CNA Week 1 Flashcards
(233 cards)
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Acute illness
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Illness of rapid onset, person is expected to recover
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Chronic illness
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A long-term health condition that may not have a cure, person can recover with the right care
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Terminal illness
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An illness from which a person will not recover from
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Assisted Living Residence
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Provides housing, personal care, support services, and social activities in a home-like setting
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Hospice
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A health care agency that promotes comfort and quality of life for a dying person
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Nursing assistant
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CNA
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Inpatient
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admitted to an agency (hospital)
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Outpatient
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person is not staying over-night, typically for surgery
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skilled care
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nursing or rehab services provided by licensed nurses or therapists
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Health system
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coordinated network of health care agencies
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Health team
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involves many health care workers who’s skills and knowledge focus on the person’s total care
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Nursing team
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RN/LPN/LVN
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Nursing care patterns
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Functional, team nursing, primary nursing, case management, patient focused care
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Functional nursing
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focuses on tasks and jobs
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Team nursing
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teams of nurses
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Primary nursing
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involves total care
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Case management
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coordinates care from admission to discharge
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Medicare
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A federal program for ages 65+Medi
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Medicaid
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federal and state funded for families with low income, can cover children
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OSHA
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration - FOR THE EMPLOYEES
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Involuntary Seclusion
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separating the person from others against his/her will
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Ombudsman
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Someone who supports or promotes the needs and interests of another person
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OBRA
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Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1987 - focuses on quality of life of persons
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Representative
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Someone with the legal right to make medical decisions for a person
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Advocate
Someone who speaks on the person's behalf
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Nursing task
A nursing care or function, skill, procedure, or activity
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Full visual privacy
Having the means to be completely free from public view
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Semi-Fowler's
Head of the bed is raised 30 degrees
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Fowler's
Head of the bed is raised 45-60 degrees
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High-Fowler's
Head of the bed is raised 60-90 degrees
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Trendelenburg's Position
Head of the bed is lowered and foot of the bed is raised and person MUST HAVE DR ORDERS
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Reverse Trendelenburg's Position
Head of the bed is raised and foot of the bed is lowered and person MUST HAVE DR ORDERS
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Geriatrics
The study of aging people
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Gerontology
The study of the aging process
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a-,an-
Without, lack of
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ab-
Away from
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ad-
To, toward
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ante-
Before, in front of
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anti-
Against
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brady-
Slow
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cyan-
Blue
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dis-
Apart
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dys-
Bad, difficult, abnormal
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hemi-
Half
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hyper-
Excessive, too much, high
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hypo-
In, into, within, not
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intra-
Within
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olig-
Small, scant
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poly-
Many, much
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semi-
Half
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supra-
Above, over
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tachy-
Fast
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abdomen
Abdomen
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arteri
Artery
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arthr
Joint
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card, cardi
Heart
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cephal
Head
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cyst
Bladder, cyst
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encephal
Brain
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gastr
Stomach
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gluc
Sweetness
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glyc
Sugar
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hem, hema
Blood
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orth
Straight
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oste
Bone
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phleb
Vein
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pneum
Lung, air, gas
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pulmon
Lung
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thromb
Clot, Thrombus
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vascul
Blood vessel
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-algia
Pain
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-cardia
Heart action
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-emesis
Vomitting
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-phlagia
To eat or consume
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-phasia
Speaking, speech
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-phobia
An exaggerated fear
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-plegia
Paralysis
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-pnea
Breathing, respiration
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-rrhage, rrhagia
Excessive flow
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-stomy, -ostomy
Creation of an opening
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-tomy, -otomy
Incision, cutting into
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Aphasia
Lack of speaking ability
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Cyanosis
Condition of having a bluish color
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Dysphagia
Difficulty swallowing
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Dyspnea
Difficult or painful breathing
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Endocarditis
Inflammation of the inner part of the heart
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Gastrostomy
A surgically created opening in the stomach
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Mastectomy
Removal of the breast
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Nephritis
Inflammation of the kidney
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Oliguria
A small amount of urine
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abd
Abdomen
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AC
Before meals
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ADL
Activities of daily living
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AM
Morning
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bid
2 times per day
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BM
Bowel movement
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BP
Blood pressure
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c with a line over it
With
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h, hr
Hour
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ht
Height
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I&O
Intake and output
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LOC
Level of consciousness
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min
Minute
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mL
Millileter
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neg
Negative
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noc
Night
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NPO
Nothing by mouth
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O2
Oxygen
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OOb
Out of bed
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oz
Ounce
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per
by
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PM
Afternoon
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PO
By mouth
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prep
preperation
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pm
When necessary
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q
Every
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qh
Every hour
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q2h
Every 2 hours
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qid
4 times a day
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ROM
Range of motion
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tid
3 times a day
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TPR
Temperature, pulse, and resperations
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UA
Urinalysis
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VS
Vital signs
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Wt
Weight
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aphasia
Total or partial loss of ability to use or understand language
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atrophy
The decrease in size or the wasting away of tissue
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chronic
