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| Defined nursing as both an art and science, differentiated nursing from medicine, created free-standing nursing education; published books about nursing & healthcare; regarded as the founder of modern nursing |
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| Volunteered to care for wounds and feed Union Soldiers during the Civil War; served as the supervisor of nurses for the Army of the James, organizing hospitals and nurses; established the Red Cross in the U.S. in 1882 |
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| Served as superintendent of the Female Nurses of the Army during the Civil War; was given the authority & responsibility for recruiting & equipping a corps of army nurses; was a pioneering crusader for the reform of the treatment of the mentally ill. |
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| Organized diet kitchens, laundries and an ambulance service & supervised nursing staff during the Civil War. |
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| A nurse during the Civil War; returned to New York & organized the New York Charities Aid Association to improve care of the sick in Bellevue Hospital; recommended standards for nursing education |
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| Graduated in 1873 from the New England Hospital for Women and Children in Boston, Massachusetts, as the first trained nurse in the U.S.; became the night superintendent of Bellevue Hospital in 1874 and began the practice of keeping records and writing orders |
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| Provided social services within a neighborhood setting; a leader for women's rights; recipient of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize |
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| Established a neighborhood nursing service for the sick poor of the Lower East Side in New York City; the founder of public health nursing |
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| Graduated from the New England Hospital for Women and Children in 1879 as America's first African American nurse |
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| A nurse and an abolitionist; active in the underground railroad movement before joining the Union army during the Civil War |
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| Established a training program for nurses at the Montreal General Hospital (The first 3-year program in North America) |
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| Director of the nursing school at Toronto General Hospital and one of the founders of the Canadian Nurses Association |
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| Provided nursing care to soldiers during the Civil War and worked for the Women's movement |
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| A leader in nursing and nursing education; organized the nursing school at Johns Hopkins Hospital; initiated policies that included limiting the number of hours in a day's work and wrote a textbook to help student learning; the first president of the Nurses Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada (which later became the American Nurses Association) |
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| Became the first professor of nursing in the world as a faculty member of Teacher's College, Columbia University; with Lavinia Dock, published the four-volume History of Nursing |
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| A member of the original Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada (a group who provided public health nursing); organized the Canadian Women's Army Corps during World War II |
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| A nursing leader and women's rights activist; instrumental in the Constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote |
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| Established the frontier Nursing Service and one of the first midwifery schools in the United States |
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| Founder of Planned Parenthood |
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| State of optimal functioning or well-being. Includes physical, social, and mental components and is not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Subjective state |
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| An Active state of being healthy by living a lifestyle that promotes good physical, mental, and emotional health |
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| The provision of care to patients that combines both the art and science of nursing in meeting physical, emotional, intellectual, sociocultural, and spiritual needs. As a caregiver, the nurse integrates the roles of communicator, teacher counselor, leader researcher, advocate, and collaborator to promote wellness through activities that prevent illness, restore health, and facilitate coping with disability or death. The role of caregiver is the primary role of the nurse. |
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| The use of effective interpersonal and theraputic communication skills to establish and maintain helping relationships with patients of all ages in a wide variety of healthcare settings |
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| The use of communication skills to asses, implement, and evaluate individualized teaching plans to meet learning needs of patients and their families |
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| The use of therapeutic interpersonal communication skills to provide information, make appropriate referrals, and facilitate the patient's problem-solving and decision-making skills |
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| The assertive, self-confident practice of nursing when providing care, effecting change, and functioning with groups |
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| The participation in or conduct of research to increase knowledge in nursing and improve patient care |
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| /the protection of human or legal rights and the securing of care for all patients based on their belief that patients have the right to make informed decisions about their own health and lives |
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| The effective use of skills in organization, communication, and advocacy to facilitate the functions of all members of the healthcare team as they provide patient care |
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| The quality or state of being independent, free, and self-directing |
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| legal authority to practice as a nursing professional |
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| Well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge, strong service orientation, recognized authority by a professional group, code of ethics, professional organization that sets standards, ongoing research, Autonomy |
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| Belief about the worth of something, about what matters, that acts as a standard to guide one's behavior |
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| An organization of values in which each is ranked along a continuum of importance, often leading to a personal code of conduct |
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| Learning what is of high or low value by observing parents, peers, and significant others. |
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| Left to explore values on one's own (no one set of values is presented as best for all) and to develop a personal value system. Can leave little or no guidance and can lead to confusion or conflict |
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| rewarded for demonstrating values held by parents and punished for demonstrating unacceptable values. |
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| encouraged to explore competing values and to weigh their consequences. |
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| Concern for the welfare and well-being of others. |
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| Respect for the inherent worth and uniqueness of individuals and populations. |
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| Acting in accordance with an appropriate code of ethics & accepted standards of practice |
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| Upholding moral, legal, and humanistic principles |
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| Process by which people come to understand their own values and value system |
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| systematic inquiry into principles of right and wrong conduct, of virtue and vice, and of good and evil as they relate to conduct and human flourishing |
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| Refers to personal or communal standards of right and wrong |
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| Ethics that encompass all those perspectives that seek to understand human nature and behavior, the domain of social science, and the natural world |
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| Branch of bioethics literally concerned with ethical problems "at the bedside," that is, ethical concerns that arise within the context of caring for actual patients, wherever they are found |
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| The rightness or wrongness of an action depends on the consequences of the action |
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| An action is right or wrong independent of its consequences |
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| Autonomy (self-determination) |
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| Respect the rights of patients or their surrogates to make healthcare decisions. Provide the info & support patients and families need to make the decision that is right for them |
