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NA Exam #4
Part 1: Chapters 14 and 15
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| apathy | lack of interest; opposite of empathy |
| diet cards | lists resident's name and info about special diets, allergies, likes/dislikes, dietary instructions, etc. |
| diuretics | increases urine formation |
| fluid balance | maintaining equal input and output |
| fluid overload | body can't eliminate fluid |
| glucose | natural sugar |
| graduate | container for measuring fluid |
| intake | fluids taken in/used by body, also called input |
| malnutrition | improper nutrition caused by insufficient food intake or improper diet |
| metabolism | providing energy and growth by breaking down and transforming all nutrients |
| nutrients | substance that provides energy, promotes growth/health, and regulates metabolism |
| nutrition | process where body uses food to maintain health |
| output | fluid eliminated by urine, feces, vomitus, and perspiration. includes suctioned material and wound drainage |
| puree | blend/grind food into thick paste |
| RF | restrict fluids; medical order limiting consumption of fluids |
| absorption | transfer of nutrients from intestines to cells |
| body systems | groups of organs that perform specific functions in the human body |
| bowel elimination | releasing/emptying the colon or large intestine of solid waste called stool/feces |
| chyme | semiliquid made from chemical breakdown of food in stomach |
| colostomy | surgically created opening through abdominal wall into the large intestine to let feces expel |
| constipation | inability to eliminate stool OR an infrequent, difficult, painful elimination of hard/dry stool |
| defecation | eliminating feces from rectum through anus |
| diarrhea | frequent elimination of liquid/semiliquid feces |
| digestion | converting food to absorb it into the blood and use it for body tissues |
| electrolytes | chemicals essential to fluid maintenance and homeostasis |
| elimination | process of expelling wastes |
| enema | specific amount of fluid, w/ or w/o an additive, introduced into colon to stimulate stool elimination |
| fecal impaction | dry hard stool packed in the rectum that cannot be naturally expelled |
| feces | solid body waste excreted through anus from large intestine; also called stool |
| flatulence | air in intestine passed through rectum, also called gas/flatus |
| fracture pan | flatter than normal bedpan, used for small/thin ppl or ppl who can't lift buttocks |
| gastrointestinal tract | tube starting at mouth and ending at anus |
| homeostasis | condition where all body systems are balanced and working at their best |
| ingestion | taking food/fluids into body |
| malabsorption | body cannot absorb/digest a particular nutrient properly |
| occult | hidden |
| ostomy | surgical opening from area inside body to the outside |
| peristalsis | muscular contractions that push food through gastrointestinal tract |
| portable commode | chair w/ toilet seat and removable container underneath used for elimination |
| stoma | artificial opening in the body |
| stool | solid body waste excreted through anus from large intestine; also called feces |
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