Nursing 100
Terms
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- a
- Before
- p
- After
- ac
- Before Meals
- pc
- After Meals
- NPO
- Nothing By Mouth
- I & O
- Intake and Output
- qd
- Everyday
- bid
- Two Times a Day
- tid
- Three Times a Day
- qid
- Four Times a Day
- c
- with
- s
- Without
- prn
- as needed
- OOB
- Out Of Bed
- BP
- Blood Pressure
- CPR
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- dc
- discontinued
- dx
- Diagnosis
- qs
- quantity suficient
- T
- Temperature
- R
- Respiratory
- ROM
- Range of Motion
- stat
- Immediately
- GI
- Gastrointestinal
- GU
- Geniturinary
- hr
- hour
- vs
- vital signs
- DNR
- Do not resusitate
- DNI
- Do not intibate
- Rx
- prescription
- PE
- Physical Exam
- ROS
- Review of Systems
- Genogram
- Family tree done including diseases
- Mental status exam
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A systematic check of emotional and cognitive functioning
A.ppearance B.ehavior C.ognition T.hought process - LOC
- loss of consciousness
- Alert
- Awake and ready
- Lethargic
- Not fully alert, drifts off to sleep when not stimulated, can be awoken with regular voice tone
- obtuned
- sleeps most of the time, awakes confused difficult to awaken
- Semi-coma
- Spontaniouly unconcious, responds only to vigorous shaking or pain. Has appropriate motor response.
- Coma
- Completely unconscious, makes no response to pain or to any external or internal stimuli.
- Acute confusional state
- Has clouding of conciousness, inattentive, makes incoherent conversation, has impaired recent memory and is confabulatory to recent events
- Inspection
- Close careful scrutiny of the whole person and then the individual systems.
- Palpation
- Applied sense of touch to assess a person
- Percussion
- tapping of a persons skin to assess underlying structures
- Ausculation
- Auditory assessment of the body functioning
- Standard Precations
- Safety with all patients using PPE
- PPE
- Personal Pertective Equipment
- Symmetry
- Body Parts look equal bilaterally
- Gait
- Normal walk about shoulder width
- Orthostatic Hypotensions
- A drop in systolic blood pressure more then 20 points with quick change to a standing positions
- Epidermis
- the outer layer of skin
- Dermis
- the lower conective layer of skin
- Hypothermia
- low body temperature
- Hyperthermia
- high body temperature
- Hypo
- deficient, to low
- Hyper
- To much, or excess
- Edema
- Swelling from excess intercellular fluid
- Anasarca
- Generalized body edema from congestive heart failure or kidney failure.