Vocabulary From Student Nurse Handbook

Question 1

CABG

Answer 1

coronary artery bypass graft

Question 2

NBM

Answer 2

nothing by mouth

Question 3

SHO

Answer 3

senior house officer, med graduate that has been around for a while

Question 4

Anterior

Answer 4

front

Question 5

Posterior, dorsal

Answer 5

back

Question 6

Midline

Answer 6

line cutting through middle of the body vertically

Question 7

Medial

Answer 7

close to the midline

Question 8

Lateral

Answer 8

away from the midline

Question 9

Superior

Answer 9

top, above

Question 10

Inferior

Answer 10

below, under

Question 11

ADL/AL

Answer 11

Activities of daily living

washing, dressing, eating, sleeping etc.

Question 12

Bank, or agency

Answer 12

an outside organization that places nurses in different areas to meet staffing needs

Question 13

Strict bed rest

Answer 13

patient must stay in bed at all times

Question 14

Bottle

Answer 14

A urinal/ bottle men can pee in when they can’t go to the loo

Question 15

Bowl

Answer 15

basin a person can wash in

Question 16

Clinical waste

Answer 16

Marked by colour yellow. Contain soiled items in blood or bodily fluids.

Question 17

Commode chair

Answer 17

Chair with wheels that has a bed pan in it

Question 18

Consent

Answer 18

formal document in which patient gives permission for a procedure

Question 19

DNR

Answer 19

do not resuscitate, no CPR

Question 20

CPR

Answer 20

cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Question 21

Domestics

Answer 21

People who clean, serve tea, etc

Question 22

HO

Answer 22

House officer, newly graduated doctor

Question 23

IVI

Answer 23

Intravenous infusion

Question 24

Kidney basin

Answer 24

kidney-shaped bowl

Question 25

OBS

Answer 25

observations: blood pressure, heart rate (rate, rhythm, quality), respiratory rate, temperature and oxygen saturation

Question 26

Off-duty

Answer 26

the time schedule

Question 27

Porters

Answer 27

people who transport patients to their appointments, tests; also bring mail, supplies etc to the areas

Question 28

Sectioned

Answer 28

can be held in the hospital against their will

Question 29

Sharps

Answer 29

pointy things: needles, clinically contaminated items that could poke through bin bags - all these go into sharps container

Question 30

Sister

Answer 30

A senior nurse, male equivalent - charge nurse

Question 31

Sluice

Answer 31

ward's "dirty room" - where to find bedpans, wash basins, soap, commodes, bins, a place to flush away bodily fluids

Question 32

TTOs

Answer 32

to take out - medications that patients take home with them

Question 33

Abduction

Answer 33

to take away from the midline of the body

Question 34

Adduction

Answer 34

to bring in towards the midline

Question 35

Proximal

Answer 35

closer

Question 36

Distal

Answer 36

Further away

Question 37

Flexion

Answer 37

to bend a joint

Question 38

Extension

Answer 38

to stretch out a joint again

Question 39

transverse

Answer 39

to go across

Question 40

ascending

Answer 40

to go up

Question 41

descending

Answer 41

to go down