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| Avoid causing harm. Seek not to inflict harm; seek to prevent harm or risk of harm whenever possible |
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| Benefit the patient, and balance benefits against risks and harms. Commit yourself to actively promote the patient's benefit (health and well-being or good dying. A benefit to one may be a burden to another. |
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| Give each his or her due; act fairly. Always seek to distribute the benefits, risks, and costs of nursing care justly |
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| Keep promises. Be faithful to the promise you made to the public to be competent and to be willing to use your competence to benefit the patients entrusted to your care. |
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| Approach to bioethics that directs attention to the specific situations of individual patients viewed within the context of their life narrative |
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| The ability to behave in an ethical way; to do the ethically right thing because it is the right thing to do |
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| Disease state resulting from pathogens in or on the body |
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| Disease-producing microorganism |
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| The most significant and most commonly observed infection-causing agents |
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| Smallest of all microorganisms; can be seen only by using an electron microscope |
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| An organism's ability to cause disease |
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| Something that occurs with predictability in one specific region or population and can appear in a different geographical location |
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| For growth and multiplication of microorganisms and is the natural habitat of the organism |
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| Practices designed to reduce the number and transfer of pathogens; synonym for clean technique |
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| Practices that render and keep objects and areas free from microorganisms; synonym for sterile technique |
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| Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) |
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| An infection that was not present on admission to the hospital and develops during the course of treatment for other conditions (nosocomial) |
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| Something originating or taking place in the hospital (i.e., infection) |
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| When the causative organism is acquired from other people |
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| When the causative organism comes from microbial life harbored in the person |
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| An infection that results from a treatment or diagnostic procedure |
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| Methicillin Resistant staphlococcus aureus |
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| Destroys all pathogenic organisms except spores |
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| destroys all microorganisms including spores |
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| Protective procedure designed to prevent the transmission of specific micoorganisms; also called protective aseptic techniques and barrier techniques |
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| CDC precautions used in the care of all patients regardless of their diagnosis or possible infection status; this category combines universal and body substance precautions |
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| Transmission-based precautions |
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| CDC precautions used in patients known or suspected to be infected with pathogens that can be transmitted by airborne, droplet, or contact routes; used in addition to Standard Precautions |
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| Pro re nata "When necessary" |
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| Having or showing symptoms of fever |
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| is excessive sweating commonly associated with shock and other medical emergency conditions |
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| Study of the nutrients and how they are handled by the body as well as the impact of human behavior & environment on the process of nourishment |
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| Specific biochemical substance used by the body for growth, development, activity, reproduction, lactation, health maintenance, and recovery from illness or injury |
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| Vitamins, minerals, water |
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| Body processes & do not provide calories |
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| Measure of heat or energy (kilograms) defined as the amount of heat required to raise 1 kg of water 1 degrees Celcius |
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| Amount of energy required to carry out involuntary activities of the body at rest, i.e. Maintaining body temp, muscle mass, etc. |
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| Commonly known as sugars and starches, are organic compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Serve as structural framework of plants. |
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| Recommended dietary allowance (RDA) |
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| Recommendations for average daily amounts of essential nutrients that healthy population groups should consume over time |
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| an abnormal accumulation of ketone bodies that is frequently associated with acidosis |
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| vital component of every living cell; composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen |
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| group name for fatty substances, including fats, oils, waxes, and related compounds |
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| predominant form of fat in food and the major storage form of fat in the body; composed of one glycerol molecule and three fatty acids |
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| fat that occurs when manufacturers partially hydrogenate liquid oils so that they become more solid and stable; trans fat raises serum cholesterol |
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| fat-like substance found only in animal tissues; it is important for cell membrane structure, a precursor of steroid hormones, and constituent of bile; high serum cholesterol levels are a risk factor in the development of atherosclerosis |
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| organic substances needed by the body in small amounts to help regulate body processes; are susceptible to oxidation and destruction |
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| inorganic elements found in nature |
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| care that addresses the many dimensions that comprise the whole individual |
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| how frequently a disease occurs |
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| medical term meaning that there is a pathologic change in the structure or function of the body or mind |
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| the response of the person to a disease; it is an abnormal process in which the person's level of functioning is changed when compared with a previous level |
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| rapidly occurring illness that runs its course, allowing the person to return to his or her previous level of functioning |
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| irreversible illness that causes permanent physical impairment and requires long-term healthcare |
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| when the disease is present, but the person does not experience symptoms |
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| the symptoms of the disease reappear |
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| the behavior of an individual that is motivated by a personal desire to increase well-being and health potential |
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| the practice of designing equipment and work tasks to conform to the capability of the worker in relation to patient care |
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| refers to the correction or prevention of disorders of body structures used in locomotion |
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| normal, partially steady state of muscle contraction |
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| permanent contraction of muscle |
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| activities of daily living |
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| negative nitrogen balance |
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| disease characterized by a larger breakdown of protein than that which is manufactured |
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| involves muscle shortening and active movement |
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| involves muscle contraction without shortening |
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| involves muscle contractions with resistance |
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| substance that breaks up small clots |
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| a consolidation and immobilization of a joint |
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| impaired muscle strength or weakness |
