VOCAB Flashcards
COTTON DRAWSHEET IS?
MADE OF COTTON, HELPS KEEP THE MATTRESS AND THE BOTTOM LINENS CLEAN
WHAT IS A DRAWSHEET?
SMALL SHEET PLACED OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE BOTTOM SHEET
WHAT IS A WATERPROOF DRAWSHEET
MADE OF AN ABSORBENT TOP AND WATERPROOF BOTTOM USED TO PROTECT THE MATTRESS AND BOTTOM LINENS AND DAMPNESS FROM SOILING
MEDICAL ASEPSIS IS
PRACTICES USE TO REDUCE THE # OF MICROBES &PREVENT SPREAD FROM 1 PERSON/PLACE TO ANOTHER(CLEAN TECHNIQUE)
APSIRATION IS
BREATHING FLUID.FOOD , VOMITIS, OR AN OBJECT IN THE LUNGS
DENTURE IS
REMOVABLE REPLACEMENT FOR MISSING TEETH
HYGIENE IS
THE CLEANLINESS PRACTICES THAT PROMOTE HEALTH AND PRVENT DISEASE
MOUTH CARE/ORAL HYGIENE
PRACTICES THAT PROMOTE HEALTHY TISSUES AND STRUCTURES OF THE MOUTH ;MOUTH CARE
PLAQUE IS
THIN FILM THAT STICKS TO THE TEETH;IT CONTAINS SALIVA , MICROBES AND OTHER SUBSTANCES
TARTAR IS
HARDENED PLAQUE
UNCONSCIOUS
COMATOSE
EARLY MORNING CARE/AM CARE
ROUTINE CARE GIVEN BEFORE BREAKAST
MORNING CARE IS
CARE GIVEN AFTER BREAKFAST , HYGIENE MEASURES ARE MORE THOROUGH AT THIS TIME
EVENING CARE/PM CARE IS
CARE GIVEN IN EVENINGS/AT BEDTIME
DIAPHORESIS
PROFUSE/EXCESSIVE SWEATING
PERI CARE/PERINEAL CARE
CLEANING THE GENITAL AND ANAL AREAS
UNCIRCUMESED IS
FORESKIN COVERS THE HEAD OF THE PENIS
PARTIAL BED BATH INCLUDES
FACE,HANDS,UNDERARMS,BACK,BUTTOCKS,AND PERINERAL AREA
TOWEL BATH
OVER-SIZED TOWEL COVERS FROM NECK TO FEET, WET /SOLUTION OF WATER , NO RINSING NEEDED, ITS QUICK ,SOOTHING AND RELAXING. PERSONS W/DEMENTIA RESPOND WELL TO THIS BATH
ALOPECIA IS
HAIR LOSS/THINNING
ANTI-COAGULANT IS
DRUG THAT PREVENTS/SLOW DOWN BLOOD CLOTTING
DANDRUFF IS
EXCESSIVE AMT OF DRY WHITE FLAKES FROM THE SCALP
HIRSUITISM IS
EXCESSIVE BODY GROWTH
MITE IS
VERY SMALL SPIDER-LIKE ORGANISM