Abbreviations
Mental Health
Pain
Medical Terminology
HARD Medical Terminology
100

ADL is?

Activities of daily living

100

A feeling of worry, nervousness or unease is?

Anxiety

100

A scale to check the pain of a person who is unable to talk is?

Wong Baker Faces Scale

100

Phlebitis is?

Inflammation of the veins

100

Pyrexia

fever

200

V.S. is?

vital signs
200

To cause to become less dangerous is?

De-escalate

200

If a patient is having chest pain you can give them IV morphine?

False

200

Tonsilectomy 

Surgical Removal of tonsils

200

Hyperthroidism is?

Overactive thyroid 

300

PRN

as needed

300

Feeling sad or having a loss of interest is?

Depression

300

Agitation is a sign of pain?

True

300

Cystitis is?

Inflammation of bladder

300

Rhinnorhea

Runny Nose
400

B.I.D

Twice a day

400

The ability to cope and deal with everyday stresses is?

Mental Health

400

Pain that goes away after a couple of days is?

Acute pain

400

Craniotomy

Surgical opening of the skull

400

Oophorohysterectomy

surgical removal of ovary and uterus

500

T.I.D

Three times a day

500

Disturbance in the ability to cope or adjust is?

Mental Illness

500

A patient that has had a AKA is experiencing acute or chronic pain?

Chronic Pain

500
Pneumothorax

Collapsed lung

500

Epistaxis

Bleeding Nose

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