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business-skills
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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. PEG
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
Disease (pertaining to)
Specializes in Family Health Care for all family members
Government agency whose purpose is to ensure that foods/meds/cosmetics/& medical devices are safe & properly labeled
2. Internist
Potassium chloride
Enlargement
Diagnosis/Treats diseases and disorders of the internal organs of adults
House Officer
3. PEG
Heart
Book to record all admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit
Fever
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrotomy
4. Surgeon
Potassium chloride
Potassium
Tasks performed at the Bedside or in direct contact w/the pt
Treats diseases and injuries through operative methods; may specialize in a particular area - such as heart - eye - or pediatric surgery
5. Blasts
Baby Red Blood Cells (When you have to many - usually means something is wrong w/bone marrow)
Excision
'Shaking Palsy'. Degeneration of the dopamine-releasing neurons.
Bladder (urinary unless otherwise used)
6. PPO
Preferred Provider Organization
A wound that is produced by tearing of body tissue.
Every day
Clavical or collarbone
7. FF
Pertaining to back to front (body directional terms)
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.
Force fluids
Usually on the main IV. A method in which drugs are usually administered intravenously in 50-100ml of fluid
8. Bolus
Rounded Mass of Food
A cord like structure that is located outside the central nervous system (CNS). Contains nerve cells called neurons.
Salivary glands - teeth and tongue - liver - gallbladder - pancreas
Intravenous push
9. CC - creat cl - or cr cl
Blood
Creatinine clearance
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Lung
10. q other day
An assertive skill in which a person verbally accepts having made an error without letting it reflect on their worth as a human being.
US Govern. agency who ensures that foods - drugs - cosmetics - and medical devices are safe and properly labeled.
Every other day
Computer Physician Order Entry
11. Afebrile
Without Fever
Cornea (clear anterior covering of the eye)
Force Fluids
Inflammation of small bowel
12. -ectomy (suffix)
Excision - surgical removal
Plastic Bracelet (usually red) that is worn by a pt to indicate allergy.
Patient Care Technician
Sodium
13. Standing Order
14. intra-
Cardiac monitor tech (usually just called monitor tech)
High-density
Within
A diagnostic study to measure arterial blood gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide) to attain info needed to asses & manage a pt's respiratory status.
15. myring/o
Decrease
Tympanic membrane (eardrum)
Red
Hemoglobin
16. a- - an-
Fracture
High-density
Blue
Without
17. Arthoplasty
Communication process between shifts - in which nursing personnel who are leaving report nursing unit activities to coming on duty.
Kidney
Surgical repair of joint
Biopsy
18. RDA
Hardening of the arteries
Save a day
Recommended dietary allowance. The average daily intake of a nutrient that meets the requirements of nearly all healthy ppl of a given age/gender.
Vital signs include TPRBPO2 stat - pn: Temp - Pulse rate - BP - oxygen - respiratory rate - o2stat - pain
19. ID Labels
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
Patient Care Technician
Identification Labels
Sternum (breastbone)
20. Nucleus
Specialist (Pertaining to)
Center of a Cell (control center) (egg yolk)
Cornea (clear anterior covering of the eye)
Tonsils & adenoids
21. D/C or DC
Conditions of Admission
Discontinue or discharge
End of word
Bedside commode
22. Clinical Tasks
Transmits impulses to the brain and spinal cord
Herniation or protrusion
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Tasks performed at the Bedside or in direct contact w/the pt
23. SNAT
A diagnostic study to measure arterial blood gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide) to attain info needed to asses & manage a pt's respiratory status.
Fracture
Suspected non-accidental Trauma
Flesh tumor (cancer)
24. hyper
Eyelid
Increase
A pt medical record that may be dated back 5+ yrs re: if pt was admitted in past etc. Requested through Medical Secretaries.
Process in which tumor cells spread to distant parts of the body
25. Family Practitioner
Usual - Customary - and Reasonable
Specializes in Family Health Care for all family members
Pertaining to back to front (body directional terms)
Practice of continuously improving quality of each function at each level of every dept. of the health care organization.
26. Radiation Oncologist
Hour or hours
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.
