Diseases
Raised body temperature
What is pyrexia(fever)?
Reduces diarrhea (bismuth subsalicylate, loperamide)
What is antidiarrheals?
Intentional touching or the use of force in a harmful manner without a person's consent.
What is Battery?
A legal document stating what procedures the patient would want, which ones she wouldn't want.
What is living will?
-The first step in providing a positive experience for a patient
-Competence or skill that employers expect from their employees
What is professionalism?
Constriction of the airways and difficulty or discomfort in breathing.
What is Chronic Obstructive pulmonary disease?
Reduce hyperactivity (methylphenidate, modafinil)
What is Central Nervous System Stimulants?
A written order that commands someone to appear in court to give evidence.
What is subpoena?
Orders allow organs or body parts from a healthy person to be transferred to people who need them.
What is Organ and tissue donation?
Prefers to work with real numbers, facts, and data, and places very little emphasis on feelings or emotion
What is analytical communicator?
Characterized by blisters in the genital area
What is genital herpes?
Includes substances that have a high potential for abuse and no approved medical use in United States.
What is Schedule 1?
-Never leave confidential patient information on a fax machine.
-Always use a cover page.
-Shred medical documents when necessary
-Be sure the fax machine, copier, and computer are not visible to patients
What is patient privacy and confidentiality?
Indicate to the medical staff not to return the patient's to normal rhythm if it stops or beating unevenly.
What is Do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders?
Aims to enhance the patient's comfort, safety, trust, or health and well being.
What is therapeutic communication?
Congenital syndrome caused by excessive consumption of alcohol by the mother during pregnancy, characterized by retardation of mental development and of physical growth.
What is fetal alcohol syndrome?
Includes substances (morphine, methadone, oxycodone, etc) that have a high potential for abuse, are considered dangerous, and can lead to psychological and physical dependence.
What is Schedule 2?
Created to improve health care quality, safety, and efficiency for information technology and electronic health records.
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH)
A legal document naming a health care agent or proxy to make medical decisions for patients when they are not able to do so.
What is Durable power of attorney for health care?
Often used at the beginning of the interview to determine the reason for the visit.
What is open ended questions?
Contagious skin disease marked by itching and small raised red spots.
What is scabies?
The body converts the medication into a form the body can use and moves it into the bloodstream.
What is Absorption?
-Use my best efforts for the betterment of society
-Uphold the standards of professionalism and be honest in all professional interactions.
-Continuously act in the best interests of the general public
-Protect and respect the dignity and privacy of all patients.
What is NHA Code of Ethics?
A medical document that specifies which treatment will be allowed during end-of-life care.
What is MOLST?
What is active listening?