An on-going illness that has no cure
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Contracture
A lack of joint mobility caused by abnormal shortening of muscle
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dysphagia
Difficulty swallowing
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Dyspnea
Difficult, labored, or painful breathing
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incotinence
Not being able to control urination
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pressure injury
Localized damage to the skin and underlying soft tissue
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vital signs
Temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure
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Accountable
To answer to one's self and others about one's choices, decisions, and actions
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Delegate
To authorize or direct a nursing assistant to perform a nursing task
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Delegated nursing task
A nursing task that is beyond the nursing assistant's usual work assignment
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Delegation
The process a nurse uses to direct a nursing assistant to perform a nursing task
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Nursing task
Nursing care or a nursing function, procedure, skill, or activity
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Routine nursing task
A nursing task that is part of a nursing assistant's usual work assignment
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Abuse
Willing infliction of injury
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Assault
Intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person without consent
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Battery
Touching a person without consent
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Boundary crossing
A brief act of being over-involved with the person
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Boundary sign
An act or thought that warns of boundary crossing
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Boundary violation
An act that meets your needs and not the person's
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Defamation
Injuring a person's name and reputation by making false statements
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False imprisonment
Unlawful restraint or restriction of a person's freedom of movement
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Informed consent
Person receives and understands information about treatment and procedure
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Malpractice
Negligence by a professional person
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Misapporpriation
The dishonest use of property
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Neglect
When a caregiver fails to protect vulnerable person from harm
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Negligence
An unintentional wrong in which a person did not act in a reasonable and careful manner
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Professional boundary
That which separates helpful actions and behaviors
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Criminal laws
Concerned with offenses against the public and society
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Civil laws
Concerned with relationships between people
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Tort
A wrong committed against a person or the person's property
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Standard of care
Skills, care, and judgements required by a health team member under similar conditions
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HIPAA
Health insurance Portability and Accountability Act
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Holism
A concept that considers the whole person
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Optimal level of function
A person's desired level of ability
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Comatose
Person is unable to respond to stimuli
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Objective data
Information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled, by an observer
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Subjective data
Things a person tells you that you cannot observe
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Kardex
Quick summary and source of information about person
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Antibiotic
A drug that kill bacteria
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Antiseptic
A substance applied to living tissue that prevents or stops the growth or action of microbes
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Asepsis
The absence of disease-producing microbes
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Bloodborne pathogens
Microbes that are present in blood and can cause infection
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Carrier
A human that is a reservoir for microbes but does not develop infection
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Communicable disease
A disease caused by a pathogen that can spread to others
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Contamination
The process of becoming unclean
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DIsinfectant
A liquid chemical that can kill many or all pathogens except sores
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Healthcare associated infection (HAI)
An infection that develops in a person cared for in any setting where health care is given
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Immunity
Protection against a certain disaese
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Infection
A disease state resulting from the invasion and growth of mcirobes in the body
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Medical aspesis
Practices used to reduce the number of microbes and prevent their spread
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Microorganisms
A small living thing seen with only a microscope
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Normal flora
Microbes that live and grow in a certain area
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Pathogen
A microbe that is harmful and can cause an infection
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Sterile
The absence of all microbes
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Sterile field
A work area free of all pathogens and non-pathogens
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Sterilization
The process of destroying all microbes
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Surgical asepsis
Practices used to remove all microbes
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Vaccination
Giving a vaccine to produce immunity against an infectious disease
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Vehicle
Any substance that transmits microbes
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Vector
An animal or insect that transmits disease
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Contact precautions
Pathogens spread through touching
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Droplet precautions
Pathogens spread through close contact with respiratory secretions
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Airborne precautions
Pathogen is able to suspend in the air
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Dysuria
Painful or difficult urination
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Functional incotinence
Person who has bladder control but cannot use a toilet in time
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Hematuria
Blood in the urine
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Mixed incotinence
Small amounts of urine leak from a full bladder
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Reflex incotinence
Urine is lost at predictable intervals when a specific amount of urine is in the bladder
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Stress incotinence
When urine leaks during exercise and certain movements that cause pressure on the bladder
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Transient incotinence
Temporary or occasional incotinence that is reversed when the cause is treated
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Urge incotinence
The loss of urine in response to a sudden urgent need to void
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Urinary frequency
Voiding at frequent intervals
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Urinary incotinence
Involuntary loss or leakage of urine
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Urinary retention
Not being able to completely empty the bladder
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Urinary urgency
The need to void at once
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Urination
The process of emptying urine from the bladder
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Nocturia
Frequent urination at night
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Oliguria
Scant amount of urine
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Poyluria
Abnormally large amounts of urine
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catheter
A tube used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening
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Straight catheter
Drains bladder and is then removed
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Indwelling catheter
Left in the bladder, urine drains into a bag
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Supra pubic catheter
Surgically inserted into the bladder
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External catheter
Like a condom catheter for men, not inserted into the body
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Colostomy
A surgically created opening between the colon and the body's surface
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Constipation
The passage of a hard, dry stool
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Fecal impaction
The prolonged retention and buildup of feces in the rectum
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Ileostomy
A surgically creataed opening between the ileum and body's surface
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Melena
A black, tarry stool
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Ostomy
A surgically created opening that connects an internal organ to the body's surface
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Periatalsis
Alternating contraction and relaxation of muscles that moves food through the digestive system
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Stoma
Surgicall created opening seen on the body's surface
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Stool
Feces
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Suppository
A cone shaped, solid drug that is inserted into a body opening
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Diarrhea
Frequent passage of liquid stools
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C diff
Bacterium that causes diarrhea and inflammation
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Enema
Introduction of fluid into the rectum and lower colon
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Tap water enema
Obtained from the facuet
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Saline enema
Solution of salt and water
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Soapsuds enema
Castile soap is gentle
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Glucometer
A device for measuring blood glucose
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Glucosuria
Sugar in the urine
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Hematoma
A swelling tha contains blood
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Hematuria
Blood in urine
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Hemoptysis
Bloody sputum
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Sputum
Mucus from the respiratory system that is expelled through the mouth
