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27 Cards in this Set
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AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD TRANSFUSION |
can also be given with blood lost during surgery or after traumatic injury |
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BLADDER TRAINING |
achievement of voluntary control over voiding |
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CATHETERIZATION |
introducing a rubber or a plastic tube |
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CHEVRON |
crossing the tape over the catheter |
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COLOSTOMY |
surgical creation of the stoma on the abdominal wall to where the colon is normally attached |
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DEFECATION |
elimination of bowel waste |
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DUMPING SYNDROME |
caused by too rapid an infusion of highly concentrated feedings |
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ENEMA |
instillation of a solution into the colon via the anus |
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FECAL IMPACTION |
collection of feces in the rectum in the form of a mass that becomes so large or hard that the patient is unable to pass it voluntarily |
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FLATULENCE |
presence of air or gas in the intestinal tract |
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ILEOSTOMY |
opening in the ileum |
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INCONTINENCE |
inability to control urine or bowel elimination |
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INDURATION |
hardness |
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INFILTRATION |
seepage of a nonirritating solution or medication into tissue surrounding the vessel |
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INTRAVENOUS |
infusion of medication or other liquid therapeutic agents |
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IRRIGATIONS |
gentle washing of an area with a stream of solution delivered through a syringe |
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NASAL CANNULA |
device consisting of small tubes inserted into the nares |
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NASOGASTRIC TUBE |
flexible, hollow tube that is passed into the stomach via the nasopharynx |
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OSTOMY |
artificial opening |
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PATENCY |
openness |
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PERIPHERAL |
distal from the heart |
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TRACHEOSTOMY |
artificial opening made by a surgical incision into the trachea |
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URINARY CATHETHER |
introducing a rubber or plastic tube through the urinary meatus and the urethra into the urinary bladder |
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UROSTOMY |
diversion of urine away from a diseased or defective bladder through a surgically created opening or stoma in the skin |
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VASOCONSTRICTION |
narrowing of blood vessels |
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VASODILATION |
dilation of the blood vessels |
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VENIPUNCTURE |
access of a vein with a needle for the purpose of starting an IV or withdrawing |