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| Weight loss, exercise, diet, smoking-cessation, alcohol consumption, drugs |
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| Secondary promotion/preventative care |
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| Screenings, pap smears, mammograms, testicular examinations, family counseling |
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| Tertiary promotion/preventative care |
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| Medications, medical therapy, surgical treatment, rehabilitation, physical therapy,occupational therapy, job training |
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| A way of providing care that is designed to control the cost while still maintaining the quality of that care |
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| A method used to coordinate a patient's healthcare to achieve patient wellness and optimum function through advocacy, communication, and education |
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| Limits the choice of healthcare provider |
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| Allow a third party payer to contract with a group of healthcare providers to provide services at a lower fee in return for prompt payment and volume guarantee |
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| The person can move to an apartment and progressively have more healthcare services as they need as long as they live |
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| Implemented by the federal government to meet the needs of increasing healthcare costs |
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| Care provided by many different providers |
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| Someone who would qualify for medicare |
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| Essential healthcare based on practical, scientifically sound, and socially acceptable methods and tech ology, made universally accessible through the community's full participation and at cost the community can afford |
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| Short-term general, nonfederal, and special hospitals such as orthopedic, cancer, and academic |
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| Written or typed legal record for all pertinent interactions with the patient-assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating |
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| Compilation of a patient's health information |
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| One in which each healthcare group keeps data on it's own separate form |
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| Notes written to inform caregivers of the progress a patient is making toward achieving expected outcomes |
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| Person who enters a hospital and stays overnight for am indeterminate time (range from days to months) |
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| Person who requires healthcare services but does not need to stay in an institution for those services |
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| Healthcare settings located in areas that are convenient for people to walk into and receive care; may be provided in hospitals, clinics, or centers |
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| Facilities for long-term care that provide healthcare and help with activities of daily living for people of any age who are physically or mentally unable to independently care for themselves |
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| type of care provided for caregivers of homebound ill, disabled, or elderly patients. The main purpose is to give the primary caregiver some time away from the responsibilities of day-to-day care |
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| program of palliative and supportive care services providing physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care for dying persons, their families, and other loved ones |
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| the time of mourning experienced after a loss |
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| taking care of the whole person-body, mind, spirit, heart and soul-with the goal of giving patients with life-threatening illnesses the best quality of life they can have through the aggressive management of symptoms |
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| provides a measure of health coverage to all Social Security recipients |
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| classification of patients by major medical diagnosis for the purpose of standardizing healthcare costs |
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| Federally funded public assistance program for people of any age who have low incomes; for the blind, elderly, and disabled covered by supplemental security benefits; and for beneficiaries of Aid to Families With Dependent Children. Coverage depends on individual state regulations |
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| someone who uses a commodity or service |
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| the written or typed record of all pertinent interactions with the patient-assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating |
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| compilation of a patient's health information |
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| one in which each healthcare group keeps data on its own separate form |
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| problem-oriented medical record (POMR) |
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| documentation system organized according to the person's specific health problems; includes database, problem list, plan of care, and progress notes |
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| method of charting narrative progress notes; organizes data according to subjective information (S), objective information (O), assessment (A), and plan (P) |
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| documentation system that does not develop a separate care plan; the care plan is incorporated into the progress notes in which problems are identified by number, worked up using the problem (P), intervention (I), evaluation (E) format, and evaluated each shift |
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| a documentation system that replaces the problem list with a focus column that incorporates many aspects of a patient and patient care; the focus may be a patient strength or a problem or need; the narrative portion od focus charting uses the data (D), action (A), response (R) format |
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| charting by exception (CBE) |
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| shorthand method for documenting patient data that is based on well-defined standards of practice; only exceptions to these standards are documented in narrative notes |
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| critical/collaborative pathway |
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| case management plan that is a detailed, standardized plan of care developed for a patient population with a designated diagnosis or procedure; it includes expected outcomes, a list of interventions to be performed, and the sequence and timing of those interventions |
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| documentation method in case management that records unexpected events, the cause for the event, actions taken in response to the event, and discharge planning when appropriate |
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| a standard established by healthcare institutions that specifies the information that must be collected from every patient |
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| electronic medical records (EMR) |
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| computer-based records or data that can be distributed among many caregivers in a standardized format |
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| personal health records (PHRs) |
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| information sheets that contain the individual's medical history, including diagnosis, symptoms, and medications |
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| documentation tools used to record routine aspects of nursing care |
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| form used to record specific patient variables such as pulse, respiratory rate, blood pressure readings, body temperature, weight, fluid intake and output, bowl movements, and other patient characteristics |
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| description of where the patient stands in relation to problems identified in the record at discharge; documents any special teaching or counseling the patient received, including referrals |
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| consistent, clear, structured, and easy-to-use method of communication between healthcare personnel; it organizes communication by the categories of: Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendations |
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| communication method used by nurses who are completing care for a patient to transmit patient information to nurses who are about to assume responsibility for continuing care; may be exchanged verbally in a meeting or audiotaped |
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| tool used by healthcare agencies to document the occurence of anything out of the ordinary that results in or has the potential to result in harm to a patient, employee, or visitor |
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| to consult with someone to exchange ideas or to seek information, advise, or instructions |
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| the process of inviting another professional to evaluate the patient and make recommendations to you about his or her treatment |
