Ohio State Tested Na Vocabulary List 2

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Insulin

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A hormone produced in a hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langer Hans that regulates the amount of glucose in the blood.

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Interpersonal skills

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Employees ability to get along with others while getting the job done

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Interventions

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Action taken to improve a situation, especially a medical disorder.

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Initial observations

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The very first observations

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Job description

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A formal account of an employee's responsibilities

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Job responsibilities

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A Duty or obligation to satisfactorily perform or complete a task assigned.

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Linen

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Cloth woven from flax. Garments or other household articles such as sheets made, or originally made of linen.

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Lying on side

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Lateral recumbent position in which the individual rest on the right or left side

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Memory loss

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Partial or total loss of memory

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Microorganisms

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An organism of infectious agent of microscopic or submicroscopic size

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Minerals

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An inorganic element that is essential to the nutrients of humans, animals and plants

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Mistakes

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An error or fault resulting from a defective judgement, defective knowledge or carelessness.

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Mistreatment

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To treat roughly or wrongly

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Mobility

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Ability to move physically

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Moving a resident

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Moving a resident from one place to another

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Multiple sclerosis

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A chronic degenerative disease marked by patchy destruction of the myelin that surrounds and insulates nerve fibers and Mild to severe neural and muscular impairment

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Nasal cannula NC

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Device used to deliver supplement oxygen or air flow to a patient in need of respiratory help. A tube which on one end splits into two prongs which are placed in the nostril and from which a mixture of air and oxygen flows

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Neglect

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Harming a person physically, mentally, or emotionally by failing to give needed care

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Nonverbal communication

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Gestures and facial expressions that do not involve verbal Communications but which may include nonverbal aspects of speech itself (accent, tone of voice, speed of speaking)

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(NPO) Nil per os

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Nothing by mouth

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Nursing assistant Behavior

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The manner in which a NA functions or operates, conduct.

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Nursing assistant role

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To provide basic care to patients, as well as assist them in daily activities they might have trouble with on their own, such as bathing.

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Nursing station

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An area in a healthcare facility that serves as the administrative Center for Nursing care for a particular group of patients.

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Nutrition

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The act or process of nourishing or of being nourished.

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Objective

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Ones efforts or actions that are intended to attain or accomplished purpose, goal, or target.

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Observation

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Act or instance of noticing or perceiving.

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Ombudsman

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Government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials are government agencies.

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Oral hygiene

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The practice of keeping the mouth cavity in a healthy condition.

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Oral temperature

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Body temperature as recorded by a clinical thermometer placed in the mouth

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Osteoporosis

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Bones lose an excessive amount of their protein and mineral content, particularly calcium.

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Overbed table

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Table used for meals or personal care.

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Oxygen

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A chemical element that is colorless and odorless gas that makes up about 20% of the atmosphere.

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Paralysis

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Complete loss of strength in an infected limb or muscle group.

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Parkinson's

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Causes brain degeneration comma Tremors of muscles, slowing of voluntary movements, a festinating gait, particular posture and muscle weakness.

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Partial bath

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A bath that includes washing the face, under arms, and hands, and performing perineal care.

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Patience

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Tolerant and even-tempered preserverance, capacity for calmly enduring pain or trying situations.

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Perineal care

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maintenance of perineal skin integrity and relief of perineal discomfort.

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Personal hygiene

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Hygienic regimen in one's personal life

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Personal items

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Any object designed for the used by a single consumer.

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Physical therapist

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Person at a facility who gives therapy in the form of heat, cold, massage, ultrasound, electricity, and exercise to people with muscle, bone, and joint problems.

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Physicians Authority

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To delegate certain medical acts to a qualified and properly trained person acting under the Physician supervision.

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Policy book

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A book of courses of actions to be followed.

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Positioning resident

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Helping residents into positions that will be comfortable and healthy for them.

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Positive attitude

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Belief that one can increase achievement through optimistic thought processes.

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Pressure sore

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A serious wound resulting from skin breakdown, also known as a decubitus ulcer.

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Privacy

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A person's right to control access to his or her personal information.

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Protective equipment

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Equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or infection.

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Psychological needs

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Foundation of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Physical things needed for human survival and proper functioning of the human body.

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Quality of life

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The standard of health, comfort, and happiness experienced by individuals or or groups.

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Radial

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Relating to, or near the radius or forearm.

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Range of motion

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Exercises that put a joint through its full Arc of motion.

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Rectal temperature

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Body temperature as measured by a clinical thermometer placed in the rectum.

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Rehabilitation

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Managed by professionals to restore a person to the highest possible level of functioning after an illness or injury.

