Vocab
This event is when blood flow is blocked to the heart
What is a myocardial infarction?
A urine sample that eliminates the first and the last urine voided
What is a clean catch specimen
A microbe that causes disease
What is a pathogen?
OBRA
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
The collection container that can be inserted into the toilet bowl to measure urine or stool
What is a hat?
The collection of fluid in the cells and tissues instead of in the blood stream
What is edema?
The area where the artery is able to be palpated because it is close to the skin surface
What is a pulse
A condition that in which the pancreas either does not produce any insulin, produces a little insulin or does not properly use insulin.
What is diabetes?
High blood pressure
What is hypertension
An artificial opening to the outside of the body
What is a stoma?
Respirations that signal impending death having periods of slow breathing then fast breathing, then a period of not breathing
What is Cheyne-Stokes Respirations?
A bed that is completely made with bedspread in place is said to be this?
What is closed
The gray or bluish color when the body is lacking oxygen.
What is cyanosis?
The procedure to perform after a resident has died
What is post-mortem care?
A way of describing how disease is transmitted from one person to the next
What is chain of infection?
When a patient is violent or hostile, they are called this.
What is combative?
The intentional touching of another person without the person's permission
What is battery
The best instrument to use to shave a resident
What is an electric razor?
HAI
What is a Hospital Acquired Infection?
DAILY DOUBLE
MRSA STANDS FOR
What is Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus?
This is a state of decreased or inadequate fluid in the body
What is dehydration
The most common form of dementia?
What is Alzheimer's Disease
A broken bone is called this
What is a fracture?
FWB
Friend with benefits.......lol
no, it's really Full Weight Bearing
The widening of a blood vessel is known as this
What is dilating?