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| Call light | The cord with button to call for help from the staff
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| Cancer | A tumor that invades and destroys nearby tissues and can spread to other body parts.
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| Cardiac arrest | This occurs when the heart stops beating, also call myocardial infarction
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| Cardiovascular system | The system that includes heart and blood vessels, circulation of blood and lymphatics
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| Care impaired | the inability to care for oneself, so the person's care is impaired.
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| Care plan | This plan tells you what you need to do for patients
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| Care planning | The RN will make a care plan base on nursing diagnosis, medical diagnosis, and patient needs.
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| cataracts | A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision. It can affect one or both eyes
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| catheter | a tube used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening
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| catheter care | the catheter must be cleaned at least once every shift with soap and water
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| cc's in an ounce | 30cc = 1 ounce. 1cc=1ml
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| central nervous system | central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
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| cerebral vascular accident | is when poor blood flow to the brain results in cell death. There are two main types of stroke: ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and hemorrhagic, due to bleeding.
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| chain of command | this chain lets you know who is in charge of which staff member. it starts with STNA on bottom and Director of nursing on top for Nursing department
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| charge Nurse | This Nurse can be an LPN or RN. The charge nurse is over the STNAS, she made the assignment of patients to be done
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| chemical restraint | is a form of medical restraint in which a drug is used to restrict the freedom or movement of a patient or in some cases to sedate a patient.
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| CHF | Abrreviation for congestive heart failure
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| Dementia | A progressive condition, where a person can not think rationally, make decisions and etc.
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| Denture cAre | The cleaning, handling, and storage of dentures. Clean with cool water
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| Dentures | A adaptive device to allow a person to eat food after they lose their teeth.
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| Dependability | When a person is reliable, you can count on them. You are dependable to come to work as schedule and on time
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| Depression | A period of sadness,mint can brief or for weeks and months. Not eating, sleeping, bathing or changing clothes
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| Developmental process |
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| Diabetes | A disease cause by insulin insufficiency, no insulin produce, or body does not metabolism insulin (insulin resistNce)
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| Dialysis | The process of removing someone blood, cleaning tabloid, the replace the blood back into the body
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| Diastolic | The bottom number in the blood pressure. Period where the heart is relaxed.
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| Diet | A certain meal plan. It can regular or specific diet related to condition. Low salt, no salt, low fat, and etc. diet abetted
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| Dietitian | a specialist in diets, how made one, revise and makes changes. They also educate the resident about the diet
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| Digestion | The process of breaking down food and movement through the stomach and intestine and colon. And the body takes up the right nutrients from the food.
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| Dilate | To become wider and larger
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| Dirty linen | The towels, and bedding is dirty and you put in appropriate place. Extra linen in the patient's room would gone in dirty laundry bin once it is exposed to resident's room.
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| Discharging resident | the resident is in the process of being discharge from facility, they will be leaving the facility with clothes, meds and instructions
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| Disease | An illness that affects a person, animal, or plant : a condition that prevents the body or mind from working normally
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| Disease Process | The process of how the disease develop and grow/effect the body. there are signs and symptoms of the disease as it develops
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| disinfection | to clean (something) especially by using a chemical substance that kills all germs and bacteria
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| Disoriented | the person begins to lose the sense of time, place, or identity
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| Disposing of contaminated materials | how you handle dirty objects/linen and discard them in the trash, sharp container or dirty
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| disrespect | to say or do something that shows a lack of respect for (someone or something)
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| Dizziness | having a whirling sensation in the head with a tendency to fall
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| DNR | abbreviation of Do Not Resuscitation
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| Documentation | the process of writing something in a chart or document. It is held for specific time, It can be used in court. Use black and blue ink, do not erase, or use whit out
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| Dorsiflexion | bending the toes and foot up at the ankle
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| Dressing | The process of putting clothes on the body, if weak side of body, dress it first.
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| Drowsy | sleepiness. causing you to feel relaxed and ready to sleep
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| Dry skin | the skin looks dry and feels dry to touch caused by not drinking enough fluid. dry skin is sign of dehydration
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| Dying | the person is in the process of dying. the body has decrease pulse, blood pressure and temperature lower.
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| Dysphagia | difficulty of swallowing
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| Dyspnea | difficulty with breathing, labored breathing, shortness of breath
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| Dysuria | difficulty of urination, painful urination
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| cell phone |
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| chain of infection |
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| chemical safety |
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| continuity |
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| death |
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| diabetic |
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