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| A nursing outcome from the nursing outcomes classification (NOC) defined as ability to walk from place to place independently with or without assistive device. |
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| Trendelenburg - want position |
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| Position in which the head is low and the body & legs are on an inclined plane. It is sometimes used in pelvic surgery to displace the abdominal organs upward, out of the pelvis or increase the blood flow to the brain in hypo-tension & shock. |
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1. Away from or the farthest from a point of origin or attachment.
2. Away from or the farthest from the mid-line or a central point, as a distal phalanx. |
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| Nearer to a point of reference or attachment, usually the trunk of the body rather than other parts of the body. |
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| Movement of a limb away from the midline or axis of body |
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| The movement of a limb toward the midline or axis of the body. |
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1. (in medicine & nursing) an evaluation or appraisal of a condition
2. the process of making such an evaluation
3. An examiners evaluation of the disease or condition based on the patients subjective report of the symptoms & cause of the illness or condition & the examiner's objective findings including data obtained through lab test, physical exams, medical history & information reported by family members & other health care team members. |
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| datat relating to the patient's problem. Symptoms- What the patient feels. |
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| a subjective indication of a disease or a change in condition as perceived by the patient. |
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Pertaining to or characteristic of old age or the aging process.
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| Producing or containing pus |
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The protective or destructive response of body tissues to irritation or injury
Cardinal signs- Redness (rubor)
Heat (calor)
Swelling (tumor)
Pain (dolor)
often accompanied by loss of function |
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| a diffuse acute bacterial infection of skin and subcutaneous tissue characterized most commonly by local heat, redness, pain and swelling and occasionally by fever, malaise, chills and headache. |
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| Incabable of being moved, motionless, not moving |
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| The fibrous connective membrane of the body that may be seperated from other specifically organized structures that covers, supports, and seperates muscles. |
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| weak, soft and flabby; lacking normal muscle tone |
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a decreased supply of oxygenated blood to a body part.
often marked by pain & organ dysfunction. |
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| Redness or inflammation the skin or mucus membranes that is the result of dilation and congestion of superficial capillaries. |
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| Normal, quiet breathing at a rate of 12 to 20 breaths per minute in adults. |
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| 1. Pertaining to the reduction of myocardial oxygen consumption or the increase of oxygen supply to the myocardium to prevent the symptoms of angina pectoris. |
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| A substance, especially a drug that relaxes contractions of the smooth muscle of the bronchioles to improve ventilation to the lungs. |
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| Sensitivity or attachment to religious values |
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| an inflammation sore, or ulcer in the skin over a bony prominence most frequently on the sacrum, elbows, heels, outer ankles, inner knees, hips, shoulder blades, and occipital bone of high risk patients, especially those who are obese, elderly or suffering from chronic diseases, infections, injuries or a poor nutritional state. |
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| An increase in the size of an organ caused by an increase in the size of the cells rather than the number of cells. |
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| The posture assumed by the patient when the head of the bed is raised 90 degrees and his/her knees are slightly elevated |
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