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1. Anesthesiologist
Pertaining to in back of (body directional terms)
Administers drugs or gases to produce loss of consciousness or sensation in the pt. Care during/after surgery as well.
Base/Noun
Needed when pt stops breathing (usually w/a black mouth covering)

2. Meninges
Cancer (word roots/combining forms)
Made up of 3 layers of connective tissue that completely surround and protect the spinal cord and brain.
Milliequivalent
Pertaining to the side (body directional terms)

3. Axillary Temperature
Abnormal condition characterized by no speech
Inner thin layer of the meninges (tender layer). Carries blood vessels that provide nourishment to the nervous tissue.
Cell
Armpit reading of temp

4. H & H
Hemoglobin & hematocrit (HGB & crit or HCT)
No added salt
Development - nourishment
History

5. onc / o
Disease (word roots/combining forms)
Tympanic membrane (eardrum)
Form used to record admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit daily.
Rib

6. ICU
Body
Intensive Care Unit
No information - No publication
Iris (colored part of eye)

7. gastr/o
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the skin.
Increase
Fasting Blood Sugar
Stomach

8. RD
Disease (word roots/combining forms)
Bed Sore
Lamina (bony arch of the vertebrae)
Registered Dietitian. One who has completed and education program/served an internship/and passed the exam given by the American Dietetic Assoc.

9. hypo
Fever
Decrease
Abdomen
Hardening

10. Systolic BP
Beginning half of word
Ventricular tachycardia (if it goes on too long - will become SVT=sinus ventricular tachycardia)
No Know Food Allergies
BP measured during ventricular contraction (the top # - usually higher)

11. WA
Rounded Mass of Food
Central venous pressure
While awake
Immediately

12. Types of Blood Gases
Provides acute care exclusively to hospitalized pt's.
Retina
Cap gas - arterial gas - venous gas
Excision - surgical removal

13. PPO
Hardening of the arteries
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the rectum and anus
Patient Support Associate
Preferred Provider Organization

14. Sexual Harasment
Rapid flow of blood
Unwanted - unwelcomed behavior; sexual in nature
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.
Red

15. encephal/o
Brain
Artery
Diagnosis-Related Groups
Neurological Vital Signs (Neurocheck)

16. scopy
Pertaining to in back of (body directional terms)
Diet as tolerated
Visual examination
Farther from the surface (body directional terms)

17. VS
Inner thin layer of the meninges (tender layer). Carries blood vessels that provide nourishment to the nervous tissue.
Condition of the blood
Minute
Vital signs

18. myelorrhagia
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (reflux disease)
Head of bed
Rapid flow of blood into the spinal cord
Vein/vessel

19. Prone
Total parenteral nutrition
Complete Blood count
Lying w/face downward (body directional terms)
White Blood Cell count

20. Fx
Development - nourishment
Taking fluid from somewhere
Fracture
Stomach

21. ASA
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.
Usual - Customary - and Reasonable
Pediatrics
Asrpin (acetylsalicylic acid)

22. prn
Pro re nata (as needed)
Pertaining to above (body directional terms)
As desired
Excision

23. Dig
Death of body tissue due to lack of blood supply - often a result of infection or injury.
Slows the heart rate (digoxen would increase hear rate)
Speech
Fracture

24. D/C or DC
Registered Dietician
Discontinue or discharge
Same-day Surgery
Heart

25. EMR/EHR
Intramuscular Injection
Potassium
Electronic Medical Record/Electronic Health Record
Bad

26. Central supply
Wet/Reusable items (instruments etc.)
Skin (word roots/combining forms)
Excision - surgical removal
Cardiomyopathy

27. Tx
High-density
Axilla or axillary
Liquid
Treatment

28. -ologist
Book to record all admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit
Specialist (Pertaining to)
Body
Rapid eyelid movement

29. Blood Types
O+ o- a+ a- b+ b- ab+ (cannot donate blood) ab- (cannot donate blood)
Intestine
Diet as tolerated
Hidden

30. cerebr/o
Brain
Diagnoses/Treats diseases or fractures of the musculoskeletal system
US Govern. agency who ensures that foods - drugs - cosmetics - and medical devices are safe and properly labeled.
Emergency Dept.

31. Intramuscular Injection
Tissue (word roots/combining forms)
Clinical Decision Support System
Inj. of a med into a muscle
Study of (word roots/combining forms)

32. c (with line above it)
Carbon dioxide
Kidney
Without
With

33. lt or L with circle around it
Specializes in Family Health Care for all family members
Result of adding a medication to a container or iv solution
Left
Alert and orientated

34. PEG
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
Walk
Medical Intensive Care Unit
To slow down heart

35. AP
Axilla or axillary
History
Chest x-ray
Anteroposterior

36. al or ous
Decreased - lower - below
Makes up the muscles of the body that contract and relax to produce movement.
Rapid flow of blood
Pertaining to (word roots/combining forms)

37. TPN
Total parenteral nutrition
Bad error/mistake/at fault/harm to pt
No added salt
Pertaining to Toward (body directional terms)

38. epitheli / o
Epithelium (1st layer of skin) (word roots/combining forms)
Breathing
Pro re nata (as needed)
Physical Therapy

39. Hgb
Hour of sleep
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the ear - nose - and throat
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (reflux disease)
Hemoglobin

40. arteri/o
A wound that is produced by tearing of body tissue.
Artery
Patient Care Technician
Mini Stroke (TIA)

41. -tomy
Surgical incision or to cut into
A measurement of energy or heat
Intramuscular Injection
Bone

42. -oid
Liter
Fat
(type of test) done in Respiratory Dept. (done if C02 is building up in the blood)
Resembling (word roots/combining forms)

43. myos/o
Muscle (myo)
Circulation
Instrument
Cornea (clear anterior covering of the eye)

44. cardi/o (word root)
No Know Food Allergies
4x a day
Heart
Microgram

45. CVP
Central venous pressure
An organ is made up of 2 or more types of tissues that perform one or more common functions.
Rapid eyelid movement
Pediatrics

46. DAT
Diet as tolerated
Movement/Function
Meninges (spinal cord covering)
After

47. Pulse Rate
Muscle (myo)
The # of times the heart beats per minute (felt through the walls of the artery)
No Known Allergies
Connective tissue - flesh (word roots/combining forms)

48. Love and Belonging Needs

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49. Electrolytes
Transmits impulses to the brain and spinal cord
Clear
Short-stay Unit
Sodium - potassium - co2 - Bun - creatinine - calcium

50. RRF
Through - Across - Beyond
Internal Doc (only...never put in chart) Responsible Reporting Form (used when someone within the unit does something wrong)
Child Protective Service
Registered dietician