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1. cl
Usual - Customary - and Reasonable
Clear
Every day
Microgram

2. NICU
Shortness of breath
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Forms parts of the nervous system - which conducts electrochemical impulses and helps to coordinate body activities.
Cornea (clear anterior covering of the eye)

3. Superior (cranial)
Biopsy
Pertaining to above (body directional terms)
Assertive skills in which a person responds to a criticism by making noncommittal statements that can not be argued against.
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.

4. q
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the male/female urinary tracts and of the male reproductive system
Pulse
Every
Pro re nata (as needed)

5. BR
Pertaining to back to front (body directional terms)
Armpit reading of temp
Under/below
Bed rest

6. Psych
Clot (stationary=thrombosis) (moving=embolism)
Liver
Pertaining to below (body directional terms)
Psychiatry

7. Endocrinologist
Labels affixed to the front cover of a pt's paper chart that indicated pt has allergy.
Increased - above - elevated
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the internal organs that secrete hormones
Culture & Sensitivity

8. dura mater
Outer touch layer of the meninges
Every
Blood
Adult protective Services

9. Bilateral (bilat)
Tissue (word roots/combining forms)
Pertaining to two (both sides) (body directional terms)
Cacner
The pulse rate obtained on the top of the foot

10. Psychiatrist
Resembling (word roots/combining forms)
Lower part of resp. system
Movement/Function
Diagnoses/Treats mental illness

11. NKMA
No Known Medication Allergies
Mouth - pharynx - Digestive sphincter muscle - Esophagus - Stomach - Small intestine - large intestine
Process in which tumor cells spread to distant parts of the body
Assertive skills in which a person responds to a criticism by making noncommittal statements that can not be argued against.

12. Lateral (lat)
Pertaining to the side (body directional terms)
Ante cibum (before meals)
Chest x-ray
No Known Food Allergies

13. hepat/o
Total parenteral nutrition
Liver
Brain
Above normal

14. VT
Milliequivelant
Patient Support Associate
Measurements of body functions - including temp - pulse - respiration - and bp
Ventricular tachycardia (if it goes on too long - will become SVT=sinus ventricular tachycardia)

15. Negative Assertion
Bedside commode
Enlarged liver
An assertive skill in which a person verbally accepts having made an error without letting it reflect on their worth as a human being.
O+ o- a+ a- b+ b- ab+ (cannot donate blood) ab- (cannot donate blood)

16. scope
Communication process between shifts - in which nursing personnel who are leaving report nursing unit activities to coming on duty.
Inflammation
A Dr's order that is written and given that one time then discontinued.
Instrument

17. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Treatment
Rectum
Book to record all admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit
Government agency whose purpose is to ensure that foods/meds/cosmetics/& medical devices are safe & properly labeled

18. irid/o
Potassium
Blue
Iris (colored part of eye)
Government agency whose purpose is to ensure that foods/meds/cosmetics/& medical devices are safe & properly labeled

19. stomat/o
(mainly women who have had children) and abnormal decrease in bone mass. Lead cause of fractures and thin brittle bones. 'silent crippler'
Mouth
Injection of a med into a muscle (IM)
Health Maintenance Organization

20. Arthoplasty
Surgical repair of joint
Ischemic and hemmoragic
Retina
Resembling (word roots/combining forms)

21. blephar/o
Creating an artificial opening into
Eyelid
Cares for Women during pregnancy - labor - delivery - and after.
Farther from the surface (body directional terms)

22. Osteoarthritis
Enlarged liver
Blood
Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
(usually older) Most common form - usually in weight bearing joints (hips - knees) Chronic inflammation of the bone and joints due to degenerative changes in the cartilage.

23. Atrophy
Transmits impulses to the brain and spinal cord
Without development (a decrease in normal size of an organ)
Right
Coronary artery disease= narrowing of the arteries due to buildup of plaque on the arterial walls (a condition called atherosclerosis)

24. Never take critical labs over the phone

25. Clinical Tasks
Tasks performed at the Bedside or in direct contact w/the pt
Complete bed rest
Surgical
Wet/Reusable items (instruments etc.)

26. N/V
Intestine
Factors such as age - gender - race - socioeconomic status etc.
Cares for Women during pregnancy - labor - delivery - and after.
Nausea & vomiting

27. stern/o
Usual - Customary - and Reasonable
Movement/Function
Sternum (breastbone)
2x per day

28. Urologist
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the male/female urinary tracts and of the male reproductive system
Total parenteral nutrition
Lower part of resp. system
Body

29. oma
Diagnosis-Related Groups
Force fluids
Base/Noun
Tumor

30. hypo-
Diagnoses/Treats disease and defects of the eye
Tonsils & adenoids
Below normal
Hardening of the arteries

31. Obstetrician
Date in which a specific category of meds must discontinue unless review by a Dr.
Treatment
Right upper quadrant
Cares for Women during pregnancy - labor - delivery - and after.

32. Prefix (word parts)
Beginning half of word
Heart
Tasks performed at the Bedside or in direct contact w/the pt
Intestine

33. Informed Consent

34. CT
Middle layer of the meninges (web like structure)
Nausea & vomiting
Intestine
Computed tomography

35. PPO
Orthopedics
Preferred Provider Organization
Condition of the blood
Upper gastrointestinal

36. RD
Computed tomography
A bone that has been twisted apart
Registered Dietitian. One who has completed and education program/served an internship/and passed the exam given by the American Dietetic Assoc.
Internal organs (word roots/combining forms)

37. NPO
To have the pt sit on edge of bed and dangle feet
Ante cibum (before meals)
Nothing by mouth
Physical Therapy

38. Leuokocyte
Pertaining to Toward (body directional terms)
Electronic Medical Record/Electronic Health Record
White Blood Cells
Instrument

39. Cardiologist
Doctor of Osteopathy
Diagnoses/Treats disorders of a newborn
Diagnoses/treats diseases of the heard/blood vessels
Blood being held back

40. HIPAA
US Govern. agency who ensures that foods - drugs - cosmetics - and medical devices are safe and properly labeled.
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act
Form used to record admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit daily.
Temp - pulse - respiration

41. cardi/o (word root)
Every hour or every (fill in #) hour
Lab - Rad - Pharm - PT - Respt. - OT - etc.
Heart
List of meds that each individual pt is currently taking

42. Hx
History and Physical
History
Axilla or axillary
Function: Transfers the C02 (oxygen) to the body

43. Deep
Pt controlled analgesic
Surgical repair
Under/below
Farther from the surface (body directional terms)

44. -ic (suffix)
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.
Pertaining to
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.
Cerebrospinal fluid (lumbar tray in materials)

45. Compound Fracture
A pt medical record that may be dated back 5+ yrs re: if pt was admitted in past etc. Requested through Medical Secretaries.
Bone that goes through the skin (open)
History and Physical
Circulation - motion - sensation

46. pia mater
Visual examination
Blue
Inner thin layer of the meninges (tender layer). Carries blood vessels that provide nourishment to the nervous tissue.
Clot (stationary=thrombosis) (moving=embolism)

47. cyto
Condition of the blood
(cushion between the bones of vertebra)
Cell
Physical Therapy

48. q day
Ear
Without development (a decrease in normal size of an organ)
Complete bed rest
Every day

49. DAT
Diet as tolerated
Farther from another structure (body directional terms)
Right upper quadrant
Hardening

50. PCN
Happening now
Penicillin
Makes up the muscles of the body that contract and relax to produce movement.
Above normal