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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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1. crash cart
2x per day
Bone
Should contain: ambu bag - code blue book - guiac - stroke alert box.
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the nervous system

2. Functions of the Skeletal System
Myocardial infarction
Instrument used to examine
UA in charge of this sheet. Keep up to date so that can inform family who is assigned to pt.
Protection - Support - Movement - Blood Cell production - and Mineral storage

3. noc
Enlarged liver
Night
Without
Hidden

4. Identification Label
Labels that contain individual pt info for identifying pt records or other personal items.
Brain
Cells/Inside/How they work
Flesh tumor (cancer)

5. PEG
Artery
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrotomy
Condition of the blood
Breathing

6. phos
Tounge
Phosphate or phosphorus
Brain
Factors such as age - gender - race - socioeconomic status etc.

7. Pulse Rate
Creatinine clearance
Protection - Support - Movement - Blood Cell production - and Mineral storage
The # of times the heart beats per minute (felt through the walls of the artery)
Every hour or every (fill in #) hour

8. -sclerosis
History & Physical
Blood being held back
Cholesterol
Hardening

9. intra- (prefix)
Within
Bad error/mistake/at fault/harm to pt
Chloride
Surrounding

10. Standard of Care
An organ is made up of 2 or more types of tissues that perform one or more common functions.
Every day
Minimal Standard (5 rights)
Cell

11. NAS
No added salt
Physical Therapy
Gynecology
Potassium

12. Hx
Upper gastrointestinal
History
Lab - Rad - Pharm - PT - Respt. - OT - etc.
Lumbar Puncture

13. SAD
Save a day
Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Fracture
ventricular fibrillation

14. Bone Structure

15. Endoscope
Stone
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.
Diagnoses/Treats diseases or fractures of the musculoskeletal system
Speech

16. RR
Cardiac Monitor Tech
Recovery Room
Pertaining to two (both sides) (body directional terms)
Brain

17. Change of Shift Report
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Breathing
Communication process between shifts - in which nursing personnel who are leaving report nursing unit activities to coming on duty.
Clinical Decision Support System

18. stat
(MAR) List of meds that each individual pt is currently taking; it is used by the RN to administer meds.
Immediately
The invasion of the body by a pathogenic micro-organism that reproduces and multiply - causing disease. Bacterial infections are treated w/antibiotics
Blood urea nitrogen

19. cyt/o (word root)
Baby Red Blood Cells (When you have to many - usually means something is wrong w/bone marrow)
A method of finding hidden blood in stool
Cell
With

20. Hx
Diagnoses/Treats disorders of a newborn
Alert and orientated
Pro re nata (as needed)
History

21. SDS
Same-day Surgery
History
Diet as tolerated
To suture (surgical) repair

22. Contrast Media
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.
Within
A device to measure gas exchange and probe to either the ear or the finger (also cld oxygen saturation monitor)
A cord like structure that is located outside the central nervous system (CNS). Contains nerve cells called neurons.

23. Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
Mini Stroke (TIA)
Pulse rate obtained on the wrist
Computed tomography
Night

24. ex: intragastric (P=intra / WR=gastro / S=ic)
Within/stomach/pertaining to
Respiratory syncytial virus (can live on surface for 7 days)
Aorta
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the internal organs that secrete hormones

25. ASA
Intravenous push
Vomit (Emesis Bases usually have to ordered)
Asrpin (acetylsalicylic acid)
Aorta

26. BR
Bed rest
History & Physical
Tympanic membrane (eardrum)
Nothing by mouth

27. Health Information Specialist
Obtains - posts - and analyzes medical - workload - finance - and insurance data. Ensures that info is entered correctly into medical records
Rectum
Specialist (Pertaining to)
A graphic recording of the electrical impulses that the heart generated during the cardiac cycle.

28. BP
Rectal
Blood pressure
To suture (surgical) repair
Inflammation

29. DSU
Stomach
Day Surgery Unit
Wet/Reusable items (instruments etc.)
(MAR) List of meds that each individual pt is currently taking; it is used by the RN to administer meds.

30. Ruptured Disk
Protrusion of a body part
(cushion between the bones of vertebra)
Tumor
Pertaining to back to front (body directional terms)

31. gastr/o (word root)
Stomach
Form used to record admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit daily.
Ventricular tachycardia (if it goes on too long - will become SVT=sinus ventricular tachycardia)
Tasks performed at the Bedside or in direct contact w/the pt

32. Orthopedist
Pro re nata (as needed)
Diagnoses/Treats diseases or fractures of the musculoskeletal system
Licenses Practical Nurse
Day Surgery Unit

33. thromb/o
Spiritual Support
An assertive skill in which a person verbally accepts having made an error without letting it reflect on their worth as a human being.
Clot (stationary=thrombosis) (moving=embolism)
Intravenous push

34. irid/o
Iris (colored part of eye)
Brain
Protrusion of a body part
Vein

35. -pexy
Surgical fixation
Chest x-ray
Ante cibum (before meals)
Blood pressure

36. CPR
Cell
The # of times the heart beats per minute (felt through the walls of the artery)
Pass to pt's nurse
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

37. scopy
Narrowing of the arteries
A device to measure gas exchange and probe to either the ear or the finger (also cld oxygen saturation monitor)
Penicillin
Visual examination

38. Suffix (word parts)
Culture
Pertaining to
Instrument used to examine
End of word

39. Electrocardiogram
A graphic recording of the electrical impulses that the heart generated during the cardiac cycle.
Pertaining to in front of (body directional terms)
Inner thin layer of the meninges (tender layer). Carries blood vessels that provide nourishment to the nervous tissue.
(the egg white) The main body of the cell

40. BRP
Inside
An assertive skill in which a person verbally accepts having made an error without letting it reflect on their worth as a human being.
Bathroom privileges
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.

41. bid
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the skin.
2x per day
Vertebra (s) - vertebrae (bones of the spine)
Patient Support Associate

42. scope
Neurology
Lower part of resp. system
A pt medical record that may be dated back 5+ yrs re: if pt was admitted in past etc. Requested through Medical Secretaries.
Instrument

43. Bx
Blood glucose monitoring
Biopsy
Intravenous push
Taking fluid from somewhere

44. KCI
Diagnosis-Related Groups
Potassium chloride
Clinical Decision Support System
Physical Therapy

45. CCU
Crooked - curved (lateral)
Coronary Care Unit
Internal organs (word roots/combining forms)
Cell

46. PCT
A graphic recording of the electrical impulses that the heart generated during the cardiac cycle.
Lab - Rad - Pharm - PT - Respt. - OT - etc.
Anteroposterior
Patient Care Technician

47. SSU
Instrument used to record
Short-stay Unit
A cord like structure that is located outside the central nervous system (CNS). Contains nerve cells called neurons.
Total parenteral nutrition

48. Portable X-ray

49. Accessory Organs
Blue
Aorta
Diagnoses/Treats mental illness
Salivary glands - teeth and tongue - liver - gallbladder - pancreas

50. Ancillary
Nothing by mouth
An organ is made up of 2 or more types of tissues that perform one or more common functions.
Lab - Rad - Pharm - PT - Respt. - OT - etc.
Student Health Unit Coordinatoor