Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Medoc 2 final
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abduction | Movement away from the trunk or midline |
| abuse | intentional mistreatment that causes pain or injury. Abuse can be verbal, physical, mental, emotional, sexual, or financial |
| Acute Care | 24-hour care in a temporary facility, such as a hospital, when serious or sudden illness requires all services to be immediately available |
| Adduction | Movement toward the trunk or midline |
| Advanced Directives | Legal documents that state that medical care the client wishes if they unable to make decisions for themselves. Examples include livining wills and durable powers of attorney |
| Apnea | A sense of breathing |
| Assault | The unintentional threat or attempt to harm someone, resulting in that person becoming fearful that they will be injured |
| Assessment | Gathering information about the client from many sources: vital signs, observations, signs & symptoms, laboratory results, etc. |
| Assisted Living | 24-hour care for residents who need some daily assistance for ADL, meals, and other personal . Independence is encouraged |
| Atrophy | Muscle that waste away and become weak |
| Battery | The intentional use of force against someone, resulting in harmful physical contact |
| Constipation | stool too dry and/or hard to be passes easily |
| Diarrhea | Frequent passage of loose or watery stools |
| DVT | Deep vein thrombosis |
| Dysphagia | Difficulty swallowing |
| Dyspnea | Difficulty Breathing |
| Extension | Straightening of a joint, causing an increase in the angle between the bones that form the joint |
| Fetal Position | lying or sitting curled up, with limbs close to the torso and head close to the knees |
| Flexion | bending at a joint, causing a decrease in the angle between the bones that form the joint |
| fluid balance | equal intake and output |
| Fowler's position | sitting at an angle between 30 and 90 degrees, with legs either bend or straight |
| Fracture pan | A bedpan that is flatter than a regular bedpan. It is used for patients or residents who are unable to raise their hips |
| Handroll | a rubber device or rolled washcloth that prevents fingers from curling up tightly |
| Hat | a device that fits into the toilet for collection urine or stool |
| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| Home Health Care | Services for chronically I'll clients who perdfer to stay at home or need assistance after a hospital stay. Nurse aides/nursing assistance help with ADL, as well as some household tasks. Other services, such as physical therapy, occupational therapy[y, an |
| Hospice | A healthcare setting for people who are terminally ill |
| Hypertension | High blood pressure Abbreviation: HTN |
| Incontinence | inability to control bladder or bowels |
| Long-Term Care | 24-hour skilled care in a facility where clients live during chronic illness or rehabilitation. Services are provided to meet health and personal care needs |
| Malpractice | Injury to a client from a professional because of negligence, carelessness, or lack of skill |
| Neglect | Failure to provide necessary and important care that results in physical, mental, emotional, or medical harm |
| NPO | nothing by mouth |
| OSHA | Occupational Health & Safety Administration, the federal agency that makes and oversees the rules that protect workers from workplace hazards |
| Palliative Care | pain relief and control |
| paraplegia | loss of function in the lower body and legs |
| Prone Position | facing down; lying on the stomach and chest |
| Providers | people or organizations that provide or direct health care |
| Quadriplegia | inability to use arms, legs, and trunk of the body |
| Range of Motion | Exercises that make each joint go through its fill arc of motion |
| Receptive Aphasia | Inability to understand spoken or written words |
| rehabilitation | therapy services that help restore, improve, or maintain functions and strength after and illness or injury |
| Rotation | turning and axis. Example: head turning side to side |
| Sexual Harassment | unwelcome or unprovoked sexual behavior that results in a hostile or intimidating work environment |
| Skilled Care | 24-hour care nursing and therapy care that can only be safely and effectively performed by, or under the supervision of professionals or technical personnel |
| Specimen | a sample used for testing and analysis, to make a diagnosis |
| stoma | the survival opening in the abdomen to allow urine or feces to leave the body. A pouch is places over the stoma to collect waste |
| Supine Position | Lying on the back, face up |
| TIA | Transient ischemic attach , a warning sign of a stroke |
| Active Listening | A type of communication that requires the listener to give full attention to the speaker. Besides focusing on verbal communication, the listener also takes nonverbal cues, to fully understand what the speaker means |
| Activity of Daily Living (ADL) | A common task, such as getting dressed, grooming, eating, bathing, toileting, and ambulating |
Created by:
user-2005289