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| Emotion (commonly expressed) |
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| Unable to think in the abstract of to generalize ideas. |
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| Gaps in memory that are filled with fantasy. |
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| Poor coordination, delirium, hallucinations, restlessness, excitable, combative, short attentions .span, inappropriate actions or judgements, decreased awareness, disorientation |
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| Extensor spasm, all 4 extremities rigid, hyperpronation of forearm and extension of feet. |
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| Flexion of arms, wrist, and fingers and adduction of upper extremities. |
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| A lack or impairment in a functional capacity. |
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| Progressive disorientation, delusions, illusions, combative, secretive and withdrawn. |
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| Persistent faluse psychotic beliefs regarding the self or persons or objects outside of the self. Cannot be corrected by reason, logic, or argument. Cannot control thoughts. |
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| all information about a client, included nursing health history and physical assessment, physician's history, physical examination and laboratory and diagnostic test results |
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| A collection of information obtained from eh patient and from other sources concerning the patient's physical status and psychologic, social, and sexual function. The history provides a data base on which a diagnosis, plan for management of the diagnosis, treatment, care and follow-up observation of the patient may be made. |
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| Data collected about a patient's level of wellness, changes in life patterns, sociocultural role, and mental and emotional reactions to illness. |
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| Information (DATA) that is detectable y an observer or can be tested against an accepted standard; can be seen, heard, felt or smelled. |
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| An investigation of the body to determine its state of health. The physical examination, history, and initial laboratory test constitute the data base on which a diagnosis is made and on which a plan of treatment is developed. |
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| A brief review of essential functioning of various body parts or systems |
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| The processing which data relating to the problem are elicited from a patient. Data retrieved from the patient's description of an event rather than from a physical examination. |
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| Based upon eye opening, verbal, and motor responses, is a practical means of monitoring changes in level of consciousness |
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| Impression on any of the senses in the absence o stimuli. Hearing things, seeing, things that are not there, don't agree with them; from injury, high fever, drug withdrawal, senility, tumor, exhaustion, alcohol, psychologic problems |
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| Sensory experience based on the fact that is misinterpreted. |
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| Ability to understand events and deal with them. |
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| Ability in problem solving (poor, fair, absent) |
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| Quality or state of being lazy, sluggish, indifferent, or drowsy |
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| Barely awake, very hard to bring about |
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| Conscious process of organizing and interpreting data from the senses into meaningful information. |
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| Unresponsiveness from with the subject can be aroused only by vigorous and repeated stimuli |
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| ADVENTITIOUS BREATH SOUNDS |
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| abnormal breath sound hears over the lung |
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| listening for sounds within the body |
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| Unusual sound, usually abnormal, heard in auscultation. |
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| Collection of blood in subcutaneous tissues that causes a purplish discoloration. |
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| Accumulation of fluid in extracellular spaces. |
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| Assessment conducted to assess a specific problem; focuses on pertinent history and body regions. |
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| Yellow appearance of the skin |
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| Method of examining by feeling a part with the fingers or hands. |
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| Act of striking one object againt another for the purpose of producing a sound; used to assess the location, shape, size, and density of body tissues. |
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| Small, purplish hemorrhagic spots on the skin that do not blanch with applied pressure. |
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| Tension of the skin determined by its hydration |
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| A condition in which the body temperature is not elevated. |
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| Difficulty or labored breathing |
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| Difficulty or labored breathing |
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| Act of breathing out; synonym is exhaling |
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| Condition in which the body temperature is elevated |
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| Elevation above the upper limit of normal body temperature; synoym for pyrexia |
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| Blood pressure elevated above the upper limit of normal |
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| Blood pressure below the lower limit of normal |
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| Act of breathing in; synonym is inhalation |
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| Type of dyspnea in which breathing is easier when the patient sits or stands. |
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| Wave produced in the wall of an artery with each beat of the heart. |
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| Difference between the apical and radial pulse rates |
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| Difference between systolic and diastolic pressures |
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| Elevation above the upper limit of normal body temperature; synonym for fever. |
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| Gas exchange between the atmosphere air in the alveoli and blood in the capillaries. |
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| Refers to the hotness or coldness of a substance |
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Tylenol-antipyretic
Asprin-antipyretic |
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| Agent that destroys bacteria |
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| Substance that inhibits the growth of bacteria |
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| Absence of disease producing microorganisms; being free of infection |
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| Subsistence or agent that destroys bacteria |
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| Antibodies against harmful effects of microorganisms or toxins that are self produced. |
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| Immunoglobin produced by the body in response to specific antigen |
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| Foreign material capable of inducing a specific immune response |
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| Antibacterial agent that kills bacteria or suppresses their growth |
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| CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION |
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| U.S. Government agency whose responsibilities include investigation, identification, prevention, and control of disease. |
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| Plant-like organisms (molds and yeast) that can cause infections. |
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| Animal or person on or within which microorganisms live. |
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| Infection that occurs as a result of treatment or diagnostic procedure. |
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| Disease sate resulting from pathogens in or on the body. |
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| Protective procedure designed to prevent the transmission of specific microorganisms; also called protective aseptic techniques and barrier techniques. |
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| Practices designed to reduce the number and transfer of pathogens; synonym for clean technique. |
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| Hospital-Acquired infection |
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| Disease-Producing Microorganisms. |
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| Engulfing or microorganisms, foreign particles, or other cells by phagocytes. |
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| natural habitat for the growth and multiplication of microorganisms. |
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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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| The process by which all microorganisms, including spores, are destroyed; (2) surgical procedure performed to render a person infertile. |
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| Practices that render and keep objects and areas free from microorganisms; synonym for sterile technique |
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| Degree of resistance of a host to a pathogen |
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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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| Nonhuman carriers, such as mosquitoes, ticks, and lice, that transmit organisms form one host to another. |
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| Ability to produce disease |
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| Smallest of all microorganisms, can be seen only by using an electron microscope. |
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| Stoppage of breathing or the lack of air reaching the lungs; synonym for suffocation |
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| The deliberate spread of pathogenic organisms into a community |
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| The deliberate release of a chemical compound for the purpose of causing mass destruction. |
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| Capable of combustion, or catching on fire |
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| An emergency event of grater maginitude that requires the response of people outside the involved community. |
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| The circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded. |
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| Conducting connection between a source of electricity and the earth. |
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| Documentation that describes any injury or potential for injury suffered by a patient in a healthcare agency. |
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| intentional dispersal of radioactive materials into the environment for the purpose of causing injury and death. |
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| Devise used to limit movement or immobilize a client. |
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| Environment that has beneficial elements that support a client's mind, body, and spirit. |
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| Vest type restraint used to prevent a patient from falling |
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| Able to draw together the soft organic tissues |
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| Used to identify factors causing pressure ulcer development |
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| Piece of gauze or other material used to cover a wound. |
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