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| the process of sending or guiding the patient to another source for assistance |
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| a specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, and knowledge in nursing practice |
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| lack or loss of appetite for food |
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| weight greater than 20% above ideal body weight |
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| measurements of the body and body parts |
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| misdirection of oropharyngeal secretions or gastric contents into the larynx and lower respiratory tract |
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| difficulty swallowing or the inability to swallow |
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| administering nutrients directly into the stomach |
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| providing nutrition via IV therapy |
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| tube inserted through the nose and into the stomach |
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| tube inserted through the nose and into the upper portion of the small intestine |
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| percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) |
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| surgically or laparoscopically placed gastrostomy tube |
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| opening created into the stomach |
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| feeding remaining in the stomach |
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| nourishment provided via IV therapy |
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| total parenteral nutrition (TPN) |
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| nutrition therapy that bypasses the gastrointestinal tract for patients who are unable to take food orally; meets the patient's nutritional needs by way of nutrient-filled solutions administered intravenously through a central vein |
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| peripheral parenteral nutrition (PPN) |
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| prescribed for patients who require nutrient supplementation through a peripheral vein because they have an inadequate intake of oral feedings |
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| diverse groups in society, with varying racial classification and national origin, religious affiliation, languages, physical size, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, socioeconomic status, occupational status, and geographic location |
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| may be defined as a shared system of beliefs, values, and behavioral expectations that provides social structure for daily living |
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| a large group of people who are members of an even larger cultural group, but who have certain ethnic, occupational, or physical characteristics that are not common to the larger culture |
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| process that occurs when a minority group, living as part of a dominant group within a culture, loses the cultural characteristics that made it different |
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| the feelings a person experiences when placed in a different culture perceived as strange |
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| a sense of identification with a collective cultural group, largely based on the group's common heritage |
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| assigning characteristics to a group of people without considering specific individuality |
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| the belief that everyone should conform to your own belief system |
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| occurs when one ignores differences and proceeds as though they do not exist |
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| occurs when people become aware of cultural differences, feel threatened, and respond by rediculing the beliefs and traditions of others to make themselves feel more secure about their own values |
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| the belief that one's own ideas, beliefs, and practices are the best, are superior, or are most preferred to those of others |
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| occurs when a valued person, object, or situation is changed or inaccessible so that its value is diminished or removed |
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| can be recognized by others as well as by the person sustaining the loss, for example, loss of a limb, a child, of a valued object such as money, and of a job |
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| loss of youth, of financial independence, and of a valued environment, is experienced by the person but is intangible to others |
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| occurs when a person displays loss and grief behaviors for a loss that has yet to take place |
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| an internal emotional reaction to loss |
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| the actions and expressions of grief, including the symbols and ceremonies (including a funeral or final celebration of life) that make up the outward expressions of grief |
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| in a state of grieving from loss of a loved one |
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| 1)shock and disbelief 2)developing awareness 3)restitution 4)resolving the loss 5)idealization 6)outcome |
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| 1)denial and isolation 2) anger 3)bargaining 4) depression 5)acceptance |
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| is abnormal or distorted grief that may be either unresolved or inhibited |
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| 1)irreversible cessation of all functions of the circulatory and respiratory functions or, 2)irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead |
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| illness from which there is no reasonable expectation of recovery or cure |
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| taking care of the whole person--body, mind, and spirit, heart and soul. |
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| care provided for people with limited life expectancy, often in the home |
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| written directive that allows people to state in advance what their choices for healthcare would be if certain circumstances should develop |
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| comfort-measures-only order |
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| an order written to indicate that the goal of treatment is a comfortable, dignified death and that further life-sustaining measures are no longer indicated |
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| the gradual withdrawal of mechanical ventilation from a patient with a terminal illness or an irreversible condition with a poor prognosis |
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| literally means "good dying" |
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| taking specific steps to cause a patient's death (Doing something to end a patient's life |
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| The decay of teeth with the formation of cavities |
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| An invisible, destructive, bacterial film that builds up on everyone's teeth and eventually leads to the destruction of tooth enamel |
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| An inflammation of the gingiva, the tissue that surrounds the teeth |
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| Marked inflammation of the gums that also involves degeneration of the dental periosteum and bone |
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| A strong mouth Oder or a persistent bad taste in the mouth |
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| An inflammation of the oral mucosa |
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| Inflammation of the tongue |
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| An ulceration of the lips |
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| the process of exchanging information and generating and transmitting meanings between two or more individuals |
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| the need that must be addressed |
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| person or group who initiates or begins the communication process |
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| the actual physiologic product of the source |
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| the medium the sender has selected to send the message |
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| must translate and interpret the message sent |
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| evidence that the receiver has understood the intended message (response) |
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| factors that distort the quality of a message |
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| an exchange of information using words, including both the spoken and written word |
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| a prescribed way of using words so that people can share information effectively |
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| nonverbal communication (body language) |
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| the transmission of information without the use of words |
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| intrapersonal communication |
