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ABRASION

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A partial- thickness wound caused by the scraping away or rubbing of the skin.

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ABUSE

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The willful infliction or injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish, depriving the person (or the person’s caregiver) if the goods or services needed to attain or maintain well-being.

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ACTIVITY OF DAYLY LIVING

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The activities necessary for the client to fulfill basic human needs (toileting, eating, dressing, hygiene)

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ANURIA

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No urinary output.

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APHASIA

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Impaired or lost ability to communicate through speech due to dysfunction of brain centers. The total or partial loss of the ability to use or understand language, a language disorder resulting from damage to parts of the brain responsible for language.

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ATROPHY

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Shrink. The decrease in size of the wasting away of tissue.

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ARTERY

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A blood Vessel that carries blood away from the heart.

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ASPIRATION

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Breathing fluid, food, vomitus, or an object into the lungs.

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BATTERY

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Touching person’s body without his or her consent.

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CHEYNE-STOKES RESPIRATION

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Respiration’s gradually increase I rate and depth and then become shallow and slow, breathing may stop for 10-20 seconds.

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CONSTRICT

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To narrow

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CYANOSIS

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Bluish color.

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DEMENTIA

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The loss of cognitive function that interferes weigh routine personal, social, and occupational activities.

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DIASTOLIC

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Measurement of blood pressure when the heart is relaxing.

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DILATE

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To expand or open wider

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DISABILITY

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Any lost, absent, or impaired physical or mental function.

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DYSPNEA

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Difficult or labored respiration.

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EDEMA

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The swelling of legs and or arms or other body parts when water is being retained unnaturally.

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EMBOLUS

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A blood clot that travels through the vascular system until it lodges in a blood vessel.

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EMESIS

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Vomitus.

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EXTENSION

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Straightening a body part.

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FRAUD

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Saying or doing something to trick, fool or deceive a person.

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HYPOXEMIA

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A reduced amount of oxygen in the blood.

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INVASION OF PRIVACY

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Violating a person’s right not to have his or her name, photo, or private affair exposed or made public without giving consent

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LATERAL

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Away from the mid-line, at the side of the body or body part.

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LETHARGY

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A state of unnatural tiredness, feelings of exhaustion and sleepiness.

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MEDIAL

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At or near the middle or mid-line of the body or body part.

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NEGLIGENCE

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An intentional wrong in which a person did not act in a reasonable and careful manner and person or person’s property was harmed.

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PATHOGEN

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A microbe that is harmful and can cause an infection.

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POSTERIOR

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At or toward the back of the body or body part.

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PROCIMAL

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The part nearest to the center or to the point of origin.

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REFLEX

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An involuntary movement.

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SITZ BATH

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Bath providing moist heat to the genitals or anal area.

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SPUTUM

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Mucus from the reparatory system that is expectorated through the mouth.

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SPHYGMOMANOMETER

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The instrument used to measure blood pressure.

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STRESS

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The response or change in the body caused by any emotional, physical, social, or economic factor.

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THROMBUS

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Blood clot that forms inside artery.

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TRANSFER

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Moving a person from one room or nursing unit to another.

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TACHYCARDIA

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A rapid heartbeat.

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TACHYPNEA

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Rapid breathing, respirations are more than 20 per minute.

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UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS

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A system of infectious disease control which assumes that every direct contact with body fluids is infectious and require every health care worker exposed to direct contact with body fluids or body substance to be protected.

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VEHICLE

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Any substance that transmits microbes.

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VEIN

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A blood vessel that returns blood to the heart

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