Treats cancer through the use of radiation
Surrounding
27. Anteroposterior (AP)
Pertaining to front to back (body directional terms)
Vital signs include TPRBPO2 stat - pn: Temp - Pulse rate - BP - oxygen - respiratory rate - o2stat - pain
Clavical or collarbone
Kidney
28. Neurons
Transmits nerve impulses from one part of the body to another. (there are 2 types)
Kidney
Average daily intake of a nutrient meeting requirements of nearly all healthy people of a given age/gender
Absolute bed rest
29. DAT
Complete Blood count
Cardiac monitor tech (usually just called monitor tech)
Anteroposterior
Diet as tolerated
30. Atrophy
Increase
Sodium - potassium - co2 - Bun - creatinine - calcium
Without development (a decrease in normal size of an organ)
Chest cavity
31. Otolaryngologist
Extends from brainstem through spinal cavity to between the 1st and 2nd lumbar verebrae. It's the patway for conducting sensory impulses up to the brain and motor impulses back down from the brain.
Function: Transfers the C02 (oxygen) to the body
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the ear - nose - and throat
Diagnoses/Treats pt's in trauma and emergency situations
32. Muscle Tissue
Bile - gall
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Phosphatase (chemistry)
Makes up the muscles of the body that contract and relax to produce movement.
33. TPR
Temp - pulse - respiration
Process in which tumor cells spread to distant parts of the body
Above
Sodium - potassium - co2 - Bun - creatinine - calcium
34. Neonatologist
Diagnoses/Treats disorders of a newborn
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.
Visual examination
To suture (surgical) repair
35. Axillary Temperature
Trauma Intensive Care Unit
Coronary Care Unit
Pertaining to above (body directional terms)
Armpit reading of temp
36. qid
4x a day
Internal Doc (only...never put in chart) Responsible Reporting Form (used when someone within the unit does something wrong)
(mainly children) A certain type of bone disease (2nd most common) Causes bones to become weak.
Diagnosis-Related Groups
37. Ax
Labels that contain individual pt info for identifying pt records or other personal items.
Brain
Axilla or axillary
Every
38. Medication Administration Record
(MAR) List of meds that each individual pt is currently taking; it is used by the RN to administer meds.
A pt medical record that may be dated back 5+ yrs re: if pt was admitted in past etc. Requested through Medical Secretaries.
Calorie
Potassium
39. hist / o
Tissue (word roots/combining forms)
Pertaining to between the vertebrae
Between
Diet as tolerated
40. chol
Liver
Cholesterol
Skilled Nursing Facility
Medication Administration Record
41. RRF
Hemoglobin
Internal Doc (only...never put in chart) Responsible Reporting Form (used when someone within the unit does something wrong)
Above normal
'Shaking Palsy'. Degeneration of the dopamine-releasing neurons.
42. CHUC
Diagnoses/treats diseases of the heard/blood vessels
Instrument used to examine
Penicillin
Certified Health Unit Coordinator
43. Pulse Oximeter
Calorie
Cardiac Monitor Tech
A device to measure gas exchange and probe to either the ear or the finger (also cld oxygen saturation monitor)
Pertaining to two (both sides) (body directional terms)
44. Abrasion
A Dr's order that remains in effect and is executed according to the pt's needs.
Destruction of a pt's immune system. Highly susceptible to infections.
A portable device that records the heart's electrical activity and produces a continuous EKG tracing over a specific period.
A scraping away of the skin.
45. scope
Instrument used to examine
Specializes in Family Health Care for all family members
Taking fluid from somewhere
Pulse
46. BSC
Bedside commode
Wet/Reusable items (instruments etc.)
A bone that has been twisted apart
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.
47. Neurologist
Surgical repair
Clinical Decision Support System
Blood urea nitrogen
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the nervous system
48. PCT
Shortness of breath
Bone
Forms parts of the nervous system - which conducts electrochemical impulses and helps to coordinate body activities.
Patient Care Technician
49. Material Supply
White Blood Cell
Blood
Rapid flow of blood into the spinal cord
Dry/Throw away
50. nephro
Instrument used to record
Kidney
No Known Allergies
Same-day Surgery