| Question |
Answer |
| Process of constant regulation the body requires in order to remain in balance and stay alive |
Homeostasis |
| Physiological reaction to a stressor |
Stress Response |
| Stress that results in positive consequences. |
Eustress |
| HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portabilty Protection Act |
| Any Strategy or technique that helps direct attention and focus while thinking. |
Heuristic |
| Document that makes patients wishes regarding medical treatment know in the event they are unable to speak for themselves. |
Advance Directive |
| Physiologic reactions that require an oxygen enviorment |
Aerobic Reactions |
| Nerve fibers that transmit impulses from peripheral to the CNS |
Afferent Nerves |
| Degree to which the forces of attraction exist between a drug and a receptor site |
Affinity |
| Abnormal condition in which plasma PH rises above 7.45 |
Alkalosis |
| Problem solving strategy that begins with the most likely cause as the anchor and then the signs and symptoms needed to confirm are the ones assessed first |
Anchoring heuristic |
| Monitor that measures the amount of carbon dioxide in exhaled air and displayed as a waveform. |
Capnography |
| Towards the head |
Caudad |
| Turn to the back |
Supination |
| Functional tissue of an organ |
Parenchyma |
| Lining of the Utereus |
Endometrium |
| Built in sensors in the medulla and the caratoid artery that monitor pH and CO2 levels |
Chemoreceptors |
| Condition of excess Carbon Dioxide in the blood |
Hypercarbia |
| Neglegent act related to damages |
Causation |
| Brady |
Slow |
| Tachy |
Fast |
| Neo |
New |
| Nulli |
None |
| Peri |
Around |
| Retro |
Behind/Backward |
| Epi |
On/Over |
| Mal |
Bad |
| Pachy |
Thick |
| Rect |
Rectum |
| Mast |
Pertaining to them Titttiesss |
| Hyster |
Uterus |
| Slander |
Verbal Defamation |
| Libel |
Written Defamation |
| Glasgow Coma Scale... |
Verbal,Eye Opening, Motor Response |
| Glasgow Coma Eye.. |
1. No Response.2. To Pain.3. To Speech.4. Spontaneous. |
| Glasgow Coma Verbal.. |
1. No Response. 2. Moans or unintelligible sounds.3. Speaking but nonsensical.4. Disoriented conversation. 5. Alert and Oriented. |
| Glasgow Coma Motor.. |
1. No Response.2. Decerebrate Extension.3. Decorticate Flexiion.4. Movement or withdrawl to pain.5. Localizes Pain.6. Follows Commands. |