VOCAB

Question 1

BSC

Answer 1

bedside commode

Question 2

b.i.d.

Answer 2

two times per day

Question 3

BiPAP

Answer 3

bilevel positive airway pressure

Question 4

BKA

Answer 4

below knee amputation

Question 5

BLS

Answer 5

Basic Life Support

Question 6

BM

Answer 6

Bowel Movement

Question 7

BMI

Answer 7

Body Mass Index

Question 8

BP

Answer 8

Blood Pressure

Question 9

BPH

Answer 9

Benign prostatic hypertrophy

Question 10

bpm

Answer 10

beats per minute

Question 11

BRP

Answer 11

Bath room privileges

Question 12

BS

Answer 12

bowel sounds or breath sounds.

Question 13

BUN

Answer 13

blood urea nitrogen

Question 14

DB

Answer 14

deep breathing

Question 15

DBP

Answer 15

diastolic blood pressure

Question 16

D/C

Answer 16

discontinue or discharge

Question 17

Diff.

Answer 17

differential white blood cell count

Question 18

DJD

Answer 18

degenerative joint disease

Question 19

DKA

Answer 19

diabetic keto acidosis

Question 20

DM

Answer 20

diabetes mellitus

Question 21

DME

Answer 21

durable medical equipment

Question 22

DNR

Answer 22

do not resuscitate

Question 23

DOA

Answer 23

dead on arrival

Question 24

DOE

Answer 24

dyspnea on exertion

Question 25

drsg

Answer 25

dressing

Question 26

DTs

Answer 26

delirium tremors

Question 27

DVT

Answer 27

deep vein thrombosis

Question 28

Dx

Answer 28

disease

Question 29

Concept Mapping

Answer 29

a visual tool in which ideas or data are enclosed within a shape and relationships between them are made via lines

Question 30

Critical Analysis

Answer 30

a set of questions one can apply to a particular situation or idea to determine essential information and ideas and discard superfluous information and ideas.

Question 31

Critical thinking

Answer 31

a cognitive process that includes creativity, problem solving, and decision making

Question 32

Nursing process

Answer 32

a systemic rational method of planning and providing nursing care.

Question 33

Alopecia

Answer 33

the loss of scalp hair/baldness) or body hair

Question 34

Apocrine glands

Answer 34

sweat glands located largely in the axillae and anogential areas; they begin to function at puberty under the influence of androgens.

Question 35

Cerumen

Answer 35

earwax

Question 36

Cross contamination

Answer 36

The passing on of pathogens from on area (patient) to another area (patient).

Question 37

Eccrine glands

Answer 37

glands that produce swear: found over most of the body

Question 38

Fissure

Answer 38

deep groves that occur as a result of dryness and cracking of the skin

Question 39

Hygiene

Answer 39

the science of health and its maintenence

Question 40

Erythema

Answer 40

a redness tinge of skin color associated with a variety of skin rashes.

Question 41

Abrasion

Answer 41

a break in the epidermis, a scrap caused by friction

Question 42

Hirsutism

Answer 42

grown of excessive body hair

Question 43

Callus

Answer 43

thicken portion of the skin

Question 44

Corn

Answer 44

a conical, circular, painful, raised area on the toe or foot

Question 45

Plantar warts

Answer 45

a wart on the sole of the foot

Question 46

Tinea pedia

Answer 46

athlete’s foot (ringworm of the foot), which cause by a fungus

Question 47

Pediculosis

Answer 47

infestation of head lice.

Question 48

Scabies

Answer 48

a contagious skin infection by the itch mite that produces intense itching, especially at night.