Surgical Technology Flashcards
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Competency does not include
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Efficiency
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Osteoclast
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Breakdown reabsorbtion bone cells
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Osteoblast
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bone building cells
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Osteocytes
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Mature bone cell
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Periosteum
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Covers bone
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Endosteum
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Within the bone where the bone marrow is
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Cortical bone
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hard/compact
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Cancellous
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Soft/spongy and contains red blood cells
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Arthritis
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Inflammation of joints
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Plantar flexion
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Flexing down
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Osteoprogenitor
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Stem cell that is designed to become bone
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Cortical is found
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Below the periosteum and in the shaft/long bones
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Cancellous (spongy bone) is found
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at the end of long bones
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Endosteum
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Lines the marrow cavity
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Basic requirements for homeostasis
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water, food and oxygen
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Parietal peritoneum
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Lines the walls of the abdominopelvic cavity and the visceral peritoneum covers the organs in the cavity
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Skeletal muscle
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Contract and aid in moving the body
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Smooth muscle
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Helps push food through the GI tract and blood through the circulatory system
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Mesentary
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folded extension of the peritoneum that invests the abdominal organs to aid in keeping them in normal anatomic position
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Mesentary attaches
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To the small intestine and colon to the posterior abdominal wall
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Pharmacology
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Study of drugs and their actions
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Emulsion
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Drugs that cannot mix
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Generic
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advocated in the health care setting
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Intraarticular
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Inserted in joint
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Passive transport
Process of drug absorption into the blood stream by cappillaries
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Pharmacodynamics
Drug molecules
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Onset
Time it takes for a drug to take place
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Nomenclature
Rule for naming drugs
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Biotransformation
Metabolism
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Peak effect
When drug is at its max effect
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Hepatic first pass
enteral oral rectal through intestinal tract
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topically
skin or mucous membranes
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6 rights of drug handling
right patient
right drug
right dose
right route
right frequency
right documentation
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Drugs are classified according to
body system physiological and therapeutic action
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Chemical name
Composition and molecular
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Subsequent counts are taken
during closing
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Semi-restricted attire
Cap and scrubs
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Male sex cells
Spermatoza
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Female sex cells
Ova
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Hippocrates
father of medicine
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Imhotep
2500 BC, first physician of recorded history
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AORN
Association of operating registered nurses
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Analgesic
Relieves pain
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Anesthetic
Loss of sensation
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Anticholinergic
Blocks parasympathetic response
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Antipyretic
Decrease fever
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Antiemetic
Prevents nausea and vomiting
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Cycloplegic
Paralyze
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Fibrinolytic
dissolve
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Miotic
Constrict pupil
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Dantrolene
Treats MH
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Epinephrine
Vasoconstrictor
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Heparin
Anticoagulant
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Thrombin
Topical hemostatic
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Pharmacokinetic
Process of drug in the body
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Mycology
Study of fungi
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Ataxia
Lack of muscle coordination
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Parasitology
Study of invertebrates that cause disease
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antisepsis
Microorganisms located on animate living surfaces (skin) are destroyed
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Indigenous microflora
microbes that live on the skin and inside the human body
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HAI
Health care associated infections not evident until the pt has been discharged from the hospital
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Nosocomial
Infection develops at health care facility
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Mutualism
Both organisms benefit
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Commensalism
One organism benefits but the second neither benefits nor is harmed
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Parasitism
One organism benefits and the host is harmed
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Binary fission
division that results in two identical cells
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Staphylococcus
Common transmitted pathogen in the OR
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Poliovirus
Is the smallest virus
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DNA or RNA surrounded by
Protein covering called capsid which is composed of protein molecules called capsomeres
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Asepsis
Without contamination
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Cooley
Heart transplant
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AORT developed
During Korean war
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Pt self determination act
1990
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AST is under
NBSTSA
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Thymus located
Thoracic region
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Adnexa
Accessory organs
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Cystocele
a herniation of the urinary bladder
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prefix nulli means
None
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Petechial is
tiny red or purple spots on the skin appearing as a result of small hemorrhages within the dermal or submucosal layer
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The left eye indicated by
OS
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The right eye is indicated by
OR
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The secretion of excessive sweat is known as
diaphoresis
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Cystitis
Inflammation of bladder
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Specimen is
The removal of a sample of tissue for a pathological diagnosis
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Resectoscope
A surgical endoscope that has the ability to morcellate or to fragment tissue
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Hypogastric
region of the abdomen below the stomach
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rectocele
Bulging of the intestinal tissue into the vagina
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eneuclleation
surgical removal of the globe and accessory attachments of the eye
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Atresia
The absence of a normal body opening duct or canal
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ABG stands for
Blood gas analysis
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Serous membranous sac lungs are covered in
Visceral pleura
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Pharynx function
Is the passageway for foods and liquids into the digestive system and for air into the respiratory system
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Vocal cords are located in
the larynx
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Trachea function
conduct air to and from lungs
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metacarpals are located in
the palm of the hand
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Salping/o
Fallopian tube
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What does gas plasma sterilization use?