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| the communication that happens within the individual |
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| interpersonal communication |
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| occurs between two or more people with a goal to exchange messages |
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| small-group communication |
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| occurs when nurses interact with two or more individuals |
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| organizational communication |
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| occurs when individuals and groups within an organization communicate to achieve established goals |
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| described most simply as how individual group members relate to one another during the process of working toward group goals |
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| focusing on the work to be done |
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| group-building or maintenance roles |
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| focusing on the well-being of people doing the work |
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| advance the needs of individual members at the group's expense |
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| consistent, clear, structured, and easy-to-use method of communication between healthcare personnel; it organizes communication by the categories of: Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendations |
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| interaction that sets the climate of movement of the participants toward common goals |
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| a way of being /commitment to secure the interests and welfare of those entrusted to one's care |
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| identifying with the way another person feels |
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| a feelings of mutual trust experienced by people in a satisfactory relationship |
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| the study of the meaning of words |
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| an alternative therapy that involves using one's hands to consciously direct an energy exchange from the practitioner to the patient to facilitate healing or pain relief |
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| communication skills specifically designed to gather and validate information |
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| ability to stand up for oneself and others using open, honest , and direct communication |
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| stereotyped, trite, or pat answer |
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| anger and aggressive behavior between nurses, or nurse-to-nurse hostility |
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| pain that may be limited, intermittent, or persistent but that lasts beyond the normal healing period |
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| when the disease is present but the person does not experience symptoms |
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| superficial pain. usually involves the skin or subcutaneous tissue |
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| diffuse or scattered and originates in tendons, ligaments, bones, blood vessels, and nerves |
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| poorly localized and originates in body organs in the thorax, cranium, and abdomen |
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| pain in an area removed from that in which stimulation has its origin |
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| results from an injury to or abnormal functioning of peripheral nerves or the central nervous system |
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| severe pain that is extremely resistant to relief measures |
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| sensation of pain without demonstrable physiologic or pathologic substance; commonly observed after the amputation of a limb |
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| pain for which no physical cause can be identified |
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| complex regional pain syndrome (causalgia) |
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| pain occurs in the area of a partially injured peripheral nerve. described as burning, severe, diffuse, and persistent |
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| pain syndrome follows an acute centeral nervous system infection |
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| paroxysms of lightning-like stabs of intense pain in the distribution of one or more divisions of the trigeminal nerve, 5th cranial nerve |
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| the activation of pain receptors |
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| the peripheral nerve fibers that transmit pain |
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| substances that either excite or inhibit target nerve cells |
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| conduction of pain sensations from the site of an injury or inflammation along clear and unclear pathways to the spinal cord and then on to higher centers |
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| involves the sensory process that occurs when a stimulus for pain is present |
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| lowest intensity of a stimulus that causes the subject to recognize pain |
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| the process by which the sensation of pain is inhibited or modified |
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| endogenous opioid chemical regulators that appear to have analgesic activity and alter pain perception |
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| morphine-like substances released by the body that appear to alter the perception of pain |
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| the endorphin having the most potent analgesic effect |
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| opioids that are widespread throughout the brain and dorsal horn of the spinal cord and are believed to reduce pain sensation by inhibiting the release of Substance P |
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| theory that explains that excitatory pain stimuli carried by small-diameters nerve fibers can be blocked by inhibiting signals carried by large-diameter nerve fibers |
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| the point beyond which a person is no longer willing to endure pain |
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| pharmaceutical agent that relieves pain |
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| more correct term for narcotic analgesics, since these drugs act by binding to opiate receptor sites in the central nervous system |
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| phenomenon in which the body physiologically becomes accustomed to the opioid and suffers withdrawal symptoms if the opioid is suddenly removed |
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| a pattern of compulsive opioid use for means other than pain control |
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| typically used for other purposes but are also used to enhance the effect of opioids by providing additional pain relief |
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| a temporary flare-up of moderate to severe pain that occurs even when the patient is taking ATC medication |
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| Latin word meaning "I shall please" an inactive substance that gives satisfaction to the person using it |
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| the systematic and continuous collection, validation, analysis, and communication of patient data |
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| includes all the pertinent patient information collected by the nurse and other healthcare professionals |
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| identifies the patient's health status, strengths, health problems, health risks, and need for nursing care |
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| performed shortly after the patient is admitted to a healthcare agency or service. Comprehensive nursing assessment resulting in baseline data that enables the nurse to make a judgment about a patient's health status, ability to manage his or her own healthcare, and need for nursing, and to plan individualized, holistic healthcare for the patient |
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| assessment conducted to assess a specific problem; focuses on pertinent history and body regions |
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| rapid focused assessment conducted to determine potentially fatal situations |
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| an assessment that is scheduled to compare a patient's current status to baseline data obtained earlier |
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| specifies the information that must be collected from every patient and use a structured assessment form to organize or cluster this data |
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| information perceived only by the affected person; these data cannot be perceived or verified by another person |
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| observable and measurable data that can be seen, heard, or felt by someone other than the person experiencing them |
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| the conscious and deliberate use of the five senses to gather data |
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| the examination of the patient for objective data that may better define the patient's condition and help the nurse in planning care |
