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Flashcards by Jasmine Tran, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Jasmine Tran
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Abstain | to voluntarily refrain from something (The dental hygienist instructed the patient to abstain from smoking to improve his breath odor.) |
| Accountable | To be responsible (Paramedics are accountable for maintaining up-to-date knowledge of resuscitation techniques.) |
| Acute | Sudden, intense (The nurse administered the prescribed pain medication to the patient who was experiencing acute pain after surgery.) |
| Adhere | To hold fast or stick together (The tape must adhere to the patient's skin to hold the bandage in place.) |
| Adverse | Undesired, possibly harmful (Vomiting is an adverse effect of many medications.) |
| Aegis (e-jis) | Control, protection (Unit staffing decisions are under the aegis of the nurse manager.) |
| Ambivalent | Uncertain, having contradictory feelings (After learning that she had breast cancer, the patient was ambivalent about having a mastectomy.) |
| Apply | To place, put on, or spread something (The nurse will apply a medication to the wound before covering the wound with a bandage.) |
| Assent | To give consent; to agree (The patient was asked to assent to the surgery by signing the informed consent document.) |
| Audible | Able to be heard (The respiratory therapist noted the patient's audible wheezing as a symptom of the patient's asthma.) |
| Bacteria | Single-celled, microscopic organisms (The physician ordered a laboratory test to confirm that the patient's illness was caused by bacteria rathern than a virus.) |
| Bilateral | Present on two sides (The unlicensed assistive personnel reported to the nurse that the patient had bilateral weakness in the legs when walking.) |
| Cardiac | Of or relating to the heart (Smoking increases the risk of cardiac disease.) |
| Cavity | An opening or an empty area (The nurse inspected the patient's oral cavity for lesions.) |
| Cease | Come to an end or bring to an end (Because the patient's breathing had ceased, the paramedic began resuscitation measures.) |
| Chronology | Order of events as they occurred; timeline (The police interviewed witnesses and first responders to determine the chronology or the accident.) |
| Compensatory (Com-pen-sa-tory) | Offsetting or making up for something (When the patient's blood pressure decreased, the paramedic noted that the heart rate increased, which the paramedic recognized as a compensatory action.) |
| Concave | Rounded inward (The dietician noticed that the patient was very thin and that the patient's abdomen appeared concave.) |
| Concise | Brief, to the point (When teaching a patient, the nurse tried to be concise so that the instructions would be easy to remember.) |
| Consistency | Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation to how it flows (The respiratory therapist noticed that the mucus the patient was coughing was of a thin, watery consistency.) |
| Constrict | To draw together or become smaller (The nurse knows that the small blood vessels of the skin will constrict when ice is applied to the skin.) |
| Contingent | Dependent (The hygienist told the patient that a healthy mouth is contingent on careful daily brushing and flossing.) |
| Contraindication (contra-indica-tion) | A reason something is not advisable or should not be done (The patient's excessive bleeding was a contraindication for discharge from the hospital.) |
| Convulsive | having or causing convulsions, i.e., violent shaking of the body (Epilepsy is a convulsive disorder.) |
| Cursory | Quick, perfunctory, not thorough (During triage, the paramedic gave each accident victim a cursory examination.) |
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