CNA ch 2 Word Scramble
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The process of exchanging information with others | Communication |
The use of words or sounds, spoken or written | Verbal communication |
Communication without using words | Non-verbal communication |
Info that is based on what you see, hear, touch, or smell. It can be measured | Objective information |
Info you cannot or did not observe. It is based on what is reported to you | Subjective information |
Inability to control the bladder or bowels | Incontinence |
Phrases that are used over and over again and do not really mean anything "it will be fine" | Cliches |
Unconcious behaviors used to release tension or cope with stress | Defense mechanisms |
Defense mechanism that completely rejecting the thought or feeling | Denial |
Defense mechanism that sees feelings in others that are really one's own | Projection |
Defense mechanism that transfers a strong negative feelings to a safer place | Displacement |
Defense mechanism that makes excuses to justify a situation | Rationalization |
Defense mechanism that blocks painful thoughts or feelings from the mind | Repression |
Defense mechanism that causes one to go back to an old, usually immature behavior | Regression |
A system of learned behaviors, practiced by a group of people, that are considered to be the tradition of that people and are passed on from one generation to the next | Culture |
A loss of function or ability; it can be partial or complete loss | Impairment |
Violent or hostile behavior | Combative behavior |
The way a person holds and positions his body | posture |
The foundation that supports as object | Base of support |
The point in the body where the most weight is concentrated | Center of gravity |
A broken bone | Fracture |
Confusion about person, place, or time | Disorientation |
Burns caused by hot liquids | Scalds |
An injury that rubs off the surface of the skin | abrasions |
Fed Government agency that makes rules to protect workers from hazards on the job | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) |
Being mentally alert and having awareness of surroundings, sensations, and thoughts | Conscious |
Emergency care given immediately to an injured person | First Aid |
When something is blocking the tube through which air enters the lungs | Obstructed airway |
A method of attempting to remove an object from the airway of someone who is choking, by pushing on the abdomen in an upward motions | abdominal thrusts |
Occurs when organs and tissues in the body do not receive an adequate blood supply. It is a life treatening situation. | Shock |
Difficulty breathing | Dyspnea |
Also called hypoglycemia, can result from either too much insulin or too little food | Insulin reaction |
Also called hyperglycemia or diabetic coma which is caused by too little insulin. | Diabetic Ketoacidosis |
Another word for stroke, when the blood supply to the brain is cut off suddenly by a clot or a ruptured blood vessel | Cerebralvascular accident (CVA) |
A warning sign of a CVA. A temporary lack of oxygen in the brain. | Transient ischemic attack (TIA) |
Vomiting or the act of ejecting stomach contents through the mouth. | Emesis |
Term for measures practiced in healthcare facilities to prevent and control the spread of disease | Infection control |
A living thing that is so small that it can only be seen through a microscope | Microorganism |
Microorganism that causes disease | pathogen |
An infection in the blood stream that spreads throughout the body | Systemic infection |
Confined infection to a specific location in the body and has local symptoms, near the site of infection | Localized infection |
Infections that patients acquire within the healthcare settings that result from treatment for other conditions | Nosocomial infections |
The process of removing pathogens, or the state of being free of pathogens and refers to being "clean" | Medical asepsis |
Means objects are not contaminated with pathogens | clean |
Means that objects are contaminated with pathogens | dirty |
Is the state of being free of all microorganisms, not just pathogens (sterile technique) | Surgical asepsis |
A way of describing how disease is transmitted from one living being to another | Chain of infection |
A pathogen or microorganism that causes disease | Causative agent |
Where a pathogen lives and grows, like a person, animal, plant, soil, or substance | Reservoir |
Any body opening on an infected person that allows pathogens to leave | Portal of exit |
Describes how the pathogen travels from one person to another | Mode of transmission |
Transmission of pathogens that happens by touching the infected person's secretions | Direct contact |
Transmission of pathogens that happens by touching something that is contaminated by the infected person | Indirect contact |
Any body opening on an infected person that allows pathogens to enter | Portal of entry |
Membranes that line body cavities, such as athe mouth, nose,eyes, rectum, and genitals | Mucous Membranes |
An uninfected person who could get sick | Susceptible host |
To treat all blood, body fluids, non-intact skin (like abrasians, pimples, or open sores) and mucous membranes as if they were infected. | Standard Precautions |
Handwashing with either plain or antiseptic soap and water and using alcolhol-based hand rubs | Hand hygiene |
Washing hands with water and soap or other detergents that contain an antiseptic agent | Hand antisepsis |
Care of the genitals and anal area | Perineal care |
Cleaning measures that destroys ALL microorganisms | Sterilization |
Process that kills pathogens, but not all microorganisms; reduces the organism count to a level that is not considered infectious | Disinfections |
Discared or thrown away after one use | Disposable |
Precautions that are used when caring for persons who are infected or suspected of being infected with a disease | Transmission based precautions |
Microorganisms found in human blood that can cause infection and disease in humans | Bloodborne pathogens |
Inflammation of the liver caused by infection | Hepatitis |
Airborne disease that infects the lungs causing coughing, trouble breathing, fever, weight loss, and fatigue.If left untreated one can die | Tuberculosis (TB) |
A common type of bacteria that can become so powerful that it becomes resistant to methicillin, which is a powerful anibiotic | Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) |
A spore-forming bacteria that is a part of the normal intestinal flora, but that becomes flourished and releases a toxin that causes frequent, foul-smelling watery stools | Clostridium difficile (C-diff) |
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