Glossary Terms Flashcards
Moving a body part away from the midline of the body.
Abduction
The willingful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish; depriving the person or the persons caregiver of the goods or services needed to attain or maintain well being.
Abuse
The activities usually done during a normal day in a persons life.
Activities of daily living . ADL
A sudden illness from which the person is expected to recover.
Acute Illness
A chronic disease involving substance seeking behaviors and use that is compulsive and hard to control despite the harmful effects.
Addiction
Moving a body part toward the midline of the body.
Adduction
The official entry of a person into a healthcare setting.
Admission
A document stating a persons wishes about healthcare when the person cannot make his or her own decisions.
Advance directive
Hair Loss
Alopecia
The act of walking
Ambulation
A life threatening sensitivity to an antigen
Anaphylaxis
The loss of appetite
Anorexia
A drug that kills certain microbes that cause infection
Antibiotic
The processes procedures and chemical treatments that kill microbes or prevent them from causing an infection.
Antisepsis
A vague uneasy feeling in response to stress
Anxiety
The total or partial loss of the ability to use or understand language.
Aphasia
The lack or absence of breathing
Apnea
Joint inflammation
Arthritis
The surgical replacement of a joint
Arthroplasty
A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
Artery
The absence of a disease producing microbes
Asepsis
Breathing fluid food vomitus or an object into the lungs
Aspiration
Intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a persons body without the persons consent.
Assault
Provides housing personal care support services health care and social activities in a home like setting to persons needing help with daily activities.
Assisted Living Residence ALR
The decrease in size or wasting away of tissue.
Atrophy
The examination of the body after death.
Autopsy
The area on which an object rests.
Base Of Support
Touching a persons body without his or her consent.
Battery
How a person moves to and from a lying position turns from side to side and repositions in bed or other furniture.
Bed mobility
A device that serves as a guard or barrier along the side of bed; side rail
Bed rail
A tumor that does not spread to other body parts
Benign Tumor
Items contaminated with blood body fluids secretions or excretions
Biohazardous waste
The absence of sight
Blindness
The amount of force exerted against the walls of an artery by the blood
Blood Pressure BP
The way the head trunk arms legs are aligned with one another; posture
Body alignment
Messages sent through facial expressions gestures posture hand and body movements gait eye contact and appearance
Body Language
Using the body in an efficient and careful way
Body mechanics
The amount of heat in the body that is a balance between the amount of heat produced and the amount lost by the body.
Body Temperature
An area where the bone sticks out or projects from the flat surface of the body; pressure joint.
Bony prominence
A brief act or behavior of being over involved with the person; the intent of the act or behavior is to meet the persons needs
Boundary Crossing
Acts behaviors or thoughts that warn of a boundary crossing or boundary violation
Boundary sign
An act or behavior that meets your needs not the persons
Boundary violation
Slow breathing respiration’s are fewer than 12 per minute
Bradypnea
A touch reading and writing system that uses raised dots for each letter of the alphabet.
Braille
Repeated attacks or threatens of fear distress or harm by a bully toward a victim
Bullying
The fuel or energy value of food
Calorie
Malignant tumor
Cancer
A very tiny blood vessel food oxygen and other substances pass from capillaries into the cells
Capillary
Sudden cardiac arrest
Cardiac arrest
A human or animal that is a reservoir for microbes but does not develop the infection
Carrier
A tube used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening
Catheter
The process of inserting a catheter
Catheterization
The basic unit of body structure
Cell
Official recognition by a state that standards or requirements have been met
Certification
Medical record
Chart
Any drug used for discipline or convenience and not required to treat medical symptoms
Chemical restraint
Respiration’s gradually increase in rate and depth and then become shallow and slow; breathing may stop for 10-20 seconds
Cheyne strokes respirations
The intentional harm or mistreatment of a child under 18 years old; it involves any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caregiver; it results in death serious physical or emotional harm sexual abuse or exploitation and it presents a likely or immediate risk for harm.
Child abuse or neglect
An ongoing illness that is slow or gradual in onset; it has no known cure; it can be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment.
Chronic illness
The fold of the skin foreskin covering the glans of the penis was surgically removed.
Circumcised
Laws concerned with relationships between people
Civil Law
Medical asepsis
Clean technique
Involves memory thinking reasoning ability to understand judgement and behavior
Cognitive function
A surgically created opening (stomy) between the colon and the body’s surface
Colostomy
A state of being unaware of ones setting and being unable to react or respond to people places or things
Coma
Being unable to respond to stimuli
Comatose
A disease caused by pathogens that spread easily; contagious disease
Communicable disease
The exchange of information a message sent is received and correctly interpreted by the intended person
Communication
Repeating an act over and over
Compulsion
A soft sheath that slides over the penis and is used to drain urine
Condom catheter
Trusting others with personal and private information
Confidentiality
A state of being disoriented to person time place situation or identity
Confusion
The passage of a hard dry stool
Constipation
To narrow
Constrict
Communicable disease
Contagious disease
The process of becoming unclean
Contamination
The lack of joint mobility caused by abnormal shortening of a muscle
Contracture
See seizure
Convulsion
An act that violates a criminal law
Crime
Laws concerned with offenses against the public and society in general
Criminal Law
Passing microbes from 1 person to another by contaminated hands equipment or supplies
Cross contamination
The characteristics of a group of people- language values beliefs habits likes dislikes and customs- passed from 2 generation to the next
Culture
Bluish color cyano to the skin lips mucous membranes and nailbedd
Cyanosis
Excessive amounts of dry white flakes from the scalp
Dandruff
Hearing loss in which it is impossible for the person to understand speech through hearing alone
Deafness
Injuring a persons name and reputation by making false statements to a third person
Defamation
The process of excreting feces from the rectum through the anus; bowel movement
Defecation
An unconscious reaction that blocks unpleasant or threatening feelings
Defense mechanism
A decrease in the amount of water in body tissues
Dehydration
To authorize another person to perform a nursing task in a certain situation
Delegate
A state of sudden severe confusion and rapid changes in brain function
Delirium
False belief
Delusion
An exaggerated belief about one’s importance wealth power or talents
Delusion of grandeur
A false belief that one is being mistreated abused or harassed
Delusion of persecution
The loss of cognitive and social function caused by changes in the brain the loss of cognitive function that interferes with routine personal social and occupational activities
Dementia
An artificial tooth or a set of artificial teeth
Denture
The process of removing a toxic substance from the body
Detoxification
Changes in mental emotional and social function
Development
A skill that must be completed during a stage of development
Developmental task
The frequent passage of liquid stools
Diarrhea
The pressure in arteries when the heart is at rest
Diastolic pressure
The process that breaks down food physically and chemically so it can be absorbed for sure by the cells
Digestion
To expand or open wider
Dilate
Any lost absent or impaired physical or mental function
Disability
A sudden catastrophic event in which people are injured and killed and property is destroyed
Disaster
See pain
Discomfort
Unjust treatment based on age race sex and other personal injuries
Discrimination
The process of killing pathogens
Disinfection
The back lying or supine position
Dorsal recumbent position
Bending the toes and foot up at the ankle
Dorsiflexion
Difficulty swallowing
Dysphagia
Difficult labored or painful breathing
Dyspnea
Painful or difficult ruination burning on urination
Dysuria
The swelling of body tissues with water
Edema
Any knowing intentional or negligent act by a caregiver or any other person to an older adult the act causes harm or serious risk of harm
Elder abuse
An electronic version of a persons medical record electronic medical record
EHR electronic health record
When a patient or resident leaves the agency without staff knowledge
Elopement
Vomitus
Emesis
A device that limits freedom of movement but is used to promote independence comfort or safety
Enabler
The support and care given during the time and surrounding death
End of life care
A respite that the nurse gives at the end of the shift to the in coming shift; change of shift report
End of shift report
A state recognizes the certificate license or registration issued by another state reciprocity or equivelncy
Endorsement
The introduction of fluid into the rectum and lower colon
Enema
Giving nutrients into the gastric intestinal GI tract (enterall) through a feeding tube
Enteral nutrition
Getting caught trapped or entangled in spaces created by the bed rails the mattress the bed frame the head board or foot board
Entrapment
See endorsement
Equivalency
The science of designing the job to fit the worker ; ergo means work , monos means law.
Ergonomics
Thick leathery dead tissue that may be loose or adhered to the skin; it is often black or brown
Eschar
Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct
Ethics
Straightening of a body part
Extension
Turning the joint outward
External rotation
The sudden loss of consciousness from an inadequate blood supply to the brain
Fainting
Unlawful restraint or restriction of a persons freedom of movement
False imprisonment
The prolonged retention and buildup of feces in the rectum
Fecal Impaction
The inability to control the passage of feces and gas through the anus
Fecal incontinence
The semi solid mass of waste products in the colon that is expelled through the anus; stool or stools
Feces
Elevated body temperature
Fever
The emergency care given to an ill or injured person before medical help arrives
First aid
Reliving a trauma in thoughts during the day and in nightmares during sleep
Flashbacks
The excessive formation of gas or air in the stomach and intestines
Flatulence
Gas or air passed through the anus
Flatus
Bending a body part
Flexion
The number of drops per minute gtt/min or milliliters per hour mL/ hr
Flow rate
The foot falls down at the ankle; permanent plantar flexion
Foot drop
A semi sitting position; the head of the bed is raised between45 and 60 degrees.
Fowler’s position
A broken bone
Fracture
Saying or doing something to trick fool or deceive a person
Fraud
Any change in place or position of the body or any part of the body that the person is able to control
Freedom of movement
The running of 1 surface against another
Friction
Having the means to be completely free from public view while in bed
Full visual privacy
The person has bladder control but cannot use the toilet in time
Functional incontinence
See transfer belt
Gait belt
The process of giving a tube feeding
Gavage
The care of aging people
Geriatrics
The study of the aging process
Gerontology
Sugar in the urine
Glucosuria
To spread rumors or talk about private matters of others
Gossip
A measuring container for fluid
Graduate
The physical changes that are measured and that occur in a steady orderly manner
Growth
Seeing hearing smelling pretty feeling something that is not real
Hallucinations
To trouble torment offend or worry of a person by ones behavior or comments
Harassment
Any chemical that is a physical hazard or a health hazard
Hazardous Chemical
The many health care workers whose skills and knowledge focus on the persons total care ; interdisciplinary health care team
Health team
An infection that develops in a person cares for in any setting where health care is given; the infection is related to receiving health care.
Healthcare associates infection HAI
Not being able to hear range of sounds associated with normal hearing
Hearing loss
Blood in the urine
Hematuria
Paralysis on 1 side of the body
Hemiplegia
The substance in red blood cells that carries oxygen and gives blood it’s red color.
Hemoglobin
Bloody sputum
Hemoptysis
The excessive loss of blood in a short time
Hemorrhage
A semi sitting position ; the head of the bed is raised at 60 degrees to 90 degrees
High Fowler’s position
Excessive body hair
Hirsutism
A concept that considers the whole person ; the whole person has physical social psychological and spiritual parts that are woven together and cannot be separated
Holism
A chemical substance secreted by the endocrine glands into the bloodstream
Hormone
A health care agency or program for persons who are dying
Hospice
Having an adequate amount of water in body tissues
Hydration
Excessive straightening of a body part
Hyperextension
When the systolic pressure is 130 mm Hg or higher or the diastolic pressure is 80 mm Hg or higher
Hypertension
Breathing ventilation is slow shallow and sometimes irregular
Hypoventilation
Breathing is rapid and deeper than normal
Hyperventilation
When the systolic pressure is below 90 mm Hg or diastolic pressure is below 60 mm Hg
Hypotension
Cells do not have enough oxygen
Hypoxia
A surgically created opening (stomy) between the ileum ( small intestine ileo) and the body’s surface
Ileostomy
Protection against a disease or condition ; the person will not get or be affected by the disease
Immunity
A catheter left in the bladder so urine drains constantly into a drainage bag; retention or Folet catheter
Indwelling catheter
A disease state resulting from the invasion and growth of microbes on the body
Infection
Practices and procedures that prevent the spread of infection
Infection Control
The process by which a person receives and understands information about a treatment or procedure and is able to decide if he or she will receive it.
Informed consent
A chronic condition in which the person cannot sleep or stay asleep all night
Insomnia
Normal skin and skin layers without damage or breaks
Intact skin
The amount of fluid taken in; input
Intake
Turning the joint inward
Internal rotation
Physical sexual or psychological harm by a current or former partner or spouse
IPV intimate partner violence
Giving fluids through a needle or catheter inserted into a vein ; IV and IV infusion
Intravenous therapy IV
Violating a persons right not to have his or her name photo or private affairs exposed or made public without giving consent
Invasion of privacy
Separating the person from others against his or her will keeping the person to a certain area or keeping the person away from his or her room without consent
Involuntary seclusion
An agency’s official form listing questions that require factual answers from the person seeking employment
Job application
A document that describes what the agency expects you to do
Job description
When an employer asks a job applicant questions about his or her education and career
Job interview
The point at which 2 or more bones meet to allow movement
Joint
A substance appearing in urine from the rapid breakdown of fat for energy ; acetone, ketone body
Ketone
See ketone
Ketone body
The person lies on 1 side or the other; side lying position
Lateral position
A rule of conduct made by a government body
Law
Making false statements in print in writing including email and text messages) through pictures or drawings, through broadcast radio tv or video posted on line on websites or through video sites and social media sites
Libel
See pediculosis
Lice
A nurse who has completed a practical nursing program and has passed a licensing test; called licensed vocational nurse LVN in California and Texas
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
LVN
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Turning the person as a unit, in alignment with 1 motion
Logrolling
Vision loss that cannot be corrected with eyeglasses contact lenses drugs or surgery ; vision loss interferes with every day activities
Low Vision
A tumor that invaded and destroys nearby tissues and can spread to other body parts; canver
Malignant tumor
Negligence by a professional person
Malpractice
Practices used to reduce the number of microbes and prevent their spread from 1 person or place to another person or place; clean technique
Medical asepsis
The legal account of a persons condition and response to treatment and care; chart
Medical record
An indication or characteristic of a physical or psychological condition
Medical symptom
When menstruation stops and menstrual cycles end; there has been at least one year without a menstrual period.
Menopause
The process in which the lining of the uterus breaks up and is discharged from the body through the vagina
Menstruation
Relating to the mind ; something that exists in the mind or is done by the mind
Mental
The person copes with and adjusts to every day stressed in ways accepted by society
Mental health
A disturbance in the ability to cope with or adjust to stress behavior and function are impaired mental illness psychiatric disorder
Mental health disorder
The burning of food for heat and energy by the cells
Metabolism
The spread of cancer to other body parts
Metastasis
See microorganism
Microbe
A small living thing seen only with a microscope ; microbe
Microorganism
The combination of stress incontinence and urge continence
Mixed incontinence
Injuries and disorders of the muscles tendons ligaments joints and cartilage
Musculoskeletal disorders
Something necessary or desired for maintaining life and mental well being
Need
The failure of responsible persons to provide food and water shelter health care or protection for a vulnerable person
Neglect
An unintentional wrong in which a person did not act in a reasonable and careful manner and a person or the persons property was harmed
Negligence
Frequent urination at night
Nocturia
A microbe that does not usually cause an infection
Non pathogen
Communication that does not use words
No verbal communication
A person who has passed a nursing assistant training and competency evaluation program NATCEP performs delegated nursing tasks under the supervision of a licensed nurse
Nursing assistant
A written guide about the persons nursing care care plan
Nursing care plan
A health problem that can be treated by nursing measures
Nursing diagnosis
The method nurses use to plan and deliver nursing care it’s 5 steps are assessment nursing diagnosis planning implementation and evaluation
Nursing process
Nursing care or a nursing function. Procedure activity or work that can be delegated to nursing assistants when it does not require a nurses professional knowledge or judgement
Nursing task
Those who provide nursing care - RN LPN LVN and nursing assistants
Nursing Team
A substance that is ingested digested absorbed and used by the body
Nutrient
The processes involved in the ingestion digestion absorption and use of food and fluids by the body
Nutrition
Information that is seen heard felt or smelled by an observer signs
Objective data
Using the senses of sight hearing touch and smell to collect information
Observation
A frequent upsetting thought idea or image
Obsession
Scant amount of urine . Less than 500 ML in 24 hours
Oliguria
Someone who supports or promotes the needs and interests of another person
Ombudsman
Touching an opposite finger with the thumb
Opposition
Mouth care
Oral hygiene
Groups of tissue with the same function
Organ
Breathing deeply and comfortably only when sitting
Orthopnea
Sitting up and leaning over a table to breathe
Orthopneic position.
Abnormally low blood pressure when the person suddenly stands up ; postural hypotension
Orthostatic hypotension
A device used to support muscle promote a certain motion or correct a deformity
Orthotic device
A surgically created opening that connects an internal organ to the body’s surface
Ostomy
The amount of fluid lost
Output
Small amounts of urine leak from a full bladder
Over flow incontinence
The amount percent of hemoglobin containing oxygen
Oxygen concentration
To ache hurt or be sore ; discomfort
Pain
Care that involves relieving or reducing the intensity of uncomfortable symptoms without producing a cure
Palliative care
An intense and sudden feeling of fear anxiety terror or dread
Panic
Loss of muscle function sensation or both
Paralysis
A disorder of the mind ; false beliefs delusions and suspicion about a person or situation
Paranoia
Paralysis in the legs lower trunk and pelvic organs
Paraplegia
A microbe that is harmful and can cause an infection
Pathogen
Cleaning the genital and Anal areas; pericare
Perineal care
Infestation with wingless insects that feed on blood; lice
Pediculosis
Involuntary muscle contractions in the digestive system that move food down the esophagus through the alimentary canal
Peristalsis
An intense fear
Phobia
Any manual method or physical or mechanical device material or equipment attached to or near the persons body that he or she cannot remove easily and that restricts freedom of movement or normal access to ones body
Physical restraint
To tune ones body from a set standing position
Pivot
Setting priorities and goals
Planning
The foot plantar is bent flexion bending the foot down at the ankle
Plantar flexion
Inflammation and infection of lung tissue
Pneumonia
Any substance harmful to the body when ingested inhaled injected or absorbed through the skin
Poison
Abnormally large amounts of urine
Polyuria
Care of the body after death
Post mortem care
Localized damage to the skin; and underlying soft tissue, the injury is usually over a bony prominence or related to a medical or other device and results from pressure or pressure in combination with shear
Pressure injury
See bony prominence
Pressure joint
The most important thing at the time
Priority
That which separates helpful behaviors from behaviors that are not helpful
Professional boundary
An act behavior or comment that is sexual in nature
Professional sexual misconduct
Following laws being ethical having good work ethics and having the skills to do your work
Professionalism
Turning the joint downward
Pronation
Lying in the abdomen with the head turned to 1 side
Prone position
An artificial replacement for a missing body part
Prosthesis
Identifying information and information about the persons health care that is maintained or sent in any form paper electronic oral
Protected health information
A state of severe mental impairment
Psychosis
The beat of the heart felt at an artery as a wave of blood passes through the artery
Pulse
Measures the oxygen concentration in arterial blood
Pulse oximetry
The number of heartbeats or pulses in 1 minute
Pulse rate
Paralysis in the arms legs trunk and pelvic organs ; tetra Oleg is
Quadriplegia
The movement of a joint to the extent possible without causing pain
Range of motion. ROM
To assist or change a position or workplace to allow an employee to do his or her job despite having a disability
Reasonable accommodation
The written account of care and observations ; charting
Recording
Urine is lost at predictable intervals when a specific amount of urine is in the bladder
Reflex incontinence
A nurse who has competed 2 3 or 4 years of nursing program and has passed a licensing test
Registered Nurse RN
The backward flow of stomach contents into the mouth
Regurgitation
The process of restoring the person to his or her highest possible level of physical psychological social and economic function
Rehabilitation
The belief that the spirit or soul is reborn in another human body or in another form of life
Reincarnation
Spiritual beliefs needs and practices
Religion
The manual method device material or equipment used to restrain the person that can be removed intentionally by the person in the same manner it was applied by the staff
Remove easily
The oral account of care and observations
Reporting
A person with the legal right to act on the patients or residents behalf when he or she cannot do so for himself or herself
Representative
The process of supplying the cells with oxygen and removing carbon dioxide from them; breathing air into inhalation and out of exhalation the lungs
Respiration
Breathing stops but heart action continues for several minutes
Respiratory arrest
A nursing assistant with special training in restorative nursing and rehabilitation skills
Restorative aide
Care that helps persons regain health strength and independence
Restorative nursing care
To revive from apparent death or unconsciousness using emergency measures
Resuscitate
The head of the bed is raised and the foot of the bed is lowered
Reverse trendelenburgs position
The stiffness or rigidity of skeletal muscles that occurs after death
Rigor Mortis
Turning the joint
Rotation
A skin disorder caused by a female mite
Scabies
Violent and sudden contractions or tremors of muscle groups caused by abnormal electrical activity in the brain ; convulsion
Seizure
A persons behaviors and way of living that threaten his or her health safety and well being
Self neglect
The head of the bed is raised 30 degrees or the head of the bed is raised 30 degrees and the knee portion is raised 15 degrees
Semi Fowler’s position
See sims position
Semi prone side position
The physical emotional social cultural and spiritual factors that affect a persons feelings and attitudes about his or her sex
Sexuality
When layers of the skin run against each other ; when the skin remains in place and underlying tissues move and stretch tearing underlying capillaries and blood vessels and causing tissue damage
Shear
When the skin sticks to a surface while muscles slide in the direction the body is moving
Shearing
Results when tissues and organs do not get enough blood
Shock
See lateral position
Side lying position
See objective data
Signs
A left side lying position in which the upper leg right leg is sharply flexed so it is not on the lower leg left leg and lower arm left arm is behind the person semi prone side position
Sims position
A break or rip in the outer layers of the skin ; the epidermis top skin layer separates from the underlying tissues
Skin tear
Making false statements through the spoken word sounds sign language or gestures
Slander
The amount and quality of sleep are decreased
Sleep deprivation
The sleeping person leaves the bed and walks about
Sleep walking
Dead tissue that is shed from the skin it is usually light colored soft and moist may be stringy at times
Slough
Mucus from the respiratory system that is expectorated expelled through the mouth
Sputum
The absence of all microbes
Sterile
The process of destroying all microbes
Sterilization
A surgically created opening seen on the body’s surface
Stoma
Excreted feces
Stool
An instrument used to listen to the sounds produced by the heart lungs and other body organs
Stethoscope
A catheter that drains the bladder and then is removed
Straight catheter
The response or change in the body caused by an emotional physical social or economic factor
Stress
When urine leaks during exercise and certain movements that cause pressure on the bladder
Stress incontinence
Things a person tells you about that you cannot observe through your senses ; symptoms
Subjective data
The heart stops suddenly and without warning ; cardiac arrest
SCA Sudden Cardiac Arrest
When breathing stops from lack of oxygen
Suffocation
To kill oneself on purpose
Suicide
Exposure to suicide or suicidal behaviors within ones family ones peer group or through media resorts of suicide
Suicide contagion
Signs symptoms and behaviors of Alzheimer’s disease AD increase during hours of darkness
Sundowning
Turning the joint upward
Supination
The back lying or dorsal recumbent position
Supine position
A cone shaped solid drug that is inserted into a body opening it melts at body temperature
Suppository
A person who collects information by observing and asking questions
Surveyor
See subjective data
Symptoms
Formed by organs that work together to perform special functions
System
The pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts
Systolic pressure
Rapid breathing ; respiration’s are more than 20 per minute
Tachypnea
Staff members work together as a group; each person does his or her part to give safe and effective care
Teamwork
An illness or injury from which the person will not likely recover
Terminal illness
A device used to measure temperature
Thermometer
A ringing roaring hissing or buzzed sound in the ears or head
Tinnitus
A group of cells with similar functions
Tissue
How a person moves to and from surfaces
Transfer
A device applied around the waist and used to support a person who is unsteady or disabled
Transfer belt
Temporary or occasional incontinence that is reversed when the cause is treated
Transient Incontinence
The care provided to maintain or restore health improve function or relive symptoms
Treatment
The head of the bed is lowered and the foot of the bed is raised
Trendelenburgs position
A new growth of abnormal cells that is benign or malignant
Tumor
A shallow or deep crater like sore of the skin or mucous membrane
Ulcer
The male has foreskin covering the head of the penis
Uncircumcised
The loss of urine in response to a sudden urgent need to void; the person cannot get to the toilet in time ; overactive bladder
Urge incontinence
Voiding at frequent intervals
Urinary frequency
The involuntary loss or leakage of urine
Urinary incontinence
Not being able to completely empty the bladder
Urinary retention
The need to void at once
Urinary urgency
The process of emptying urine from the bladder; voiding
Urination
A blood vessel that returns blood to the heart
Vein
Communication that uses written or spoken words
Verbal communication
Dizziness
Vertigo
Temperature pulse respiration’s and blood pressure and pain in some agencies
Vital signs
See urination
Voiding
The food and fluids expelled from the stomach through the mouth ; emesis
Vomitus
A person 18 years old or older who has a disability or condition that makes him or her at risk to be wounded attacked or damaged
Vulnerable adult
The physical and mental response after stopping or severely reducing the use of a substance that was used regularly
Withdrawal syndrome
Behavior at the work place
Work ethics
Violent acts including assault or threat of assault directed toward persons at work or while in duty
Workplace violence
A break in the skin or mucous membrane
Wound
