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1. RD
Pathway of an opening/wound that spreads
Pediatrics
Registered Dietician
Heart

2. CO2
Salivary glands - teeth and tongue - liver - gallbladder - pancreas
Spiritual Support
Carbon dioxide
Kidney's - ureters - and bladder

3. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Vital signs include TPRBPO2 stat - pn: Temp - Pulse rate - BP - oxygen - respiratory rate - o2stat - pain
Joint
Top of pyramid: Self Actualization needs: Self-fulfillment - Esteem Needs: Self Respect & Respect of others - Belonging & Love Needs: Need to receive and give love - Safety & Security Needs: Safe from danger - job security - ordered structure. - Phys
Walk

4. RRF
Narrowing of the arteries
Disease (word roots/combining forms)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Internal Doc (only...never put in chart) Responsible Reporting Form (used when someone within the unit does something wrong)

5. ad lib
Incision
Carbohydrate
As desired
Stomach

6. PHI
Heart
Through - Across - Beyond
Protected Health Info
Top of pyramid: Self Actualization needs: Self-fulfillment - Esteem Needs: Self Respect & Respect of others - Belonging & Love Needs: Need to receive and give love - Safety & Security Needs: Safe from danger - job security - ordered structure. - Phys

7. Bolus
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.
Every day
Breathing
Blue

8. WNL
Within normal limits
Skilled Nursing Facility
Stomach
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

9. D/C or DC
Ventricular tachycardia (if it goes on too long - will become SVT=sinus ventricular tachycardia)
Nerves - Brain - Spinal Cord
Discontinue or discharge
Crooked - curved (lateral)

10. CCU
Coronary Care Unit
Herniation or protrusion
Bone
2x per day

11. Anterior (ventral)
Pertaining to in front of (body directional terms)
Nail (word roots/combining forms)
Paralysis of the rt or lt side of body
Blood being held back

12. Types of Strokes
Central Nervous System
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.
Sodium - potassium - co2 - Bun - creatinine - calcium
Ischemic and hemmoragic

13. hist/o (word root)
Cell
Fracture
As desired
Tissue

14. Connective Tissue
3x a day
Makes up the muscles of the body that contract and relax to produce movement.
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

15. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Artery
Government agency whose purpose is to ensure that foods/meds/cosmetics/& medical devices are safe & properly labeled
Lying of the back - Face Up (body directional terms)
Middle layer of the meninges (web like structure)

16. lipo
Within normal limits
Death of body tissue due to lack of blood supply - often a result of infection or injury.
Midnight
Fat

17. p (with line above it)
Electroencephalogram (test to check electricity in the brain)
After
Treats diseases and injuries through operative methods; may specialize in a particular area - such as heart - eye - or pediatric surgery
As desired

18. FDA (Food & Drug Agency)
US Govern. agency who ensures that foods - drugs - cosmetics - and medical devices are safe and properly labeled.
House Officer
Visual examination
Complete Blood count

19. Proximal
(can get at young age) 'Dementia' = Shrinkage of the brain
Pertaining to closer than another structure from the point of attachment. (body directional terms)
Emergency Dept.
Provides acute care exclusively to hospitalized pt's.

20. NM
Vital signs
A graphic recording of the electrical impulses that the heart generated during the cardiac cycle.
Slow
Midnight

21. NAS
Fasting Blood Sugar
Minute
Record x-ray - image - or picture
No added salt

22. stat
Every day
Artery
Immediately
Joint

23. stomat/o
Asrpin (acetylsalicylic acid)
Mouth
Skin (word roots/combining forms)
Condition of the blood

24. Atrophy
Intravenous
Cells/Inside/How they work
Without development (a decrease in normal size of an organ)
Lab - Rad - Pharm - PT - Respt. - OT - etc.

25. MRI
Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A technique used to produce computer images (scans) of the interior of the body w/use of magnetic field and radiofrequency waves.
Pertaining to
Development - nourishment
Fracture

26. ac
Liter
Preferred Provider Organization
Diagnosis-Related Groups
Ante cibum (before meals)

27. Ax
Axilla or axillary
Eye
Narrowing
Stapes (middle ear)

28. Posteroanterior (PA)
Cornea (clear anterior covering of the eye)
Pertaining to back to front (body directional terms)
Stomach
Iris (colored part of eye)

29. Na
Short-stay Unit
Connective tissue - flesh (word roots/combining forms)
Cardiac monitor tech (usually just called monitor tech)
Sodium

30. Fogging
Moving clot
Without
Decreased - lower - below
Assertive skills in which a person responds to a criticism by making noncommittal statements that can not be argued against.

31. Standing Order

32. FF
Force fluids
Eye
Within normal limits
Rapid flow of blood into the spinal cord

33. DAT
Without Fever
Electrocardiography
Neurological vital signs/checks degree or hour
Diet as tolerated

34. Self-Esteem
Confidence and respect for oneself.
As necessary
Within normal limits
Process of recording an x-ray - imaging - taking a picture

35. mcg
Microgram
Flesh tumor (cancer)
Pertaining to
A temporary lowering of BP usually due to standing suddenly - also called postural hypotension

36. a or ic
Pertaining to
(mainly children) A certain type of bone disease (2nd most common) Causes bones to become weak.
Destruction of a pt's immune system. Highly susceptible to infections.
Lower part of resp. system

37. splen/o
Neurology
Heart
Spleen
Excessive discharge - flow

38. connecting/combining vowel
Lateral chest
O E I
(the egg white) The main body of the cell
Electrocardiography

39. Never take critical labs over the phone

40. KCI
Moving clot
Penicillin
Potassium chloride
Body

41. CVP
Central venous pressure
Clinical Decision Support System
Spontaneous collapse of lung
No Known Food Allergies

42. scope
Fast - rapid
Instrument
Nerves - Brain - Spinal Cord
Bile - gall

43. Intramuscular Injection
Injection of a med into a muscle (IM)
3x a day
No Information No Publication
Diagnoses/Treats disease and defects of the eye

44. angi/o
Blood vessel
A diagnostic study to measure arterial blood gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide) to attain info needed to asses & manage a pt's respiratory status.
Every day
Baby Red Blood Cells (When you have to many - usually means something is wrong w/bone marrow)

45. Cytoplasm
(the egg white) The main body of the cell
Medical Intensive Care Unit
Nausea & vomiting
4x a day

46. acute
Condition of the blood
Happening now
No Known Allergies
The measurement of pt's fluid/food intake and output

47. PCN
Over the counter
Capsule
Speech
Penicillin

48. typmanic temp
Intestine
Temp checked in ear
Skilled Nursing Facility
Mini Stroke (TIA)

49. encephal/o
Cell
Orthopedics
Brain
(usually young women) Autoimmune disease. Degeneration of the joints - with permanent damage.

50. R
Confidence and respect for oneself.
Rectal
(cushion between the bones of vertebra)
Studies cell change and other alterations of the body cause by disease (tissue)