Unit 6 Flashcards
(110 cards)
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ADA diabetic diet
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Dietary adjustment for people with diabetes by adjusting carb and calorie intake
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Adaptive devices
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Special equipment
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Aspiration
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Inhaling food or fluid in the lungs
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Blood sugar
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Concentration of glucose in the blood
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Carbohydrates
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Compounds with relatively small molecules such as simple sugars
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Cc
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?
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Clear liquid diet
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Liquid you can see through or fluids at body temp
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Dehydration
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A condition that occurs when a person does not have enough fluid in their body
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Dietician
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A person who has a degree in nutrition
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Diet card
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Piece of paper for a residents meal tray that has name, allergies, and their specific diet
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Dysphagia
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Difficulty swallowing
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Edema
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Swelling in body tissues by excess fluid
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Emesis
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The act of vomiting
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Fats
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Provides energy and adds flavor to food
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Feeding tube
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Getting food through a tube in liquid form
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Fiber
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Nutrients in the diet that are not digested by gastrointestinal enzymes
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Fluid balance
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?
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Fluid restrictions
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Fluids are limited to a certain amount
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Force fluids
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A medical order for a person to drink more fluids
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Full liquid diet
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A diet consisting of liquids that you can’t see through
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Gastrostomy tube
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Tube inserted through a surgically created opening into the stomach
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HS snack
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Snack given before bedtime
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Intake and output
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Recording all fluid that goes into and out of the body
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Intravenous IV
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Fluid administered through a needle within a vein
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Low/high fiber diet
Diet with increased or decreased fiber
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Low sodium diet
Diet with decreased or no salt/sodium
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Mechanical soft diet
Semi solid foods that are easily digested
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Metabolism
The burning of food for heat and energy
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Minerals
?
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MyPlate
Emphasizes vegetables, fruits, grains, proteins, and low fat dairy
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No salt added diet
No extra salt or sodium is added to the residents diet
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Nausea
Feeling sick, dizzy, vomiting
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Nasogasrtic tube
A feeding tube that goes from the nose to.tje stomach
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NPO
nothing by mouth
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Parenteral nutrition
?
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Plate rim
Assistive device secure to the rim of the plate to help with eating
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Protein
Most important nutrient needed for growth and repair of tissue
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Pureed diet
All food has been ground pressed and or drained to a soft consistency or paste
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Soft diet
Smooth to the touch, does not required chewing
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Speech therapist
Assist patients who have speaking difficulties and swallowing disorders
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Thickened liquids
Liquids that have been thickened to a honey, nectar, or pudding consistency
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TPN total parenteral nutrition
IV infusion of nutrients onto a basic for absorbed directly into cells
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Vomiting
Act of throwing up contents of stomach
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Vitamins
?
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24hr urine collection
A urine specimen consisting of all urine voiding in a 24hr period
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Anuria
Failure of the kidneys to produce urine
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Bedpan
Shallow toilet pan for use by persons confined to a bed
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Bedside commode
A decide used for elimination when a person is able to get out of bed but unable to walk to bathroom
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Bladder
A membraneous sac in humans which collects urine for excretion and holds urine
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Bladder/bowel retraining
The goals is to control urination, to help with urinary incontinence
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Briefs
Incontinence product that keeps a person dry
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Catheter
A flexible tube inserted into a body cavity to remove fluid
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Clean catch/midstream
The perineal area is cleaned before collecting a urine specimen and caught mid stream
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Collection device/hat
A collection container that can be inserted into a toilet to measure urine or stool
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Condom catheter
Catheter that fits onto the penis
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Continent
Able to control your bladder and bowels
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Dialysis
A process that cleans the body of wasted that the kidneys cannot remove due to kidney failure
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Down drain/drainage bag
To use gravity to drain off liquid in a gradual process
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Dysuria
Painful or difficult urination
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Elimination
The act of discharging or exceeding waste products
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Foreskin
Fold of skin which covers the head of the penis
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Indwelling/foley catheter
Type oof catheter that remains inside the bladder for a period of time, urine drains into a bag
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Incontinence
Cannot control bowels and bladder
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Incontinence pad
Small permeable multilayered sheet with high absorbency that is used in the health care industry
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Fracture pan
Bedlam that is flatter than normal bedpan, used for those with injuries that male them unable to lift lower back onto regular bedpan
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Graduate
A calibrated container used to measure fluid
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Hematuria
Blood in the urine
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Kidney failure
The kidneys fail to clean and filter blood, latest stage if kidney disease
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Kidney stone
Painful disorder check characterized by formation of clumps of minerals in the kidneys and bladder
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Leg bag
Bag worn strapped to the leg to store urine drained from bladder by means of a catheter
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Micturation
Urination
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Nocturia
Frequent urination at night
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Oliguria
Decreased or little urination
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Polyuria
Urinating large amounts of urine
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Sample/specimen
Blood, urine, feces, skin etc. Are all collected and tested to detect and prevent diseases and infections
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Straight catheter
Catheter that is inserted into the bladder and is only used once then thrown away
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Suprapubic catheter
SPC, it is inserted into the belly button through to the bladder and collects urine
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Urinalysis/UA
Analysis, testing, and detection of urine
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Urinal
Plastic container used by men to urinate
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Urinary meatus
Opening of the urethra on the surface of the body
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UTI/ urinary tract infection
Infection of the urinary system
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Urinary incontinence
Inability to control passage of the urine from the bladder
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Ureterostomy
Creation of a stoma for a ureter or kidney
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Urinary retention
Inability to completely or partially empty the bladder
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Urination
Act of passing urine from the bladder into the urethra and urinary meatus, AKA voiding or micturition
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Voiding
Urination, micturation
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Anus
Opening of the rectum
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Bowel movement
Process of emptying the colon or intestines of stool or feces
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bowel obstruction
the prolonged retention and buildup of feces in the rectum
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colon
the large intestine
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colon cancer
cancer in the large intestine
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colostomy
surgically created opening into the large intestine to allow feces to be expelled
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constipation
the difficult and often painful elimination of hard dry stool
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defecation
the process of excreting feces form the rectum through the anus, a BM
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diarrhea
frequent elimination of liquid or semi liquid feces
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enema
the introduction of fluid into the rectum and over colon
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fecal impaction
a mass of hard dry stool that reamains packed in the rectum and cannot be expelled
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feces
solid body waste excrete through the anus from the colon
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flatus
gas or air in the stomach or intestines
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GERD
gastroesophageal reflux disease
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hemorrhoids
enlarged veins in the rectum that can cause itching, burning, pain, and bleeding
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hepatitis
disease of inflammation of the liver
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ileostomy
a surgically created opening between the ileum and the abdominal wall
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ostomy bag
a bag to collect the feces that has been expelled through the ostomy
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peptic ulcer
a lesion in the lining of the digestive tract, typically in the stomach caused by stomach acid
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rectum
comparitively straight, terminal section of the intestine, ending in the anus
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reflux
a condition in which gastric fluid is regurgitated into the esophagus causing heartburn
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stoma
a surgically created opening
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suppository
?
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ureterostomy
creation of a stoma for a ureter or kidney
