Test your basic knowledge |

UA Training

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Adduction
Record x-ray - image - or picture
Continuous Quality Improvement
Pertaining to Toward (body directional terms)
Nothing by mouth

2. word root (word parts)
A Dr's order that is written and given that one time then discontinued.
Culture
Base/Noun
Located withing the cranial cavity and is the main center for coordinating body activities.

3. myelorrhagia
Asrpin (acetylsalicylic acid)
Diagnoses/Treats diseases and problems w/aging
Rapid flow of blood into the spinal cord
A technique that uses radioactive materials to examine anatomy and functional capacity of an organ

4. anemia
ventricular fibrillation
O+ o- a+ a- b+ b- ab+ (cannot donate blood) ab- (cannot donate blood)
Low iron (rbc)
UA in charge of this sheet. Keep up to date so that can inform family who is assigned to pt.

5. ADA
Coronary Care Unit
Treats diseases and injuries through operative methods; may specialize in a particular area - such as heart - eye - or pediatric surgery
Calorie
American Diabetic Association

6. Internist
Diagnosis/Treats diseases and disorders of the internal organs of adults
Capsule
Hemtocrit
Tasks performed at the Bedside or in direct contact w/the pt

7. TIA
Transischemic attack (mini stroke)
(MAR) List of meds that each individual pt is currently taking; it is used by the RN to administer meds.
A device to measure gas exchange and probe to either the ear or the finger (also cld oxygen saturation monitor)
Force fluids

8. 'arrow down'
Decreased - lower - below
Skin (word roots/combining forms)
Skilled Nursing Facility
Iris (colored part of eye)

9. Arterial Blood Gas (ABG)

10. Nerve Tissue
Intestine
Forms parts of the nervous system - which conducts electrochemical impulses and helps to coordinate body activities.
Calorie
Tasks performed at the Bedside or in direct contact w/the pt

11. H&P
Vital signs include TPRBPO2 stat - pn: Temp - Pulse rate - BP - oxygen - respiratory rate - o2stat - pain
History & Physical
(the egg white) The main body of the cell
Body

12. -pnea
Producing
Face sheet - orders - progress notes - DNR - Advance Directives - Meds - Labs
Breathing
Pertaining to in back of (body directional terms)

13. LP
Lumbar Puncture
Registered Dietician
Labels affixed to the front cover of a pt's paper chart that indicated pt has allergy.
No Known Allergies

14. Neuro
Hidden
Neurology
A temporary lowering of BP usually due to standing suddenly - also called postural hypotension
Visual examination

15. -ectomy (suffix)
Blood
Creatinine clearance
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the male/female urinary tracts and of the male reproductive system
Excision - surgical removal

16. irid/o
Microgram
Iris (colored part of eye)
History & Physical
Upper gastrointestinal

17. D/C or DC
Under/below
Discontinue or discharge
House Officer
White Blood Cell

18. arachnoid (mater)
Middle layer of the meninges (web like structure)
Sodium
Stomach
O+ o- a+ a- b+ b- ab+ (cannot donate blood) ab- (cannot donate blood)

19. NPO
Medical
No Known Food Allergies
Nothing by mouth
No Know Food Allergies

20. tab
Tablet
Pertaining to
History & Physical
Circulation - motion - sensation

21. Meninges
Diagnoses/Treats diseases or fractures of the musculoskeletal system
Blood
Made up of 3 layers of connective tissue that completely surround and protect the spinal cord and brain.
Surgical incision or to cut into

22. cal or Kcal
Calorie
Provides acute care exclusively to hospitalized pt's.
Post-anesthesia Care Unit
Pt controlled analgesic

23. scler/o
Process of recording an x-ray - imaging - taking a picture
Sclera (white part of eye)
3 or more pt's with similar last name (need to write 'Name Alert')
Pathway of an opening/wound that spreads

24. Ancillary
Artery
Lab - Rad - Pharm - PT - Respt. - OT - etc.
Slow
Coronary Care Unit

25. Cell Membrane
Salivary glands - teeth and tongue - liver - gallbladder - pancreas
Tissue
(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
Confidence and respect for oneself.

26. otomy
Bad error/mistake/at fault/harm to pt
Incision
Kidney
Labels that contain individual pt info for identifying pt records or other personal items.

27. myring/o
Blood
Fever
Tympanic membrane (eardrum)
Immediately

28. phas/o
Pro re nata (as needed)
Speech
Nausea & vomiting
Central venous pressure

29. Decubitus Ulcer
Diet as tolerated
Patient
Microgram
Bed Sore

30. RDA
Recommended dietary allowance. The average daily intake of a nutrient that meets the requirements of nearly all healthy ppl of a given age/gender.
Phosphatase (chemistry)
Diagnoses/Treats diseases or fractures of the musculoskeletal system
History & Physical

31. thorax
Tumor
Confidence and respect for oneself.
Arterial blood gas
Chest cavity

32. CT
Blood
Computed tomography
Diet as tolerated
Center of a Cell (control center) (egg yolk)

33. hist/o (word root)
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Treats cancer through the use of radiation
Tissue
Excision - surgical removal

34. -graphy
Treatment
Pertaining to in back of (body directional terms)
Process of recording an x-ray - imaging - taking a picture
House Officer

35. centesis
Clinical Decision Support System
Taking fluid from somewhere
Joint Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organization
Inner thin layer of the meninges (tender layer). Carries blood vessels that provide nourishment to the nervous tissue.

36. What is the purpose of the skeletal system?
Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
Above
Penicillin
To support/protect (framework)

37. electr/o
Adult protective Services
No Known Drug Allergies
Electricity - electrical activity
No information - No publication

38. Alzheimer's Disease

39. trans
Chest x-ray
Milliequivelant
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Across or through

40. Urologist
Studies cell change and other alterations of the body cause by disease (tissue)
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the male/female urinary tracts and of the male reproductive system
Labels that contain individual pt info for identifying pt records or other personal items.
Intravenous

41. q day
Recovery Room
One of the primary lymphatic organs. Development of the body's defenses against infection by promoting the maturation of cells that provide immune responses.
Full Strength or Fasting Sugars
Every day

42. ACCU-CHEK
Pt controlled analgesic
Blood glucose monitoring
Producing
Potassium chloride

43. a- - an-
Without
Stomach
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.
Pass to pt's nurse

44. scope
Ischemic and hemmoragic
Computed tomography
Instrument
Carbon dioxide

45. NKA
Complete bed rest
Blue
Blood urea nitrogen
No Known Allergies

46. brady-
(mainly women who have had children) and abnormal decrease in bone mass. Lead cause of fractures and thin brittle bones. 'silent crippler'
Slow
Rib
Pro re nata (as needed)

47. Fistula
Potassium chloride
Study of (word roots/combining forms)
Pathway of an opening/wound that spreads
Labels affixed to the front cover of a pt's paper chart that indicated pt has allergy.

48. Inferior (caudal)
Pertaining to below (body directional terms)
Rapid flow
Bathroom privileges
Total parenteral nutrition

49. PEG
Temp checked in ear
Night
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrotomy
Complete bed rest

50. pexi
Surgical fixation
Cholesterol
Within normal limits
Wet/Reusable items (instruments etc.)