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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. Calorie
Registered dietician
Book to record all admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit
A measurement of energy or heat
Middle layer of the meninges (web like structure)

2. lamin/o
Treats diseases and injuries through operative methods; may specialize in a particular area - such as heart - eye - or pediatric surgery
Lamina (bony arch of the vertebrae)
Disease (word roots/combining forms)
Practice of continuously improving quality of each function at each level of every dept. of the health care organization.

3. HIPAA
Inflammation
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Should contain: ambu bag - code blue book - guiac - stroke alert box.
Hardening of the arteries

4. VT
Pertaining to front to back (body directional terms)
Phosphate or phosphorus
Carbohydrate
Ventricular tachycardia (if it goes on too long - will become SVT=sinus ventricular tachycardia)

5. NVS
Makes up the muscles of the body that contract and relax to produce movement.
Specialist (Pertaining to)
Obstetrics
Neurological Vital Signs (Neurocheck)

6. CAD
A temporary lowering of BP usually due to standing suddenly - also called postural hypotension
Transmits impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands
Across or through
Coronary artery disease= narrowing of the arteries due to buildup of plaque on the arterial walls (a condition called atherosclerosis)

7. -rrhea
Government agency whose purpose is to ensure that foods/meds/cosmetics/& medical devices are safe & properly labeled
Clear
Excessive discharge - flow
Pertaining to the side (body directional terms)

8. Accessory Organs
Phosphatase (chemistry)
Hemoglobin & hematocrit (HGB & crit or HCT)
Salivary glands - teeth and tongue - liver - gallbladder - pancreas
Rapid flow of blood into the spinal cord

9. -iasis
Condition of
Pro re nata (as needed)
Culture & Sensitivity
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the digestive tract

10. Radiation Oncologist
Breathing
Kidney
Penicillin
Treats cancer through the use of radiation

11. Excsise
Cut Out
Internal Doc (only...never put in chart) Responsible Reporting Form (used when someone within the unit does something wrong)
Intramuscular Injection
Ante cibum (before meals)

12. hyper-
Above normal
No Know Food Allergies
Cancer (word roots/combining forms)
Pertaining to the side (body directional terms)

13. Psych
Usually on the main IV. A method in which drugs are usually administered intravenously in 50-100ml of fluid
Save a day
Low-density lipotein
Psychiatry

14. Cx
Vein/vessel
Obstetrics
Above
Culture

15. Blood Gas
Cacner
(type of test) done in Respiratory Dept. (done if C02 is building up in the blood)
Gynecology
A technique that uses radioactive materials to examine anatomy and functional capacity of an organ

16. U
High-density
Pertaining to closer than another structure from the point of attachment. (body directional terms)
Inside
Upper gastrointestinal

17. NKA
Right lower quadrant
Over the counter
No Known Allergies
Electronic Medical Record/Electronic Health Record

18. Cardiologist
Ischemic and hemmoragic
Diagnoses/treats diseases of the heard/blood vessels
ventricular fibrillation
Blood

19. Adduction
Chest x-ray
Made up of 3 layers of connective tissue that completely surround and protect the spinal cord and brain.
Pain
Pertaining to Toward (body directional terms)

20. -ostomy
Surgical opening
Practice of continuously improving quality of each function at each level of every dept. of the health care organization.
Bed Sore
Heart - Blood Vessels - Blood

21. -genic
Producing - originating - causing (word roots/combining forms)
Connects and holds tissue together - to transport substances - and to protect against foreign invaders. Forms and protects bones - fat - blood cells - and cartilage and provides immunity.
Herniation or protrusion
Date in which a specific category of meds must discontinue unless review by a Dr.

22. RDA
Excision
No Information No Publication
Recommended dietary allowance. The average daily intake of a nutrient that meets the requirements of nearly all healthy ppl of a given age/gender.
Post-anesthesia Care Unit

23. ED
Patient
White Blood Cell count
Within normal limits
Emergency Dept.

24. Surgeon
A scraping away of the skin.
Treats diseases and injuries through operative methods; may specialize in a particular area - such as heart - eye - or pediatric surgery
Pro re nata (as needed)
A thin membrane that covers the bones (necessary for growth and repair and is the attachment point for ligaments and tendons.

