Vocabs Flashcards
Counterfeit medicines
Fake medications, are made without proper authorisation or rights
Fungating
A type of skin lesion that occurs when cancer breaks through the skin and creates a wound
Magistrate
Volunteers who hear cases in courts in their community
Devices uses for Deaf Person
British Sign Language (BSL)
Sign Supported English(SSE)
Makaton
Lip reading
Actions
Argumentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices
Decubitus ulcer
Bed so red, pressure ulcer
BNF( British National Formulary)
Selection, prescribing, dispensing and administration of medicines
Accountability
To be answerable to oneself and others for one’s own actions
Displacement
Supervisor reprimands(disagree) the charge nurse bec has not adhere to budget and accuses nursing staff of wasting supplies
Clinical audit
A tool to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and to know what needs to be improved