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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. -rrhaphy
Respiratory rate
Below normal
Bladder (urinary unless otherwise used)
To suture (surgical) repair

2. Cytoplasm
No Know Food Allergies
(the egg white) The main body of the cell
Spleen
Hemtocrit

3. Endocardium
3 or more pt's with similar last name (need to write 'Name Alert')
Recommended dietary allowance. The average daily intake of a nutrient that meets the requirements of nearly all healthy ppl of a given age/gender.
The thickest muscular middle layer of the heart
Inner lining of heart - also forms the heart valves

4. mEq
Pertaining to
Milliequivelant
(mainly women who have had children) and abnormal decrease in bone mass. Lead cause of fractures and thin brittle bones. 'silent crippler'
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the nervous system

5. Medial Steinum
Middle Breast Bone (Sternum)
Tumor (word roots/combining forms)
O E I
Armpit reading of temp

6. Leuokocyte
Pertaining to
White Blood Cells
Studies cell change and other alterations of the body cause by disease (tissue)
Treatment

7. -plasty
Surgical repair
Sodium - potassium - co2 - Bun - creatinine - calcium
Nail (word roots/combining forms)
Every

8. dura mater
Lateral chest
Diet as tolerated
Outer touch layer of the meninges
Tounge

9. Na or Na+
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.
Nerves - Brain - Spinal Cord
Sodium
Decrease

10. sub- (prefix)
Eye
Blood urea nitrogen
Immediately
Under/below

11. Medication Administration Record
Diet as tolerated
(MAR) List of meds that each individual pt is currently taking; it is used by the RN to administer meds.
Pertaining to the brain and spine
Diagnoses/Treats disorders of a newborn

12. Systolic BP
Transmits impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands
Kidney
BP measured during ventricular contraction (the top # - usually higher)
Microgram

13. Obstetrician
(mainly children) A certain type of bone disease (2nd most common) Causes bones to become weak.
Cares for Women during pregnancy - labor - delivery - and after.
Pertaining to Toward (body directional terms)
Form used to record admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit daily.

14. LDL
No Known Allergies
Low-density lipotein
Hidden
Extends from brainstem through spinal cavity to between the 1st and 2nd lumbar verebrae. It's the patway for conducting sensory impulses up to the brain and motor impulses back down from the brain.

15. Lateral (lat)
Decreased - lower - below
Pertaining to the side (body directional terms)
Usually meds - food - tape - and many other items
Immediately

16. Radiation Oncologist
Treats cancer through the use of radiation
Pt controlled analgesic
Makes up the muscles of the body that contract and relax to produce movement.
To have the pt sit on edge of bed and dangle feet

17. -trophy
A measurement of energy or heat
Phosphate or phosphorus
Development - nourishment
Tonsils & adenoids

18. Assignment Sheet
Heat or Energy
UA in charge of this sheet. Keep up to date so that can inform family who is assigned to pt.
Pertaining to the brain and spine
Instrument used to examine

19. hypo
(on the main IV...piggybacks it) a method by which drugs are usually administered intravenously in 50-100 ml of fluid
Bone
Decrease
The thickest muscular middle layer of the heart

20. bid
A measurement (noninvasive) of gas exchange and rbc oxygen-carrying capacity
2x per day
History
Rapid flow of blood into the spinal cord

21. mEq
Milliequivalent
Coronary Care Unit
Vomit (Emesis Bases usually have to ordered)
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the internal organs that secrete hormones

22. Trans- (prefix)
4x a day
Rounded Mass of Food
Blood urea nitrogen
Through - Across - Beyond

23. DRG
(type of test) done in Respiratory Dept. (done if C02 is building up in the blood)
Diagnosis-Related Groups
Diagnoses/Treats cancerous conditions
Gynecology

24. Posterior (dorsal)
Result of adding a medication to a container or iv solution
Tounge
Central Nervous System
Pertaining to in back of (body directional terms)

25. DVT
Bone that goes through the skin (open)
Increase
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Circulation

26. hyper-
Diagnoses/Treats pt's in trauma and emergency situations
Above normal
Save a day
Lung