25. Orthostatic Hypotension
Blood pressure
Sodium - potassium - co2 - Bun - creatinine - calcium
No Known Allergies
A temporary lowering of BP usually due to standing suddenly - also called postural hypotension

26. CBC
Complete Blood count
White Blood Cell
Joint
Skin (word roots/combining forms)

27. CMT
Death of body tissue due to lack of blood supply - often a result of infection or injury.
No Known Medication Allergies
An x-ray taken by a mobile xray machine that is moved to the pt's bedside
Cardiac Monitor Tech

28. -ologist
Specialist (Pertaining to)
Cap gas - arterial gas - venous gas
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the male/female urinary tracts and of the male reproductive system
Surgical

29. Brain (control center)
Suspected non-accidental Trauma
Located withing the cranial cavity and is the main center for coordinating body activities.
Spiritual Support
(the egg white) The main body of the cell

30. Automatic Stop Date
Cholesterol
No Known Drug Allergies
Date in which a specific category of meds must discontinue unless review by a Dr.
Diagnoses/Treats diseases and problems w/aging

31. noc
Protected Health Information
A device to measure gas exchange and probe to either the ear or the finger (also cld oxygen saturation monitor)
Night
Midnight

32. Parkinson's Disease

33. oma
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.
Urinalysis
Inner lining of heart - also forms the heart valves
Tumor

34. One Time or Short Order Entry

35. qh or q_h
Capsule
Every hour or every (fill in #) hour
Transmits impulses to the brain and spinal cord
Rapid flow of blood

36. Systolic BP
Blood
BP measured during ventricular contraction (the top # - usually higher)
A measurement of energy or heat
Labels affixed to the front cover of a pt's paper chart that indicated pt has allergy.

37. PACU
Respiratory syncytial virus (can live on surface for 7 days)
Treats cancer through the use of radiation
Post-anesthesia Care Unit
Sclera (white part of eye)

38. Calorie
Above normal
Heat or Energy
Absolute bed rest
Red Blood Cell

39. Deep
Blood urea nitrogen
Shortness of breath
Farther from the surface (body directional terms)
Patient Care Technician

40. Respiration Rate
Cares for Women during pregnancy - labor - delivery - and after.
Kidney
The # of times a pt breaths per minute (in & out)
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the nervous system

41. ECG - EKG
Electrocardiography
Chloride
Surgical
Decreased - lower - below

42. K
Form used to record admissions/discharges/and transfers on a nursing unit daily.
Potassium
Surgical incision or to cut into
Electronic Medical Record/Electronic Health Record

43. thromb/o
Clot (stationary=thrombosis) (moving=embolism)
Obstetrics
Rib
Every

44. Hospitalist

45. myelorrhagia
Diagnoses/Treats diseases of the nervous system
Rapid flow of blood into the spinal cord
A technique that uses radioactive materials to examine anatomy and functional capacity of an organ
Ear

46. DAT
Diet as tolerated
Diagnoses/Treats disease of the internal organs that secrete hormones
A cavity that contains pus. Usually cause by pathogenic microorganisms that invade the tissue through a break in the skin. Abscesses are formed by the body to wall off the pathogenic microorganisms and keep them from spreading throughout the body.
Orthopedics

47. Central supply
Tympanic membrane (eardrum)
Cares for Women during pregnancy - labor - delivery - and after.
Paralysis of the rt or lt side of body
Wet/Reusable items (instruments etc.)

48. cyt/o (word root)
Stomach/intestine/inflammation of
Made up of 3 layers of connective tissue that completely surround and protect the spinal cord and brain.
Cell
Pertaining to in back of (body directional terms)

49. pexi
Outer touch layer of the meninges
Spleen
Red
Surgical fixation

50. cardi/o
Hardening
Heart
Diagnoses/Treats diseases and problems w/aging
Every other day