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1. Medial
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act
Pertaining to the middle (body directional terms)
Tonsils & adenoids
Excision

2. MAR
Tissue (word roots/combining forms)
Lumbar Puncture
Rapid flow of blood
Medication Administration Record

3. Medication Administration Record
(MAR) List of meds that each individual pt is currently taking; it is used by the RN to administer meds.
Eye
Bad error/mistake/at fault/harm to pt
Practice of continuously improving quality of each function at each level of every dept. of the health care organization.

4. arteri/o
Government agency whose purpose is to ensure that foods/meds/cosmetics/& medical devices are safe & properly labeled
Phosphate or phosphorus
Excessive discharge - flow
Artery

5. abd
Abdomen
Decreased - lower - below
Pass to pt's nurse
(mainly children) A certain type of bone disease (2nd most common) Causes bones to become weak.

6. EMTALA (violation)
Kidney
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.
Pertaining to away from (body directional terms)
Recovery Room

7. Pedal Pulse
Heart - Blood Vessels - Blood
The pulse rate obtained on the top of the foot
Base/Noun
Cap gas - arterial gas - venous gas

8. phos
Phosphate or phosphorus
(usually older) Most common form - usually in weight bearing joints (hips - knees) Chronic inflammation of the bone and joints due to degenerative changes in the cartilage.
Studies cell change and other alterations of the body cause by disease (tissue)
Protection - Support - Movement - Blood Cell production - and Mineral storage

9. Intramuscular Injection
Injection of a med into a muscle (IM)
Rule out
Vital signs include TPRBPO2 stat - pn: Temp - Pulse rate - BP - oxygen - respiratory rate - o2stat - pain
Myocardial infarction

10. SNF
Skilled Nursing Facility
Force fluids
Narrowing of the arteries
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the male/female urinary tracts and of the male reproductive system

11. pc
Post cibum (after meals)
Creating an artificial opening into
(mainly women who have had children) and abnormal decrease in bone mass. Lead cause of fractures and thin brittle bones. 'silent crippler'
Enlargement

12. Endoscope
Conditions of Admission
Pertaining to between the vertebrae
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.
Potassium chloride

13. CPS
Every day
Removal of fluid
Rapid flow of blood
Child Protective Services

14. FDA (Food & Drug Agency)
Form used to record admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit daily.
US Govern. agency who ensures that foods - drugs - cosmetics - and medical devices are safe and properly labeled.
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.
Potassium chloride

15. crash cart
No Known Drug Allergies
Should contain: ambu bag - code blue book - guiac - stroke alert box.
Tumor (word roots/combining forms)
Ischemic and hemmoragic

16. Allergy
Usually meds - food - tape - and many other items
Provides preventative care and diagnosis and treats diseases of children
Calorie
House Officer

17. CSF
Cerebrospinal fluid (lumbar tray in materials)
Cells/Inside/How they work
Practice of continuously improving quality of each function at each level of every dept. of the health care organization.
Cacner

18. CDSS
Transischemic attack (mini stroke)
Immediately
Destruction of a pt's immune system. Highly susceptible to infections.
Clinical Decision Support System

19. a or ic
Pertaining to
Spontaneous collapse of lung
Result of adding a medication to a container or iv solution
Force fluids

20. cerebr/o
Brain
Tonsils & adenoids
Every other day
Vomit (Emesis Bases usually have to ordered)

21. prn
Capsule
As necessary
Tablet
Bathroom privileges

22. Old Record
Blue
A scraping away of the skin.
A pt medical record that may be dated back 5+ yrs re: if pt was admitted in past etc. Requested through Medical Secretaries.
Surgical repair of joint

23. gastr/o
Stomach
Artery
Inj. of a med into a muscle
Rectum

24. myos/o
Liter
Muscle (myo)
Disease (word roots/combining forms)
Medication Administration Record

25. Brain (control center)
Registered dietician
Located withing the cranial cavity and is the main center for coordinating body activities.
Bed rest
Narrowing

26. CPR
Registered Nurse
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Labels affixed to the front cover of a pt's paper chart that indicated pt has allergy.
Enlargement

27. Ax
Wide awake
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Usually on the main IV. A method in which drugs are usually administered intravenously in 50-100ml of fluid
Axilla or axillary

28. SSU
(egg shell) Boundary of the cell. Is porous - flexible - and elastic. The protective cell membrane actively or passively regulates the movement of a substance into and out of the cell. Keeps the cell intact. The cell will die if the cell membrane can
No information - No publication
Certified Nursing Assistant
Short-stay Unit

29. ABG
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the digestive tract
Nothing by mouth
Pertaining to between the vertebrae
Arterial blood gas

30. Anterior (ventral)
Assertive skills in which a person responds to a criticism by making noncommittal statements that can not be argued against.
Lab - Rad - Pharm - PT - Respt. - OT - etc.
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.
Pertaining to in front of (body directional terms)

31. myelorrhagia
Rapid flow of blood into the spinal cord
Skin (word roots/combining forms)
Cells/Inside/How they work
A thin membrane that covers the bones (necessary for growth and repair and is the attachment point for ligaments and tendons.

32. K
Treats cancer through the use of radiation
Potassium
BP measured during ventricular contraction (the top # - usually higher)
Labels that contain individual pt info for identifying pt records or other personal items.

33. Osteoporosis

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34. NAS
Cancer (word roots/combining forms)
Forms parts of the nervous system - which conducts electrochemical impulses and helps to coordinate body activities.
Electronic Medical Record/Electronic Health Record
No added salt

35. Parkinson's Disease

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36. Organs of the Circulatory System
While awake
Registered Dietician
Heart - Blood Vessels - Blood
History

37. Posterior (dorsal)
BP measured during ventricular contraction (the top # - usually higher)
Fat (word roots/combining forms)
Pertaining to in back of (body directional terms)
Potassium chloride

38. oma
Tumor
White Blood Cell
Lying of the back - Face Up (body directional terms)
The measurement of pt's fluid/food intake and output

39. Trans- (prefix)
Protection - Support - Movement - Blood Cell production - and Mineral storage
No Know Food Allergies
Through - Across - Beyond
No Known Drug Allergies

40. blepthro
Eyelid
Rapid flow
History
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.

41. IM
Milliequivelant
Mini Stroke (TIA)
Intramuscular Injection
Excessive discharge - flow

42. apnea
Inside
Night
Provides acute care exclusively to hospitalized pt's.
Unable to breath

43. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

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44. Physiatrist
Inflammation of small bowel
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the neuro-musculolskeletal system with physical elements to restore the individual to participation in society
Assertive skills in which a person responds to a criticism by making noncommittal statements that can not be argued against.
Licenses Practical Nurse

45. Functions of the digestive system
Out of bed
A form that is initiated to charge a discharged pt for any items used during their hospital stay that were not charged at the time of of use.
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
A device to measure gas exchange and probe to either the ear or the finger (also cld oxygen saturation monitor)

46. carcin/o
A wound that is produced by tearing of body tissue.
Cacner
Liver
Absolute bed rest

47. Systolic BP
While awake
BP measured during ventricular contraction (the top # - usually higher)
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the internal organs that secrete hormones
Tablet

48. Hx
Within/stomach/pertaining to
History
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.
Low-density lipotein

49. Excsise
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.
Identification Labels
Hour of sleep
Cut Out

50. phos
A measurement (noninvasive) of gas exchange and rbc oxygen-carrying capacity
Heart - Blood Vessels - Blood
Phosphatase (chemistry)
Complete bed rest