Words associated with bodies of water
This is when a resident walks back and forth in the same area
What is pacing?
The number of days a person stays in a healthcare facility.
What is the length of stay?
The most essential nutrient for life.
What is water?
This is how an infant grows.
What is from the head down?
This is when the pressure in the eye is increased
What is glaucoma?
To discard in the waste receptacle after use.
What is disposable?
To be mentally alert and have awareness of surroundings, sensations, and thoughts.
What is to be conscious?
Care that is managed by professionals and helps restore a person to his highest possible level of functioning
What is rehabilitation?
Prejudice toward, stereotyping of, or discrimination against older persons or the elderly.
What is ageism?
Areas of the body where the bone lies close to the skin.
What are bony prominences?
To place the gloves on the hands
What is don?
Closrtidioides difficile is also known as this.
What is C. diff?
The Older Americans Act is a federal law that requires all states to have this person visit facilities and listen to residents' concerns.
What is an ombudsman?
The inability to control the bladder, which leads to the involuntary loss of urine.
What is urinary incontinence?
Moving a resident as a unit, without disturbing the alignment of the body.
What is logrolling?
A detailed form with guidelines to assess residents that must be completed within 14 days of admission and then annually.
What is Minimum Data Set?
The side of the body that is left weakened or paralyzed from a CVA.
What is the affected, involved, or weaker side?
Keeping private things private.
What is confidentiality?
The act of repeating words, phrases, questions, or actions in a resident with AD?
What is perseveration?
The second measurement of a blood pressure which measures the pressure inside the vessels while the heart is relaxing.
What is diastolic pressure?
The process of exchanging information with others.
What is communication?
This is the process of burning
What is combustion?
The way the body parts work together when you move.
What is body mechanics?
When a blood pressure is consistently over 130/80, a person is diagnosed with this.
What is Hypertension?
This is a specimen that does not include the first and last urine voided in the sample.
What is a clean-catch specimen or midstream specimen?