A-
a. too much
b. too little
c. lack of/stop
c. lack of/stop
a pnea = temporary stopping of breathing
Cardio means?
a. bones
b. heart
c. body
b. heart
cardio - vascular system = heart/blood vessels
-itis
a. bruised
b. inflamed
c. swollen
b. inflamed
Peri- cardi-um
Around the heart (pericardial sac is a sac that surrounds the heart)
Auscultate is to?
Listen to
Auscultate lung sounds
Brady
a. slower than normal
b. faster than normal
c. normal
a. slower than normal
brady - pnea = slower than normal respiratory rate
Lipo
a. fat/lipid
b. protein
c. carbohydrate
a. fat/lipid
lipo - suction = suction out of fat cells
-otomy
a. cut into
b. removal of
c. around
a. cut into
crani - otomy = to make an incision into the skull
Lip-ase
An enzyme that breaks down fat
Objective data is?
Information gathered from a tool and/or cannot be misinterpreted
Temperature, B/P, HR
Hypo
a. too slow
b. too fast
c. normal
a. too slow
hypo - tension = too low B/P
Gastro
a. stomach
b. intestines
c. colon
a. stomach
gastro - intestinal disease = a disease affecting the stomach and intestines
-emia
a. pertaining to the brain
b. pertaining to the blood
c. pertaining to the kidney
b. pertaining to the blood
a - nemia = lack of blood
Osteo - cyte
Bone cell
Which nursing intervention did you perform for a person with a fever?
a. administered prescribed antipyretic
b. placed a cool cloth to their forehead
c. took their temperature every 4 hours as ordered
b. placed a cool cloth to their forehead
Dys
a. difficulty
b. absence
c. removal
a. difficulty
dys - pnea = difficulty breathing
Myo
a. muscle
b. bone
c. joint
a. muscle
myo - cardium = heart muscle
Cyte/o
a. bladder
b. joint
c. cell
c. cell
Enceph - a - litis
Inflammation of the brain
I documented bilateral ankle edema.
You documented bilateral ankle swelling and inflammation.
What's the difference?
Edema is swelling from fluid, while swelling and inflammation is from tissue damage accompanied with possibly pain and redness.
Peri
a. around
b. in between
c. outside of
a. around
peri - cardium = sac around the heart
peri - osteum = covering around the bone
Hepata/o
a. kidney
b. stomach
c. liver
c. liver
hepato - toxic medication = a medication harmful to the liver
-plasty
a. incision into
b. surgical repair
c. removal of
b. surgical repair
rhino - plasty = surgical repair of the nose
Brady - cardia
Slow heart (rate)
Your patient states they are tired, but you documented lethargic. The neurosurgeon is now yelling at you.
Why?
Lethargy is often related to a patient's level of consciousness or mental state, while tired is a generalized feeling
Osteo/osseous
a. cells
b. blood
c. bone
c. bone
osteo - porosis = holes in the bone
Encheph
a. skull
b. heart
c. brain
c. brain
-ase
a. heart
b. enzyme
c. blood
b. enzyme
prote - ase = an enzyme that breaks down proteins
Vaso - constriction
Constriction of the blood vessels
Palapte is to?
Feel
Palpate the abdomen for lumps, bumps, abnormalities
Vaso
a. vessels
b. veins
c. arteries
a. vessels
vaso - dilation = vessels dilating
Nephro
a. liver
b. kidney
c. stomach
b. kidney
nephro - logist = doctor specializing in the kidney
-lysis
a. to create
b. to build up
c. to destroy
c. to destroy
hemo - lysis = destruction of blood cells
Cranio - syno - stosis
cranio = skull
syno = joint that does not move
stosis = abnormal narrowing
"Pedal pulses are strong and equal bilaterally" means what?
The pulses on the feet are the same when felt at the same time