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59 Cards in this Set
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Assault vs battery
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assault is threatening or attempting to touch a person w/o their consent. Battery is actually touching w/o consent.
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Defamation vs libel, vs slander
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defamation is injuring a persons name/reputation by making false statements to a 3rd party. Libel is defamation thru written statements. Slander is defamation via verbal statements.
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A tort is what?
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A wrong committed against a person or the person't property.
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Communication is a-the exchange of info b- a verbal account of pt. Care c- using senses to collect info d-a written account of pt. Care.
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Kardex contains what?
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Summary of info in pt. Record
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minumum data set (MDS) is a form used by nurses to assess what?
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Patients mental, physical and psychosocial functioning.
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Nursing care plan
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written by nurses
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nursing dx statement describing a health problem that can be treated by ______.
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nursing measures.
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Information that can be seen, heard, felt or smelled by another person, signs is? Subjective or objective?
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Objective
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Information that is reported by the person and cannot be observed by using the senses, symptoms. Subjective or Objective?
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Subjective
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Signs verses symptoms which is objective which is subjective?
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Signs-objective, symptoms-subjective.
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Observation involves what?
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Information gathered by senses: seeing, hearing, touch, smell.
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Recording vs. reporting
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recording is written, reporting is verbal
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Malpractice vs negligence a) an unintentional wrong in which a person fails to act in a reasonable and careful manner and causes harm to person or property. b) an unintentional wrong committed by a professional person in which a person fails to act in a reasonable and careful manner and causes harm to person or property.
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A is negligence, B is malpractice
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a-,an-, anuria
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without
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ab-, abduction
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away from
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ad-, adduction
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toward
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brady-, bradycardia
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slow
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dys-, dyspnea
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bad, difficult, abnormal
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olig-, oligura
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small, scanty
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tachy-, tachycardia
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fast, rapid
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entreo
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intestines
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gastro
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stomach
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gluco
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sweetness, glucose
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glyco
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sugar
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hepato
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liver
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litho
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stone
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nephro
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kidney
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oto
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ear
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phlebo
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vein
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pnea
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breathing
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urino, uro
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urine, urinary tract, urination
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-algia, fibromyalgia
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pain
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-asis, metastisis
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condition, usually abnormal
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-emia, anemia
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blood condition
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-itis, appendicitis
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inflammation
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-oma, lipoma
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tumor
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-pathy, nerophathy
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disease
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-phasia, asphasia
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speaking
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-plegia, hemiplegia
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paralysis
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-stomy, colostomy
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creation of an opening
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-uria, hematuria
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condition of the urine
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ac
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before meals
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ad lib
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as desired
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BRP
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bathroom privleges
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CBR
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complete bed rest
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CVA
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cerebrovascular accident, stroke
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FBS
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fasting blood sugar
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FF
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force fluids
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I&O
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intake and output
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NPO
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nothing by mouth
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OOB
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out of bed
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pc
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after meals
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po, per os
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by mouth
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TPR
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temp, pulse, respiration
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ua
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urinalsysis
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VS
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vital signs
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w/c
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wheelchair
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ROM
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range of motion
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