Medical Terminology

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Abuse

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The willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation or punishment with resulting physical harm, pain, or mental anguish.

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Airborne precautions

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Actions taken to minimize the transmission of infections agents that remain infectious when suspended in the air.

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Examples: Hep. C, HIV

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Biohazardous Waste

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Items that are contaminated with blood, body fluids, feces, or any other body substances that may be harmful.

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Bloodborne pathogens

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Microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease.

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Contaminated

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Dirty or soiled with microorganisms

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Contact precautions

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Measures that are intended to prevent the transmission of infectious agents that are spread by direct or indirect contact with a resident.

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Example: Flu,Cold

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Droplet Precautions

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Actions that are designed to reduce or prevent the transmission of pathogens spread through close respiratory secretions.

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HIPAA

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A law which protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information

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Example: a doctor or nurse discussing a patients personal information at a bar to where someone who knows them can figure out whom they are talking about

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Infection

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Establishment of an infective organism on a suitable host which results in signs and symptoms such as fever, redness, heat

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Insolation

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Practices employed to reduce the spread of infectious organisms, usually including the separation of the resident with an easily transmitted disease from other residents.

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Long term care (LTC)

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Services that help meet the medical and non medical needs of people with chronic illness or disability of people who cannot care for themselves.

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Example: nursing home, hospice

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Medical asepsis

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Practices used to remove or destroy pathogens and prevent their spread from one person or place to another person or place, also called clean technique.

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Microorganism

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A germ so small that it can only be seen with the aide of a microscope and that often causes disease.

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Example: germ or pathogen

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Minimum Data Set (MDS)

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A 52 page assessment document used to record a complete assessment of nursing facility residents health status and functional capabilities.

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Neglect

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The failure to provide goods and services necessary to avoid physical harm mental anguish or mental illness

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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)

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A federal law passed in 1987 that establishes regulations for nursing facilities and nurse aid training in facilities

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OSHA

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A government agency mandated to protect the employee by establishing and monitoring workplace safety requirements

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Parasite

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An organism that lives within or upon another organism or host

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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

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Protective items are garments one alone or in combination to protect the body or clothing from contact with infectious agents

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Gloves, gowns, masks, and protective eyewear

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Standard Precautions

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Infection prevention practices that apply to all residents regardless of infection status

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DADS

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Department that regulates the nurse aid registry and training programs

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Transmission Based Precautions (Isolation Precautions)

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Actions implemented in addition to standard precautions that are based upon diagnosis and means of transmission in order to prevent spread of infections

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Examples: Airborne, contact, or droplet precautions

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Uristomy

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Urine in bag

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Colonscopy

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Poop in bag

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Apical heart rate

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Pulse checked by the heart

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Incongtinece

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Not able to control bladder

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Paralasis

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Can't control body parts, muscles

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NPO

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Nothing by mouth

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PMN

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Nothing after midnight

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ADLs

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Activities of daily living

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Examples: brushing hair, dentures, bathing

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Blood pressure

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The force of blood against the artery walls as the heart beats

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Document

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To record information in a file or chart

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Environment

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The conditions and elements that make up the surroundings

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Fahreinheit

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Related to a temperature scale

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Reporting

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To give account of

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Restraint

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A means of restraining; a device or method that restricts movement

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Bid

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Twice a day

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Tid

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Three times a day

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Que/99

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Every

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Elimination

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The act of discharging or excreting waste products from the body

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Environment

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The conditions and elements that make up the surroundings and influence each individual's sense of well being

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Hydration

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Supplying with ample fluid or moisture

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Nutrition

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The process of eating the right kind of food so you can grow properly and healthy

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Hygiene

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Conditions or practices that are aids to good health

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Alzheimer's disease

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A brain disease of later life that is characterized by changes in brain tissue with gradual loss of memory and mental abilities.

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Cognitive

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Of, relating to, or involving conscious intellectual activity

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Examples: thinking, reasoning, remembering

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Impairmeny

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A medical condition that leads to a disability

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Psychosocial

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Relates to ones psychological development in, and interaction with, a social environment