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