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BASIC NA TERMS
Units 4 & 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ambulatory; able to walk | amb |
| located in front of; front part of the body | anterior |
| arms, legs, hands, feet | extremeties |
| rubbing on one surface with another | friction |
| a webbed or woven belt with a buckle that is used to assist a weak or unsteady person with standing, walking, or transferring | gait belt |
| located in the back or toward the rear | posterior |
| immediately | stat |
| a device used to restrict a perosn's freedom of movement or the ability to reach parts of their body | restraints |
| lower extremeties (feet) | LE |
| treatment | Rx |
| ↑ | increase/elevated |
| ↓ | decreased/lowered |
| geriatric chair | g/c |
| head of bed | HOB |
| hands on assistance | HOA |
| out of bed | OOB |
| upper extremities (hands) | UE |
| Ṫ | one person |
| ṪṪ | to persons |