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sundowner's syndrome

confusion that affects people with dementia around sundown

pulse

heart rate

blood pressure

pressure of blood in the circulatory system

anti- embolism hose

theriputic treatment to increase bloodflow in the legs

malignant

a tumor that invades and destroys near by tissues and can spread to other parts of the body

benign

a non harmful tumor in effect

cyanosis

blue or grey of the skin, lips, nails, and/or eyes

jaundice

yellow of the skin/ whites or eyes

constipation

passing hard stool or difficulty passing stool

angina

chest pain caused by reduce blood flow

dementia

thought or social skills affecting daily functions

cardiac

heart disease

colostomy

surgical operation to take out parts of the colon and make an artificial opening

edema

excess water collecting in tissues or cavities of the body

stroke

damage to the brain form blood clots

alzheimer's

disease that destroys memory and mental functions

congestive heart failure

chronic condition where the heart doesn't pump blood as well as it should

heart attach ( myocardial infarct)

blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle

obesity

excess body fat causing increase in health problems

terminal illness

deadly illness

shingles

painful rash caused by chicken pox

diabetes

condition where the pancreas cant produce insulin properly

kidney stones

small hard deposit that forms in the kidney

hepatitis

inflamation of the liver

HIV

interfears with the body's ability to fight infections

colitis

inflamation reaction in the colon

acute illness

sudden illness, expect recovery

chronic illness

ongoing illness can be treated

asepsis

the absence of a diesease producing microbes

geriatric

feild in medicine concerned about peoples health

coma

a state at which someone doesnt know or is uneaware and unabel to react or respond to people, places, or things

hemiplegia

paraysis on one side of the boddy

medical asepsis

practice to minimalize number of microbes

surgical asepsis

the practice to remove all mircobes

vaccine

a shot containing dead or weakend microbes

contamination

unclean process

nosocomial

disease originating in a hospital

immunity

protection against a disease or condition

sterilization

process of destroying all microbes

non-pathogen

a microbe that doesnt usually cause infections

pathogen

a microbe that can cause infection

communicable disease

disease caused by pathogens that spread easily

antibiotic

a drug that kills specific microbes that cause infections

sterile field

work area of all pathogens

body alignment

posture, the way the head arms and legs are alligned with another

transfer

how a person moves from one place to another

logrolling

turning the person like a log in one swift movement

supine position

semi-sitting head of the bed is 45-60* up

fowler's position

laying one once side or the other

perineal care

cleaning the genital and anal areas

full visual privacy

having the means to be completley free from public view while in bed.

alopecia

hair loss

hirsutism

excessive body hair

dandfuff

excessive amounts of dry flaky skin on the scalp

abduction

moving a body part away from the midline of the body

pediculosis

lice

dorsal recumbent position

the back laying or supile position

hallucination

seeing, hearing , smelling , or feeling things that arent real

suffocation

when breathing stops from lack of oxygen

shearing

when the skin sticks to a surface while muscles slide in the direction the body is moving

hypertention

when bloodpressure is above 140/90

pulse rate

heart beats per minute

aspirations

breathing things besides air in your lungs

anorexia

loss of apitite

calorie

fule or energy value of food

dehydration

excessive loss of water

dysphagia

difficulty swallowing

graduate

measuring container for fluids

nutrient

a substance eaten, digested and absorbed by the body

nutrition

same as nutrient just the process

blood pressure

pressure of blood flowing through the body

bradycardia

slow heart rate less than 60 beats a min.

tachycardia

rapid heart rate more than 100 beats a min.

diastolic blood pressure

lowest number in blood pressure, minimum pressure

systolic blood pressure

highest number in blood pressure, highest pressure

hypotention

blood pressure below 90/60

vital signs

temp. pulse, respiration, bp, and pain

abduction

moving body part away from the body

adduction

moving body part towards the body

atrophy

shrinking, decreasing in size

extension

straitining the body part

flexion

bending the body part

ambulation

act of walking

PM care

night care

dysuria

painful urination

hematuria

blood in urin

overflow incontinence

small amounts or urine leak from a full bladder

urinary incontinence

involuntery loss of urine or leakage

oliguria

scant amount of urine

medical asepsis

practice used to reduce the number of microbes

surgical asepsis

practice used to remove all microbes

bloodborne pathogen standard

micro-organisms in human blood that cause diease

fecal incontinence

inability to pass controllably feces or gas

fecal inpaction

buildup of feces in the rectum

enema

the introduction of fulid into the rectum/ lower coli

flatus

gas or air passed through the anus

peristalsis

involentary muscle contractions

tumor

a new growth of abnormal cells that is benign or malignate

metastasis

the spread of cancer to other body parts

hypoglycemia

low sugar in th eblood