NURSING MISC VC COMPREHENSIVE
CLINICAL PRACTICE REVIEW SHEET FULL
SOLUTIONS
●● Abuse
Answer: purposely causing physical, mental, or emotional pain or injury
to someone.
●● Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
Answer: personal care tasks a person does every day to care for him- or
herself; include bathing, dressing, caring for teeth and hair, toileting,
eating and drinking, and moving around.
●● Activity Therapy
Answer: therapy for people with Alzheimer's djsease that uses activities
to prevent boredom and frustration.
●● Acute
Answer: an illness that has severe symptoms.
●● Acute care
Answer: care performed in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers.
,●● Adaptive devices
Answer: special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled to
perform ADLs; also called assistive devices.
●● Adduction
Answer: moving a body part toward the body.
●● Adult daycare
Answer: care given at a facility during daytime hours; generally for
people who need some help but are not seriously ill or disabled.
●● Advance directives
Answer: documents that allow people to choose what kind of medical
care they wish to have if they are unable to make those decisions
themselves.
●● Affected side
Answer: a weakened side from a stroke or injury; also called the
"weaker" or "involved" side.
●● Ageism
Answer: prejudice toward, stereotyping of, and/or discrimination against
older persons or the elderly.
,●● Airborne Precautions
Answer: used for diseases that can be transmitted through the air after
being expelled.
●● Ambulation
Answer: walking.
●● Amputation
Answer: removal of some or all of a body part.
●● Angina pectoris
Answer: chest pain.
●● Anxiety
Answer: uneasiness or fear, often about a situation or condition.
●● Apathy
Answer: a lack of interest.
●● Aphasia
Answer: the inability to speak or to speak clearly.
, ●● Asepsis
Answer: term meaning that no infection is present.
●● Aspiration
Answer: the inhalation of food or drink into the lungs; can cause
pneumonia or death.
●● Assault
Answer: when a person feels fearful that he will be touched without his
permission.
●● Assisted living
Answer: facilities where residents live who need some assistance; they
do not usually require skilled care.
●● Assistive devices
Answer: special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled to
perform ADLs; also called adaptive devices.
●● Atrophy
Answer: the wasting away, decreasing in size, and weakening of
muscles.
CLINICAL PRACTICE REVIEW SHEET FULL
SOLUTIONS
●● Abuse
Answer: purposely causing physical, mental, or emotional pain or injury
to someone.
●● Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
Answer: personal care tasks a person does every day to care for him- or
herself; include bathing, dressing, caring for teeth and hair, toileting,
eating and drinking, and moving around.
●● Activity Therapy
Answer: therapy for people with Alzheimer's djsease that uses activities
to prevent boredom and frustration.
●● Acute
Answer: an illness that has severe symptoms.
●● Acute care
Answer: care performed in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers.
,●● Adaptive devices
Answer: special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled to
perform ADLs; also called assistive devices.
●● Adduction
Answer: moving a body part toward the body.
●● Adult daycare
Answer: care given at a facility during daytime hours; generally for
people who need some help but are not seriously ill or disabled.
●● Advance directives
Answer: documents that allow people to choose what kind of medical
care they wish to have if they are unable to make those decisions
themselves.
●● Affected side
Answer: a weakened side from a stroke or injury; also called the
"weaker" or "involved" side.
●● Ageism
Answer: prejudice toward, stereotyping of, and/or discrimination against
older persons or the elderly.
,●● Airborne Precautions
Answer: used for diseases that can be transmitted through the air after
being expelled.
●● Ambulation
Answer: walking.
●● Amputation
Answer: removal of some or all of a body part.
●● Angina pectoris
Answer: chest pain.
●● Anxiety
Answer: uneasiness or fear, often about a situation or condition.
●● Apathy
Answer: a lack of interest.
●● Aphasia
Answer: the inability to speak or to speak clearly.
, ●● Asepsis
Answer: term meaning that no infection is present.
●● Aspiration
Answer: the inhalation of food or drink into the lungs; can cause
pneumonia or death.
●● Assault
Answer: when a person feels fearful that he will be touched without his
permission.
●● Assisted living
Answer: facilities where residents live who need some assistance; they
do not usually require skilled care.
●● Assistive devices
Answer: special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled to
perform ADLs; also called adaptive devices.
●● Atrophy
Answer: the wasting away, decreasing in size, and weakening of
muscles.
