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Definitions Flashcards

1
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HIPPA

A

Health insurance portability and accountability act

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Breach of duty

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Caregiver failed to provide the care needed

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Near miss

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Events that could have happened but did not

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PHI

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Protected health information

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Medical errror

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Failure of planned action to be completed as intended

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Common law

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Decisions based upon similar cases

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Criminal law

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Penal codes
Misdemeanor & felony

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Civil law

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Protects personal freedoms

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Intentional torts

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Lawsuits where the plaintiff charges a “deliberately aggressive act”
Examples: assault, battery, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy, defamation

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Assault

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Bodily harm is threatened or attempted, physical intimidation
Example: threatening to restrain a client

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Battery

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Unauthorized physical contact without consent

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False imprisonment

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Interference with a persons freedom to move about at will
Ex: hiding a clients keys

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Invasion of privacy

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Failure to leave people and their property alone

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Defamation

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An act in which untrue information harms a person’s reputation

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Slander

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Character attack uttered orally in the presence of others

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Libel

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Damaging statements written and read by others

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Unintentional tort

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Lawsuits where an injury has occurred, but the person responsible did not mean to cause harm
Ex: Malpractice

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Negligence

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Harm that results because a person did not act reasonably or they acted carelessly

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Malpractice

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Professional negligence

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Duty

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An obligation to care for the person exists

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Causation

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The caregivers action (or lack of) caused harm

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Injury

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Physical, psychological, or financial harm occurred

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Ethics

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Customs or models of conduct that direct actions as either being right or wrong

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Beneficence

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To act so as to benefit others

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Nonmaleficence

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To avoid causing harm

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Confidentiality

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To honor others privacy and keep person interactions confidential

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Justice

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To treat people respectfully and equitably

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Autonomy

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To respect an individuals rights to self-determination and freedom to make decisions that affect his or her life

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Adverse event

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Injury caused by management, not the clients underlying condition

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Sentinel event

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Unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury, or risk therof

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Diagnostic errors

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Ot recognizing abnormal

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Practice errors

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Not practicing evidence based care, not practicing within scope

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33
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First trimester

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Up to 12w6d (12.6wga)

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34
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Second trimester

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13wga to 27w6d (27.6wga)

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35
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Third trimester

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28wga to 40wga

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36
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LMP

A

Last menstrual period
Used in calculating due date and is important information for determining the “weeks gestational age”

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Weeks gestational age

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Wga
Measured in weeks, from the first day of the persons last menstrual period

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38
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EDD

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Estimated due date
Considered to be 40wks after the LMP

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39
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Gravida

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Describes the total number of times a person has been pregnant, regardless of the outcome of pregnancy.

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40
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Nulligravida

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A person who has never been pregnant

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41
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Primigravida

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A person pregnant for the first time

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42
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Secundigravida

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A person pregnant for the second time

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43
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Multigravida

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A person who has been pregnant more than twice

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44
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Para

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Refers to the number of times a person has given birth to a fetus of at least 20wks gestation

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45
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Primipara

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A person who has given birth once

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46
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Multipara

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A person who has given birth more than once

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47
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Nullipara

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A person who has not remained pregnant beyond 20wga

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48
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Grand multipara

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A person who has had 5 or more deliveries

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49
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TPAL

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Term: the # of term births
Preterm: # of preterm births
Abortions: # of pregnancies ending in abortion _ SAB(spontaneous abortions), TAB(induced/elective)
Living: # of currently living children

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Blood borne pathogen

A

Any microorganism that causes disease, passed through bodily fluids, transmittable person to person.

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HIV

A

Human immunodeficiency virus

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52
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OSHA

A

Occupational safety and health administration

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53
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Standard precautions

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A general set of guidelines

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54
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PPE

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Personal protective equipment

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55
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Contact precautions

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Used for clients with known infection
PPE: gloves, gowns

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56
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Droplet precautions

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Clients with known infections with pathogens transmitted by respiratory droplets
Coughing, talking, sneezing
PPE: gloves, gown, eye protection, mask

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Airborne precautions

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Clients with known infections with pathogens from airborne route
PPE: N95 mask, gloves, gown

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Hand hygiene

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Performing hand washing, antiseptic hand wash, alcohol based hand rub, surgical hand antisepsis

59
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Hand washing

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Washing hands with soap and water

60
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Antiseptic hand washing

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Washing hands with water and soap or other detergents that contain antiseptic agents

61
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Alcohol based hand rub

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Rubbing hands with an alcohol based preparation

62
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Clean technique

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Practices used to prevent infections

63
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Non-invasive procedure

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Do not cross the cutaneous barrier or enter the sterile parts of the body

64
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Invasive procedures

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Come in contact with wounds, the blood stream, the inside of the body, or normally sterile parts of the body

65
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Aseptic technique

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Used for short invasive procedures
-sterile or clean gloves
-antiseptic on patients/clients skin
-use of clean, dedicated area

66
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Sterile technique

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Used for surgery or the preparation of sterile materials for multiple patients

67
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Shell temperature

A

Warmth at the skins surface

68
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Core temperature

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Warmth at the body’s core
More significant reading

