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1. erythr/o
Bone
Every
Crooked - curved (lateral)
Red

2. Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
Excessive discharge - flow
Practice of continuously improving quality of each function at each level of every dept. of the health care organization.
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act
Liquid

3. ADA
Mini Stroke (TIA)
3 or more pt's with similar last name (need to write 'Name Alert')
Internal Doc (only...never put in chart) Responsible Reporting Form (used when someone within the unit does something wrong)
American Diabetic Association

4. Endoscope
Hemoglobin
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.
Nothing by mouth
Immediately

5. Medical and health services
Plans - directs - coordinates - and supervises the delivery of health managers
Communication process between shifts - in which nursing personnel who are leaving report nursing unit activities to coming on duty.
Skilled Nursing Facility
Intravenous push

6. Paget's Disease (Ostetitis Deformans)
Alert and orientated
Save a day
(mainly children) A certain type of bone disease (2nd most common) Causes bones to become weak.
Patient Support Associate

7. WA
Abdomen
The thickest muscular middle layer of the heart
Wide awake
Electricity/Electrical activity

8. -ologist
A person's needs to have affectionate relationships w/ppl & to have a place in a group.
Instrument used to examine
O E I
Specialist (Pertaining to)

9. Meninges
Pain
Full Strength or Fasting Sugars
Record x-ray - image - or picture
Made up of 3 layers of connective tissue that completely surround and protect the spinal cord and brain.

10. enter/o
Intestine
Taking fluid from somewhere
Inj. of a med into a muscle
Bone

11. PEG
Inflammation
Diagnoses/Treats diseases w/the use of various methods of imaging such as x-ray - ultrasound - radioactive materials - and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
Fever (above 99)

12. pc
Potassium
Bathroom privileges
Administers drugs or gases to produce loss of consciousness or sensation in the pt. Care during/after surgery as well.
Post cibum (after meals)

13. intra- (prefix)
Epithelium (1st layer of skin) (word roots/combining forms)
(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
Rectal
Within

14. SSU
Usual - Customary - and Reasonable
Short-stay Unit
Without
Within

15. Anesthesiologist
Temp checked in ear
Surrounding
Administers drugs or gases to produce loss of consciousness or sensation in the pt. Care during/after surgery as well.
Abdomen

16. TNA
An assertive skill in which a person verbally accepts having made an error without letting it reflect on their worth as a human being.
Tounge
Pulse
Tonsils & adenoids

17. scopy
Slow
Treats diseases and injuries through operative methods; may specialize in a particular area - such as heart - eye - or pediatric surgery
Visual examination
Electricity/Electrical activity

18. Arthoplasty
Surgical repair of joint
Top of pyramid: Self Actualization needs: Self-fulfillment - Esteem Needs: Self Respect & Respect of others - Belonging & Love Needs: Need to receive and give love - Safety & Security Needs: Safe from danger - job security - ordered structure. - Phys
Base/Noun
Kidney

19. Anterior (ventral)
American Diabetic Association
Creatinine clearance
Pertaining to in front of (body directional terms)
Ordered for abdominalcentisis

20. Anatomy
Potassium chloride
Pertaining to closer than another structure from the point of attachment. (body directional terms)
Body
Between

21. al or ous
Unwanted - unwelcomed behavior; sexual in nature
Shortness of breath
Pertaining to (word roots/combining forms)
A temporary lowering of BP usually due to standing suddenly - also called postural hypotension

22. Bx
Ear
Biopsy
The thickest muscular middle layer of the heart
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

23. Organs of the Circulatory System
Eyelid
Lateral chest
Heart - Blood Vessels - Blood
Result of adding a medication to a container or iv solution

24. thromb/o
Enlargement
Clot (stationary=thrombosis) (moving=embolism)
Cancer (word roots/combining forms)
Stomach

25. Endocardium
Inner lining of heart - also forms the heart valves
Full Strength or Fasting Sugars
Bad
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrotomy

26. ac
Ante cibum (before meals)
Vital signs include TPRBPO2 stat - pn: Temp - Pulse rate - BP - oxygen - respiratory rate - o2stat - pain
Force fluids
Kidney's - ureters - and bladder

27. LPN
Licenses Practical Nurse
Located withing the cranial cavity and is the main center for coordinating body activities.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Bone

28. HO
Stomach
Vertebra (s) - vertebrae (bones of the spine)
Student Health Unit Coordinatoor
House Officer

29. OTC
Over the counter
Cut Out
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.
Producing

30. Infection
Head of bed
Producing
Blue
The invasion of the body by a pathogenic micro-organism that reproduces and multiply - causing disease. Bacterial infections are treated w/antibiotics

31. cyno
A stroke. An interference of blood flow to the brain which reduces the supply of oxygen and nutrients - causing damage to brain tissue. Major causes are embolism - thrombosis - and hemorrhage.
Increase
Tonsils & adenoids
Blue

32. Standing Order

33. Organs of the Nervous System
Intensive Care Unit
Red Blood Cell
Nerves - Brain - Spinal Cord
High-density

34. -pnea
Wet/Reusable items (instruments etc.)
Breathing
Treatment
Middle Breast Bone (Sternum)

35. CBR
Decrease
Excision
Mouth - pharynx - Digestive sphincter muscle - Esophagus - Stomach - Small intestine - large intestine
Complete bed rest

36. hist/o (word root)
Skin (word roots/combining forms)
(MAR) List of meds that each individual pt is currently taking; it is used by the RN to administer meds.
Blood pressure
Tissue

37. ADT Sheet
Middle layer of the meninges (web like structure)
Fat
Assertive skills in which a person responds to a criticism by making noncommittal statements that can not be argued against.
Form used to record admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit daily.

38. irid/o
Iris (colored part of eye)
Microgram
Recommended dietary allowance. The average daily intake of a nutrient that meets the requirements of nearly all healthy ppl of a given age/gender.
Child Protective Service

39. pia mater
Inner thin layer of the meninges (tender layer). Carries blood vessels that provide nourishment to the nervous tissue.
Excision
Wide awake
Within/stomach/pertaining to

40. -stenosis
Pediatrics
Penicillin
Narrowing
Surgical incision or to cut into

41. myocardium
Microgram
The thickest muscular middle layer of the heart
Inflammation of small bowel
Unwanted - unwelcomed behavior; sexual in nature

42. Bolus
Mouth
Protective covering on skin or lines the body cavities
Rounded Mass of Food
Transischemic attack (mini stroke)

43. Motor Neurons
Transmits impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands
Narrowing
Cardiac monitor tech (usually just called monitor tech)
Excision

44. NAS
Blood pressure
One of the primary lymphatic organs. Development of the body's defenses against infection by promoting the maturation of cells that provide immune responses.
Diagnoses/Treats disease and defects of the eye
No added salt

45. Neonatologist
Cacner
Diagnoses/Treats disorders of a newborn
Face sheet - orders - progress notes - DNR - Advance Directives - Meds - Labs
Low-density lipotein

46. Bili
List of meds that each individual pt is currently taking
Rounded Mass of Food
Pertaining to in front of (body directional terms)
Bilirubin

47. Alzheimer's Disease

48. -tomy
Pertaining to the side (body directional terms)
Patient Care Technician
Cap gas - arterial gas - venous gas
Surgical incision or to cut into

49. hem/o
Blood
3x a day
Within normal limits
Usually meds - food - tape - and many other items

50. phos
Transmits impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands
Dry/Throw away
Phosphatase (chemistry)
Development - nourishment