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1. retin/o
Skin (word roots/combining forms)
Pulse rate obtained on the wrist
Retina
Eyelid

2. Fistula
Pediatrics
Stone
Excision - surgical removal
Pathway of an opening/wound that spreads

3. PCA
Iris (colored part of eye)
Pt controlled analgesic
'Shaking Palsy'. Degeneration of the dopamine-releasing neurons.
Surgical repair

4. gastr/o (word root)
Cell
Stomach
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.
Diagnoses/Treats disorders of a newborn

5. carcin/o
Diagnoses/treats diseases of the heard/blood vessels
Cacner
Factors such as age - gender - race - socioeconomic status etc.
White Blood Cells

6. RD
Minimal Standard (5 rights)
Registered Dietitian. One who has completed and education program/served an internship/and passed the exam given by the American Dietetic Assoc.
Tumor (word roots/combining forms)
Registered dietician

7. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Stone
A scraping away of the skin.
Cerebrospinal fluid (lumbar tray in materials)
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

8. erythr/o
O E I
Provides preventative care and diagnosis and treats diseases of children
Force fluids
Red

9. CPR
Patient
Rapid flow of blood into the spinal cord
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Protected Health Info

10. Standard of Care
Bone
Immediately
Minimal Standard (5 rights)
Hemoglobin

11. leuk/o
White
Milliequivelant
Spleen
Low-density lipotein

12. Prefix (word parts)
Crooked - curved (lateral)
Minimal Standard (5 rights)
Ante cibum (before meals)
Beginning half of word

13. Name Alert

14. Emesis
Usually meds - food - tape - and many other items
Same-day Surgery
Vomit (Emesis Bases usually have to ordered)
Pt controlled analgesic

15. Hx
Injection of a med into a muscle (IM)
History
Nausea & vomiting
Herniation or protrusion

16. viscer / o
A Dr's order that remains in effect and is executed according to the pt's needs.
Hair (word roots/combining forms)
Internal organs (word roots/combining forms)
Narrowing

17. Family Practitioner
A technique that uses radioactive materials to examine anatomy and functional capacity of an organ
Decrease
Resembling (word roots/combining forms)
Specializes in Family Health Care for all family members

18. cyst/o
Surrounding
Tasks performed away from the bedside
Bladder (urinary unless otherwise used)
Epithelium (1st layer of skin) (word roots/combining forms)

19. femor/o
Femur (thigh bone)
Internal organs (word roots/combining forms)
Resembling (word roots/combining forms)
Excision - surgical removal

20. Inferior (caudal)
Pertaining to below (body directional terms)
Circulation
Blood urea nitrogen
(cushion between the bones of vertebra)

21. gastr/o
Stomach
Epithelium (1st layer of skin) (word roots/combining forms)
Treats pt's w/hypersensitivity to pollens - foods - medications - and other substances
Incision

22. Types of Strokes
Orthopedics
Unable to breath
Ischemic and hemmoragic
Outer touch layer of the meninges

23. Bolus
Pt controlled analgesic
Rapid eyelid movement
Lying w/face downward (body directional terms)
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.

24. tab
Health Unit Coordinator
Tablet
A scraping away of the skin.
The largest lymphatic organ. upper left abdomen (protected by the lower ribs). Functions are to destroy old RBC's - bacteria - and germs and to store blood for emergency use.

25. ABG
An x-ray taken by a mobile xray machine that is moved to the pt's bedside
Hour of sleep
Abdomen
Arterial blood gas

26. brady-
Same-day Surgery
Studies cell change and other alterations of the body cause by disease (tissue)
Slow
A measurement of energy or heat

27. CBR
To have the pt sit on edge of bed and dangle feet
Complete bed rest
Lower part of resp. system
Cap gas - arterial gas - venous gas

28. rt or R with circle around it
(can get at young age) 'Dementia' = Shrinkage of the brain
Pertaining to
Right
Producing

29. lat
Lateral chest
Abdomen
Anyone coming through ER that we send to other hospitals - and is found NOT stable enough to have been sent in the 1st place. Has to be stable before ever transferring a pt.
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the skin.

30. Self-Esteem
Visual examination
Confidence and respect for oneself.
Death of body tissue due to lack of blood supply - often a result of infection or injury.
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.

31. scler/o
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.
Sclera (white part of eye)
A Dr's order that is written and given that one time then discontinued.
Short-stay Unit

32. hist / o
Above normal
Abdomen
Tissue (word roots/combining forms)
Producing

33. Adduction
House Officer
Paralysis of the rt or lt side of body
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.
Pertaining to Toward (body directional terms)

34. DAT
Diet as tolerated
Ear
As desired
Transmits impulses to the brain and spinal cord

35. Nerve Tissue
Forms parts of the nervous system - which conducts electrochemical impulses and helps to coordinate body activities.
A thin membrane that covers the bones (necessary for growth and repair and is the attachment point for ligaments and tendons.
House Officer
Unable to breath

36. Radial Pulse
Producing
Tablet
Pulse rate obtained on the wrist
Excision - surgical removal

37. LPN
As desired
Sodium - potassium - co2 - Bun - creatinine - calcium
Licenses Practical Nurse
Culture & Sensitivity

38. Suffix (word parts)
Nothing by mouth
Pertaining to away from (body directional terms)
End of word
Lying of the back - Face Up (body directional terms)

39. -stomy
Asrpin (acetylsalicylic acid)
Diagnosis/Treats diseases and disorders of the internal organs of adults
Creating an artificial opening into
Electroencephalogram (test to check electricity in the brain)

40. NKDA
Patient
Diet as tolerated
Nerves - Brain - Spinal Cord
No Known Drug Allergies

41. Dermatologist
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the skin.
Medication Administration Record
Abdomen
Joint

42. FS
Full Strength or can mean Fasting sugar
The thickest muscular middle layer of the heart
Medication Administration Record
Labels that contain individual pt info for identifying pt records or other personal items.

43. NINP
Lab - Rad - Pharm - PT - Respt. - OT - etc.
Government agency whose purpose is to ensure that foods/meds/cosmetics/& medical devices are safe & properly labeled
No information - No publication
Provides acute care exclusively to hospitalized pt's.

44. Recommended Dietary allowance (RDA)
Internal Doc (only...never put in chart) Responsible Reporting Form (used when someone within the unit does something wrong)
Emergency Dept.
Average daily intake of a nutrient meeting requirements of nearly all healthy people of a given age/gender
Development - nourishment

45. Nuclear Medicine
A technique that uses radioactive materials to examine anatomy and functional capacity of an organ
Culture
Computer Physician Order Entry
Pertaining to in back of (body directional terms)

46. Negative Assertion
Potassium
An assertive skill in which a person verbally accepts having made an error without letting it reflect on their worth as a human being.
Hemoglobin
Head of bed

47. MAR
Medication Administration Record
Abdomen
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
Fat (word roots/combining forms)

48. Nerves (cars)
A cord like structure that is located outside the central nervous system (CNS). Contains nerve cells called neurons.
Skin (word roots/combining forms)
Forms parts of the nervous system - which conducts electrochemical impulses and helps to coordinate body activities.
House Officer

49. lamin/o
(MAR) List of meds that each individual pt is currently taking; it is used by the RN to administer meds.
Factors such as age - gender - race - socioeconomic status etc.
Lying of the back - Face Up (body directional terms)
Lamina (bony arch of the vertebrae)

50. FBS
Surgical fixation
Fasting Blood Sugar
Usually meds - food - tape - and many other items
Destruction of a pt's immune system. Highly susceptible to infections.