ethylene oxide
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Unsterile personnel should stand a minimum of how many inches from the sterile field
12 inches
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What is surgical conscience
the legal motivation to practice proper aseptic technique
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Asepsis means
Absence of microbes
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What inch perimeter around an open peel pack is NOT considered sterile
1 inch
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What do immediate use sterilizers use to render sterilized instruments
Steam
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What type of surgery may you be required to wear a "sterile space suit"?
total joint arthroscopy
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Who can ask for a "time out" to be done prior to skin incision
the circulator ST or surgeon
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Accountability
The obligation to disclose details for evaluation to be held responsible for
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affidavit
A voluntary statement of facts sworn to be true before an authority
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allegation
a statement that one expects to be proven as true
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bona fide
in good faith of innocently
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case law
All legal decisions reported on a given legal subject
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complaint
the first pleading filed by plaintiff's attorney in a negligence action
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defendant
in criminal cases; the person accused of the crime; in civil matters, the person or organization being sued
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deposition
A method of pretrial discovery in which questions are answered under oath
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Federal law
Jurisdiction is given to federal courts in cases involving the interpretation and application of the US constitution acts of congress and internation treaties
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Guardian
A court-appointed protector for a person incapable of making his or her decisions
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Indictment
The formal written accusation from a grand jury
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jury
A group of citizens that decides the outcome of a criminal or civil trial
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Larceny
the taking of another's property without consent
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Liability
An obligation to do or not do something
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Malpractice
Professional misconduct that results in harm to another; professional negligence
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Negligence
Either the omission (not doing) or comission (doing) of an act that a reasonable and prudent individual would not do under the same conditions "departure from the standard of care"
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Purgery
intentionally providing false testimony under oath
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Plantiff
the person who initiates a lawsuit
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Precedent
A legal principle created by a court decision that provides an example or authority for judges deciding similar issues
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Standard of care
the expected conduct of a professional in a given circumstance
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Subpoena
A court order to appear and testify or produce required documents
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Tort
civil wrong can be either intentional or unintentional
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doctrine of personal liability
each person is responsible for his or her own conduct even though other might be liable as well, For example, even if an authority figure such as a physician assures the health care professional that he or she will take responsibility or an action the health care professional is still responsible
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Doctrine of the reasonably prudent person
persons should perform an action as would any reasonable person of ordinary prudence. in law the reasonable person is not a typical person but a collection of the community's judgment as to how the typical community member should behave in situations that might pose a threat of harm to the public
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Primum non nocere
Above all do no harm
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re ipsa loquitur
the thing speaks for itself; harm obviously came from a given act or thing of which the defendant had sole control
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respondeat superior
let the master answer; and employer is responsible for the actions of his or her employees
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aeger primo
patient first guiding principle of AST
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doctrine of borrowed servant
the person who is controlling or directing the employee has greater responsibility than the one who is paying the employee
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doctrine of corporate negligence
A health care institution may be found negligent for failing to ensure that an acceptable level of patient care was provided
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doctrine of foreseeability
forseeability is the ability to predict an outcome in advance, that is the ability to reasonably anticipate that harm or injury might result because of certain acts of omissions
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tort law
describes any civil wrong independent of a contract and provides a remedy in the form of an action for damages
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Assault
an act that causes another person to fear that he or she will be touched in an offensive insulting or physically injurious manner without consent or authority to do so
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Battery
the actual act of harmful or unwarranted contact with a person including contact without proper consent
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defamation
slander (an oral statement) or libel (a written statement) that damages a person's reputation or good name
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False imprisonment
the illegal detention of a person without consent or forcing a person to stay in an area by not allowing him or her to leave
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intention infliction of emotional distress
disparaging remarks made about a patient that results in emotional distress
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invasion of privacy
The disclosure of private information concerning a patient or photographing a patient without his or her consent
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express consent
a direct verbal or written statement granting permission for treatment
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implied consent
occurs under circumstances that would lead a responsible health care provider to believe that the patient had given consent although no direct or verbally express consent in written forms is the desired form of consent
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informed consent
agreement or permission accompanied by full notice about what is being consented to
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general consent
on admission to the hospital every patient signs general consent
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special consent
must be given for any procedure that entails an abnormal risk; surgical procedures, fertility and sterilization procedures, etc
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risk management
