Hartman’s Nursing Assistant Care: Long-Term Care and Home Care, 4th Edition
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| show | an illness that has rapid onset, is usually short-term, and is treated immediately.
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| show | a disease or condition that is long-term or long-lasting and requires management of symptoms.
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| scabies | show 🗑
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| show | a skin rash caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) that causes pain, tingling, itching, and a rash of fluid-filled blisters.
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| wound | show 🗑
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| dermatitis | show 🗑
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| show | swelling.
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| fungus | show 🗑
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| arthritis | show 🗑
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| autoimmune illness | show 🗑
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| show | a common type of arthritis that usually affects the hips, knees, fingers, thumbs, and spine; also called degenerative joint disease or degenerative arthritis.
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| rheumatoid arthritis | show 🗑
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| osteoporosis | show 🗑
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| closed fracture | show 🗑
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| show | a broken bone that penetrates the skin; also known as compound fracture.
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| partial weight-bearing (PWB) | show 🗑
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| show | a doctor’s order stating that a person is unable to touch the floor or support any body weight on one or both legs.
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| full weight-bearing (FWB) | show 🗑
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| prosthesis | show 🗑
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| show | a progressive, inherited disease that causes a gradual wasting away of muscle, weakness, and deformity.
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| Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) | show 🗑
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| amputation | show 🗑
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| phantom sensation | show 🗑
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| show | pain in a limb (or extremity) that has been amputated.
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| complementary medicine | show 🗑
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| show | health practices and treatments used instead of conventional methods.
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| show | a progressive, incurable disease that causes a section of the brain to degenerate; causes stiff muscles, stooped posture, shuffling gait, pill-rolling, and tremors.
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| show | a progressive disease in which the myelin sheath breaks down over time; without this protective covering, nerves cannot conduct impulses to and from the brain in a normal way.
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| paraplegia | show 🗑
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| show | the loss of function in the legs, trunk, and arms.
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| epilepsy | show 🗑
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| cataract | show 🗑
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| glaucoma | show 🗑
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| show | a complication of diabetes caused by damage to the retina; causes spots, blurred vision, and difficulty seeing well at night and may lead to blindness.
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| show | a condition in which the macula gradually deteriorates, causing vision loss and problems such as the inability to recognize faces, drive, read, and write.
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| hypertension | show 🗑
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| atherosclerosis | show 🗑
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| show | chest pain, pressure, or discomfort.
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| show | a medication that helps to relax the walls of the coronary arteries, allowing them to open and get more blood to the heart; comes in tablet, patch, or spray form.
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| myocardial infarction (MI) | show 🗑
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| show | a condition in which the heart muscle is damaged and is no longer able to pump effectively.
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| peripheral vascular disease (PVD) | show 🗑
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| show | a chronic, progressive, and incurable lung disease that causes difficulty breathing, weakness, and a high risk for lung infections.
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| show | an irritation and inflammation of the lining of the bronchi.
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| show | a chronic disease of the lungs that usually results from cigarette smoking.
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| show | a bacterial, viral, or fungal infection that causes acute inflammation in lung tissue, causing fever, chills, cough, greenish sputum, chest pains, and rapid pulse.
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| show | a chronic inflammatory disease that makes it difficult to breathe and causes coughing and wheezing.
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| bronchiectasis | show 🗑
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| upper respiratory infection (URI) | show 🗑
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| show | the growth of abnormal cells or tumors in the lungs.
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| tuberculosis (TB) | show 🗑
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| diabetes | show 🗑
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| show | a hormone that works to move glucose from the blood and into the cells for energy for the body.
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| glucose | show 🗑
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| show | a type of diabetes in which the pancreas produces no insulin or too little insulin; is usually diagnosed in children and young adults and will continue throughout a person’s life.
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| show | a common form of diabetes in which either the body does not produce enough insulin or the body fails to properly use insulin; typically develops after age 35 and is the milder form of diabetes.
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| prediabetes | show 🗑
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| show | a type of diabetes that appears in pregnant women who have never had diabetes before but who have high glucose levels during pregnancy.
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| hyperthyroidism | show 🗑
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| hypothyroidism | show 🗑
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| sexually transmitted infections (STIs) | show 🗑
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| chlamydia | show 🗑
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| show | a type of sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria; causes open sores on the penis or inside the vagina, as well as headache, fever, weight loss, and muscle aches.
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| chancres | show 🗑
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| show | a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria; signs include white, yellow, or green discharge from the penis, swollen testes, burning during urination, cloudy vaginal discharge, vaginal bleeding between periods, and rectal itching and soreness.
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| genital herpes | show 🗑
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| show | a sexually transmitted infection caused by human papillomavirus; may cause genital warts and an abnormal pap test, and can lead to cervical cancer.
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| show | a disorder that can occur in men as they age, in which the prostate becomes enlarged and causes problems with urination and/or emptying the bladder.
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| vaginitis | show 🗑
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| show | the final stage of HIV infection, in which infections, tumors, and central nervous system symptoms appear due to a weakened immune system that is unable to fight infection.
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| show | a group of symptoms including memory loss, poor coordination, paralysis, and confusion that occurs in the late stages of AIDS due to damage to the central nervous system.
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| Kaposi’s sarcoma | show 🗑
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| opportunistic infections | show 🗑
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| show | numbness, tingling, and pain in the feet and legs.
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| show | general term to describe a disease in which abnormal cells grow in an uncontrolled way.
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| show | a cluster of abnormally growing cells.
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| show | tumors that are considered noncancerous.
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| show | tumors that are cancerous.
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| show | the surgical removal of all or part of the breast and sometimes other surrounding tissue.
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