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Qs ombudsman - n Ans✔ Someone who supports or promotes the needs and interests of another person Qs Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA) - n Ans✔ A law that requires nursing centers to provide care in a manner and a setting that maintains or improves a persons quality of life, health and safety. Applies to all 50 states Qs optimal level of function - n Ans✔ A person's highest potential for mental and physical performance Qs oral hygiene - n Ans✔ Mouth care Qs
organ - n Ans✔ Groups of tissues with the same function Qs orthopnea - n Ans✔ Breathing deeply and comfortably only when sitting Qs orthopneic position - n Ans✔ Sitting up and leaning over a table to breathe Qs orthostatic hypotension - n Ans✔ Abnormally low blood pressure when the person suddenly stands up; postural hypotension Qs ostomy - n Ans✔ A surgically created opening Qs overflow incontinence - n
Infestation of the scalp with lice Qs pediculosis pubis - n Ans✔ Infestation of the pubic hair with lice Qs pediculosis corporis - n Ans✔ Infestation of the body with lice Qs perineal care - n Ans✔ Cleaning the genital and anal areas; pericare Qs peristalsis - n Ans✔ Involuntary muscle contractions in the digestive system that move food through the alimentary canal Qs plantar flexion - n Ans✔ bending the foot down at the ankle; foot is bent
Qs polyuria - n Ans✔ Abnormally large amounts of urine Qs postmortem - n Ans✔ After death Qs postural hypotension - n Ans✔ Orthostatic hypotension Qs posture - n Ans✔ Body alignment Qs pressure sore - n Ans✔ A bedsore, decubitus ulcer, or pressure ulcer Qs
pseudodementia - n Ans✔ False dementia Qs pulse - n Ans✔ The beat of the heart felt at an artery as a wave of blood passes through the artery Qs pulse rate - n Ans✔ The number of heartbeats or pulses felt in 1 minute Qs quadriplegia - n Ans✔ Paralysis from the neck down; cervical injuries are the cause Qs range of motion (ROM) - n Ans✔ The movement of a joint to the extent possible without causing pain Qs recording - n Ans✔
The written account of care and observations; charting Qs reflex incontinence - n Ans✔ The loss of urine at predictable intervals when the bladder is full Qs registered nurse (RN) - n Ans✔ A nurse who has completed a 2-,3-, or 4-year nursing program and has passed a licensing test Qs regurgitation - n Ans✔ The backward flow of food from the stomach into the mouth Qs rehabilitation - n Ans✔ The process of restoring the person to his or her highest possible level of physical, psychological, social, and economic function Qs reincarnation - n Ans✔
Qs restorative aide - n Ans✔ A nursing assistant with special training in restorative nursing and rehabilitation skills Qs restorative nursing care - n Ans✔ Care that helps persons regain their health, strength, and independence Qs restraint - n Ans✔ Any item, object, device, garment, material, or drug that limits or restricts a person's freedom of movement or access to one's body Qs reverse Trendelenburg's position - n Ans✔ The head of the bed is raised, and the foot of the bed is lowered Qs abduction - n Ans✔ Moving a body part away from the midline of the body
Qs abuse - n Ans✔ The intentional mistreatment or harm of another person Qs acetone - n Ans✔ A substance that appears in urine from the rapid breakdown of fat for energy; ketone body or ketone Qs active physical restraint - n Ans✔ A restraint attached to the person's body and to a fixed (non-movable object; it restricts movement or body access Qs activities of daily living (ADL) - n Ans✔ The activities usually done during a normal day in a person's life Qs adduction - n Ans✔ Moving a body part toward the midline of the body
aphasia - n Ans✔ The inability to speak Qs apnea - n Ans✔ The lack or absence of breathing Qs arthroplasty - n Ans✔ The surgical replacement of a joint Qs asepsis - n Ans✔ Being free of disease-producing microbes Qs aspiration - n Ans✔ Breathing fluid or an object into the lungs Qs assault - n Ans✔
Intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person's body without the person's consent Qs assisted living facility - n Ans✔ Provides housing, support services, and health care to persons needing help with daily activities Qs atrophy - n Ans✔ The decrease in size or a wasting away of tissue Qs base of support - n Ans✔ The area on which an object rests Qs battery - n Ans✔ Touching a person's body without his or her consent Qs bedsore - n Ans✔
Qs body language - n Ans✔ Messages sent through facial expressions, gestures, posture, hand and body movements, gait, eye contact, and appearance Qs body mechanics - n Ans✔ Using the body in an efficient and careful way Qs body temperature - n Ans✔ The amount of heat in the body that is a balance between the amount of heat produced and the amount lost by the body Qs bradypnea - n Ans✔ Slow breathing; respiration are less than 12 per minute Qs calorie - n Ans✔ The amount of energy produced when the body burns food
Qs cardiac arrest - n Ans✔ The heart and breathing stop suddenly and without warning Qs carrier - n Ans✔ a human or animal that is a reservoir for microbes but does not have the signs and symptoms of infection Qs catheter - n Ans✔ A tube used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening Qs cell - n Ans✔ The basic unit of body structure Qs chart - n Ans✔ The medical record
Qs coma - n Ans✔ A state of being unaware of one's surroundings and being unable to react or respond to people, places, or things Qs communicable disease - n Ans✔ A disease caused by pathogens that spread easily; a contagious disease Qs communication - n Ans✔ The exchange of information--a message sent is received and interpreted by the intended person Qs comprehensive care plane - n Ans✔ A written guide giving direction for the resident's care (required by OBRA) Qs confidentiality - n Ans✔ Trusting others with personal and private information
Qs constipation - n Ans✔ The passage of a hard, dry stool Qs constrict - n Ans✔ To narrow Qs contagious disease - n Ans✔ Communicable disease Qs contamination - n Ans✔ The process of becoming unclean Qs contracture - n Ans✔ The lack of joint mobility caused by abnormal shortening of a muscle Qs convulsion - n
