin

41. R
The # of times a pt breaths per minute (in & out)
Rectal
Over the counter
Bad error/mistake/at fault/harm to pt

42. Geriatrist
Diagnoses/Treats diseases and problems w/aging
Eyelid
Immediately
Full Strength or Fasting Sugars

43. electr/o (word root)
Lower part of resp. system
Result of adding a medication to a container or iv solution
Nothing by mouth
Electricity/Electrical activity

44. Holter Monitor

45. carcin/o
Culture
Midnight
Cacner
Diagnosis/Treats diseases and disorders of the internal organs of adults

46. Identification Label
Abnormal condition characterized by no speech
Blue
Labels that contain individual pt info for identifying pt records or other personal items.
House Officer

47. -pnea
Date in which a specific category of meds must discontinue unless review by a Dr.
Breathing
Health Unit Coordinator
Sodium - potassium - co2 - Bun - creatinine - calcium

48. Paget's Disease (Ostetitis Deformans)
Pertaining to (word roots/combining forms)
Cares for Women during pregnancy - labor - delivery - and after.
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(mainly children) A certain type of bone disease (2nd most common) Causes bones to become weak.

49. anemia
Force fluids
Excessive discharge - flow
Low iron (rbc)
Trauma Intensive Care Unit

50. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Minute
60-80 (smoker 80-100 / anything below 40 not OK)
Government agency whose purpose is to ensure that foods/meds/cosmetics/& medical devices are safe & properly labeled
Plans - directs - coordinates - and supervises the delivery of health managers