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1. Pastoral Care
Fracture
Surgical fixation
Spiritual Support
Abdomen

2. CNA
Communication process between shifts - in which nursing personnel who are leaving report nursing unit activities to coming on duty.
Face sheet - orders - progress notes - DNR - Advance Directives - Meds - Labs
Certified Nursing Assistant
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

3. crash cart
Pertaining to above (body directional terms)
Herniation or protrusion
Instrument used to examine
Should contain: ambu bag - code blue book - guiac - stroke alert box.

4. Love and Belonging Needs

5. Automatic Stop Date
Vein/vessel
Date in which a specific category of meds must discontinue unless review by a Dr.
US Govern. agency who ensures that foods - drugs - cosmetics - and medical devices are safe and properly labeled.
Bed Sore

6. MICU
Alert and orientated
Brain
Medical Intensive Care Unit
(can get at young age) 'Dementia' = Shrinkage of the brain

7. Alzheimer's Disease

8. dermat / o
Within/stomach/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.
Skin (word roots/combining forms)
Trauma Intensive Care Unit

9. connecting/combining vowel
4x a day
Internal organs (word roots/combining forms)
O E I
Creatinine clearance

10. Thymus Gland

11. CT
Computed tomography
Iris (colored part of eye)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Deep Vein Thrombosis

12. PPO
Preferred Provider Organization
Fast - rapid
As desired
Penicillin

13. cardi/o
Pertaining to between the vertebrae
Instrument used to record
Heart
(cushion between the bones of vertebra)

14. hepat/o
Minimal Standard (5 rights)
Liver
Tumor (word roots/combining forms)
Arterial blood gas

15. hist / o
Microgram
Tissue (word roots/combining forms)
Pt controlled analgesic
Pulse rate obtained on the wrist

16. femor/o
60-80 (smoker 80-100 / anything below 40 not OK)
Blue
Femur (thigh bone)
Electrocardiography

17. NINP
Administers drugs or gases to produce loss of consciousness or sensation in the pt. Care during/after surgery as well.
No information - No publication
A graphic recording of the electrical impulses that the heart generated during the cardiac cycle.
Transmits nerve impulses from one part of the body to another. (there are 2 types)

18. stomat/o
Instrument used to examine
Pertaining to front to back (body directional terms)
Mouth
Lateral chest

19. JCAHO
Joint Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organization
(type of test) done in Respiratory Dept. (done if C02 is building up in the blood)
Child Protective Services
Blood

20. A&O
Medication Administration Record
Alert and orientated
Medical
Decrease

21. hypo
Decrease
Increased - above - elevated
Breathing
Disease (word roots/combining forms)

22. RSV
Spontaneous collapse of lung
Respiratory syncytial virus (can live on surface for 7 days)
Administers drugs or gases to produce loss of consciousness or sensation in the pt. Care during/after surgery as well.
Instrument

23. lt or L with circle around it
Enlarged liver
Left
Liquid
Clinical Decision Support System

24. supra-
Function: Transfers the C02 (oxygen) to the body
(the egg white) The main body of the cell
Diagnoses/Treats disorders of a newborn
Above

25. Normal HR
60-80 (smoker 80-100 / anything below 40 not OK)
History and Physical
Surrounding
Without development (a decrease in normal size of an organ)

26. -iasis
Transmits nerve impulses from one part of the body to another. (there are 2 types)
Abnormal condition characterized by no speech
Condition of
Pertaining to the middle (body directional terms)

27. ADT Log Book
Axilla or axillary
Below normal
Book to record all admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit
Respiratory syncytial virus (can live on surface for 7 days)

28. pexi
House Officer
Blood glucose monitoring
Surgical fixation
Lamina (bony arch of the vertebrae)

29. APS
Gynecology
Urinalysis
Adult protective Services
High-density

30. -ostomy
Diagnoses/Treats diseases w/the use of various methods of imaging such as x-ray - ultrasound - radioactive materials - and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
Surgical opening
Night
Penicillin

31. hyper-
Above normal
Every other day
Mouth
Electroencephalography

32. brady-
Slow
Pathway of an opening/wound that spreads
Carbohydrate
Protection - Support - Movement - Blood Cell production - and Mineral storage

33. Piggyback
Shortness of breath
Diagnoses/Treats diseases or fractures of the musculoskeletal system
Instrument used to examine
(on the main IV...piggybacks it) a method by which drugs are usually administered intravenously in 50-100 ml of fluid

34. Medication Administration Record (MAR)
A cord like structure that is located outside the central nervous system (CNS). Contains nerve cells called neurons.
Clot (stationary=thrombosis) (moving=embolism)
List of meds that each individual pt is currently taking
Psychiatry

35. hepat/o (word root)
Between
Transmits impulses to the brain and spinal cord
Liver
Coronary artery disease= narrowing of the arteries due to buildup of plaque on the arterial walls (a condition called atherosclerosis)

36. blepthro
Eyelid
A temporary lowering of BP usually due to standing suddenly - also called postural hypotension
Without
The # of times a pt breaths per minute (in & out)

37. q day
Middle layer of the meninges (web like structure)
Rapid flow of blood
A diagnostic study to measure arterial blood gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide) to attain info needed to asses & manage a pt's respiratory status.
Every day

38. NKA
No Known Allergies
A Dr's order that is written and given that one time then discontinued.
Producing
Walk

39. Radiation Oncologist
Treats cancer through the use of radiation
Save a day
Within
History and Physical

40. chondr/o
While awake
Pro re nata (as needed)
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrotomy
Cartilage

41. s (with line above it)
Without
Hour or hours
Same-day Surgery
Through - Across - Beyond

42. HIPAA
Fracture
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
(MAR) List of meds that each individual pt is currently taking; it is used by the RN to administer meds.
Clavical or collarbone

43. Abduction
Within
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.
Lung
Pertaining to away from (body directional terms)

44. Central supply
Wet/Reusable items (instruments etc.)
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the nervous system
Psychiatry
Pertaining to (word roots/combining forms)

45. gastr/o
Spiritual Support
Stomach
Producing - originating - causing (word roots/combining forms)
Skin (word roots/combining forms)

46. CCU
Pediatrics
Coronary Care Unit
A cord like structure that is located outside the central nervous system (CNS). Contains nerve cells called neurons.
Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit

47. UA or U/A
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (reflux disease)
Immediately
Urinalysis
Bad error/mistake/at fault/harm to pt

48. Family Practitioner
Specializes in Family Health Care for all family members
Recovery Room
Post-anesthesia Care Unit
Inner lining of heart - also forms the heart valves

49. Intramuscular Injection
Specialist (Pertaining to)
Injection of a med into a muscle (IM)
Minute
Mouth

50. PT (Upper Case)
The thickest muscular middle layer of the heart
Vomit (Emesis Bases usually have to ordered)
Physical Therapy
Right lower quadrant