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| physical examination of all body systems in a systematic manner as part of the nursing assessment. Inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation |
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| the act of confirming or verifying. purpose is to keep data as free from error, bias, and misinterpretation as possible |
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| significant information that is helpful in making decisions |
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| the judgment the nurse reaches about a cue |
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| analysis of patient data to identify patient strengths and health problems that independent nursing intervention can prevent or resolve |
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| a condition that necessitates intervention to prevent or resolve disease or illness or to promote coping and wellness |
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| actual or potential health problems that an independent nursing intervention can prevent or resolve. Actual problem is present. Possible problem may be present, but more data are needed to confirm or disconfirm the problem. Potential problem may occur; defining characteristics are present as risk factors |
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| North American Nursing Diagnosis Association |
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| predict, prevent, manage, and promote |
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| statement about a specific disease process using terminology from a well-developed classification system accepted by the medical profession |
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| actual or potential health problem that may occur from complications of disease, diagnostic studies, or the treatment regimen; the nurse works together with other members of the healthcare team toward its resolution |
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| failure to detect an actual unhealthy behavior |
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| acceptable, expected level of performance established by authority, custom, or consent |
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| a grouping of patient data or cues that points to the existence of a patient health problem |
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| problems validated by the presence of major defining characteristics and possessing four components: label, definition, defining characteristics, and related factor |
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| clinical judgments that an individual, family, or community is more vulnerable to develop the problem than others in the same or similar situation |
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| possible nursing diagnosis |
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| statements describing a suspected problem for which additional data are needed |
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| clinical judgments about an individual, group, or community in transition from a specific level of wellness to a higher level of wellness |
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| syndrome nursing diagnoses |
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| comprise a cluster of actual or risk nursing diagnoses that are predicted to be present because a certain event or situation; for example, rape trauma syndrome or post-trauma syndrome |
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| realize beforehand, foresee |
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| lessened (in size, amount, or degree) |
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| not properly arranged or controlled |
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| too large or too small in comparison with a norm |
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| agitated, interrupted, interfered with |
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| producing the intended or desired result |
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| greater than necessary or desirable |
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| out of proportion or balance |
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| not producing the intended or desired effect |
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| having its continuity broken |
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| properly arranged or controlled |
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| observed through the senses |
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| in a suitable state for activity or situation |
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| related to a particular circumstance |
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| observation of the patient to demonstrate the resolution of the problems identified by the nursing diagnoses and general problem list, along with the time frame for accomplishing these outcomes |
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| establishes patient goals to prevent, reduce, or resolve the problems identified in the nursing diagnoses and determination of related nursing interventions |
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| an expected conclusion to a patient health problem, or in the event of a wellness diagnoses, an expected conclusion to a patient's health expectation |
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| used to refer to the more specific, measurable criteria used to evaluate the extent to which a goal has been met |
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| specified behavior; for example, the measurable criteria in a patient goal specifies how the patient must perform the desirable behavior |
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| planning that addresses each problem listed in the prioritized nursing diagnosis and identifies appropriate patient goals and the related nursing care |
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| prepared plans of care that identify the nursing diagnoses, outcomes, and related nursing interventions common to a specific population or health problem |
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| planning carried out by any nurse who interacts with the patient to keep the plan up to date, to facilitate the resolution of health problems, to manage risk factors, and to promote function |
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| systemic process of preparing the patient to leave the healthcare facility and for maintaining continuity of care |
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| nursing outcomes classification NOC |
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| developed by the Iowa Outcomes Project and presents the first comprehensive standardized language used to describe the patient outcomes that are responsive to nursing intervention |
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| any treatment, based on clinical judgment and knowledge, that a nurse performs to enhance patient outcomes |
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| nursing intervention classification (NIC) |
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| first comprehensive, validated list of nursing interventions applicable to all settings that can be used by nurses in multiple specialties and facilitates the work of identifying appropriate interventions |
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| useful in management of high-risk subgroups within the cohort; may be "layered" on top if a pathway to control care practices that are used to manage a specific problem |
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| represents a sequential, interdisciplinary, minimal practice standard for a specific patient population |
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| broad, research-based practice recommendations |
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| preprinted provider orders used to expedite the order process after a practice standard has been validated through analytical research |
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| prescribes specific therapeutic interventions for a clinical problem unique to a subgroup of patients within the cohort |
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| process in which two or more individuals with varying degrees of experience and expertise discuss a problem and its solution, often proves useful |
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| the written guide that directs the efforts of the nursing team as nurses work with patients to meet their health goals |
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| trade name fir a care plan documentation system that encompasses (1) prescriptions for nursing care related to activities of daily living; (2) nursing diagnoses and related patient goals and nursing orders; and (3) the nursing care related to diagnostic measures and the medical regimen |
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| computerized plans of nursing care |
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| plans of patient care developed by computer software programs that enable the nurse to call up screens listing causes, goals, and related nursing interventions for nursing diagnoses and medical diagnoses |
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| clinical pathway/clinical path/CareMap |
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| case management tools used to communicate the standardized, interdisciplinary plan of care for a particular group of patients; care guidelines and outcomes are specified for each day of the patient's stay |
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| Are a persons temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure (abbreviated as T, P, R, BP) |
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| The difference between the amount of heat produced by the body and the amount of heat lost to the environment measured In degrees |
