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Documentation & Nursing Diagnosis

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thin, undernourished;appearance   emaciated  
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fat, greatly overweight;appearance   obese  
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large amount;blood or drainage   profuse, copious, excessive, measured amount  
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moderate amount;blood or drainage   moderate, unual, measured  
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small amount;blood or drainage   small amount, scanty, slight, very little, measured amount  
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containing pus;drainage   purulent  
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bloody;drainage   sanguineous  
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conaining serum and blood;drainage   serosanguineous  
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consists of feces;drainage   fecal  
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of lymphatic fluid;drainage   serous  
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contains mucus and pus;drainage   mucopurulent  
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tough sticky;drainage   tenacious  
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consistency of drainage--watery   liquid  
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consistency of drainage--thick, sticky   concentrated, tenacious  
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consistency of drainage--containing or resembling muccous   mucoid  
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bleeding very ittle   oozing  
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bleeding is stopped   hemorrhage controlled  
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unpleasant odor;bleeding   offensive;foul  
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temperature above normal;bleeding   pyrexia  
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speech runs together;bleeding   slurring  
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descriptive terms of skin   pale, moist, rough, dry, tough  
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hives;skin   uticaria  
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lips have tiny cracks;skin   fissure;cracked  
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itching;skin   pruritus  
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skin is yellow   jaundice  
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rubing medicaion into the skin   inunction  
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scars present;skin   scarified  
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had a bedsore when admitted;skin   describe the decubitus  
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decay of tissue;skin   necrosis  
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second added to first;dressings   dressing reinforced  
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removed, another applied;dressings   dressing changed  
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baldness, absence of hair;hair and scalp   alopecia  
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drooping eyelids;eyes   ptosis  
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eyes are staring;eyes   eyes fixed  
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wax in ears;ears   cerumen  
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ringing sensation in ears;ears   tinnitus  
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watery drainage from nose;nose and sinus   coryza  
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nosebleed;nose and sinus   epistaxis  
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decay of teeth;mouth and pharynx   dental cavities  
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accumulation of foul brown material on teeth;mouth and pharynx   sordes  
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difficulty in swallowing;mouth and pharynx   dysphagia  
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gums are pulling away from teeth;mouth and pharynx   receding;shrunken  
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unpleasant breath;mouth and pharynx   halitosis  
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foul breath;mouth and pharynx   fetid  
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sweet, fruitlike odor of breath;mouth and pharynx   fruity or sweet  
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short time without breathing;thorax and lungs   apnea  
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increasing dyspnea with periods of nonbreathing;thorax and lungs   cheyne-stokes  
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cannot breathe lying down;thorax and lungs   orthopnea  
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rapid breathing;thorax and lungs   hyperpnea, tachpnea  
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difficulty breathing;thorax and lungs   dyspnea  
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coughs all the time   continous cough  
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coughs up material   productive cough  
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occurring in spasms   spasmodic cough  
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coughs often   frequent cough  
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doesnt produce material   nonproductive cough  
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occurs in attacks   paroxysmal cough  
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other   loose, deep, dry, hacking, harsh, and tight  
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amount;expectoration   profuse, scant  
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spitting up blood;expectoration   hemoptysis  
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pulse over 100/min;heart/vascular   rapid, tachycardia  
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pulse beats hardly perceptible;heart/vasuclar   thready  
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pulse beats indistinct(rapid);heart/vasuclar   running  
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irrigular heartbeat;heart/vascular   arrhythmia  
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slow heart beat;heart/vascular   bradycardia  
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how to describe rythm of pulse;heart/vascular   irregular; regular  
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pulse missed beat;heart/vascular   intermittent  
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nipple always depressed;breast   inverted nipple  
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large and extends outward;abdomen   enlarged, proturding  
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soft, flabby,flat;abdomen   relaxed, flaccid, flat  
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hurts when touched;abdomen   sensitive to touch, tender  
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appears swollen, rounded;abdomen   distended  
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filled with gas;abdomen   tympanites  
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constipated;abdomen   pellet-like:hard formed stool expelled with difficulty  
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abdomen is board like   rigid  
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blood in vomitus   hematemesis  
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very fussy, refuses to eat many foods;appetite   defintie likes and dislikes concerning food  
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loss of appetite   anorexia  
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refuses to eat   refused food(state reason)  
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amount of food eaten;appetite   described in percentage  
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produced by clients effort;emesis   induced  
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ejection of vomit with great force   projectile  
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blood noted in vomitus   blood-tinged  
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agent given to produce emesis   emetic  
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in digestive tract;gas   flatus  
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distention caused by accumulation of gas   flatulence  
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discharge from vagina(after delivery)   lochia  
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menstruation present when admitted   catamenia present  
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menstruation starts after admission   catamenia established  
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menstruation painful   dysmenorrhea  
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total absence of menstruation   amenorrhea  
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profuse flow;menstruation   menorrhagia  
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occurs between periods   metrorrhagia  
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cessation of;menstruation   menopause  
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loss of muscle size;musculoskeletal system   atrophy  
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joints bending   flexion  
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to straighten joints   extension  
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joints turn downward   pronation  
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joints turn upward   supinaton  
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joints revolved around   rotation  
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joints move away form median   abduction  
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joints move toward median   adduction  
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upper back   interscapular region  
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small of back   lumbar region  
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end of spine   sacral region  
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gluteal area   buttocks  
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hump back   kyphosis  
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sway back   lordosis  
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aware of surroundings, fuly conscious   alert, fully conscious  
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responds only to very painful stimuli   coma;unresponsive  
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drowsy at inappropriate times; but can be aroused   lethargic, somnolent  
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aroused only by vigorous and continous stimulation   stuporous  
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indifferent;showing little or no emotion   apathetic  
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fainting   syncope  
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dizzy   vertigo  
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loss of memory   amnesia  
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tension or contraction of cuscle   tonic tremor  
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alternately contracting and relaxing muscles   clonic tremor  
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beginning of convulsion   onset  
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how long seizure lasted   duration(minutes or seconds)  
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hallucintion of hearing   auditory hallucination  
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hallucination fo sight   visual hallucination  
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hallucination of smell   olfactory hallucination  
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hallucination of taste   gustatory hallucination  
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