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Nurse Unit Vocabulary 2023

Nurse Unit Vocabulary

Activities of daily living (ADL): Daily activities necessary to meet basic human needs, for example, feeding, dressing, and elimination

Acute: Lasting a short period of time but relatively severe (for example, an acute illness)

Ambulate: To walk

Blood pressure: Measurement of the force exerted by the heart against the arterial walls when the heart contracts (beats) and relaxes

Chronic: Lasting a long period of time; reoccurring

Diagnosis: Determination of the nature of a person’s disease

Diastolic pressure: Measurement of blood pressure taken when the heart is at rest

Edema: Swelling; excess amount of fluid in the tissues

Fever: Elevated body temperature, usually above 100 degrees F

Geriatrics: The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease in older people and the problems specific to aging.

Hypertension: high blood pressure

Hypotension: low blood pressure

Malpractice: Providing improper or unprofessional treatment or care that results in injury to another person

Pediatrics: The branch of medicine dealing with care and treatment of diseases and disorders of children

Pulse: Pressure of the blood felt against the wall of an artery as the heart contracts or beats

Pulse Oximeter: A device that measure the oxygen level in arterial blood

Respiration: The process of taking in Oxygen (inspiration) and expelling Carbon Dioxide (expiration) by way of the lungs and air passages

Sphygmomanometer: Instrument calibrated for measuring blood pressure in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg)

Stethoscope: Instrument used for listening to internal body sounds

Systolic pressure: measurement of blood pressure taken when the heart is contracting and forcing blood into the arteries

Temperature: The measurement of the balance between heat lost and heat produced by the body. (97-99 degrees F is normal)

Vital signs: Measurements of the body’s most basic functions that provide information of the body conditions (Temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure)

Nurse Unit Vocabulary 2023

Nurse Unit Vocabulary

Activities of daily living (ADL): Daily activities necessary to meet basic human needs, for example, feeding, dressing, and elimination

Acute: Lasting a short period of time but relatively severe (for example, an acute illness)

Ambulate: To walk

Blood pressure: Measurement of the force exerted by the heart against the arterial walls when the heart contracts (beats) and relaxes

Chronic: Lasting a long period of time; reoccurring

Diagnosis: Determination of the nature of a person’s disease

Diastolic pressure: Measurement of blood pressure taken when the heart is at rest

Edema: Swelling; excess amount of fluid in the tissues

Fever: Elevated body temperature, usually above 100 degrees F

Geriatrics: The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease in older people and the problems specific to aging.

Hypertension: high blood pressure

Hypotension: low blood pressure

Malpractice: Providing improper or unprofessional treatment or care that results in injury to another person

Pediatrics: The branch of medicine dealing with care and treatment of diseases and disorders of children

Pulse: Pressure of the blood felt against the wall of an artery as the heart contracts or beats

Pulse Oximeter: A device that measure the oxygen level in arterial blood

Respiration: The process of taking in Oxygen (inspiration) and expelling Carbon Dioxide (expiration) by way of the lungs and air passages

Sphygmomanometer: Instrument calibrated for measuring blood pressure in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg)

Stethoscope: Instrument used for listening to internal body sounds

Systolic pressure: measurement of blood pressure taken when the heart is contracting and forcing blood into the arteries

Temperature: The measurement of the balance between heat lost and heat produced by the body. (97-99 degrees F is normal)

Vital signs: Measurements of the body’s most basic functions that provide information of the body conditions (Temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure)

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