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| Pyrexia. Is an increase above normal body temperature (98.6 F or 37 C) |
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| Temperature-rising mechanisms |
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| Shivering, piloerection, vasoconstriction, and increased metabolism |
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| Sweating, vasodilation, Increased respirations |
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| The body temp alternates regularly between a period of fever and a period of normal or subnormal temp |
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| The body temp fluctuates several degrees more than 2 degrees C (3.6 F) above normal but does not reach normal between fluctuations |
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| The body temp remains consistently elevated and fluctuates less than 2 C (3.6 F) |
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| The body temp returns to normal for at least a day, but then fever recurs |
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| The fever returns to normal suddenly |
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| The fever returns to normal gradually |
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| Throbbing sensation that can be palpated over a peripheral artery, such as the radial artery or the carotid artery |
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| Volume of blood ejected with each heart beat |
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| The quantity of blood forced out of the left ventricle with each contraction |
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| The amount of blood pumped per minute, averages from 3.5 L/min to 8.0 L/min in a healthy adult |
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| Cardiac output=stroke volume x heart rate |
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| The pattern of the pulsations and the pauses between them |
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| An irregular pattern of heartbeats |
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| A difference between the apical and radial pulse rates |
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| Involves ventilation, diffusion, and perfusion |
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| The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the alveoli of the lungs and the circulating blood |
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| The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the circulating blood and tissue cells |
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| An increased respiratory rate |
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| Refers to periods during which there is no breathing |
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| Difficult or labored breathing |
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| When patient has an easier time breathing in an upright position |
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| Refers to the force of the moving blood against arterial walls |
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| The lowest pressure present on arterial walls |
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| The difference between the systolic and diastolic pressure |
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| Pressure-sensitive receptors |
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| Blood pressure that is above normal for a sustained period |
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| Characterized by an increase above normal in both the systolic and diastolic pressures |
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| Caused by another disease condition. kidney disease, disorders of adrenal cortex, and disorders of aorta |
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| Below normal blood pressure |
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| Drop in systolic blood pressure of a number equal to or greater than 20 mm Hg or in diastolic pressure of a number equal to or greater than 10 mm Hg within 3 minutes of standing |
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| The series of sounds for which the nurse listens when assessing blood pressure |
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| health history and complete physical examination, usually conducted when a patient first enters a healthcare setting, provides baseline for comparing later assessment |
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| ongoing partial assessment |
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| one that is conducted at regular intervals during care of the patient |
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| conducted to assess a specific problem |
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| a type of rapid focused assessment conducted to determine potentially fatal situations |
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| the process of performing deliberate, purposeful observations in a systematic manner |
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| the act of striking one object against another to produce sound |
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| the act of listening with a stethoscope to sounds produced within the body |
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| redness of the skin associated with sunburn, inflammation, fever, trauma, and allergic reactions |
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| a bluish or grayish discoloration of the skin in response to inadequate oxygenation |
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| yellow color of the skin resulting from liver and gallbladder disease, some types of anemia, and excessive hemolysis (breakdown of red blood cells) |
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| collection of blood in the subcutaneous tissues, causing purplish discoloration |
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| small hemorrhagic spots caused by capillary bleeding |
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| paleness of the skin, often results from a decrease in the amount of circulating blood or hemoglobin, causing inadequate oxygenation of the body tissues |
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| the fullness or elasticity of the skin |
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| excess fluid in the tissues |
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| heard over the trachea, are high-pitched, harsh sounds, with expiration being longer than inspiration |
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| heard over the mainstem bronchus and are more moderate "blowing" sounds, with inspiration equal to expiration |
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| soft, low-pitched sounds, heard best over the base of the lungs during inspiration, which is longer than expiration |
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| adventitious breath sounds |
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| not normally heard in the lungs but, if present, may be auscultated |
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| the portion of the body over the heart and lower thorax |
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| abnormal sounds heard over a blood vessel as blood passes an obstruction |
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| Carrying out the plan of care |
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| Any treatment, based on clinical judgment and knowledge, that a nurse performs to enhance patient outcomes; there are nurse-initiated, physician-initiated, and collaborative intervention |
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| Nurse-initiated interventions |
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| Involve carrying out nurse-prescribed interventions resulting from their assessment of patient needs written on the nursing plan of care, as well as any other actions that nurses initiate without the direction or supervision of another healthcare professional |
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| Written plans that detail the nursing activities to be executed in specific situations |
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| Empower the nurse to initiate actions that ordinarily require the order or supervision of a physician |
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| Physician-initiated interventions |
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| Involve carrying out physician-prescribed orders |
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| Collaborative interventions |
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| Performed jointly by nurses and other members of the healthcare team |
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| Evidence based practice EBP |
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| Nursing care provided that is supported by sound scientific rationale |
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| Unlicensed assistive personnel UAP |
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| Individuals who are trained to function in an assistive role to licensed registered nurses (RN) in the provision of patient activities as delegated by and under the supervision of the registered professional nurse |
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| The transfer of responsibility for the performance of an activity to another individual while retaining accountability for the outcome |
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| Measurement of the extent to which the patient has achieved the goals specified in the plan of care; factors that positively or negatively influence goal achievement are identified, and the plan of care is terminated or revised |
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| Measurable qualities, attributes, or characteristics that specify skills, knowledge, or health status |
