The activities usually done during a normal day in a person's life
What is activities of daily living (ADL)?
100
The total or partial loss of the ability to use or understand language; a language disorder resulting from damage to parts of the brain responsible for language
What is aphasia?
100
Air in the pleural space
What is pneumothorax?
100
What does it mean if you cannot slide a finger under tracheostomy ties?
What is the ties are too tight?
200
Inserting an artificial airway
What is intubation?
200
Any lost, absent, or impaired physical or mental function
What is disability?
200
The absence of sight
What is blindness?
200
A surgically created opening into the trachea
What is tracheostomy?
200
What do you do when the nurse is changing tracheostomy ties?
What is hold outer cannula in place?
300
Using a machine to move air into and out of the lungs
What is mechanical ventilation?
300
An artificial replacement for a missing body part
What is prostehesis?
300
A touch reading and writing system that uses raised dots for each letter of the alphabet, the first 10 letters also represent the numbers 0-9
What is braille?
300
Care that helps persons regain health, strength, and independence
What is restorative nursing care?
300
True or false: You should give praise for even slight progress
What is true
400
Open and unblocked
What is patent?
400
The process of restoring the person to his or her highest possible level of physical, psychological, social, and economic function
What is rehabilitation?
400
Earwax
What is cerumen?
400
Difficulty expressing or sending out thoughts
What is expressive aphasia/ motor aphasia/ Broca's aphasia?
400
True or false: Speech therapy should be done in private
What is true
500
The escape and collection of fluid in the pleural space
What is pleural effusion?
500
A nursing assistant with special training in restorative nursing and rehabilitation skills
What is a restorative aide?
500
Hearing loss in which it is impossible for the person to understand speech through hearing alone
What is deafness?
500
Difficulty expressing or sending out thoughts and difficulty understanding language
What is expressive-receptive aphasia/ global aphasia/ mixed aphasia?