Nursing Practice #2

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ANURIA

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Failure of the kidneys to produce urine

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OLIGURIA

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The production of abnormally large amounts of urine.

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DYSURIA

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Painful or difficult urination

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HAEMATURIA

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The presence of blood in urine

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NOCTURIA

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Excessive urination at night

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BACTERIURIA

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Presence of bacteria of urine

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CATHETERISATION

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Flexible tube used to drain fluids from body cavities

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PROTEINURIA

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Presence of abnormal quantities of protein in the urine (may indicate damage to kidneys).

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PYELONEPHRITUS

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Inflammation of kidneys as a result of bacterial infection.

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RENAL CALCULUS

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Another term for kidney stone.

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RESIDUAL URINE

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Urine remaining in the bladder after urinating

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URGENCY URINATION

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Sudden, compelling urge to urinate, along with discomfort in the bladder.

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FREQUENCY

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The number of occurences

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PYURIA

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Urine containing white blood cells

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URINARY RETENTION

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Inability to empty the bladder (aka: ischuria).

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URINARY INCONTINENCE

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Any leakage of urine (aka: involuntary urination).

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URGE INCONTINENCE

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Inability to control excretory functions

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REFLEX INCONTINECE

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FUCTIONAL INCONTINENCE

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When person doesn't recognise the need to go the toilet in time / doesn't know where toilet is = passing urine

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TOTAL INCONTINENE

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Total loss of urinary control

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ENURESIS

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Involuntary urination , especially by children at night.

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KEGAL EXERCISES

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Repeatedly contracting and relaxes the muscles that form part of the pelvic floor.

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BIOPSY

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An examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a disease

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BOLUS

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A small rounded mass of a substance, especially of chewed food at the moment of swallowing.

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COLOSTOMY

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Surgical operation were colon is shortened to remove a damaged part and cut end diverted to an opening in abdomen

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CONSTIPATION

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Difficulty in emptying the bowels usually associated with hardened faeces.

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COLITIS

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Inflammation of the lining of the colon.

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DEFECATION

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Discharge of faeces from the body

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DIARRHOEA

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Faeces are discharged from the bowels frequently and in a liquid form.

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DISTENTION

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Enlarged, swollen from internal pressure

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ENEMA

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Procedure where liquid/ gas is injected into the rectum to expel its contents or to introduce drugs or permit x-ray imaging

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EXORIATION

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FAECES

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Waste matter remaining after food has been digested, discharged from the bowels (excrement)

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GASTROSCOPY

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Examination of upper digestive tract, using an endoscope (long flexible tube containing a camera & light)

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HAEMORRHOIDS

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A swollen wein or group of veins in the region of the anus

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ILEOSTOMY

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Surgical opp - damaged ilium removed and the cut end diverted to an artificial opening in the abdomen wall.

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IMPACTION

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Condition / beginning process of becoming impacted, especially of faeces in the intestine.

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FAECAL INCONTINENCE

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Unintentional loss of stool or flatus

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MECONIUM

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Dark green substance forming the first faeces of a newborn infant.

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PERISTALISIS

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Involuntary contraction and relation of the muscles of the intestine (creating wave-like movements).

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STOMA

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An opening that is used for drainage

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VALSALVA MANOEUVRE

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Forcibly exhaling while mouth and nose closed, used as a diagnostic tool to evaluate the condition of heart. can be used as treatment to correct heart rhythms or relieve chest pain.

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LAXATIVES

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A medicine which has a laxative effect.

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ADVERSE EFFECTS

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undesired, harmful side effects from medication

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ALLERGIC REACTION

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Sensitivities to substances called allergens that come into contact with the skin, nose, respiratory and gastrointestinal tract

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ANAPHYLACTIC REACTION

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Is a severe and potentially life threatening allergic reaction, happens after exposure to something that a person is allergic to

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BIOTRANSFORMAITON

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The alteration of a substance within the body.

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TOPICAL

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Medications that are applied directly to the body

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BUCCAL

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Relating to near, involving or supplying a cheek i.e. the buccal surface of a tooth, buccal branch of a facial nerve, buccal cavity, or lying of the mouth buccal cavity

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ENTERIC COATED

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A polymer barrier on oral medication this helps protect the drugs from the acidity of the stomake

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EPIDURAL

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Anaesthetic introduced into the space around the Dura matter of the spinal cord

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EIGHT RIGHTS

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Right person

Right drug

Right does

Right time

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IDIOSYNCRATIC REACTION

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Adverse effects that cant be explained

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INFUSION

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Medications are administer intravenously, term may also refer to other forms of administration except orally i.e. intramuscular injections and epidural routes.

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INHALATION

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The drawing of air or other substances into the airways and lungs.

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INSTILLATION

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A liquid that is instilled drop by drop

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MEDICATION INTERACTION

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Situation in which substance of a another drug affects the activity of a drug when mixed together.

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METRED-DOSE INHALER

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(MDI)

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PARENTAL ADMINISTRATION

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Administration in injection or infusion form, common injection sites include intravenous and intramuscular.

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PHARMACOKINETICS

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The movement of drugs within the body

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PHARAMACODYNAMICS

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What the drug does to the body (the effects of the drugs and the mechanism of their action).

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PRESCRIPTION

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An instruction written by a medical practitioner that authorises a patient to be issued the medicine or treatment.

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SHARPS CONTAINER

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A container that is filled with used medical needles

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THERAPEUTIC EFFECT

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The consequence of treatment of any kind that are desirable and beneficial.