BASIC NA TERMS Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
examination fo the body after death to determine cause of death | autopsy |
getting well or recovering after an illness or surgery | convalescent |
dead | deceased |
loss of the ability to use part or parts of the body in a normal way | disability |
intravenous | iv |
when a person becomes more helpless as a result of nursing care offered | learned helplessness |
approaching death; state of dying | moribund |
something attached to exisiting body part to assist in functioning | orthotic |
care of persons whose disease no longer responds to curative treatment | palliative care |
after death; such as care provided after someone dies | postmortem |
an artificial body part (ie leg, eye) | prosthesis |
paralysis of both upper and loewr parts of the body | quadriplegia |
rehabilitation- process by which people who have been disable are helped to recover as much as possible of their original ability for the activities of daily living | rehab |
the body and limbs becoming stiff after death occurs | rigor mortis |
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