Psychology
Cardiopulmonary
Integumentary
Acronyms
Brain Anatomy
100

Characterized by mood swings from depression to mania.

Bipolar Disorder (Manic-Depressive Illness)

100

Difficulty breathing when laying down, improved by sitting or standing.

Orthopnea

100

Outer, most superficial layer of skin.

Epidermis

100

AKA

Above Knee Amputation

100

The primary visual cortex.

Occipital Lobe

200

A patient continues to repeat a movement, word, or expression.

Perseveration.

200

When cupped hands are rhythmically applied to the thorax.

Percussion.

200

The process in which necrotic tissue is removed to aid in the healing process- may be selective or non-selective.

Debridement

200

Thoracolumbosacral Orthosis

TLSO

200

Primary auditory cortex.

Temporal Lobe

300

Capacity to understand what your patient is experiencing.

Empathy

300

Amount of air that is inhaled and exhaled during normal resting breathing.

Tidal Volume

300

When using the ABCD examination method for Melanoma the A stands for...

Asymmetry

300

HKAFO

Hip-knee-ankle-foot-orthosis

300

The precentral gyrus (primary motor cortex for voluntary muscle activation) is located in which lobe?

Frontal Lobe

400

Psychotic Disorder characterized by delusions of persecution, erotic delusions, and feelings of jealousy.

Paranoia

400

Group of medications that decrease vascular fluid volume, preload and afterload, and help control hypertension.

Diuretics

400

Stage this wound


Stage II

400

TENS

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation

400

This "system" is concerned with instincts and emotions. Functions include feeding, aggression, endocrine aspects of sexual response, and long-term memory formation.

Limbic

500

Which of these is not part of the stages (process) of grief:

Anger

Depression

Displacement

Bargaining

Displacement

500

Which of these criteria warrant termination of inpatient exercise session:

Drop in SBP of more than 10mmHg during exercise.

Rise in SBP of more than 200mmHg.

Onset confusion.

Occasional PVCs.


Onset Confusion

500

Which of these factors is not responsible for delay in wound healing:

Neuropathy.

Scar formation.

Malnutrition.

Medications.

Scar Formation

500

BWSTT

Body Weight-Supported Treadmill Training

500

Which of these is not part of the Diencephalon:

Hypothalamus.

Thalamus.

Medulla Oblongata.

Subthalamus.

Medulla Oblongata