Medical Terminology
What are RUQ, LUQ, RLQ, LLQ?
The most superficial layer of the skin
What is the epidermis?
When you are lifting and/or moving someone it is important to have certain what when completing this task
This is the most important nutrient as it is needed for growth and repair
What is protein?
A person is in the bed and a CNA is changing their sheets
What is an occupied bed change?
The elements that make up a medical terminology word
What are prefix, roots, and suffix?
The 5 senses
What are sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch?
The most common accidents in nursing homes and can reoccur if happened before
This provides energy and fiber for bowl elimination
What is carbohydrates
Nurse tells the CNA to administer a medication that she already scanned in the computer because the nurse got busy, the CNA has the right to decline due to her license.
What is scope of practice?
This abbreviation means to do something before meals and before bedtime
ACHS
The upper chambers of the heart
What are the atria?
Confines a person to a chair or bed and limits the movement of a body part
This diet is ordered for a person who has trouble swallowing and usually to a thicker consistency
What is dysphasia diet
What is a shift change report?
This is what someone is called who speaks on behalf of someone else when they need or want something
An advocate
This organ stores blood, largest structure in the lymphatic system, and filters and removes bacteria.
What is the spleen?
What is false imprisonment
This includes urine, vomit, diarrhea, and wound drainage
What is output?
The sharing of patient information to others that are not privy to that information.
What is HIPPA?
Listing all of the times past noon in military time. From noon to midnight
1200, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, 2100, 2200, 2300, 0000
This organ secretes insulin and is part of the endocrine system.
What is the pancreas?
A patient must be told how a procedure is done, who will do it, expected outcomes and be in sound mind to understand a procedure.
What is informed consent?
What is an NG tube?
The method nurses use to plan and deliver nursing care
What is the nursing process?