Anatomy
The four major categories of components of the human body are cells, tissues, organs, and this fourth category
What are systems?
The word meaning that a chronic disease lasts for a year or more.
What is duration?
This professional supports surgeons and prepares the instruments for surgery
What is a scrub nurse?
For a simple medical procedure, asking, "Is it ok if I..." is a sufficient way to obtain this from a patient
What is consent?
Immobility, instability, incontinence, and intellectual impairment were originally described by Bernard Isaacs using this collective term
What are the geriatric giants?
Connective, epithelial (skin), muscle, and nervous are the four basic types of this
What is tissue?
Cancer, stroke, arthritis, and heart disease are the most common types of this category of illness
What are chronic diseases or what is chronic disease?
A person in this role specializes in diseases of the heart and blood vessels
What is a cardiologist?
An operation is an example of a more serious procedure where this kind of consent is required
What is written consent (or a signed consent form)?
This musculoskeletal disease involves the loss of muscle mass, strength, and performance with age
What is sarcopenia?
This structure consists of 22 different bones, including the 8 bones of the cranium.
What is the skull?
According to the World Health Report 2010, major risks for chronic disease include raised cholesterol, physical inactivity, and this circulatory system issue
What is hypertension?
This medical professional attends births and delivers babies, in addition to caring for the mother before and after the birth.
What is a midwife?
This communication tool provides a framework for conversation about medical situations requiring immediate attention and action, helping to reduce errors
What is SBAR?
Toileting, walking, bathing, and dressing are examples of these basic activities; a person’s ability to perform them without help is used when assessing care needs
What are activities of daily living (ADLs)?
The human body has ten major systems, including the Digestive, Nervous, and Endocrine, along with this system that pumps blood
What is the circulatory system?
This chronic condition comes in Type 1, Type 2, and Gestational forms, and Type 2 is usually controlled by medication, diet, and exercise
What is diabetes?
This professional examines samples and tissues under a microscope
What is a lab technician?
In this section of the SBAR framework, the information provided should include the admitting diagnosis, date of admission, and the list of current medications
What is background?
When giving urgent or strong advice, modal verbs such as "ought to" and "should" are used, while phrases like "I'd" are used to give this kind of advice
What is personal advice?
This is the simplest unit of living matter that can maintain life and reproduce itself
What is a cell?
When testing blood glucose, results between 4 and 7 mmols/L are considered this, while levels over 11 mmols/L (one and a half hours after meals) are considered high
What is normal?
This hospital team member moves equipment, furniture, and patients around the hospital
What is a porter?
Being sensitive, giving patients privacy, and speaking normally are recommended strategies for managing these types of issues during care, for example when dealing with incontinence
What are potentially embarrassing moments for a patient?
In the Accident & Emergency department, a patient who has stopped breathing or is bleeding severely would be classified in this level of urgency, meaning they cannot wait
What is critical or what is critical condition?