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1. Fogging
Arterial blood gas
Bad
Assertive skills in which a person responds to a criticism by making noncommittal statements that can not be argued against.
Unable to breath

2. Alzheimer's Disease

3. Pulse Oximeter
Physical Therapy
Rounded Mass of Food
A device to measure gas exchange and probe to either the ear or the finger (also cld oxygen saturation monitor)
A measurement (noninvasive) of gas exchange and rbc oxygen-carrying capacity

4. myel
Spinal cord
Decrease
Certified Health Unit Coordinator
No added salt

5. MRI
Disease (pertaining to)
Fat (word roots/combining forms)
Decrease
Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A technique used to produce computer images (scans) of the interior of the body w/use of magnetic field and radiofrequency waves.

6. K or K+
Absolute bed rest
Abdomen
A graphic recording of the electrical impulses that the heart generated during the cardiac cycle.
Potassium

7. Prone
Pertaining to Toward (body directional terms)
Form used to record admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit daily.
Lying w/face downward (body directional terms)
Post cibrum (after meals)

8. -ologist
Night
Blood vessel
Injection of a med into a muscle (IM)
Specialist (Pertaining to)

9. gastr/o (word root)
Penicillin
Stomach
Increased - above - elevated
Cornea (clear anterior covering of the eye)

10. acute
Myocardial infarction
Happening now
Stomach/intestine/inflammation of
Every hour or every (fill in #) hour

11. -rrhaphy
To suture (surgical) repair
Conditions of Admission
While awake
Carbon dioxide

12. enteritis
Cholesterol
Cornea (clear anterior covering of the eye)
Inflammation of small bowel
Vertebra (s) - vertebrae (bones of the spine)

13. RDA
Excessive discharge - flow
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Recommended dietary allowance. The average daily intake of a nutrient that meets the requirements of nearly all healthy ppl of a given age/gender.
Pertaining to the middle (body directional terms)

14. genic
Sodium
Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A technique used to produce computer images (scans) of the interior of the body w/use of magnetic field and radiofrequency waves.
Ante cibum (before meals)
Producing

15. NKDA
Diagnoses/Treats pt's in trauma and emergency situations
'Shaking Palsy'. Degeneration of the dopamine-releasing neurons.
No Known Drug Allergies
Diagnoses/Treats disease and defects of the eye

16. Geriatrist
Process of recording an x-ray - imaging - taking a picture
Lying of the back - Face Up (body directional terms)
Diagnoses/Treats diseases and problems w/aging
Wide awake

17. CHUC
Diagnoses/Treats diseases w/the use of various methods of imaging such as x-ray - ultrasound - radioactive materials - and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
Certified Health Unit Coordinator
Trauma Intensive Care Unit
Respiratory syncytial virus (can live on surface for 7 days)

18. Thymus Gland

19. cal or Kcal
Calorie
Retina
Surgical incision or to cut into
Intestine

20. crash cart
Carbon dioxide
Inj. of a med into a muscle
Lower part of resp. system
Should contain: ambu bag - code blue book - guiac - stroke alert box.

21. -trophy
(can get at young age) 'Dementia' = Shrinkage of the brain
Development - nourishment
Tonsils & adenoids
Vein

22. Self-Esteem
Nail (word roots/combining forms)
Confidence and respect for oneself.
Pain
Pertaining to

23. Posterior (dorsal)
Orthopedics
Pertaining to in back of (body directional terms)
Cares for Women during pregnancy - labor - delivery - and after.
Disease (pertaining to)

24. TICU
Diagnoses/treats diseases of the heard/blood vessels
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the rectum and anus
Trauma Intensive Care Unit
Diet as tolerated

25. Decubitus Ulcer
Fever (above 99)
Hidden
Bed Sore
Anteroposterior

26. OTC
Registered Nurse
Cholesterol
Lower part of resp. system
Over the counter

27. p (with line above it)
Pertaining to the middle (body directional terms)
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Discontinue or discharge
After

28. noc
Biopsy
Night
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.
Fast - rapid

29. Rheumatoid Arthritis
(usually young women) Autoimmune disease. Degeneration of the joints - with permanent damage.
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act
Pt controlled analgesic
Bed Sore

30. NPO
Enlarged liver
Excision - surgical removal
Skilled Nursing Facility
Nothing by mouth

31. CDSS
Clinical Decision Support System
Rapid flow of blood into the spinal cord
Wet/Reusable items (instruments etc.)
Sclera (white part of eye)

32. lt or L with circle around it
Above
Left
BP measured during ventricular contraction (the top # - usually higher)
Biopsy

33. Febrile
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrotomy
Brain
Fever (above 99)
Diagnoses/Treats disorders of a newborn

34. Distal
Diet as tolerated
Pertaining to closer than another structure from the point of attachment. (body directional terms)
Within normal limits
Farther from another structure (body directional terms)

35. CMT
Treats diseases and injuries through operative methods; may specialize in a particular area - such as heart - eye - or pediatric surgery
Cardiac Monitor Tech
Happening now
Eye

36. HO
Tasks performed at the Bedside or in direct contact w/the pt
Emergency Dept.
US Govern. agency who ensures that foods - drugs - cosmetics - and medical devices are safe and properly labeled.
House Officer

37. cerebr/o
The pulse rate obtained on the top of the foot
Surgical repair of joint
Brain
Larynx (voicebox)

38. Electrocardiogram
A graphic recording of the electrical impulses that the heart generated during the cardiac cycle.
Culture
Total parenteral nutrition
Licenses Practical Nurse

39. herni/o
Pertaining to below (body directional terms)
Rule out
Protrusion of a body part
Pertaining to two (both sides) (body directional terms)

40. non-clinical task
Heart
Tasks performed away from the bedside
Bladder (urinary unless otherwise used)
Patient Support Associate

41. CNA
Certified Nursing Assistant
Instrument used to examine
Treatment
A temporary lowering of BP usually due to standing suddenly - also called postural hypotension

42. NKA
No Known Allergies
Alert and orientated
Taking fluid from somewhere
To slow down heart

43. Arterial Blood Gas (ABG)

44. Spleen

45. parasentisis trays
White Blood Cell
Unable to breath
Ordered for abdominalcentisis
Health Unit Coordinator

46. Types of Blood Gases
Cap gas - arterial gas - venous gas
Circulation
Red
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the nervous system

47. IM
Post cibrum (after meals)
Government agency whose purpose is to ensure that foods/meds/cosmetics/& medical devices are safe & properly labeled
Intramuscular Injection
House Officer

48. DAT
Diet as tolerated
Level of care pt's would require per med condition (GRASP)
Artery
Crooked - curved (lateral)

49. -ic (suffix)
Arterial blood gas
Pertaining to back to front (body directional terms)
3 or more pt's with similar last name (need to write 'Name Alert')
Pertaining to

50. hepat/o
Night
Liver
Dry/Throw away
Labels affixed to the front cover of a pt's paper chart that indicated pt has allergy.