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| Edema | The swelling of body tissues with water; swelling caused by fluid in collecting tissues
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| Elastic stocking | This stocking stretches and holds the leg and foot frim. It prevent blood clots and swelling
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| Elevate Head | The person's bed is elevated at the head, or pillows place under the head of body to elevate it. Help breathing, heart circulation and digest food better.
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| Elimination | the act of discharging or excreting waste products from the body
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| Emesis | Vomitus, the act of throwing up undigested food and drink from the stomach.
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| Emesis Basin | The small kidney shape basin, it can be used for emesis(vomit), or mouth care.
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| Emotional Needs | The need for interactions with others, love and affection. it is the 3rd level of Maslow's Hierachy.
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| Emotional Support | The support of others during illness, bad events and circumstances.
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| Empathy | The ability to put yourself in someone's else loss. Resident's dog dies, and you remember your dog died and you feel for the resident.
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| Emphysema | a condition of the lung with abnormal enlargement of alveoli with loss of pulmonary elasticity . sign/symptom of shortness of breath => decrease heart action
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| Ethics | The knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct
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| Evacuation | The process of leaving, leaving quickly during fire, hurricane, tornado, bomb threat, etc.
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| Extremity | The arms, hands, leg and foot of the body
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| Eye Glasses | glasses for eye that improve your vision to 20/20
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| Falls | When a person bumps something, lose balance and down to floor or ground. To come or go down suddenly from a standing position
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| Fecal Impaction | The prolonged retention and buildup of feces in the rectum
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| Feeding | The process of giving a person food, either directly or giving them cues
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| Financial Abuse | Use of someone's else money without their consent.
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| Fire | the light and heat and especially the flame produced by burning. Fire drill, close all doors (PASS) and RACE abbreviation
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| Flatus | gas expelled out of the body via the rectum
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| Fluid | liquid substance of things dranked. eg measuring fluid intake or measuring fluid output in cc/ml each line is 25 cc
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| Fluid intake | eg. milk water, coffee. measuring fluid intake from 120cc and 240cc glasses.
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| Foley Catheter | a catheter with an inflatable balloon tip for retention in the bladder
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| Foot Care | The care of foot, wash, dry and moisturize. Check between toes and dry them.
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| Foot Drop | The foot falls down at the ankle; permanent plantar flexion
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| Fowler's Position | A semi-sitting position; the head of the bed is raised between 45 and 60 degrees.
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| Fraud | Saying or doing something to trick, fool or deceive a person
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| frayed Cord | An electrical cord that is broken and the electrical wiring can be seen
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| Free from disease | the person as no disease. No sign and and symptoms of infection or disease
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| Frequent Urination | going to urinate often. This is associated with Diabetes or Urinary tract infection
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| Gait Belt | This belt is used to help transfer or ambulate a person. It provides support to you and help the person who has poor balance
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| Gastric Feedings | Feedings given via a tube located in the nasal, abdominal area
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| Gastrostomy tube | This tube is inserted in the stomach and is either sutured in or balloon edge with 5-10cc of Normal saline.
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| Geriatrics | The branch of medicine concerned with the problems and diseases of old age and older persons. The care of aging people
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| Germ Transmission | The transmission or spreading of a germs (pathogen) to another person or object, environment
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| Gerontology | The study of the aging process
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| Gestures | suggestions by verbal cues to help someone gain understanding of the information
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| Gifts | to give someone a present. This unethical in health care, it is against company policy to except gifts.
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| Gloves | equipment used to prevent the spread of germs to other residents. Prevent you from catching the germs from the patient.
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| Grieving Process | The process of getting over someone expecting to die or someone has died. There are 5 stages (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance)
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| Hair care | The care of hair, comb, brushing, and washing hair. You start at root and comb through the hair
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| Hallucinations | something (such as an image, a sound, or a smell) that seems real but does not really exist and that is usually caused by mental illness or the effect of a drug
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| Hand Tremors | a trembling of the hand or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease
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| Hand-washing | to was your hands for at least 20 seconds to prevent the spread of infection
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| Health-Care team | The team that takes care of the resident, the nurse, MD, therapist, dietitian, STNA, clergy, activity director
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| hearing | the process, function, or power of perceiving sound;. the resident can hear deep lower sounds better
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| Hearing aid | a device that helps a person hear better, it is small and placed in the hear
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| Hearing impaired | the hearing ability of a person impaired. they may used hearing aid
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| hemiplegia | Half of the body is paralysis on one side. There is no movement or very little movement
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| hepatitis B | inflammation of the liver. There is no cure for it. it is transmitted especially by contact with infected blood or other bodily fluids
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| HIPAA | abbreviation o for Health Insurance Portability, Accountability Act
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| HIV | abbreviation for human Immuniodeficiency virus
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| hormones | a natural substance that is produced in the body and that influences the way the body grows or develops
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| hospice | a facility or program designed to provide a caring environment for meeting the physical and emotional needs of the terminally ill
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| hydration | To water something or give adequate fluids to a person that is dehydrated and need water in their tissues
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| hyperglycemia | The blood has increase amount of sugar (glucose in the blood) . Normal is 80-120, so 140 or higher is hyperglycemia
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| hypertension | Blood pressure measurement is above 140/90. Normal is 120/80, so higher measurement for 5 separate times is diagnosed as high blood oressure
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| emergency situation |
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| Fire Safety |
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| Fluid restriction |
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