Lab Vocabulary - Exam 1

Question 1

Auscultation

Answer 1

Listening for sounds within the body

Question 2

Comprehensive Health Assessment

Answer 2

Broad health assessment that includes a complete health history and physical assessment; it is usually conducted when a patient first enters a health care setting, with information providing a baseline for comparing later assessments

Question 3

Emergency Health Assessment

Answer 3

Type of rapid focused assessment conducted when addressing a life threatening or unstable situation

Question 4

Focused Health Assessment

Answer 4

Conducted to assess a specific problem; focuses on pertinent history and body regions, but may also be used to address the immediate and highest priority concerns for an individual patient

Question 5

Health History

Answer 5

A collection of subjective information that provides information about the patient’s health status

Question 6

Inspection

Answer 6

Visual examination of the external surface of the body

Question 7

Palpation

Answer 7

Method of examining by feeling a part of the body with the fingers or hand

Question 8

Percussion

Answer 8

Assessment technique of tapping body surfaces to detect air, mass, or fluid

Question 9

Physical Assessment

Answer 9

Systematic examination of the patient for objective data to better define the patient’s condition and to help the nurse in planning care, usually performed in a head-to-toe format; a collection of objective data about changes in the patient’s body systems

Question 10

Review of Systems

Answer 10

Physical examination of all body systems in a systematic manner as part of the nursing assessment

Question 11

Airborne Precautions

Answer 11

used for small germs and particles

Question 12

Antiseptic

Answer 12

Inhibits growth of microorganisms

Question 13

Asepsis

Answer 13

absence of disease producing microorganisms

Question 14

Bacteriocidal

Answer 14

kills bacteria

Question 15

Bacteriostatic

Answer 15

stops of limits bacterial growth

Question 16

Base of Support

Answer 16

foundation on which object rests

Question 17

Center of Gravity

Answer 17

center of mass, the heaviest part of the body, changes with position and age

Question 18

Contact Precautions

Answer 18

precautions to prevent contact with infectious body fluids

Question 19

Contamination

Answer 19

introduction of microorganisms

Question 20

Disinfectant

Answer 20

kills growth of microorganisms

Question 21

Doff

Answer 21

take PPE off

Question 22

Don

Answer 22

put PPE on

Question 23

Droplet Precautions

Answer 23

used for larger germs/particles

Question 24

Hand Hygiene

Answer 24

single most important means of preventing the spread of infection

Question 25

Infection

Answer 25

invasion of body part by microoganisms usually causing injury

Question 26

Isolation Barrier/Technique

Answer 26

used to protect client/health care providers/others from transmission of microorganisms. Use depends on the type of isolation (may include private room, gown, gloves, mask)

Question 27

4 Signs of Inflammation

Answer 27

Erythema (redness) Heat Pain Edema (Swelling)

Question 28

Medical Asepsis

Answer 28

Practices done to reduce number of microorganisms and prevent their spread from one person or place to another

Question 29

Muscle Strain

Answer 29

Muscle injury caused by making too strong an effort or excessive use

Question 30

N95 Respirator

Answer 30

Used for airborne precautions

Question 31

Nosocomial infection

Answer 31

hospital acquired infection

Question 32

Pathogen

Answer 32

microorganism capable of producing disease

Question 33

Stability

Answer 33

steadiness of position

Question 34

Standard Precautions

Answer 34

minimum infection practice

Question 35

Sterile Technique

Answer 35

sterile set up / handling of equipment or procedure. Used for catheterization, dressing changes, intravenous insertion, surgery.

Question 36

Sterilization

Answer 36

process of killing microorganisms (heat or gas)

Question 37

Surgical Asepsis

Answer 37

Practices that make/keep areas and objects FREE of microorganisms

Question 38

Susceptibility

Answer 38

lowered or lack of resistance to microorganisms

Question 39

Universal Precautions

Answer 39

Standard precautions

Question 40

Waterless Antiseptic

Answer 40

70% alcohol base, preferred method if no visible soiling present

Question 41

Afebrile

Answer 41

without fever

Question 42

Antipyretic

Answer 42

an agent that reduces fever

Question 43

Apical pulse

Answer 43

point of maximum impulse (PMI), 5th intercostal space (ICS), left midclavicular line

Question 44

Axilla

Answer 44

armpit

Question 45

Bell

Answer 45

device on stethoscope to hear low pitched sounds

Question 46

Brachial

Answer 46

main artery of the arm (located on the inside of the arm)

Question 47

Bradycardia

Answer 47

Pulse below 60 beats per minute in adults

Question 48

Diaphragm

Answer 48

device on stethoscope to hear high pitched sounds

Question 49

Diastole

Answer 49

Resting stage of cardiac cycle. Blood flows from atria to the ventricles

Question 50

Expiration

Answer 50

exhalation - expulsion of air from the lungs

Question 51

Febrile

Answer 51

having a fever

Question 52

HR

Answer 52

heart rate

Question 53

Hyperpyrexia

Answer 53

elevated body temperature above 106 degrees F

Question 54

Hypertension

Answer 54

condition where blood pressure is higher than normal

Question 55

Hypotension

Answer 55

condition where blood pressure is lower than normal

Question 56

Hypothermia

Answer 56

body temperature below the normal range

Question 57

Intercostal

Answer 57

between the ribs

Question 58

IVAC

Answer 58

electronic thermometer

Question 59

Lubricant

Answer 59

water based gel to ease insertion of the rectal probe

Question 60

Pyrexia

Answer 60

fever

Question 61

Radial

Answer 61

artery located at the thumb side of the lower arm, most commonly palpated peripheral artery

Question 62

Sphygmomanometer

Answer 62

blood pressure cuff

Question 63

Stethoscope

Answer 63

device used to auscultate sounds of the body

Question 64

Tachycardia

Answer 64

pulse above 100 beats per minute in adults

Question 65

Tachypnea

Answer 65

rapid rate of respiration

Question 66

Thermometer

Answer 66

instrument measuring body heat

Question 67

BP

Answer 67

blood pressure

Question 68

TRP

Answer 68

Temperature, pulse, respiration

Question 69

VS

Answer 69

vital signs