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Religious service

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Act of a public worship following prescribed rules.

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Resident abuse

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Willful or grossly neglectful or intentional behavior that results in physical pain, infliction of physical injury or mental anguish, unreasonable confinement or respect, or intimidation or punishment by a family member, nursing home employee, or other care provider, or other resident.

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Resident belongings

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Personal items that a resident owns.

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Residence independence

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resident thinking or acting for one self.

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Residents Bill of Rights

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Numerous right identified by the OBRA law for residence in a nursing home, purpose is to inform residents And others of their rights within facilities and to provide an ethical code of conduct for healthcare workers.

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Residents chart

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A written record of information about a patient.

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Resident

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The people who live in nursing homes.

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Residents environment

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The aggregate of surrounding conditions or influences on a resident.

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Respectful treatment

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Valuing other people's individuality

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Respirations

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The process of breathing air into the lungs and exhaling air out of the lungs.

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Respiratory condition

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An abnormal condition of the lungs mark by decrease respiratory function.

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Responding to resident Behavior

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Your actions or reactions of how a president is behaving or acting.

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Restorative care

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The service is used to keep a person at the level achieved by the rehabilitation team.

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Restraint

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A physical or chemical way to restrict voluntary movement or behavior.

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Right to equal care

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Everyone must have access to equal high quality and Comprehensive Health Care.

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Right to refuse care

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A person, even if involuntarily committed, can not be forced to submit to any treatment.

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Scale

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Instrument for weighing / range of values forming a standard system for measuring or grating something.

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Secretions

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Substance discharged for excretion

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Severe tremors

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Severe unintentional involuntary, rhythmical alternating movement that may affect the muscles of any part of the body.

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Sexual activity

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Any activity which is sexual in nature.

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Sexual advances

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Request for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature.

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Sexual expression

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Sexual urges and desires.

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Sexuality

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Person's sexual orientation or preference.

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Shaving

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To remove hair from face, legs Exedra by cutting it off close to the skin with a razor.

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Skin breakdown

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Decubitus ulcer or bedsore.

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Social well being

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Basic human needs are being met and people are able to coexist peacefully.

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Stethoscope

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Instrument for listening to the actions of someone's heart or lungs.

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Stress

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Cause mental or emotional strain or tension.

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Stroke

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Condition called when the blood supply to the brain is cut off Suddenly by a clot or a ruptured blood vessel, also called a CVA.

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Suicide

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The act or an instance of killing oneself intentionally.

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Supplemental feedings

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Providing nutritional intake for a patient who is unable to feed self

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Suspected abuse

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Potential case of abuse

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Swelling

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Abnormal enlargement of a part of the body, accumulation of fluid.

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Systolic

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First measurement of blood pressure, is where the heart is at work comma Contracting and pushing blood out of the left ventricle.

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Toileting Schedule

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Program for urinary and fecal incontinence.

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TPR

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Temperature, pulse, and resporations.

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Trackeostomy

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An incision in the windpipe made to relieve an obstruction to breathe.

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Treating residents with respect

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A way of Behaving that shows admiration and importance for a resident.

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Tub bath

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A type of bath with a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash.

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Ulcers

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Open sore on an external or internal surface of the body, caused by a break in the skin or mucous membrane that fails to heal.

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Unconscious

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Not conscious

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Uniform

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Distinctive clothing worn by members of the same organization.

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Universal precautions

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An approach to infection control to treat all human blood and certain human body fluids as if they were known to be infectious for blood-borne pathogens.

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Unsteady

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Liable to fall or Shake, not firm

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Urinary catheter bag

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Used to catch urine from a catheter.

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Urine

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A watery, typically yellowish fluid stored in the bladder and discharge through the urethra.

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Visually impaired

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Eyesight cannot be corrected to a normal level.

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Vital signs

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Measurements that show how well the vital organs of the body are working.

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Vitamins

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Group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal the metabolism.

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Vomitus

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To reject part or all of the stomach contents through the mouth.

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Wandering resident

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A resident traveling aimlessly from place to place in the facility.

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Water faucet

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Faucet for drawing water from a pipe or a cask.

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Weakness

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State or condition of lacking strength.

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Weight

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Hey body's relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it.

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Wheelchair safety

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Using a chair with wheels safely.

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Withdrawal

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An action of ceasing to participate in an activity.

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Smoking

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Inhalation of smoke of burning tobacco.

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TED hose

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Elastic stockings that compress the superficial veins in the lower limbs to prevent Thrombophlebitis by shunting blood through the deep veins of the calves and thighs. (Thromboembolic Disease)

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Toenails

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The hard covering at the end of each toe.