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1. parasentisis trays
Instrument used to record
Ordered for abdominalcentisis
Sodium
Diagnoses/Treats disease and defects of the eye

2. BSC
Surgical fixation
Heart
Bedside commode
Registered Dietician

3. Distal
Suspected non-accidental Trauma
Farther from another structure (body directional terms)
Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
Treats cancer through the use of radiation

4. splen/o
Circulation - motion - sensation
Provides preventative care and diagnosis and treats diseases of children
Incision
Spleen

5. Electrolytes
Bilirubin
Phosphate or phosphorus
Culture & Sensitivity
Sodium - potassium - co2 - Bun - creatinine - calcium

6. RSV
Pertaining to two (both sides) (body directional terms)
Respiratory syncytial virus (can live on surface for 7 days)
(usually young women) Autoimmune disease. Degeneration of the joints - with permanent damage.
Carbohydrate

7. Sexual Harasment
Unwanted - unwelcomed behavior; sexual in nature
Electroencephalogram (test to check electricity in the brain)
Joint
Treats diseases and injuries through operative methods; may specialize in a particular area - such as heart - eye - or pediatric surgery

8. Body Organs
A technique that uses radioactive materials to examine anatomy and functional capacity of an organ
Lab - Rad - Pharm - PT - Respt. - OT - etc.
Above
An organ is made up of 2 or more types of tissues that perform one or more common functions.

9. Intramuscular Injection
Lying of the back - Face Up (body directional terms)
Potassium chloride
Diet as tolerated
Injection of a med into a muscle (IM)

10. phas/o
Student Health Unit Coordinatoor
Abnormal condition characterized by no speech
Speech
Spiritual Support

11. K or K+
Potassium
Continuous Quality Improvement
A device to measure gas exchange and probe to either the ear or the finger (also cld oxygen saturation monitor)
Record x-ray - image - or picture

12. KCI
To have the pt sit on edge of bed and dangle feet
Chief Financial Officer
Potassium chloride
Medication Administration Record

13. scoli/o
Over the counter
Red
Crooked - curved (lateral)
Ischemic and hemmoragic

14. hist/o (word root)
Clinical Decision Support System
Diet as tolerated
Tissue
Preferred Provider Organization

15. DAT
Red Blood Cell
Provides acute care exclusively to hospitalized pt's.
Diet as tolerated
Kidney's - ureters - and bladder

16. SDS
Same-day Surgery
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the nervous system
(cushion between the bones of vertebra)
Intestine

17. stenosis
Narrowing of the arteries
Increased - above - elevated
Transmits impulses to the brain and spinal cord
Orthopedics

18. mcg
Microgram
Head of bed
Decreased - lower - below
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the internal organs that secrete hormones

19. angi/o
Bed rest
Resembling (word roots/combining forms)
Blood vessel
No Know Food Allergies

20. hemiplegia
Nausea & vomiting
Paralysis of the rt or lt side of body
No Known Medication Allergies
Diagnoses/Treats disorders of a newborn

21. qid
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.
Midnight
4x a day
Deep Vein Thrombosis

22. Physiatrist
Potassium chloride
Bad error/mistake/at fault/harm to pt
Surgical repair
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the neuro-musculolskeletal system with physical elements to restore the individual to participation in society

23. -ologist
Circulation
Within normal limits
Specialist (Pertaining to)
Sclera (white part of eye)

24. h - hr - hrs
An x-ray taken by a mobile xray machine that is moved to the pt's bedside
Hour or hours
Above
A Dr's order that remains in effect and is executed according to the pt's needs.

25. -rrhaphy
2x per day
Internal organs (word roots/combining forms)
Instrument
To suture (surgical) repair

26. Axillary Temperature
Decrease
Spiritual Support
Gynecology
Armpit reading of temp

27. Excsise
Within
Cut Out
No Known Drug Allergies
Excision

28. D/C or DC
No Know Food Allergies
Diagnoses/Treats disorders of a newborn
Discontinue or discharge
Diagnoses/Treats diseases or fractures of the musculoskeletal system

29. Assignment Sheet
Usually meds - food - tape - and many other items
Chest x-ray
Protrusion of a body part
UA in charge of this sheet. Keep up to date so that can inform family who is assigned to pt.

30. GYN
Kidney's - ureters - and bladder
Liver
Diagnosis/Treats diseases and disorders of the internal organs of adults
Gynecology

31. oste/o
Pertaining to
Blue
Bone
House Officer

32. NKDA
Every day
No Known Drug Allergies
Lying w/face downward (body directional terms)
Preferred Provider Organization

33. c (with line above it)
White Blood Cell count
With
Development - nourishment
Excision - surgical removal

34. EMTALA (violation)
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.
Tasks performed away from the bedside
Recommended dietary allowance. The average daily intake of a nutrient that meets the requirements of nearly all healthy ppl of a given age/gender.
Computed tomography

35. scler/o
Sclera (white part of eye)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Surgical fixation
Internal organs (word roots/combining forms)

36. Name Alert

37. Afebrile
Without Fever
Studies cell change and other alterations of the body cause by disease (tissue)
Ventricular tachycardia (if it goes on too long - will become SVT=sinus ventricular tachycardia)
Vital signs include TPRBPO2 stat - pn: Temp - Pulse rate - BP - oxygen - respiratory rate - o2stat - pain

38. hepat/o
O+ o- a+ a- b+ b- ab+ (cannot donate blood) ab- (cannot donate blood)
Pertaining to Toward (body directional terms)
(on the main IV...piggybacks it) a method by which drugs are usually administered intravenously in 50-100 ml of fluid
Liver

39. acute
Happening now
Phosphatase (chemistry)
Force Fluids
Rectum

40. WNL
Communication process between shifts - in which nursing personnel who are leaving report nursing unit activities to coming on duty.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (reflux disease)
Medical Intensive Care Unit
Within normal limits

41. Psych
Psychiatry
Rule out
Incision
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrotomy

42. proct/o
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Pulse
Mouth
Rectum

43. blepthro
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the skin.
Eyelid
Farther from the surface (body directional terms)
Wide awake

44. Pulse Rate
Microgram
The # of times the heart beats per minute (felt through the walls of the artery)
Mini Stroke (TIA)
Over the counter

45. Calorie
Cartilage
Cap gas - arterial gas - venous gas
A measurement of energy or heat
Protection - Support - Movement - Blood Cell production - and Mineral storage

46. Fx
Within/stomach/pertaining to
Fracture
Rounded Mass of Food
Obtains - posts - and analyzes medical - workload - finance - and insurance data. Ensures that info is entered correctly into medical records

47. Cytoplasm
Intensive Care Unit
Process of recording an x-ray - imaging - taking a picture
Lamina (bony arch of the vertebrae)
(the egg white) The main body of the cell

48. PCA
Arterial blood gas
Pt controlled analgesic
60-80 (smoker 80-100 / anything below 40 not OK)
Calorie

49. typmanic temp
2x per day
Inflammation of small bowel
Temp checked in ear
Condition of

50. crash cart
Ordered for abdominalcentisis
Respiratory syncytial virus (can live on surface for 7 days)
Diagnoses/Treats cancerous conditions
Should contain: ambu bag - code blue book - guiac - stroke alert box.