General Patient Care
Multiply kilograms by 2.2
What is pounds
CHF
What is Congestive Heart Failure
Also known as the ¨powerhouse¨ of the cell
What is a mitrochondria?
Physiological needs
What is food, water, homeostasis, reproduction , rest, physical activity
hyper-
What is above, excessive, increased?
Snellen Chart
What is an eye chart
Deposits of uric acid crystals that accumulate in joint spaces
What is gout?
The best way to break the chain of infection
What is handwashing?
The person cannot or will not believe that the loss is happening or has happened.
What is denial?
-emia
What is blood condition?
What is a sphygmomanometer?
Pediculosis
What is head lice?
N95 mask
What is the type of mask used for patient´s with tuberculosis
Having a lack of interest, feeling, concern or emotion
What is apathy?
-ectomy
What is removal , excision?
Most accurate way to take a temperature
What is a rectal temperature?
Painful blisters on lips, mouth or face
What is herpes simplex type 1
Varicella-zoster
What is chicken pox?
Durable Power of Attorney for healthcare
What is a document in which patients designate someone to make healthcare decisions for them in the event that they cannot make them for themselves?
Lying with the head lower than the legs
What is trendelenburg?
Lying flat on the back with the knees bent
What is dorsal recumbent?
An infectious disease that spreads rapidly to a large number of people
What is an epidemic?
Streptococcus pyogenes
What is strep throat
Identity is the successful outcome of this stage; role confusion is the unsuccessful outcome.
What is identify vs role confusion in Erikson´s stages for adolescents 12-20 years?
MI
What is myocardial infarction?