VOCAB Flashcards
(48 cards)
1
Q
BSC
A
bedside commode
2
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b.i.d.
A
two times per day
3
Q
BiPAP
A
bilevel positive airway pressure
4
Q
BKA
A
below knee amputation
5
Q
BLS
A
Basic Life Support
6
Q
BM
A
Bowel Movement
7
Q
BMI
A
Body Mass Index
8
Q
BP
A
Blood Pressure
9
Q
BPH
A
Benign prostatic hypertrophy
10
Q
bpm
A
beats per minute
11
Q
BRP
A
Bath room privileges
12
Q
BS
A
bowel sounds or breath sounds.
13
Q
BUN
A
blood urea nitrogen
14
Q
DB
A
deep breathing
15
Q
DBP
A
diastolic blood pressure
16
Q
D/C
A
discontinue or discharge
17
Q
Diff.
A
differential white blood cell count
18
Q
DJD
A
degenerative joint disease
19
Q
DKA
A
diabetic keto acidosis
20
Q
DM
A
diabetes mellitus
21
Q
DME
A
durable medical equipment
22
Q
DNR
A
do not resuscitate
23
Q
DOA
A
dead on arrival
24
Q
DOE
A
dyspnea on exertion
25
drsg
dressing
26
DTs
delirium tremors
27
DVT
deep vein thrombosis
28
Dx
disease
29
Concept Mapping
a visual tool in which ideas or data are enclosed within a shape and relationships between them are made via lines
30
Critical Analysis
a set of questions one can apply to a particular situation or idea to determine essential information and ideas and discard superfluous information and ideas.
31
Critical thinking
a cognitive process that includes creativity, problem solving, and decision making
32
Nursing process
a systemic rational method of planning and providing nursing care.
33
Alopecia
the loss of scalp hair/baldness) or body hair
34
Apocrine glands
sweat glands located largely in the axillae and anogential areas; they begin to function at puberty under the influence of androgens.
35
Cerumen
earwax
36
Cross contamination
The passing on of pathogens from on area (patient) to another area (patient).
37
Eccrine glands
glands that produce swear: found over most of the body
38
Fissure
deep groves that occur as a result of dryness and cracking of the skin
39
Hygiene
the science of health and its maintenence
40
Erythema
a redness tinge of skin color associated with a variety of skin rashes.
41
Abrasion
a break in the epidermis, a scrap caused by friction
42
Hirsutism
grown of excessive body hair
43
Callus
thicken portion of the skin
44
Corn
a conical, circular, painful, raised area on the toe or foot
45
Plantar warts
a wart on the sole of the foot
46
Tinea pedia
athlete's foot (ringworm of the foot), which cause by a fungus
47
Pediculosis
infestation of head lice.
48
Scabies
a contagious skin infection by the itch mite that produces intense itching, especially at night.