Defense Mechanisms
Being angry with your boss at work, then coming home and yelling at your kids.
T., temp
temperature
UTI
Urinary Tract Infection
vital signs
Mental illness
Not trusting a friend, and telling them they have "trust issues"
Projection
TB
Tuberculosis
URI
Upper Respiratory Infection
VD
venereal disease- Same as STI or STD
situation response
If I'm yelling at you it's because if I don't you will continue to do what I don't want.
Rationalization
tid
three times a day
U/A, u/a
urinalysis
VRE
Vancomycin resistant enterococcus
What is characterized by chronic worry and anxiety due to situations that do not exist
GAD- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
When stress or situation causes someone to revert to old ways of reacting to situations.
Regression
T.P.R.
temperature, pulse, and respirations
UNK, unk
unknown
vag.
vaginal
What is characterized by anxious thoughts that cause a person to continually act through a repetitive behavior or routine.
OCD - Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Repression
T, C, DB
Turn, Cough, and Deep Breathe - just FYI this is used as an intervention to prevent PNA in post op patients.
US
Ultrasound- just FYI this is using vibrations or sound to create a medical image. Often used in pregnancy to assess the fetus.
VAP
ventilator-acquired pneumonia - just FYI this is a HAI from being on a ventilator (artificial means of providing respirations).
What is characterized by pain fatigue, apathy (inability to find pleasure), sadness, irritability, anxiety, sleeplessness, and loss of appetite.
MDD- major depressive disorder (depression)