Words To Know Module 2

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Bias

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Slant toward particular belief

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Burnout

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Result of stress & frustration brought on by unrealistic expectations

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Clustering

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Grouping nonverbal messages into statements

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Compensation

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Characteristics to make up for a real or imagined failure.

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Decode

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Interpret meaning of a message

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Defense mechanism

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Behavior that protects the psyche from guilt, anxiety, or shame.

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Denial

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Refusal to acknowledge information.

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Displacement

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Displacing negative feelings onto something or someone

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Durable power of attorney

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Legal form designating a person to act on another's behalf.

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Encoding

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Creating a message to be sent

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Goal

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Achievement towards which effort is directed.

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Indirect statements

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Eliciting a response from a patient by turning a question into a statement.

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Living will

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Document to be used in making end of life decisions also called a physicians directive.

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Long range goal

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Goals to acheive within in 3-5 yrs

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Masking

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Attempt to conceal or repress true feelings or the message.

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Perception

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Awareness of ones own feelings and the feelings of others

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Prejudice

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Opinion or judgment formed before all facts are known.

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Projection

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Placing ones own feelings upon another

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Rayionalization

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Act of justification

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Regression

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Moving back to a former stage to escape conflict or fear

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Repression

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Temporary amnesia

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Self actualization

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Developing your full potential and experiencing fulfillment.

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Stress

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The body's response to mental and physical change

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Stressors

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Major Life events that may cause anxiety or worry

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Sublimation

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Redirecting an unacceptable impulse

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AIDS

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Auto immunodeficiency syndrom

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Bx

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Biopsy

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ESRD

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End stage renal disease

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Ante

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Before

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C/O

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Complains of

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Cldy

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Cloudy

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COPD

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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disp

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Dispense

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dsg

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Dressing

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EDC

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Expected/estimated date of confinement

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EDD

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Expected/estimated date of delivery

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EOB

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Explanation of benefits

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HPI

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History of present illness

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H&P

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History and physical

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Hx

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History

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I&D

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Incision and drainage

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I&O

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Intake and output

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LMP

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Last menstrual period

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NA

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Not applicable

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NS

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Nonspecific

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OR

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Operating room

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S/S

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Signs and symptoms

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SVD

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Spontaneous vaginal delivery

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SX

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Symptoms

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Tx

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Treatment