Diabetes Mellitus
Term for elevated blood glucose level (fasting blood glucose above 126 mg/dl)
What is hyperglycemia?
Infection prevention practices that apply to all patients regardless of infection status or healthcare setting
What are standard precautions?
Introduction of fluid into the colon for the purposes of cleansing, giving medication, or diagnostic purposes
What is an enema?
An expected action or change that is beneficial or healing
What is a therapeutic effect of an medication?
An abrasion of the skin caused by scratching, trauma, or chemical irritation
What is excoriation?
Term for excessive thirst
What is polydipsia?
Practices and procedures within medical facilities that reduce the spread of infection
What is medical asepsis?
General term for a device inserted into the oropharyngeal or endotracheal airway to maintain patency of it
What is an artificial airway?
An undesirable or potentially dangerous response to a medication.
What is an adverse effect of a medication?
Inflammation or degeneration of the tissues surrounding the teeth
What is periodontitis?
Term for metabolic state characterized by high levels of ketones in the urine and blood
What is ketoacidosis?
Sterile technique to prevent surgical wound infection
What is surgical asepsis?
An surgically inserted tube used to provide enteral nutrition, medications, hydration, or gastric decompression when oral route is not available
What is a gastrostomy tube?
A method of packaging medications in individually labeled wrapping
What is unit dose packaging?
Position of lying supine in bed with the head of bed elevated 45 - 60 degrees
What is Semi-Fowler's position?
Term describing damage to peripheral nerves characterized by numbness, tingling, burning, and/or pain of extremities
What is peripheral neuropathy?
Measures taken to spread disease via microscopic (less than 5 microns) respiratory droplets
What are airborne precautions?
A low-flow oxygen delivery device that fits over nose and mouth for short term supplemental oxygen delivery
What is a simple face mask?
Administration of a medication through a patch placed on the skin
What is transdermal medication administration?
The medical term for "bad breath"
What is halitosis?
Group of medications which stimulate the Isles of Langerhans in the pancreas to secrete more insulin
What are sulfonylureas?
Measures taken to spread disease caused by physical transfer of pathogens
What are contact precautions?
A flexible tube inserted via the mouth or nose to into the stomach
What is a nasogastric tube?
A Type I immune reaction to an antigen that stimulates a sudden release of inflammatory mediators.
What is anaphylaxis?
A red itchy or burning rash producing skin infection potentiated by poor hygiene or antibiotic therapy
What is candidiasis of the skin?