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60 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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a
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Before
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p
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After
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ac
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Before Meals
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pc
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After Meals
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NPO
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Nothing By Mouth
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I & O
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Intake and Output
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qd
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Everyday
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bid
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Two Times a Day
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tid
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Three Times a Day
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qid
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Four Times a Day
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c
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with
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s
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Without
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prn
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as needed
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OOB
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Out Of Bed
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BP
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Blood Pressure
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CPR
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
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dc
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discontinued
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dx
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Diagnosis
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qs
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quantity suficient
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C
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Celsius
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T
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Temperature
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P
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Pulse
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R
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Respiratory
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ROM
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Range of Motion
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stat
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Immediately
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GI
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Gastrointestinal
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GU
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Geniturinary
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hr
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hour
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vs
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vital signs
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DNR
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Do not resusitate
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DNI
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Do not intibate
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Rx
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prescription
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PE
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Physical Exam
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ROS
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Review of Systems
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Genogram
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Family tree done including diseases
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Mental status exam
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A systematic check of emotional and cognitive functioning
A.ppearance B.ehavior C.ognition T.hought process |
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LOC
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loss of consciousness
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Alert
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Awake and ready
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Lethargic
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Not fully alert, drifts off to sleep when not stimulated, can be awoken with regular voice tone
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obtuned
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sleeps most of the time, awakes confused difficult to awaken
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Semi-coma
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Spontaniouly unconcious, responds only to vigorous shaking or pain. Has appropriate motor response.
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Coma
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Completely unconscious, makes no response to pain or to any external or internal stimuli.
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Acute confusional state
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Has clouding of conciousness, inattentive, makes incoherent conversation, has impaired recent memory and is confabulatory to recent events
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Inspection
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Close careful scrutiny of the whole person and then the individual systems.
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Palpation
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Applied sense of touch to assess a person
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Percussion
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tapping of a persons skin to assess underlying structures
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Ausculation
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Auditory assessment of the body functioning
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Standard Precations
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Safety with all patients using PPE
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PPE
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Personal Pertective Equipment
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Symmetry
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Body Parts look equal bilaterally
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Gait
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Normal walk about shoulder width
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Orthostatic Hypotensions
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A drop in systolic blood pressure more then 20 points with quick change to a standing positions
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Epidermis
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the outer layer of skin
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Dermis
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the lower conective layer of skin
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Hypothermia
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low body temperature
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Hyperthermia
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high body temperature
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Hypo
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deficient, to low
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Hyper
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To much, or excess
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Edema
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Swelling from excess intercellular fluid
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Anasarca
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Generalized body edema from congestive heart failure or kidney failure.
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