Nursing
611: Key Terms for Exam 1
Infection Control Measures/Asepsis (lab 9/25)
Kozier ch. 31
Active immunity (patho)
Airborne precautions
Antiseptics
Asepsis
Bacteremia
Bacteriocins
Bloodborne pathogens (particularly the examples)
Body substance isolation
Cicatrix
Colonization
Compromised host
Contact precautions
Diapedesis (patho)
Disinfectants
Droplet nuclei
Droplet precautions
Emigration (patho)
Exudate (probably patho too)
Fibrinogen (patho)
Hyperemia (patho)
Latrogenic infection
Infection
Inflammation (patho)
Isolation
Leukocytosis (patho)
Local infection
Margination (patho)
Medical asepsis
Nosocomial infections
Occupational exposure
Opportunistic pathogen
Passive immunity (patho)
Pathogenicity
Reservoir
Resident flora
Sepsis
Septicemia
Sterile field
Sterile technique
Sterilization
Surgical asepsis
Systemic infection
Universal precautions (UP)
Vector-borne transmission
Vehicle-borne transmission
Virulence
Health History (lecture 9/20)
Seidel ch. 1
Kozier ch. 11
– esp p. 181
Assessing
Cephalocaudal
Closed questions
Directive interview
Nondirective interview
Objective data (signs, overt data)
Rapport
Review of Systems/Screening examination
Subjective data (symptoms, covert data)
Validation
Personal Care & Feeding (lab 9/26)
Kozier ch. 33 & back massage p. 1219
Alopecia
Callus
Cerumen
Corn
Dental caries
Fissures
Gingival
Gingivitis
Hirsutism
Hygiene
Ingrown toenail
Lanugo
Pediculosis
Periodontal disease
Plantar warts
Plaque
Pyorrhea
Scabies
Sudoriferous glands
Tartar
Ticks
Tinea pedis
Physical Examination Overview (lecture 9/24)
Seidel ch. 3
Skin Assessment (lecture 9/24)
Seidel ch. 8
HEENT Assessment (lecture 9/27)
Seidel ch. 10
Seidel ch. 11
Seidel ch. 12
Vital Signs (lab 10/2)
Kozier ch. 29
Afebrile
Apical pulse
Apical-radial pulse
Apnea
Arrhythmia
Arterial blood pressure
Arteriosclerosis
Auscultatory gap
Basal metabolic rate
Body temperature
Bradycardia
Bradypnea
Cardiac output
Cardinal signs/vital signs
Chemical thermogenesis
Compliance
Conduction
Constant fever
Convection
Core temperature
Costal (thoracic) breathing
Diaphragmatic breathing
Diastolic pressure
Dysrhythmia
Elasticity of the arterial wall
Eupnea
Exhalation/Expiration
External respiration
Febrile
Fever
Fever spike
Heat balance – need flashcard?
Hematocrit
Hyperpyrexia/hyperthermia
Hypertension
Hyperventilation
Hypotension
Hypothalamic integrator
Hypothermia
Hypoventilation
Inhalation/inspiration
Insensible water loss
Intermittent fever
Internal respiration
Korotkoff’s sounds
Meniscus
Orthostatic hypotension
Peripheral pulse
Point of maximal impulse (PMI)
Polypnea
Pulse
Pulse deficit
Pulse oximeter
Pulse pressure
Pulse rhythm
Pulse volume
Pyrexia (means the same as fever?)
Radiation
Relapsing fever
Remittent fever
Respiration
Respiratory character/quality
Respiratory rhythm
Surface temperature
Systolic pressure
Tachycardia
Tachypnea
Tidal volume
Vaporization
Ventilation
Viscous
Vital signs/cardinal
signs
Safety & Mobility (lab 10/8)
Kozier ch. 44, p. 1127-1160
Active ROM exercises
Activity tolerance
Aerobic exercise
Ambulation
Anabolism
Anaerobic exercise
Ankylosed
Anorexia
Atrophy
Basal metabolic rate
Base of support
Calculi
Catabolism
Center of gravity (men & women)
Contracture
Crepitation
Dorsal position/supine position
Dorsal recumbent position
Embolus – how diff from thrombus?
Fowler’s position
High fowler’s position
Hypertrophy
Isokinetic (resistive) exercise
Isometric (standing or setting) exercise
Isotonic (dynamic) exercise
Lateral position
Line of gravity
Logrolling
Lordosis
Low fowler’s position/Semi-fowler’s position
Metabolism
Orthopneic position
Passive ROM exercises
Prone position
Range of motion (ROM)
Sims’ position
Supine position/dorsal position
Thrombophlebitis
Thrombus – how diff from embolis?
Tripod (triangle) position
Urinary incontinence
Urinary retention
Urinary stasis
Valsalva maneuver
Vital capacity
Cardiovascular Assessment (lecture 10/1)
Seidel ch. 14
Seidel ch. 15
Respiratory Assessment (lecture 10/4)
Seidel ch. 13
Abdominal Assessment (lecture 10/8)
Reproductive Assessment (lecture 10/11)
Seidel ch. 16
Seidel ch. 17
Seidel ch. 18
Seidel ch. 19
Musculoskeletal Assessment (lecture 10/11- sort of)
Seidel ch. 4
Seidel ch. 21
Seidel ch. 22