69
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Tympanic temperature

A

In ear
1.4 inches from hypothalamus

70
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Pyrexia

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Body temperature above 99.3

71
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Febrile

A

Fever

72
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Afebrile

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Without fever

73
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Hyperthermia

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Core temperature above 105.8
Risk of brain damage or death

74
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Hypothermia

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Core body temperature less than 95.0

75
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Radiation

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The body gives off waves of heat from uncovered surfaces

76
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Convection

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An oscillating fan blows currents of cold air across the surface of a warm body

77
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Evaporation

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Perspiration is vaporized from the skin

78
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Conduction

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The body transfers heat to an ice pack causing it to melt

79
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Tachycardia

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Faster than normal heart rate

80
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Bradycardia

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Slower than normal heart rate

81
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Auscultation

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Medical term for hearing sounds in the body

82
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Respiration

A

The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide
External- in the lungs
Internal- happens in body cells

83
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Ventilation

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The movement of the air in and out of the body

84
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Dyspnea

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Difficult or labored breathing

85
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Tachypnea

A

Breathing pattern higher than normal

86
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Apnea

A

Absence of breathing

87
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Bradypnea

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Breathing pattern that is lower than normal rate

88
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Systolic pressure

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Pressure within the artery when the heart contracts

89
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Diastolic pressure

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Pressure within the artery when the heart relaxes and fills with blood

90
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Korotkoff

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I & V are recorded when recording blood pressure

91
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Hypertension

A

High blood pressure

92
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White coat hypertension

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Condition in which the blood pressure is elevated when taken

93
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Hypotension

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Low blood pressure

94
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Postural hypotension

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Orthostatic hypotension
Temporary drop in blood pressure

95
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Pain

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An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience, associated with or expressed in terms of actual or potential tissue damage

96
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Somatic pain

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Skin, musculoskeletal system, or visceral pain
Dull, pressing, pulling, throbbing

97
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Neuropathic pain

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Caused by a lesion or a disease directly affecting the nervous system
Electric, shock like, stabbing, burning, or pins & needles

98
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Cutaneous pain

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Usually results from trauma
Originates at skin level

99
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Visceral pain

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Associated with disease or injury
Originates at the internal organs

100
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Referred pain

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Discomfort perceived in a general area of the body usually away from the site of the stimulation

101
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Transduction

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Conversion of chemical information at the cellular level into electrical impulses

102
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Perception

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Conscious experience of discomfort

103
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Pain tolerance

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The amount of pain a person endures

104
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Modulation

A

Last phase of pain impulse transmission

105
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Arrhythmia

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Irregular pattern of heart rate

106
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Prodromal phase

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Mild headache, lethargy, muscle aches

107
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Onset phase

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Shivering, feels cold

108
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Stationary phase

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Flushed, feels hot

109
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Resolution phase

A

Sweating

110
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Test menu

A

Gives info about the test being ordered

111
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Requisition

A

Document to provide the lab with the testing info

112
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Reference range or value

A

The normal range of findings for this particular lab

113
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Titer

A

Concentration of an antibody

114
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Reflex

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If initial screen is positive, the test “reflexes” to another test

115
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Panel

A

A collection of tests all run at one time

116
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ICD CODES

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Z34- supervision of normal pregnancy
Z39- postpartum care and examination

117
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CPT

A

Common procedural terminology

118
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Z11.3

A

Syphillis screening

119
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B37.3

A

Yeast infection

120
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099.345

A

Postpartum depression

121
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Z36.0

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Screening for chromosomal anomalies with the fetus

122
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009.513

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Advanced maternal age referral in the 2nd trimester for a person pregnant for the 3rd time

123
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048.0

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Referral for postterm pregnancy

124
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Hematuria

A

Blood in the urine

125
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Pyuria

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Pus in the urine

126
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Peoteinura

A

Protein in the urine

127
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Albuminuria

A

Albumin in the urine

128
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Glycosuria

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Glucose in the urine

129
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Ketonuria

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Ketones in the urine

130
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Anuria

A

Absence of urine

131
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Oliguria

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Inadequate urinary elimination

132
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Poliuria

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Greater than normal urinary elimination

133
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Dysuria

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Difficult or uncomfortable urination

134
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Incontinence

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Inability to control elimination

135
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Urinalysis

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The testing of both the physical characteristics and the composition of freshly voided urine

136
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Culture

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Urine is sent to the lab where they grow and identify organisms, mainly bacteria and fungi that may cause a UTI

137
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Sensitivity

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Antibiotic sensitivity testing is performed to help to select an appropriate antibiotic that is effective against that specific microorganism.

138
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Episode

A

The whole time a person is in care with you

139
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Encounter

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An individual visit with a client/patient

140
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Narrative charting

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Method of charting that is the narrative account of the events in an encounter

141
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Initial prenatal visit

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First time visit for this episode or pregnancy

142
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Routine prenatal visit

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Repeat visit

143
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Problem visit

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Visit specifically for a purpose that is not a routine visit (UTI)

144
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Naegeles rule

A

Add 7 to day, subtract 3 from month

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