Medical Terms Patient Assesment

Question 1

Anemia

Answer 1

Deficiency of RBC

Question 2

Bradycardia

Answer 2

Abnormally low HR, <60bpm

Question 3

Cachexia

Answer 3

Systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass that accompanies a chronic disease

Question 4

Coagulopathy

Answer 4

Defect in the body causing impaired ability to form blood clots

Question 5

Hematemesis

Answer 5

Vomiting of Blood

Question 6

Hypovolemia

Answer 6

Disorder causing a diminished volume of circulating blood

Question 7

Leukopenia

Answer 7

Abnormally low levels of circling WBC

Question 8

Neutropenia

Answer 8

Abnormally low levels of circling specific WBC called neutrophils

Question 9

Tachypneic

Answer 9

Abnormally fast rate of breathing, typically >20 RR min

Question 10

thrombocytopenia

Answer 10

Abnormally low levels of circulating platelets

Question 11

Inspection

Answer 11

Using sense of vision, smell, and hearing to observe the condition of caribous body parts, including any deviations from normal.

1st step in physical examination process

Question 12

Palpation

Answer 12

touching and feeling body parts with hand to augment the data gathered through inspection

2nd step in physical examination process

Question 13

Percussion

Answer 13

Striking of body surface lightly but sharply to determine the position, size and density of underlying structures as well as to detect fluid or air in a cavity

3rd step in physical examination process

Question 14

Patient centered Care

Answer 14

Process through which pharmacist cooperates with patient and other professionals in designing in, implementing and monitoring a therapeutic plan that will produce sprig therapeutic outcomes for the patient

Question 15

Medication therapy Management

Answer 15

Partnership between pharmacist, patient, (caregiver) and other health professionals that promote the safe and effective use of meds

Question 16

Medical Reconciliation

Answer 16

Comprehensive eval of patients medication regimen in an effort to avoid medication errors

Question 17

Medication Adherence

Answer 17

Extent to which a patient takes medication as prescribed/directed

Question 18

Subjective info

Answer 18

info related to the identified problem and associated symptoms as described by the patients themselves

Question 19

Objective info

Answer 19

observations made and info acquired by healthcare practitioner determined to be relevant to the identified problem

Question 20

HIPAA

Answer 20

states HCP and Heath places must proteinic patient info and may not use or disclose individuals patient heath info except for tremtn, payment or regular health care operations

Question 21

Evidence-based medicine

Answer 21

Conscientious, explicit and judos use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. practice of evidence based medicine means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systemic research

Question 22

Medication errors

Answer 22

any mistake at any stage of medication use processs

Question 23

Adverse drug events

Answer 23

Result of an injury to a drug related intervention, regardless of whether an error has occurred

Question 24

Drug related problem

Answer 24

Event or circumstance involving a patients drug treatment that actually, or potentially interferes with achievement of optimal outcome