Definitions / Vocabulary

Question 1

ABS

Answer 1

Admit before Surgery: Patients who need to be admitted 1 or more days prior to surgery.

Question 2

Admission Orders

Answer 2

Written instructions by the doctor for the care and treatment of the patient upon entry into the hospital.

Question 3

Aerosol Therapy

Answer 3

Administration of a bronchodilator in the form of a mist.

Question 4

Blood Transfusion Consent

Answer 4

A patient’s written permission to receive or refuse blood or blood products.

Question 5

Dialysis

Answer 5

The removal of wastes in the blood usually excreted by the kidneys.

Question 6

Direct Admission

Answer 6

A patient who was not scheduled to be admitted and is admitted from the doctor’s office, clinic, or emergency room.

Question 7

Elective Surgery

Answer 7

Surgery that is not emergency or mandatory and can be planned at a convenient time.

Question 8

Emergent Procedure / Add On

Answer 8

An urgent or emergency surgical procedure not prebooked ex. accident/sudden medical condition

Question 9

Extubation

Answer 9

Removal of a tube (as in an endotracheal tube)

Question 10

Intubation

Answer 10

Insertion and placement of a tube (within the trachea).

Question 11

Invasive Procedure

Answer 11

A procedure in which the body cavity is entered by use of a tube, needle, device, or even ionizing radiation.

Question 12

Nebulizer

Answer 12

A machine that sprays medicine into the mouth in a very fine mist.

Question 13

OR Slate

Answer 13

Schedule of surgeries usually received by the unit the day before the surgery.

Question 14

Oximetry

Answer 14

Oxygen saturation of arterial blood (O2 Sats)

Question 15

PAC

Answer 15

Pre Admission Clinic: department where patients are scheduled to see the pre-admission nurse, have all necessary lab, x-ray, pre-op tests done and to see the Anesthetist if required prior to their surgical admission date.

Question 16

Post-operative orders

Answer 16

Orders written immediately after surgery (Postoperative orders cancel preoperative orders)

Question 17

Pre Admit

Answer 17

The process of obtaining information and partially preparing admitting forms prior to the patient’s arrival at the health care facility.

Question 18

Pre-operative Orders

Answer 18

Orders written by the doctor before surgery to prepare the patient for the surgical procedure.

Question 19

Prone position

Answer 19

Lying face down

Question 20

Pulse Oximetry

Answer 20

A noninvasive method to measure the oxygen saturation of arterial blood.

Question 21

SAP

Answer 21

Surgical Admission Program: patients who have gone to see the pre-admission nurse, and have all necessary lab, x-ray pre-op tests done prior to their surgical admission date.

Question 22

SDC

Answer 22

Surgical Day Care: patients who are not staying overnight in the hospital after the surgical procedure.

Question 23

Supine position

Answer 23

lying face up

Question 24

Surgical Consent

Answer 24

A patient’s written permission for an operation or invasive procedure.