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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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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. SOB
Discontinue or discharge
History
Blue
Shortness of breath

2. pt (lower case)
Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the rectum and anus
Patient
Rapid eyelid movement

3. -stomy
Creating an artificial opening into
Protected Health Info
Without development (a decrease in normal size of an organ)
Penicillin

4. CBC
White
Diagnoses/Treats pt's in trauma and emergency situations
Complete Blood count
Health Unit Coordinator

5. ECG - EKG
Electrocardiography
Electronic Medical Record/Electronic Health Record
The measurement of pt's fluid/food intake and output
Provides acute care exclusively to hospitalized pt's.

6. Cultural Difference
To have the pt sit on edge of bed and dangle feet
Factors such as age - gender - race - socioeconomic status etc.
As desired
Meninges (spinal cord covering)

7. FF
Force fluids
Treats diseases and injuries through operative methods; may specialize in a particular area - such as heart - eye - or pediatric surgery
Spleen
Tablet

8. OOB
Consists of the spleen - thymus gland - lymph nodes - a fluid called lymph - and the lymphatic vessels. The lymphatic system maintains fluid balance and immunity.
Clot (stationary=thrombosis) (moving=embolism)
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the ear - nose - and throat
Out of bed

9. Material Supply
Stomach
Tissue (word roots/combining forms)
Cardiomyopathy
Dry/Throw away

10. CVP
Internal Doc (only...never put in chart) Responsible Reporting Form (used when someone within the unit does something wrong)
Diagnoses/Treats disorders of a newborn
Fever
Central venous pressure

11. DAT
Diet as tolerated
Process in which tumor cells spread to distant parts of the body
Diagnoses/Treats disorders of a newborn
As necessary

12. al or ous
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the nervous system
Pertaining to (word roots/combining forms)
Nothing by mouth
Artery

13. Dangle
To have the pt sit on edge of bed and dangle feet
Bile - gall
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the male/female urinary tracts and of the male reproductive system
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act

14. Thymus Gland

15. noc
A cavity that contains pus. Usually cause by pathogenic microorganisms that invade the tissue through a break in the skin. Abscesses are formed by the body to wall off the pathogenic microorganisms and keep them from spreading throughout the body.
Night
Artery
Creating an artificial opening into

16. UA or U/A
Minimal Standard (5 rights)
An x-ray taken by a mobile xray machine that is moved to the pt's bedside
Urinalysis
Pain

17. CO2
Carbon dioxide
Pro re nata (as needed)
Bad error/mistake/at fault/harm to pt
Coronary artery disease= narrowing of the arteries due to buildup of plaque on the arterial walls (a condition called atherosclerosis)

18. Inferior (caudal)
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
Lung
Pertaining to below (body directional terms)
Tissue (word roots/combining forms)

19. CMT
Cardiac monitor tech (usually just called monitor tech)
Cartilage
Speech
White Blood Cell count

20. myocardium
Phosphate or phosphorus
To slow down heart
Electroencephalography
The thickest muscular middle layer of the heart

21. -rrhagia
Rapid flow
Joint Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organization
Identification Labels
Wide awake

22. Portable X-ray

23. Anteroposterior (AP)
Makes up the muscles of the body that contract and relax to produce movement.
Registered Dietician
O E I
Pertaining to front to back (body directional terms)

24. hypo
Milliequivalent
Surrounding
Decrease
Medication Administration Record

25. Fogging
Eyelid
A thin membrane that covers the bones (necessary for growth and repair and is the attachment point for ligaments and tendons.
Assertive skills in which a person responds to a criticism by making noncommittal statements that can not be argued against.
Microgram

26. -emia
Patient Support Associate
Across or through
Level of care pt's would require per med condition (GRASP)
Condition of the blood

27. hist/o (word root)
Respiratory rate
Kidney
Cerebrovascular accident
Tissue

28. retin/o
Retina
A technique that uses radioactive materials to examine anatomy and functional capacity of an organ
Low-density lipotein
Rapid flow

29. electr/o
Preferred Provider Organization
Removal of fluid
Electricity - electrical activity
(type of test) done in Respiratory Dept. (done if C02 is building up in the blood)

30. CMS
Circulation - motion - sensation
Incision
Usually meds - food - tape - and many other items
Destruction of a pt's immune system. Highly susceptible to infections.

31. NPO
Cell
Nothing by mouth
Pertaining to the brain and spine
Without development (a decrease in normal size of an organ)

32. TPN
Post-anesthesia Care Unit
Inflammation
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the ear - nose - and throat
Total parenteral nutrition

33. hepato
Across or through
Liver
Stomach/intestine/inflammation of
Pathway of an opening/wound that spreads

34. Rheumatoid Arthritis
(usually young women) Autoimmune disease. Degeneration of the joints - with permanent damage.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Electricity - electrical activity
Diagnoses/Treats disease and defects of the eye

35. ABR
Incision
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Right
Absolute bed rest

36. -ology
Study of (word roots/combining forms)
(cushion between the bones of vertebra)
Consists of the spleen - thymus gland - lymph nodes - a fluid called lymph - and the lymphatic vessels. The lymphatic system maintains fluid balance and immunity.
Hemoglobin & hematocrit (HGB & crit or HCT)

37. angi/o
Without Fever
Through - Across - Beyond
Blood vessel
Result of adding a medication to a container or iv solution

38. mcg
Microgram
Pertaining to back to front (body directional terms)
Surrounding
Every hour or every (fill in #) hour

39. Change of Shift Report
Sodium
Communication process between shifts - in which nursing personnel who are leaving report nursing unit activities to coming on duty.
Temp checked in ear
Stomach

40. HMO
Pertaining to in back of (body directional terms)
Anteroposterior
Health Maintenance Organization
Child Protective Service

41. Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
Salivary glands - teeth and tongue - liver - gallbladder - pancreas
Mini Stroke (TIA)
(cushion between the bones of vertebra)
Condition of

42. U
Cells/Inside/How they work
Practice of continuously improving quality of each function at each level of every dept. of the health care organization.
Upper gastrointestinal
Producing

43. path
No information - No publication
Axilla or axillary
Orgin of
Removal of fluid

44. Blasts
Cell
Post cibum (after meals)
A measurement (noninvasive) of gas exchange and rbc oxygen-carrying capacity
Baby Red Blood Cells (When you have to many - usually means something is wrong w/bone marrow)

45. Nuclear Medicine
Labels affixed to the front cover of a pt's paper chart that indicated pt has allergy.
A technique that uses radioactive materials to examine anatomy and functional capacity of an organ
A portable device that records the heart's electrical activity and produces a continuous EKG tracing over a specific period.
Pertaining to back to front (body directional terms)

46. Deep
Across or through
Should contain: ambu bag - code blue book - guiac - stroke alert box.
Heart
Farther from the surface (body directional terms)

47. Organs of the Nervous System
Condition of
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the rectum and anus
Nerves - Brain - Spinal Cord
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrotomy

48. Standard of Care
Post-anesthesia Care Unit
Force Fluids
Resembling (word roots/combining forms)
Minimal Standard (5 rights)

49. myel
Patient Care Technician
Spinal cord
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.
Temp checked in ear

50. CT
Potassium
Without Fever
Computed tomography
Every hour or every (fill in #) hour