Emergency Care
Condition of not enough insulin
Diabetic Coma, Hyperglycemia, Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Lying flat om your back
Supine
Emotional response to loss
Grieving
2 things we might do in care of the visually impaired
"Use of clock"
Make sure you knock before entering/touching resident
Do not move furniture
NPO
Nothing by Mouth
Epistaxis
Nosebleed
Position for vaginal exams
Lithotomy
Period following the loss of loved one when mourning occurs
Bereavment
Making excuses as a defense mechanism is called
Rationalization
BID
Twice a day
Paralysis of one side of the body
Hemiplegia
Position for rectal exam or to give enema
Sim's position
Condition after death in which muscles become stiff & rigid
Rigor mortis
Going back to behavior from the past to comfort self
Regression
PRN
As needed
Inability to speak
Apasia
What position would you place a resident that is in bed and becomes faint
Trendelenberg
Care that focuses on pain relief & control of complications
Palliative care
An artificial airway is called
Tracheostomy
HS
Hour sleep or bedtime
Device used during cardiac arrest to re-establish cardiac rhythm
A.E.D.
The science of designing equipment to make it safer for worker's abilities
Ergonomics
Exam of the body after death by pathologist
Autopsy
Name 3 factors that could cause confusion
Hypoglycemia, dehydration, medications, lack of sleep, infection, seizures, fever, UTI, not using hearing aides
SOB
Shortness of Breath