Exam 4 content

Hygiene

term used to describe ways to keep bodies clean and healthy

Grooming

practices like caring for fingernails and hair

Pressure injury (stage 1)

area may become swollen, painful, firm when compared to area around it

Pressure injury (stage 2)

partial-thickness skin loss involving inner and/or outer layers of skin

Pressure injury (stage 3)

There is full thickness skin loss in which fat is visible through injury

Pressure injury (stage 4)

There is full thickness skin loss extending through all layers of the skin, tissue, muscle, bone

Pressure injury (unstageable)

there is full thickness skin loss but it can not be determined because it is covered with slough or eschar

Draw sheets

can be placed under residents to help with turning and lifting

Foot drop

weakness of muscles in the feet and ankles that causes problems with the ability to flex the ankles and walk normally

orthotic device

a device that helps support and align a limb and may improve its functioning

perineum

genital and anal area

pediculosis

lice

affected or involved side

weaker side

embolism

obstruction of a blood vessel, usually by a blood clot

aspiration

inhalation of food

supine

lying flat on the back

lateral

lying on either side

prone

lying on the stomach

fowlers

semisitting position (45 to 60 degrees)

sims

left side-lying position

logrolling

moving a resident as a unit, without disturbing the alignment of the body

rehabilitation

helps restore a person to his highest level of functioning.

restorative care

keep the resident at the level achieved by rehabilitative care

phantom sensation

when a person feels that the amputated body part is still there

phantom limb pain

person feeling pain in limb that has been amputated

prosthesis

device that replaces a body part that is missing or deformed

abduction

moving a body part away from the midline of the body

adduction

moving a body part toward the midline of the body

extension

straightening a body part

flexion

bending a body part

dorsiflexion

bending backward

rotation

turning a joint

pronation

turning downward

supination

turning upward

oppositon

touching the thumb to any other finger

patients in wheelchair should be repositioned every _ hour(s)

1 hour