Module 1
A licensed professional who works under the supervision of a physician; can make clinical decisions
What is a nurse practitioner
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
What is HIPPA
-Date of Birth
-Name
What are patient identifiers?
lying on the left side with left leg slightly flexed and right leg flexed at 90 degree angle
what is left lateral?
eliminating pathogenic or other potentially harmful microbes
what is sterile technique
field of study focused on food and the substances in food that help people grow, recover from illness and stay healthy
What is nutrition
Chemicals used by the body to increase or decrease activity of the hormone's specific target cells.
what are hormones
instrument to measure blood pressure
What is a sphygmomanometer?
sitting position with back at 90 degree angle to exam table
what is fowlers
low blood glucose
what is hypoglycemia
A profession that has a scope that includes managing patient care independently
What is a medical provider?
drugs that produce tolerance and dependence and have potential for abuse or addiction
what is a controlled substance
factual information collected using the senses of sight, hearing, smell, and touch; also called signs/past history
What is objective information?
device for measuring blood glucose levels from a drop of blood obtained by a fingerstick
what is a glucometer
procedure that uses endoscope to view a hollow organ or body cavity
what is an endoscopy
The virtual delivery of health care services remotely.
What is telehealth?
State in which the body's systems and biological processes maintain stability.
what is homeostasis
90/60 to 120/80
What is normal blood pressure?
required for all instruments and equipment that will penetrate a patient's skin, enter a patient's body, or come in contact with any other normally sterile areas of the body
what is sterilization
response to allergen
what is Anaphylactic shock
A medicine that would be prescribed to treat high blood pressure
What is Antihypertensive
Occurs when a disease spreads rapidly to a large number of people.
what is a epidemic
the pulse felt along the large artery on either side of the neck
what is the carotid pulse
An instrument for measuring the air entering and leaving the lungs.
what is a spirometer
surgical removal of tissue for later microscopic exam
what is biopsy