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25 Cards in this Set
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Supine |
Laying with the face upward. |
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Sims Position |
Position in which the patient is on the left side with the left leg extended and right leg flexed; left arm is extended and brought behind the back; right arm is flexed and brought forward. |
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Lateral Position |
Away from the midline. |
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Prone |
Position in which the patient is on the abdomen, spine straight, legs extended, and arms flexed on either side of the hand. |
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Asepsis |
Without infection. |
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Ethnics |
Relating to customs, languages, and traditions of specific groups of people. |
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Advance Directives |
Document signed before the diagnosis of a terminal illness, when the individual is still in good health, indicating the person's wishes regarding care during dying. |
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Ombudsman |
An official appointed to investigate individuals complaints against maladministration, especially that of public authorities. |
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Scope of Practice |
Extent or range of permissible activities. |
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Coercion |
Forcing a patient to do something against his or her wishes. |
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Aphasia |
Language impairment ; loss of ability to comprehend or produce language normally. |
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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) |
Equipment such as waterproof gowns, masks, gloves, goggles, and other equipment needed to protect a person from infectious material. |
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Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) |
Type of bacteria resistant to most antibiotics. |
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Ambulate |
To walk. |
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Contaminate |
Unclean; impure, soiled with microbes. |
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Pathogens |
Microorganisms or other agent capable of producing a disease. |
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Occupational Safely and Health Administration (OSHA) |
Is a government agency that protects the health and safety of employees. |
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Standard Precautions |
Practices used in health care facilities to prevent the spread of infection via blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions, mucous membrane, and non-intact skin. |
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Methicillin-resistant (MRSA) |
Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococci are normally found on skin and mucous membranes. |
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Nosocomial |
Pertaining to or originating in a facility. |
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Rationalization |
Is a defense mechanism in which controversial behaviors or feelings are justified and explained in a seemingly rational or logical manner to avoid the true explanation, and are made consciously tolerable. |
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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) |
Nursing Home Reform Act is a federal law that sets some standard of care and establishes certain rights for elderly persons in the U.S. The provisions of the Act are contained in Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 ( OBRA' 87) |
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DNR |
do-not-resuscitate order; used when cardiac and respiratory arrest occur. |
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Projection |
Unconscious defense mechanism by which an individual denies his or her own emotionally unacceptable traits and sees them as belonging to another. |
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) |
The virus that causes AIDS. |
