Mobility
A position where the patient is positioned lying flat on their back.
Supine Position
Direct a wide variety of body functions including wakefulness, core temperature, metabolism, and the release of hormones.
Circadian Rhythms
A standardized assessment tool used to assess and document a patient’s risk factors for developing pressure injuries.
Braden Scale
Persistent; non-blanchable; deep red, maroon, or purple discoloration of intact or non-intact skin revealing a dark wound bed or blood filled blister.
Deep Tissue Pressure Injury
The stereotyping and discrimination against individuals or groups on the basis of their age.
Ageism
The ability of a patient to change and control body position.
Mobility
The homeostatic sleep drive keeps track of the need for sleep, reminds the body to sleep after a certain time, and regulates sleep intensity.
Sleep-wake hemostasis
The separation of a surgical incision.
Dehiscence
Drainage from a wound that is clear, thin, watery plasma. It’s normal during the inflammatory stage of wound healing, and small amounts are considered normal wound drainage.
Serous
An irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and eventually the ability to carry out the simplest tasks.
Alzheimer’s disease
Activities aimed to facilitate movement of specific joints and promote mobility of extremities.
Range of Motion (ROM)
A common sleep disorder that causes trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, or getting good quality sleep.
Insomnia
Dark brown/black, dry, thick, and leathery dead tissue in wounds.
Eschar
Drainage that is thick; opaque; tan, yellow, green, or brown in color. New purulent drainage should always be reported to the health care provider
Purulent
An acute state of cognitive impairment that typically occurs suddenly due to a physiological cause, such as infection, hypoxia, electrolyte imbalances, drug effects, or other acute brain injury.
Delirium
A position where the head of the bed is placed at 30-45 degrees. Legs may be straight or bent.
Semi-Fowlers
Slow-wave sleep when restoration takes place and the body’s temperature, heart rate, and oxygen consumption decrease.
Non-REM
New connective tissue in a healing wound with new, fragile, thin-walled capillaries.
Granulation Tissue
A type of healing that occurs when the edges of a wound cannot be brought together, so the wound fills in from the bottom up by the production of granulation tissue.
Secondary Intention
Opacity of the lens of the eye that causes clouded, blurred, or dim vision.
Cataracts
Movement of a joint by the individual performing the exercise.
Active Range of Motion
A common sleep condition that occurs when the upper airway becomes repeatedly blocked during sleep, reducing or completely stopping airflow.
Sleep Apnea
The final stage of wound healing when collagen continues to be created to strengthen the wound and prevent it from reopening.
Maturation Stage
Full-thickness tissue loss in which fat is visible, but cartilage, tendon, ligament, muscle, and bone are not exposed.
Stage 3
Loss of central vision with symptoms such as blurred central vision, distorted vision that causes difficulty driving and reading, and the requirement for brighter lights and magnification for close-up visual activities.
Macular degeneration