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Vocab 05/12/16 H.T.
Health Tech Vocab Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Perineal Care | cleansing the genital and rectal area |
| Tympanic Thermometer | device used to measure temperature |
| Validation Therapy | technique used to help individuals feel good about themselves |
| Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 | law that regulates the education and certification of nursing assistants in acute care and long term care facilities |
| NPO | (nothing by mouth) a medical instruction meaning to with hold all food and fluids from a patient |
| Hypotension | low blod pressure |
| Hypertension | high blood pressure |
| Bradycardia | below average heart rate |
| tachycardia | abnormally high heart rate |
| Dorsal Flexion | flexion of the foot in an upward direction |
| Diagnosis Related Group | methods used to determine the number of hospital days required specific illness by medicare |
| patient advocate | an individual who pleads for and preserves a patients rights for health care |
| plantar flexion | flexion of the foot in an downwards direction |
| abduction | moving away from the mid-line or body |
| Ombudsman | an official pointed to investigate individuals complaints against administration |
| adduction | movement towards the mid-line or center |
| fomite | ANY object contaminated with germs |
| advanced directives | document stating a persons wishes during/before a terminal illness |
| DNR | Do Not Resuscitate |
| Care Plan | nursing plan for care of a resident in a long term care facility |
| Power Of Attorney | the authority to act for another person in specified or all legal or financial matters |
| Leukemia | a malignant disease in the blood forming tissues of the body |
| Stethescope | instrument used in auscultation to make the sounds audible |
| Sphygmomanometer | instrument used to measure blood pressre |
| Rales | abnormal respiratory sound heard in the chest |
| rhonci | low pitched rattling sounds heard in the chest |
| stridor | a harsh vibrating noise when breathing |
| wheezing | breathing with a whistling or rattling sounds in the chest |
| atelectasis | complete or partial collapse of the lung |
| dyspnea | difficult or labored breathing |
| prosthesis | artificial substitute(s) for a missing body parts |
| hypchondriasis | abnormal concern about one's health |
| dementia | progressive mental deterioration due to an organic brain disease |
| receptive aphasia | an aphasia where a person cannot understand spoken or written language |
| gait belt | goes around a patients waist to help them ambulate(walk) |
| hemovac drain | used to remove excess blood and fluid from a surgical incision sight |
| expressive aphasia | unable to express or show (coherently) their thoughts and emotions |
| disposbale | intended to be used once or until no longer useful |
| genitalia | external reproductive organs |
| carbohydrate | energy from foods used to produce working energy |
| dentures | false (fake) teeth |
| minerals | an inorganic chemical compound found in nature and used by the body |
| contracture | permanent shortening of a muscle |
| feces | waste matter discharged from bowel after food |
| I/O | (intake and output) recording the amount of intake and about |
| IV | nourishment given through a sterile tube into a vein |
| axilla | armpit |
| cuticle | base of finger nail |
| anaerobe | organism that does not require oxygen to grow |
| spores | typically one-celled reproductive organism without sexual fusion |
| autoclave | machine that sterilizes articles |
| aerobes | a microorganism that grows in the presence of air and requires oxygen for growth |
| staphylococci | spherical shaped bacteria that forms in irregular clusters |
| medical asepsis | procedure followed to keep germs from being spread |
| pathogens | any disease producing agent especially a virus or bacterium |
| bacteria | form of simple microbes |
| protozoa | one-celled microbe that causes malaria and diarrhea |
| bacilli | a disease causing bacteria; rod shaped |
| toxins | microbes that produce poisons that travel to the central nervous system |
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