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1. CAD
Specializes in Family Health Care for all family members
Coronary artery disease= narrowing of the arteries due to buildup of plaque on the arterial walls (a condition called atherosclerosis)
Computed tomography
Physical Therapy

2. PEG
A device to measure gas exchange and probe to either the ear or the finger (also cld oxygen saturation monitor)
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrotomy
Out of bed
Registered dietician

3. PPO
The # of times a pt breaths per minute (in & out)
Transmits impulses to the brain and spinal cord
Preferred Provider Organization
Protection - Support - Movement - Blood Cell production - and Mineral storage

4. Ax
Within
Axilla or axillary
Joint Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organization
Cell

5. L&D
Treats cancer through the use of radiation
Labor & Delivery
Inner thin layer of the meninges (tender layer). Carries blood vessels that provide nourishment to the nervous tissue.
Labels affixed to the front cover of a pt's paper chart that indicated pt has allergy.

6. PHI
Post cibrum (after meals)
Protected Health Info
Tumor
Fever (above 99)

7. h - hr - hrs
Larynx (voicebox)
Hour or hours
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.
Tonsils & adenoids

8. NPO
Trauma Intensive Care Unit
Shortness of breath
Skin (word roots/combining forms)
Nothing by mouth

9. CDSS
Outer touch layer of the meninges
Tympanic membrane (eardrum)
Clinical Decision Support System
A wound that is produced by tearing of body tissue.

10. abdomin/o
Abdomen
Arterial blood gas
Blood vessel
Absolute bed rest

11. osteo
Stomach
Pt controlled analgesic
Heart
Bone

12. Clinical Tasks
3x a day
Force Fluids
As desired
Tasks performed at the Bedside or in direct contact w/the pt

13. Standard of Care
The pulse rate obtained on the top of the foot
Cartilage
Minimal Standard (5 rights)
Cells/Inside/How they work

14. hypo
Decrease
Urinalysis
Central Nervous System
Surgical opening

15. parasentisis trays
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.
Patient
Heat or Energy
Ordered for abdominalcentisis

16. OTC
Save a day
Assertive skills in which a person responds to a criticism by making noncommittal statements that can not be argued against.
Over the counter
Respiratory syncytial virus (can live on surface for 7 days)

17. oma
Tumor
Out of bed
Meninges (spinal cord covering)
Visual examination

18. acute
Patient Care Technician
Stomach
Happening now
Spontaneous collapse of lung

19. cerebr/o
Brain
Surgical Intensive Care Unit
History & Physical
Record x-ray - image - or picture

20. K or K+
Vital signs include TPRBPO2 stat - pn: Temp - Pulse rate - BP - oxygen - respiratory rate - o2stat - pain
Circulation - motion - sensation
Potassium
Lumbar Puncture

21. hepat/o (word root)
Transmits impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands
Liver
Immediately
To slow down heart

22. gastr/o
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.
Stomach
Administers drugs or gases to produce loss of consciousness or sensation in the pt. Care during/after surgery as well.
Transischemic attack (mini stroke)

23. -graphy
Creatinine clearance
Studies cell change and other alterations of the body cause by disease (tissue)
Process of recording an x-ray - imaging - taking a picture
A Dr's order that remains in effect and is executed according to the pt's needs.

24. Bx
Complete bed rest
The thickest muscular middle layer of the heart
Biopsy
Protrusion of a body part

25. NKA
Result of adding a medication to a container or iv solution
Sclera (white part of eye)
Night
No Known Allergies

26. Supine
To suture (surgical) repair
Sclera (white part of eye)
Lying of the back - Face Up (body directional terms)
BP measured during ventricular contraction (the top # - usually higher)

27. VS
Pro re nata (as needed)
Vital signs
Specialist (Pertaining to)
Provides acute care exclusively to hospitalized pt's.

28. 'arrow down'
Speech
4x a day
History
Decreased - lower - below

29. NKMA
Diagnoses/treats diseases of the heard/blood vessels
Force Fluids
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the male/female urinary tracts and of the male reproductive system
No Known Medication Allergies

30. bradycardia
Unwanted - unwelcomed behavior; sexual in nature
Increased - above - elevated
Slow heart rate
Obstetrics

31. -pexy
Surgical fixation
Bedside commode
Diet as tolerated
Milliequivelant

32. Broncho
Pertaining to
Pass to pt's nurse
Stomach
Lower part of resp. system

33. -oma
Tumor (word roots/combining forms)
Right
Instrument used to examine
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the ear - nose - and throat

34. lip / o
Bone
Surgical fixation
Inner lining of heart - also forms the heart valves
Fat (word roots/combining forms)

35. occult
A graphic recording of the electrical impulses that the heart generated during the cardiac cycle.
Hidden
Cardiac Monitor Tech
Lying w/face downward (body directional terms)

36. PICU
60-80 (smoker 80-100 / anything below 40 not OK)
Pertaining to the side (body directional terms)
The measurement of pt's fluid/food intake and output
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

37. Signing Off

38. FS
Full Strength or can mean Fasting sugar
While awake
Student Health Unit Coordinatoor
Pro re nata (as needed)

39. Calorie
Heat or Energy
Pediatrics
Internal Doc (only...never put in chart) Responsible Reporting Form (used when someone within the unit does something wrong)
Diagnoses/Treats diseases w/the use of various methods of imaging such as x-ray - ultrasound - radioactive materials - and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)

40. Periosteum
Minimal Standard (5 rights)
A thin membrane that covers the bones (necessary for growth and repair and is the attachment point for ligaments and tendons.
Pertaining to below (body directional terms)
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the ear - nose - and throat

41. dura mater
Pertaining to Toward (body directional terms)
Post-anesthesia Care Unit
Outer touch layer of the meninges
Crooked - curved (lateral)

42. Bilateral (bilat)
Pertaining to two (both sides) (body directional terms)
Salivary glands - teeth and tongue - liver - gallbladder - pancreas
ventricular fibrillation
Hardening

43. stenosis
Rapid eyelid movement
An x-ray taken by a mobile xray machine that is moved to the pt's bedside
Pertaining to the side (body directional terms)
Narrowing of the arteries

44. RSV
Respiratory syncytial virus (can live on surface for 7 days)
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act
Transmits nerve impulses from one part of the body to another. (there are 2 types)
Diet as tolerated

45. Surg
Iris (colored part of eye)
Book to record all admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit
Surgical
Unable to breath

46. Proximal
Pertaining to closer than another structure from the point of attachment. (body directional terms)
Hour of sleep
Hemoglobin & hematocrit (HGB & crit or HCT)
Bed Sore

47. ECG - EKG
Bilirubin
Licenses Practical Nurse
Electrocardiography
Pro re nata (as needed)

48. KCI
Potassium chloride
Liver
Neurological Vital Signs (Neurocheck)
Surgical Intensive Care Unit

49. encephal/o
Breathing
Transmits impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Brain

50. Emergency Room Physician