Test your basic knowledge |

UA Training

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Sentinel Event
Lamina (bony arch of the vertebrae)
Spleen
Bad error/mistake/at fault/harm to pt
An x-ray taken by a mobile xray machine that is moved to the pt's bedside

2. PCA
Flesh tumor (cancer)
Central Nervous System
Pt controlled analgesic
Identification Labels

3. DVT
The # of times a pt breaths per minute (in & out)
Provides acute care exclusively to hospitalized pt's.
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Fat

4. leuk/o
Aorta
Anteroposterior
White
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the digestive tract

5. Anesthesiologist
Administers drugs or gases to produce loss of consciousness or sensation in the pt. Care during/after surgery as well.
Disease (word roots/combining forms)
Fat
Increased - above - elevated

6. FS
Above
Made up of 3 layers of connective tissue that completely surround and protect the spinal cord and brain.
Clear
Full Strength or Fasting Sugars

7. CC - creat cl - or cr cl
Internal organs (word roots/combining forms)
Instrument
Creatinine clearance
Hair (word roots/combining forms)

8. stenosis
Continuous Quality Improvement
Culture
Narrowing of the arteries
Forms parts of the nervous system - which conducts electrochemical impulses and helps to coordinate body activities.

9. -itis (suffix)
Clinical Decision Support System
A graphic recording of the electrical impulses that the heart generated during the cardiac cycle.
Surgical fixation
Inflammation

10. CL
Intestine
Cancer (word roots/combining forms)
Chloride
Unable to breath

11. thromb/o
US Govern. agency who ensures that foods - drugs - cosmetics - and medical devices are safe and properly labeled.
Clot (stationary=thrombosis) (moving=embolism)
A temporary lowering of BP usually due to standing suddenly - also called postural hypotension
Surgical repair of joint

12. Cultural Difference
(usually older) Most common form - usually in weight bearing joints (hips - knees) Chronic inflammation of the bone and joints due to degenerative changes in the cartilage.
Spontaneous collapse of lung
Factors such as age - gender - race - socioeconomic status etc.
Bone

13. PACU
Anteroposterior
Post-anesthesia Care Unit
Day Surgery Unit
Conditions of Admission

14. Systolic BP
Hardening of the arteries
Child Protective Services
Middle layer of the meninges (web like structure)
BP measured during ventricular contraction (the top # - usually higher)

15. cal or kcal
Calorie
3x a day
Clinical Decision Support System
Neurological Vital Signs (Neurocheck)

16. PT (Upper Case)
Physical Therapy
Joint Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organization
Cerebrospinal fluid (lumbar tray in materials)
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.

17. pc
Cap gas - arterial gas - venous gas
Pertaining to away from (body directional terms)
Post cibrum (after meals)
Certified Health Unit Coordinator

18. oste/o
Nausea & vomiting
O E I
Treats cancer through the use of radiation
Bone

19. cyto
Rapid flow
Intestine
Night
Cell

20. otomy
Incision
Should contain: ambu bag - code blue book - guiac - stroke alert box.
Outer touch layer of the meninges
Stomach

21. NPO
Low-density lipotein
The pulse rate obtained on the top of the foot
Nothing by mouth
Biopsy

22. Nystagamo
Rapid eyelid movement
Producing
Student Health Unit Coordinatoor
Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit

23. Piggyback
Book to record all admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit
A person's needs to have affectionate relationships w/ppl & to have a place in a group.
(on the main IV...piggybacks it) a method by which drugs are usually administered intravenously in 50-100 ml of fluid
Within normal limits

24. Neuro
Diagnoses/Treats disorders of a newborn
Neurology
Located withing the cranial cavity and is the main center for coordinating body activities.
Day Surgery Unit

25. Na or Na+
Clavical or collarbone
Sodium
Tissue
Discontinue or discharge

26. -emia
Within/stomach/pertaining to
Condition of the blood
Temp - pulse - respiration
Red

27. typmanic temp
Computer Physician Order Entry
Temp checked in ear
Lab - Rad - Pharm - PT - Respt. - OT - etc.
Blood urea nitrogen

28. NKFA
Stomach
Unable to breath
No Know Food Allergies
Disease (word roots/combining forms)

29. Proximal
Injection of a med into a muscle (IM)
(type of test) done in Respiratory Dept. (done if C02 is building up in the blood)
Pt controlled analgesic
Pertaining to closer than another structure from the point of attachment. (body directional terms)

30. ID Labels
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the male/female urinary tracts and of the male reproductive system
Ear
Between
Identification Labels

31. pneumo
Diagnoses/Treats pt's in trauma and emergency situations
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the neuro-musculolskeletal system with physical elements to restore the individual to participation in society
Aorta
Lung

32. BUN
Middle layer of the meninges (web like structure)
Blood urea nitrogen
Obtains - posts - and analyzes medical - workload - finance - and insurance data. Ensures that info is entered correctly into medical records
Pertaining to the middle (body directional terms)

33. PSA
Post-anesthesia Care Unit
Patient Support Associate
Respiratory rate
(mainly women who have had children) and abnormal decrease in bone mass. Lead cause of fractures and thin brittle bones. 'silent crippler'

34. Metastasis
Diagnoses/Treats diseases w/the use of various methods of imaging such as x-ray - ultrasound - radioactive materials - and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
Process in which tumor cells spread to distant parts of the body
No information - No publication
Blood pressure

35. prn
Pertaining to
Chest x-ray
Inner lining of heart - also forms the heart valves
Pro re nata (as needed)

36. Intramuscular Injection
Kidney
Injection of a med into a muscle (IM)
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.
Above normal

37. nephro
Computed tomography
Middle Breast Bone (Sternum)
Kidney
Absolute bed rest

38. noc
Transmits impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands
Bile - gall
Book to record all admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit
Night

39. febrile
The thickest muscular middle layer of the heart
Registered Nurse
Fever
Cardiac Monitor Tech

40. 'arrow down'
Protected Health Information
Continuous Quality Improvement
Decreased - lower - below
Sodium - potassium - co2 - Bun - creatinine - calcium

41. lith
Hardening
Diagnoses/Treats cancerous conditions
Phosphate or phosphorus
Stone

42. blepthro
After
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the nervous system
Made up of 3 layers of connective tissue that completely surround and protect the spinal cord and brain.
Eyelid

43. Carcinoma
Surgical repair of joint
Flesh tumor (cancer)
Penicillin
Consists of the spleen - thymus gland - lymph nodes - a fluid called lymph - and the lymphatic vessels. The lymphatic system maintains fluid balance and immunity.

44. Medial Steinum
Coronary Care Unit
Middle Breast Bone (Sternum)
Neurology
Base/Noun

45. CCU
Coronary Care Unit
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Total parenteral nutrition
Fever

46. CO2
Liter
Carbon dioxide
Without
Diagnoses/Treats disease and defects of the eye

47. SAD
Save a day
Kidney
A technique that uses radioactive materials to examine anatomy and functional capacity of an organ
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the internal organs that secrete hormones

48. Guaiac
Between
Ear
A method of finding hidden blood in stool
Bedside commode

49. NAS
Development - nourishment
Tonsils & adenoids
Pertaining to front to back (body directional terms)
No added salt

50. Prone
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
Lying w/face downward (body directional terms)
Should contain: ambu bag - code blue book - guiac - stroke alert box.
No Known Food Allergies