27. -ology
Study of (word roots/combining forms)
Orthopedics
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.
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the neuro-musculolskeletal system with physical elements to restore the individual to participation in society

28. Piggyback
Walk
Usually on the main IV. A method in which drugs are usually administered intravenously in 50-100ml of fluid
Protected Health Info
Unwanted - unwelcomed behavior; sexual in nature

29. Motor Neurons
Transmits impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands
Vein/vessel
Cut Out
Epithelium (1st layer of skin) (word roots/combining forms)

30. PCA
Licenses Practical Nurse
Electricity/Electrical activity
Pt controlled analgesic
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act

31. Metastasis
Potassium chloride
Process in which tumor cells spread to distant parts of the body
Bone that goes through the skin (open)
An organ is made up of 2 or more types of tissues that perform one or more common functions.

32. hypo-
Excessive discharge - flow
ventricular fibrillation
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.
Below normal

33. L&D
Labor & Delivery
Bed Sore
Capsule
Cornea (clear anterior covering of the eye)

34. Intervertebral
Pertaining to between the vertebrae
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.
Surgical opening
Muscle (myo)

35. OOB
Pathway of an opening/wound that spreads
O E I
Out of bed
Cholesterol

36. stomat/o
Vital signs include TPRBPO2 stat - pn: Temp - Pulse rate - BP - oxygen - respiratory rate - o2stat - pain
Rapid flow
Mouth
Spontaneous collapse of lung

37. pneumothorax
Spontaneous collapse of lung
Phosphatase (chemistry)
Midnight
Registered dietician

38. -oid
A doctrine that informs pt's of risky or invasive diagnostic or treatment procedure. They need to be informed of: description of test - risk and or alternatives - risks of death or bodily disability - probable results of the procedure.
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
Resembling (word roots/combining forms)
Slow

39. CSF
Cerebrospinal fluid (lumbar tray in materials)
Diagnoses/Treats diseases w/the use of various methods of imaging such as x-ray - ultrasound - radioactive materials - and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
Injection of a med into a muscle (IM)
Clavical or collarbone

40. Dys
Bad
Walk
Axilla or axillary
Condition of

41. CHO
Carbohydrate
Health Unit Coordinator
Slows the heart rate (digoxen would increase hear rate)
Cell

42. LPN
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.
Licenses Practical Nurse
Ordered for abdominalcentisis
One of the primary lymphatic organs. Development of the body's defenses against infection by promoting the maturation of cells that provide immune responses.

43. sclerosis
Tumor
Hardening of the arteries
Outer touch layer of the meninges
To support/protect (framework)

44. Old Record
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
A pt medical record that may be dated back 5+ yrs re: if pt was admitted in past etc. Requested through Medical Secretaries.
Confidence and respect for oneself.
Carbohydrate

45. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Bad
Pertaining to below (body directional terms)
Pediatrics
Government agency whose purpose is to ensure that foods/meds/cosmetics/& medical devices are safe & properly labeled

46. L
Phosphate or phosphorus
Liter
Usual - Customary - and Reasonable
Needed when pt stops breathing (usually w/a black mouth covering)

47. Surg
Tablet
Surgical
Consists of the spleen - thymus gland - lymph nodes - a fluid called lymph - and the lymphatic vessels. The lymphatic system maintains fluid balance and immunity.
Protected Health Information

48. NVS
4 types of bones: Long - short - flat - and irregular - Bones have their own system of blood vessels and nerves - Bones contain red bone marrow (produces rbc's - wbc's - and platelets). and yellow bone marrow
Made up of 3 layers of connective tissue that completely surround and protect the spinal cord and brain.
Coronary artery disease= narrowing of the arteries due to buildup of plaque on the arterial walls (a condition called atherosclerosis)
Neurological Vital Signs (Neurocheck)

49. Bolus
Bone that goes through the skin (open)
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.
Surrounding
Liver

50. -cele
Herniation or protrusion
Absolute bed rest
Inner lining of heart - also forms the heart valves
A device to measure gas exchange and probe to either the ear or the finger (also cld oxygen saturation monitor)