Pharmacology
Abbreviations
Abbreviations
General Patient Care
EKGs
Testings
Psych!-ology
100
mcg
What is microgram?
100
Two ways to determine a patient's pulse
What is Palpitation (feeling for a pulse) and Auscultation (listening for a pulse)?
100
The normal speed for an EKG machine
What is 25 mm/second?
100
What information do you need to verify before performing a phlebotomy procedure?
Obtaining a physician's order
patient's identity
labeling of the specimens
100
Last stage of grief by Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
What is acceptance?
200
PO
What is by mouth/orally?
200
Radial pulse, brachial pulse, and carotid pulse
What are the three most commonly used pulse sites?
200
Any interference in the transmission of impulses, either through poor skin contact or lead wire issues can cause...
What is a wandering baseline?
200
Clean-catch midstream urine collection
What is when the patient wipes, urinates, and then collects the urine midstream?
200
Acknowledging a patient's emotional state and the meaning this has to the patient
What is empathy?
300
BID
What is twice a day?
300
Female pelvic exam position
What is lithotomy?
300
Placed after V2, on the left side of the chest, fifth intercostal space, midclavicular line
When and where is V4 placed?
300
Fruity smell to the urine may indicate the pathological condition of
Diabetes mellitus or Type 2 diabetes
300
Stage of grief when the person might aim their feelings of hostility at others
What is anger?
400
PRN
What is whenever necessary?
400
120/80 mmHg
What is the normal blood pressure?
400
Correct order of the waveforms of the EKG
*HINT* think of the alphabet
What is P,Q,R,S,T?
400
order of drawing labs (tube top colors)
Yellow, light blue, red, red/gray, green, lavender/purple/pink, gray
400
provides supervision for older adults during the day who have family members providing care in the evening
What is adult day care?
500
K
What is potassium?
500
Subtract 32, then multiply by 5, then divide by 9
What is the conversion of Fo to Co?
500
Where would you correctly place the leads V1-V6?
500
Measures hearing by using air and bone conduction
What is a tuning fork test?
500
Name the five stages of grief
What is denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance?