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Lab Vocabulary - Exam 1 Flashcards

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Auscultation

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Listening for sounds within the body

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Comprehensive Health Assessment

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Broad health assessment that includes a complete health history and physical assessment; it is usually conducted when a patient first enters a health care setting, with information providing a baseline for comparing later assessments

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Emergency Health Assessment

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Type of rapid focused assessment conducted when addressing a life threatening or unstable situation

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Focused Health Assessment

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Conducted to assess a specific problem; focuses on pertinent history and body regions, but may also be used to address the immediate and highest priority concerns for an individual patient

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Health History

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A collection of subjective information that provides information about the patient’s health status

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Inspection

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Visual examination of the external surface of the body

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Palpation

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Method of examining by feeling a part of the body with the fingers or hand

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Percussion

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Assessment technique of tapping body surfaces to detect air, mass, or fluid

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Physical Assessment

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Systematic examination of the patient for objective data to better define the patient’s condition and to help the nurse in planning care, usually performed in a head-to-toe format; a collection of objective data about changes in the patient’s body systems

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Review of Systems

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Physical examination of all body systems in a systematic manner as part of the nursing assessment

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Airborne Precautions

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used for small germs and particles

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Antiseptic

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Inhibits growth of microorganisms

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Asepsis

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absence of disease producing microorganisms

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Bacteriocidal

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kills bacteria

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Bacteriostatic

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stops of limits bacterial growth

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Base of Support

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foundation on which object rests

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Center of Gravity

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center of mass, the heaviest part of the body, changes with position and age

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Contact Precautions

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precautions to prevent contact with infectious body fluids

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Contamination

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introduction of microorganisms

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Disinfectant

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kills growth of microorganisms

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21
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Doff

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take PPE off

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Don

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put PPE on

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Droplet Precautions

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used for larger germs/particles

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Hand Hygiene

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single most important means of preventing the spread of infection

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Infection

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invasion of body part by microoganisms usually causing injury

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Isolation Barrier/Technique

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used to protect client/health care providers/others from transmission of microorganisms. Use depends on the type of isolation (may include private room, gown, gloves, mask)

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27
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4 Signs of Inflammation

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Erythema (redness)
Heat
Pain
Edema (Swelling)

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Medical Asepsis

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Practices done to reduce number of microorganisms and prevent their spread from one person or place to another

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Muscle Strain

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Muscle injury caused by making too strong an effort or excessive use

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N95 Respirator

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Used for airborne precautions

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Nosocomial infection

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hospital acquired infection

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Pathogen

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microorganism capable of producing disease

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Stability

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steadiness of position

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Standard Precautions

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minimum infection practice

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Sterile Technique

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sterile set up / handling of equipment or procedure. Used for catheterization, dressing changes, intravenous insertion, surgery.

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Sterilization

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process of killing microorganisms (heat or gas)

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Surgical Asepsis

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Practices that make/keep areas and objects FREE of microorganisms

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Susceptibility

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lowered or lack of resistance to microorganisms

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Universal Precautions

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Standard precautions

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Waterless Antiseptic

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70% alcohol base, preferred method if no visible soiling present

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Afebrile

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without fever

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Antipyretic

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an agent that reduces fever

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Apical pulse

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point of maximum impulse (PMI), 5th intercostal space (ICS), left midclavicular line

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Axilla

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Bell

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device on stethoscope to hear low pitched sounds

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Brachial

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main artery of the arm (located on the inside of the arm)

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Bradycardia

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Pulse below 60 beats per minute in adults

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Diaphragm

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device on stethoscope to hear high pitched sounds

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Diastole

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Resting stage of cardiac cycle. Blood flows from atria to the ventricles

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Expiration

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exhalation - expulsion of air from the lungs

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Febrile

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having a fever

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HR

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heart rate

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Hyperpyrexia

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elevated body temperature above 106 degrees F

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Hypertension

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condition where blood pressure is higher than normal

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Hypotension

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condition where blood pressure is lower than normal

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Hypothermia

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body temperature below the normal range

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Intercostal

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between the ribs

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IVAC

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electronic thermometer

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Lubricant

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water based gel to ease insertion of the rectal probe

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Pyrexia

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Radial

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artery located at the thumb side of the lower arm, most commonly palpated peripheral artery

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Sphygmomanometer

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blood pressure cuff

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Stethoscope

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device used to auscultate sounds of the body

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Tachycardia

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pulse above 100 beats per minute in adults

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Tachypnea

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rapid rate of respiration

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Thermometer

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instrument measuring body heat

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BP

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blood pressure

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TRP

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Temperature, pulse, respiration

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VS

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vital signs

N321: Nursing Assessment of Clients (18 decks)

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