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1. febrile
Tympanic membrane (eardrum)
Penicillin
Fever
Form used to record admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit daily.

2. CDSS
Clinical Decision Support System
Bilirubin
Patient Support Associate
Skin (word roots/combining forms)

3. erythrocyte
An organ is made up of 2 or more types of tissues that perform one or more common functions.
Cholesterol
Red Blood Cell
Happening now

4. BUN
Blood urea nitrogen
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.
Phosphatase (chemistry)
Instrument used to examine

5. ectomy
Diagnoses/Treats mental illness
Excision
Hour of sleep
Full Strength or can mean Fasting sugar

6. enter/o (word root)
Lab - Rad - Pharm - PT - Respt. - OT - etc.
Lamina (bony arch of the vertebrae)
Intestine
Eye

7. HMO
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act
White Blood Cell count
Health Maintenance Organization
Eyelid

8. cyanosis
Blue
Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A technique used to produce computer images (scans) of the interior of the body w/use of magnetic field and radiofrequency waves.
Pertaining to
(can get at young age) 'Dementia' = Shrinkage of the brain

9. VT
Ventricular tachycardia (if it goes on too long - will become SVT=sinus ventricular tachycardia)
Creating an artificial opening into
Hemoglobin
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

10. PSA
Patient Support Associate
History
Assertive skills in which a person responds to a criticism by making noncommittal statements that can not be argued against.
Paralysis of the rt or lt side of body

11. arthr/o
To have the pt sit on edge of bed and dangle feet
The invasion of the body by a pathogenic micro-organism that reproduces and multiply - causing disease. Bacterial infections are treated w/antibiotics
Creating an artificial opening into
Joint

12. Peds
Tumor (word roots/combining forms)
Axilla or axillary
Pediatrics
Chest x-ray

13. IVP
Registered Dietitian. One who has completed and education program/served an internship/and passed the exam given by the American Dietetic Assoc.
Intravenous push
History & Physical
Hemtocrit

14. Cell Membrane
Hardening of the arteries
(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
Intramuscular Injection
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the skin.

15. -ologist
A measurement of energy or heat
Midnight
Heart - Blood Vessels - Blood
Specialist (Pertaining to)

16. Laceration
Out of bed
A wound that is produced by tearing of body tissue.
Dry/Throw away
House Officer

17. Material Supply
Dry/Throw away
Health Unit Coordinator
Artery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A technique used to produce computer images (scans) of the interior of the body w/use of magnetic field and radiofrequency waves.

18. CMS
A Dr's order that remains in effect and is executed according to the pt's needs.
Circulation - motion - sensation
A Dr's order that is written and given that one time then discontinued.
A person's needs to have affectionate relationships w/ppl & to have a place in a group.

19. TNA
Rapid flow of blood into the spinal cord
Heart
Creatinine clearance
Tonsils & adenoids

20. PCA
Fat
Pt controlled analgesic
Every
Diagnoses/Treats diseases w/the use of various methods of imaging such as x-ray - ultrasound - radioactive materials - and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)

21. lamin/o
Confidence and respect for oneself.
(mainly women who have had children) and abnormal decrease in bone mass. Lead cause of fractures and thin brittle bones. 'silent crippler'
Liver
Lamina (bony arch of the vertebrae)

22. MRI
Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A technique used to produce computer images (scans) of the interior of the body w/use of magnetic field and radiofrequency waves.
Incision
Blood
Inj. of a med into a muscle

23. Inferior (caudal)
Asrpin (acetylsalicylic acid)
Skin (word roots/combining forms)
Pertaining to below (body directional terms)
Producing - originating - causing (word roots/combining forms)

24. trich / o
Pertaining to away from (body directional terms)
Heat or Energy
Intravenous
Hair (word roots/combining forms)

25. cyt/o (word root)
Cell
Stone
Pertaining to two (both sides) (body directional terms)
History and Physical

26. hemat/o
4x a day
Blood
Liquid
Liver

27. centesis
Vomit (Emesis Bases usually have to ordered)
Removal of fluid
Sodium
A graphic recording of the electrical impulses that the heart generated during the cardiac cycle.

28. Acuity

29. NAS
No added salt
Full Strength or Fasting Sugars
Bile - gall
Day Surgery Unit

30. Central Service Dept. Charge Slip
60-80 (smoker 80-100 / anything below 40 not OK)
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.
Result of adding a medication to a container or iv solution
A process which the UA records data (date - time - name - and status) on the Dr's order sheet to indicate that a handwritten Dr's transcription has been completed.

31. hepato
Liver
Clot (stationary=thrombosis) (moving=embolism)
Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Paralysis of the rt or lt side of body

32. ambulate
Abnormal condition characterized by no speech
Walk
Full Strength or Fasting Sugars
A Dr's order that is written and given that one time then discontinued.

33. al or ous
Removal of fluid
The # of times the heart beats per minute (felt through the walls of the artery)
Pertaining to (word roots/combining forms)
Body

34. Gangrene
Eye
Neurological Vital Signs (Neurocheck)
Death of body tissue due to lack of blood supply - often a result of infection or injury.
Culture

35. Bolus
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.
Pertaining to away from (body directional terms)
Between
Taking fluid from somewhere

36. Hgb
Bone
Blood pressure
Hemoglobin
Diagnoses/Treats diseases or fractures of the musculoskeletal system

37. eukocyte
Sodium
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the rectum and anus
Milliequivalent
White Blood Cell

38. abdomin/o
Abdomen
Instrument used to examine
Located withing the cranial cavity and is the main center for coordinating body activities.
Creating an artificial opening into

39. BRP
Bathroom privileges
Below normal
Lying w/face downward (body directional terms)
Blood being held back

40. Suffix (word parts)
Middle Breast Bone (Sternum)
End of word
Wet/Reusable items (instruments etc.)
Stomach

41. scler/o
Sclera (white part of eye)
A technique that uses radioactive materials to examine anatomy and functional capacity of an organ
Central Nervous System
Calcium (Can also mean cancer)

42. -sclerosis
Biopsy
Hardening
Registered Dietitian. One who has completed and education program/served an internship/and passed the exam given by the American Dietetic Assoc.
Without

43. Medical and health services
Enlargement
A thin membrane that covers the bones (necessary for growth and repair and is the attachment point for ligaments and tendons.
Wet/Reusable items (instruments etc.)
Plans - directs - coordinates - and supervises the delivery of health managers

44. Ophthalmologist
Diagnoses/Treats disease and defects of the eye
Located withing the cranial cavity and is the main center for coordinating body activities.
Diagnoses/Treats mental illness
Visual examination

45. Functions of the digestive system
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
Blood
American Diabetic Association
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the rectum and anus

46. CDSS
Incision
A Dr's order that remains in effect and is executed according to the pt's needs.
Clinical Decision Support System
No Information No Publication

47. phos
Meninges (spinal cord covering)
Penicillin
Intestine
Phosphate or phosphorus

48. -trophy
Blue
To slow down heart
Development - nourishment
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrotomy

49. ADT Sheet
Ordered for abdominalcentisis
Tissue (word roots/combining forms)
Complete Blood count
Form used to record admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit daily.

50. CVICU
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.
Fracture
Mini Stroke (TIA)
Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit