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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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1. hyper-
UA in charge of this sheet. Keep up to date so that can inform family who is assigned to pt.
White Blood Cell count
Obstetrics
Above normal

2. gloss/o or lingu/o
3x a day
Tounge
Computed tomography
Vein/vessel

3. CVICU
Usually meds - food - tape - and many other items
Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the internal organs that secrete hormones
Instrument used to examine

4. DAT
2x per day
Diet as tolerated
Practice of continuously improving quality of each function at each level of every dept. of the health care organization.
Right upper quadrant

5. BR
BP measured during ventricular contraction (the top # - usually higher)
Cancer (word roots/combining forms)
Treats diseases and injuries through operative methods; may specialize in a particular area - such as heart - eye - or pediatric surgery
Bed rest

6. Psychiatrist
Slow
Above
Clinical Decision Support System
Diagnoses/Treats mental illness

7. PHI
A portable device that records the heart's electrical activity and produces a continuous EKG tracing over a specific period.
A cord like structure that is located outside the central nervous system (CNS). Contains nerve cells called neurons.
Intramuscular Injection
Protected Health Info

8. Oncologist
Tasks performed away from the bedside
Without
Diagnoses/Treats cancerous conditions
Transischemic attack (mini stroke)

9. occult
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Ante cibum (before meals)
Hidden
Eyelid

10. Trans- (prefix)
Heat or Energy
Through - Across - Beyond
Pass to pt's nurse
Respiratory syncytial virus (can live on surface for 7 days)

11. NVS or neuoro (with a check mark)
Neurological vital signs/checks degree or hour
Potassium chloride
The invasion of the body by a pathogenic micro-organism that reproduces and multiply - causing disease. Bacterial infections are treated w/antibiotics
Skin (word roots/combining forms)

12. stat
Immediately
Pathway of an opening/wound that spreads
Tonsils & adenoids
Hardening

13. HIPAA
Minimal Standard (5 rights)
Computer Physician Order Entry
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act
Rounded Mass of Food

14. CC - creat cl - or cr cl
Save a day
Creatinine clearance
Kidney
Pass to pt's nurse

15. Proctologist
Sternum (breastbone)
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the rectum and anus
Bad
Crooked - curved (lateral)

16. -pnea
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the skin.
Without Fever
Inflammation
Breathing

17. Change of Shift Report
Without
Communication process between shifts - in which nursing personnel who are leaving report nursing unit activities to coming on duty.
Pertaining to between the vertebrae
A temporary lowering of BP usually due to standing suddenly - also called postural hypotension

18. Afebrile
Liter
Surrounding
Without Fever
Central Nervous System

19. s (with line above it)
Lateral chest
Blood urea nitrogen
Without
To slow down heart

20. Physiatrist
Axilla or axillary
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the nervous system
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the neuro-musculolskeletal system with physical elements to restore the individual to participation in society
Clear

21. Blasts
Medical
Diagnosis-Related Groups
Baby Red Blood Cells (When you have to many - usually means something is wrong w/bone marrow)
Total parenteral nutrition

22. q
A graphic recording of the electrical impulses that the heart generated during the cardiac cycle.
Red Blood Cell
Every
Blue

23. Excsise
Capsule
White Blood Cells
Cut Out
Full Strength or Fasting Sugars

24. gastr/o
Stomach
Below normal
Within normal limits
Licenses Practical Nurse

25. Pediatrician
Registered Dietitian. One who has completed and education program/served an internship/and passed the exam given by the American Dietetic Assoc.
Farther from the surface (body directional terms)
Provides preventative care and diagnosis and treats diseases of children
Inflammation of small bowel

26. Decubitus Ulcer
History
Bed Sore
Pro re nata (as needed)
Same-day Surgery

27. cardi/o (word root)
Hemoglobin
Medical Intensive Care Unit
Heart
Diagnoses/Treats disease and defects of the eye

28. VS
Level of care pt's would require per med condition (GRASP)
Electroencephalogram (test to check electricity in the brain)
Vital signs
Potassium

29. Bilateral (bilat)
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the male/female urinary tracts and of the male reproductive system
Pertaining to two (both sides) (body directional terms)
Decrease
Transmits impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands

30. stern/o
Sternum (breastbone)
Tissue
Abdomen
Cerebrovascular accident

31. Health Information Specialist
Gynecology
Potassium
O E I
Obtains - posts - and analyzes medical - workload - finance - and insurance data. Ensures that info is entered correctly into medical records

32. ABG
Spontaneous collapse of lung
No Information No Publication
Condition of
Arterial blood gas

33. Hgb
Hemoglobin
Process of recording an x-ray - imaging - taking a picture
Needed when pt stops breathing (usually w/a black mouth covering)
Right lower quadrant

34. Pathologist
Continuous Quality Improvement
Resembling (word roots/combining forms)
Short-stay Unit
Studies cell change and other alterations of the body cause by disease (tissue)

35. Inferior (caudal)
Pertaining to below (body directional terms)
Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
Protrusion of a body part
Electrocardiography

36. ungu / o
Same-day Surgery
Capsule
Blood glucose monitoring
Nail (word roots/combining forms)

37. RN
Registered Nurse
4 types of bones: Long - short - flat - and irregular - Bones have their own system of blood vessels and nerves - Bones contain red bone marrow (produces rbc's - wbc's - and platelets). and yellow bone marrow
A graphic recording of the electrical impulses that the heart generated during the cardiac cycle.
Bile - gall

38. Na or Na+
Sodium
Protected Health Information
Kidney
Calorie

39. UCR
Usual - Customary - and Reasonable
Medical Intensive Care Unit
No added salt
Book to record all admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit

40. Negative Assertion
An assertive skill in which a person verbally accepts having made an error without letting it reflect on their worth as a human being.
Producing
Obtains - posts - and analyzes medical - workload - finance - and insurance data. Ensures that info is entered correctly into medical records
Discontinue or discharge

41. Motor Neurons
Student Health Unit Coordinatoor
An assertive skill in which a person verbally accepts having made an error without letting it reflect on their worth as a human being.
Transmits impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands
Movement/Function

42. cal or kcal
Makes up the muscles of the body that contract and relax to produce movement.
Calorie
A thin membrane that covers the bones (necessary for growth and repair and is the attachment point for ligaments and tendons.
Cell

43. Infection
Producing
Diet as tolerated
The invasion of the body by a pathogenic micro-organism that reproduces and multiply - causing disease. Bacterial infections are treated w/antibiotics
Increase

44. Otolaryngologist
Farther from the surface (body directional terms)
Minimal Standard (5 rights)
History
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the ear - nose - and throat

45. NVS
Bathroom privileges
Neurological Vital Signs (Neurocheck)
Cacner
White

46. Allergy Bracelet
Anteroposterior
Plastic Bracelet (usually red) that is worn by a pt to indicate allergy.
Vital signs
Outer touch layer of the meninges

47. PICU
Milliequivalent
Eyelid
Vital signs
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

48. Intramuscular Injection
Specialist (Pertaining to)
Intravenous push
Midnight
Inj. of a med into a muscle

49. Blood Types
O+ o- a+ a- b+ b- ab+ (cannot donate blood) ab- (cannot donate blood)
Ante cibum (before meals)
Student Health Unit Coordinatoor
Diagnoses/Treats diseases w/the use of various methods of imaging such as x-ray - ultrasound - radioactive materials - and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)

50. -ic (suffix)
Pediatrics
Level of care pt's would require per med condition (GRASP)
Instrument used to record
Pertaining to