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| The levels of performance accepted and expected by the nursing staff or other health team members |
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| Commitment to healthier patients, quality of care, reduced costs, and making a difference; accomplished by discovering a problem, planning a strategy, implementing a change, and assessing the change to see if the goal is met |
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| The evaluation of one staff member by another staff member on the same level in hierarchy of the organization |
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| Quality assurance programs |
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| Specially designed programs that promote excellence in nursing |
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| Focuses on the environment in which care is provided |
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| The nature and sequence of activities carried out by nurses implementing the nursing process |
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| Focuses on measurable changes in the health status of the patient or the end results of nursing care |
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| The commitment and approach used to continuously improve every process in every part of an organization, with the intent of meeting and exceeding customer expectations and outcomes |
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| Method of evaluating nursing care that involves reviewing patient records to assess the outcomes of nursing care or the process by which these outcomes were achieved |
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| Conducted by using direct observation of nursing care, patient interviews, and chart review to determine whether the specified evaluative criteria are met |
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| May use post discharge questionnaires, patient interviews (by telephone or face to face), or chart review (nursing audit) to collect data |
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| Urination, micturition, or voiding |
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| The process of emptying the bladder |
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| Any involuntary loss of urine |
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| People whose bladders are no longer controlled by the brain because of injury or disease who void by reflex only |
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| Occurs when urine is produced normally but is not excreted completely from the bladder |
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| continued incontinence of urine past the age of toilet training |
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| urination during the night |
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| capable of causing kidney damage |
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| antidepressant B-complex vitamin that can turn urine green or blue-green |
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| an antidepressant drug and injectable iron compound that can lead to brown or black urine |
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| 24-hour urine output is less than 50 mL; synonyms are complete kidney shutdown or renal failure |
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| painful or difficult urination |
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| increased incidence of voiding |
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| presence of sugar in the urine |
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| scanty or greatly diminished amount of urine voided in a given time; 24 hour urine output is less than 400 mL |
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| excessive output of urine (diuresis) |
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| protein in the urine; indication of kidney disease |
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| pus in the urine; urine appears cloudy |
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| stoppage of urine production; normally the adult kidneys produce urine continuously at the rate of 60 to 120 mL/h |
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| involuntary loss of urine |
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| involves the surgical creation of an alternate route for excretion of urine |
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| measure of density of the urine compared with the density of water. The higher the number, the more concentrated the urine is, unless there are abnormal components, such as glucose or protein, in the urine |
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| targets the inner muscles that lie under and support the bladder |
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| UTI affecting both the upper urinary tract, involving the kidneys and ureters |
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| UTI involving the bladder and urethra |
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| appears suddenly and lasts for 6 months or less |
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| occurs when there is an involuntary loss of urine related to an increase in intra-abdominal pressure |
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| the involuntary loss of urine that occurs soon after feeling an urgent need to void (urgency) |
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| indicates that there is urine loss with features of two or more types of incontinence |
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| the involuntary loss of urine is associated with overdistention and overflow of the bladder |
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| urine loss caused by the inability to reach the toilet because of environmental barriers, physical limitations, loss of memory, or disorientation |
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| when a patient experiences emptying of bladder without the sensation of the need to void. spinal cord injuries may lead to this type of incontinence |
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| a continuous and unpredictable loss of urine, resulting from surgery, trauma, or physical malformation |
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| urine that remains in the bladder after the act of micturition |
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| intermittent urethral catheters |
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| straight catheter used to drain the bladder for short periods (5-10 min) |
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| indwelling urethral catheter |
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| catheter that remains in place for continuous urine drainage; synonym for Foley catheter |
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| used for long-term continuous drainage. Inserted surgically through a small incision above the pubic area |
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| urinary diversion in which the ureters are connected to the ilium with a stoma created on the abdominal wall |
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| solid waste products that have reached the distal end of the colon and are ready for excretion |
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| abnormally distended rectal veins |
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| the process of bowl movement; a bowel movement) |
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| contractions of the circular and longitudinal muscles of the intestine |
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| technique of bearing down to defecate. May be contraindicated in people with cardiovascular problems and other illnesses |
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| passage of liquid and unformed stools |
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| passage of dry, hard, fecal matter |
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| build up of stool in the colon |
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| involuntary or inappropriate passing of stool or flatus |
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| paralysis of intestinal peristalsis |
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| blood present in such minute quantities that it cannot be detected with the unassisted eye |
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| the direct visual examination of body organs or cavities |
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| drugs that induce emptying of the intestinal tract |
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| excessive formation of gases in the stomach or intestines |
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| the introduction of a solution into the large intestine, usually to remove feces |
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| a conical or oval solid substance shaped for easy insertion into a body cavity and designed to melt at body temperature |
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| the inability of the anal sphincter to control the discharge of fecal and gaseous material |
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| program that manipulates factors within a person's control (timing of defecation, exercise, diet) to produce a regular pattern of comfortable defecation without medication or enemas |
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| term for a surgically formed opening from the inside of an organ to the outside |
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| artificial opening for waste excretion located on the body surface |
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| opening into the small intestine allows fecal content from the ileum to be eliminated through the stoma |
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| permits formed feces in the colon to exit through the stoma |
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