Unit 9 Neonatology Flashcards
CNA
certified nursing assistant
ER
emergency room
ICU
intensive care unit
obstetrics
OB
OPD
out- patient department
OR
operating room
Peds.
pediatricians
what does gravida mean
a pregnant women/ preterms births
G is for gravida, what is P?
para; live births
DD
due date
LMP
last menstrual period
BOW
bag of waters
C/S and C-section
cesarean section
NB
newborn
P/o or PO
post operative
test the fetal membrane or amniotic fluid that surrounds the unborn child by surgically puncturing and removing this fluid
amnio-centesis
cephal/o
head, skull
fet/i or fet/o
fetus
gravid/o
pregnancy
embry/o
embryo
lact/o
milk
nat/o
birth
umbilic/o
umbilicus or navel
par/o
labor, give birth to
prim/i
first
pseud/o
false
micro-
small
multi-
many
nulli-
none
after delivery
postnatal
before delivery
prenatal
peri-
around or surrounding
dystocia
difficult birth
partum
child birth, labor
-rrhexis
rupture