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1. EMR/EHR
Communication process between shifts - in which nursing personnel who are leaving report nursing unit activities to coming on duty.
A person's needs to have affectionate relationships w/ppl & to have a place in a group.
Moving clot
Electronic Medical Record/Electronic Health Record

2. Pathology
Preferred Provider Organization
Lab where biopsies are sent to
Slows the heart rate (digoxen would increase hear rate)
Condition of

3. scoli/o
Crooked - curved (lateral)
A Dr's order that remains in effect and is executed according to the pt's needs.
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the neuro-musculolskeletal system with physical elements to restore the individual to participation in society
Pulse rate obtained on the wrist

4. MAR
Pertaining to away from (body directional terms)
Inner thin layer of the meninges (tender layer). Carries blood vessels that provide nourishment to the nervous tissue.
Medication Administration Record
A measurement of energy or heat

5. Acuity

6. sub- (prefix)
Under/below
End of word
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act
A graphic recording of the electrical impulses that the heart generated during the cardiac cycle.

7. FS
Full Strength or can mean Fasting sugar
Labels affixed to the front cover of a pt's paper chart that indicated pt has allergy.
Diagnoses/Treats pt's in trauma and emergency situations
Disease (word roots/combining forms)

8. Broncho
Lower part of resp. system
Bone
Recommended dietary allowance. The average daily intake of a nutrient that meets the requirements of nearly all healthy ppl of a given age/gender.
Potassium chloride

9. Informed Consent

10. Excsise
Moving clot
Instrument used to examine
Rapid flow of blood
Cut Out

11. anemia
Respiratory rate
Artery
Pertaining to back to front (body directional terms)
Low iron (rbc)

12. Types of Blood Gases
Rounded Mass of Food
Cap gas - arterial gas - venous gas
Rapid eyelid movement
Tissue (word roots/combining forms)

13. tab
Diagnoses/Treats diseases or fractures of the musculoskeletal system
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
Retina
Tablet

14. Functions of the digestive system
Mini Stroke (TIA)
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
Heat or Energy
Asrpin (acetylsalicylic acid)

15. CXR
To support/protect (framework)
Brain
Rule out
Chest x-ray

16. CT
Stone
Computed tomography
Blood vessel
Crooked - curved (lateral)

17. JCAHO
Condition of the blood
Located withing the cranial cavity and is the main center for coordinating body activities.
Joint Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organization
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the male/female urinary tracts and of the male reproductive system

18. ADT Sheet
Form used to record admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit daily.
Microgram
Sodium
Surgical fixation

19. s (with line above it)
Full Strength or Fasting Sugars
Without
Brain
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

20. MED
Cerebrovascular accident
Phosphate or phosphorus
Medical
Makes up the muscles of the body that contract and relax to produce movement.

21. Inferior (caudal)
The thickest muscular middle layer of the heart
Pertaining to below (body directional terms)
60-80 (smoker 80-100 / anything below 40 not OK)
Death of body tissue due to lack of blood supply - often a result of infection or injury.

22. ABR
Hidden
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.
Absolute bed rest
Culture & Sensitivity

23. acute
Happening now
History & Physical
Cell
Without

24. sarc / o
Internal organs (word roots/combining forms)
Calorie
Connective tissue - flesh (word roots/combining forms)
No Known Allergies

25. LDL
Carbohydrate
Low-density lipotein
Temp - pulse - respiration
Surgical opening

26. lt or L with circle around it
Cartilage
Mouth
Left
Surgical Intensive Care Unit

27. carcin/o
Cacner
Blood
Without development (a decrease in normal size of an organ)
Microgram

28. phos
End of word
Surgical repair
Potassium
Phosphate or phosphorus

29. lith
Blood glucose monitoring
Post cibrum (after meals)
Stone
Potassium

30. gastr/o
Transmits impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands
Stomach
No Known Allergies
Registered Dietician

31. CPS
A measurement (noninvasive) of gas exchange and rbc oxygen-carrying capacity
Child Protective Services
Disease (word roots/combining forms)
ventricular fibrillation

32. NKFA
No Know Food Allergies
Alert and orientated
Through - Across - Beyond
Surgical fixation

33. RDA
Farther from another structure (body directional terms)
As necessary
Recommended dietary allowance. The average daily intake of a nutrient that meets the requirements of nearly all healthy ppl of a given age/gender.
Chief Financial Officer

34. parasentisis trays
Hardening of the arteries
Calcium (Can also mean cancer)
Ordered for abdominalcentisis
As desired

35. Fx
Capsule
Blood vessel
Fracture
Tissue (word roots/combining forms)

36. APS
Adult protective Services
American Diabetic Association
Speech
(type of test) done in Respiratory Dept. (done if C02 is building up in the blood)

37. Carcinoma
Medication Administration Record
Nerves - Brain - Spinal Cord
Flesh tumor (cancer)
A measurement of energy or heat

38. emboli
Cartilage
Heart - Blood Vessels - Blood
Rapid eyelid movement
Moving clot

39. Bilateral (bilat)
Shortness of breath
Pertaining to two (both sides) (body directional terms)
Communication process between shifts - in which nursing personnel who are leaving report nursing unit activities to coming on duty.
Inflammation

40. PCT
Patient Care Technician
Computed tomography
Midnight
Patient Support Associate

41. KCI
Right upper quadrant
Cardiomyopathy
Potassium chloride
Suspected non-accidental Trauma

42. Normal HR
60-80 (smoker 80-100 / anything below 40 not OK)
Forms parts of the nervous system - which conducts electrochemical impulses and helps to coordinate body activities.
Central Nervous System
An assertive skill in which a person verbally accepts having made an error without letting it reflect on their worth as a human being.

43. RD
Pertaining to
Registered dietician
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.
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the internal organs that secrete hormones

44. non-clinical task
Obtains - posts - and analyzes medical - workload - finance - and insurance data. Ensures that info is entered correctly into medical records
Bedside commode
Computed tomography
Tasks performed away from the bedside

45. -rrhagia
Rapid flow
Pertaining to between the vertebrae
Conditions of Admission
Health Unit Coordinator

46. CVP
Treats pt's w/hypersensitivity to pollens - foods - medications - and other substances
Central venous pressure
Inflammation
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the digestive tract

47. Alzheimer's Disease

48. TICU
Trauma Intensive Care Unit
Blood
Every day
Pro re nata (as needed)

49. enteritis
Provides preventative care and diagnosis and treats diseases of children
Pathway of an opening/wound that spreads
Function: Transfers the C02 (oxygen) to the body
Inflammation of small bowel

50. CHUC
A thin membrane that covers the bones (necessary for growth and repair and is the attachment point for ligaments and tendons.
Certified Health Unit Coordinator
Electroencephalogram (test to check electricity in the brain)
Narrowing