the effort by the hospital to collect and use data to decrease the chance of harm to patients and staff or damage to property
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advance directive
is a set of written instructions that address the right of an incapacitated patient to self determination
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patient care partnership
contains simpler language informing the patient about what he or she should expect during a hospital stay with regard to his or her rights and responsibilities
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HIPAA
Federal act that established privacy standards to protect patients' medical records and other health-related information
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certification
recognition by an appropriate body that an individual has met a predetermined standard
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Licensure
Legal right granted by a government agency in compliance with a statute that authorizes and oversees the activities of a profession
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Registration
formal process by which qualified individuals are listed in a registry
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Iatrogenic injury
adverse outcome that results from the activity of health care professionals
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-able
able to be
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-ac
pertaining to
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-ad
toward in the direction of
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-ade
action; process
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-al
pertaining to
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-alis
pertaining to
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-amnios
Amniotic fluid
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-an
pertaining to
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-ance
state of
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-ancy
state of
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-ant
pertaining to
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-ar
pertaining to
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-arche
a beginning
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-arian
pertaining to a person
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-aris
pertaining to
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-ary
pertaining to
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-ase
enzyme
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-ate
composed of pertaining to
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-ated
pertaining to a condition composed of
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-atic
pertaining to
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-ation
a process being or having
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-ative
pertaining to
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-ator
person who produces or does thing that produces
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-atory
pertaining to
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-ature
system composed of
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-blast
immature cell
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-body
a structure or thing
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-cele
hernia
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-centesis
procedure to puncture
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-cephalus
head
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-cere
Waxy substance
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-clast
cell that breaks down substances
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-cle
small thing
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-clonus
condition of rapid contracting and relaxing
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-cnemius
leg
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-coccus
spherical bacterium
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-collis
condition of the neck
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-crasia
condition of a mixing
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-crine
thing that secretes
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-crit
separation of
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-cyte
cell
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-dactyly
condition of fingers or toes
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-derma
skin
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-desis
procedure to fuse together
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-didymis
testes (twin structures)
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-dose
measured quantity
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-drome
a running
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-duct
duct (tube)
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-eal
pertaining to
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-ectasis
condition of dilation
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-ectomy
surgical removal
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-ed
pertaining to
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-edema
swelling
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-ee
person who is the object of an action
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-elasma
platelike structure
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-elle
little thing
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-ema
condition
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-emia
condition of the blood substance in the blood
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-emic
pertaining to a condition of the blood or substance in the blood
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-ence
state of
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-encephaly
condition of the brain
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-ency
condition of being
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-ent
pertaining to
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-entery
condition of the intestine
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-eon
one who performs
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-er
person who produces or does thing that produces
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-ergy
activity process of working
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ery
process of
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-esis
condition abnormal condition process
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-etic
pertaining to
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-ety
condition state
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-flux
flow
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-form
having the form of
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=frice
thing that produces friction
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-gen
that which produces
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-gene
gene
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-glia
cells that provide support
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-grade
pertaining to going
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-graft
tissue for implant or transplant
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-gram
a record or picture
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-graph
instrument used to record
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-graphy
process of recording
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-gravida
pregnancy
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-ia
condition state thing
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-iac
pertaining to
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-ial
Pertaining to
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-ian
pertaining to
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-ias
condition
