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Med Term 7 PCT
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bariatrics | The field of medicine focused on the treatment and control of obesity |
| Circadian rhythm | Daily rhythm based on a 24 hour cycle; the day-night cycle or body rhythm. |
| Defamation | Injuring a person’s name and reputation by making false statements to a third party. |
| Diplegia | Similar body parts are affected on both sides |
| Elopement | When a person leaves the agency without staff knowledge |
| Enabler | A device that limits freedom of movement but is used to promote independence, comfort, or safety |
| Enteral nutrition | Giving nutrients into the gastrointestinal (GI) tract (enteral) through a feeding tube |
| Episiotomy | Incision into the perineum |
| Ergonomics | The science of designing a job to fit the worker |
| Esteem | The worth, value, or opinion one has of a person |
| Esteem | The worth, value, or opinion one has of a person |
| Ethics | Knowledge of what is right conduct and what is wrong conduct |
| Functional incontinence | The person has bladder control but cannot use the toilet in time |
| Gavage | The process of guiding a tube feeding |
| Hemothorax | Blood in the pleural cavity |
| Holism | A concept that considers the whole person. The whole person has physical, social, psychological and spiritual parts that are woven together and cannot be separated. |
| Implementation | To perform or carry out nursing measures in the care plan, a step in the nursing process |
| Libel | Making false statements in print, writing, or through pictures or drawing |
| Lithotomy position | The woman lies on her back with her hips at the edge of the exam table, her knees are flexed, her hips are externally rotated, and her feet are in stirrups |
| Menarche | The first menstruation and the start of menstrual cycles |
| Metabolism | The burning of food for heat and energy by the cells |
| Morbid obesity | The person weighs 100 pounds or more over his or her normal weight. |
| Paraphrasing | Restating the person’s message in your own words |
| Perenteral nutrition | Giving nutrients through a catheter inserted into a vein; para means beyond, enteral relates to the bowel |
| Patent | Open and unblocked |
| Pleural effusion | The escape and collection of pf fluid (effusion) in the pleural space (thorax) |
| Reflex incontinence | Urine is lost at predictable intervals when the bladder is full |
| Reincarnation | The belief that the spirit or soul is reborn in another human body or in another life form |
| Sterile field | A work area free of all pathogens and non-pathogens (including spores). Also called surgical asepsis. |
| Sterilization | The process of destroying all microbes |
| Disinfection | The process of destroying pathogens. Not used on the living tissue. |
| Antiseptics | Antimicrobial substances that are applied to living tissue/skin to reduce the possibility of infections, sepsis, or putrefaction |
| Tracheostomy | A surgically created opening (stomy) into the trachea |
| Transient incontinence | Temporary or occasional incontinence that is reversed when the cause is treated |
| Urge incontinence | The loss of urine in response to a sudden, urgent need to void. The person cannot her to a toilet in time. |
| Vulnerable adult | A person 18 years or older who has a disability or condition that makes him or her at risk to be wounded, attacked, or damaged |
| Work ethics | Behavior in the workplace |
| Guided imagery | Creating and focusing on an image |
| Genupectoral position | Also called knee-chest position |
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