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COMMON NURSING TERMS
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
07/29/2010

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CHEYENNE-STOKES RESPIRATIONS
Definition
INCREASING DYSPNEA WITH PERIODS OF APNEA
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CHOLURIA
Definition
BILE IN THE URINE
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CLONIC TREMOR
Definition
SHAKING WITH PERIODS OF REST
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CORYZA
Definition
WATERY DRAINAGE FROM THE NOSE
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DORSAL RECUMBANT POSITION
Definition
LYING ON BACK, KNEES FLEXED AND APART
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DYSMENORRHEA
Definition
PAINFUL MENSTRUAION
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FOWLER'S POSITION
Definition
SEMI-ERECT, KNEES FLEXED, HEAD OF BED ELEVATED 45-60 DEGREES
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HEMOPTYSIS
Definition
SPITTING OF BLOOD
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LATERAL POSITION
Definition
ON THE SIDE, KNEES FLEXED
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LITHOTOMY POSITION
Definition
ON BACK, BUTT NEAR EDGE OF TABLE, KNEES WELL FLEXED AND SEPARATED
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MYDRIASIS
Definition
DILATION OF PUPIL
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MYOPIA
Definition
NEAR-SIGHTEDNESS
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MYOSIS
Definition
CONTRACTION OF THE PUPIL
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OLIGUIRA
Definition
LESS THAN 400mL IN 24 HRS
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PAROXYSM
Definition
SPASMS OR CONVULSIVE SEIZURE
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PRONE POSITION
Definition
ON ABDOMEN, FACE TURNED TO ONE SIDE
Term
PRURITIS
Definition
ITCHING
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PTOSIS
Definition
DROOPING EYELID
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PURULENT
Definition
DRAINAGE CONTAINING PUS
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PYREXIA
Definition
ELEVATED TEMPERATURE
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PYURIA
Definition
PUS IN URINE
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SANGUINEOUS
Definition
BLOODY DRAINAGE
Term
SEROUS
Definition
DRAINAGE OF LYMPHATIC FLUID
Term
SIM'S POSITION
Definition
ON LEFT SIDE, LEFT ARM BEHIND BACK, LEFT LEG SLIGHTLY FLEXED, RIGHT LEG SLIGHTLY FLEXED
Term
SEMI-FOWLER'S POSITION
Definition
SEMI-ERECT, HEAD OF BED ELEVATED 30-45 DEGREES
Term
STRABISMUS
Definition
SQUINTING
Term
SUPPURATING
Definition
DISCHARGING PUS
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SYNCOPE
Definition
FAINTING
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TENACIOUS
Definition
TOUGH AND STICKY
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TONIC TREMOR
Definition
CONTINUOUS SHAKING
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URTICARIA
Definition
HIVES OR WHEALS, ERUPTIONS ON SKIN OR MUCOUS MEMBRANES
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TRENDELENBURG POSITION
Definition
FLAT ON BACK WITH PELVIS HIGHER THAN HEAD, FOOT OF BED ELEVATED 6 INCHES
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