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Abandonment - ✔✔Denial of food or health services
Abdominal thurst - ✔✔Is an emergency technique to help clear someone's airway.
Abduction - ✔✔Movement away from midline
Abduction pillow - ✔✔Pillow used to maintain separation between the legs of a patient
who has had hip surgery
Abductor wedge - ✔✔Is to separate the legs of a patient. It is often used after hip
surgery to prevent the new hip from "popping out".
Abnormal vital signs - ✔✔Outside these Normal Range (Adult) Heart Rate 60-100 Blood
Pressure 120/80 Temperature 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, 37 degrees Celsius Respiratory
rate 12-20 breaths/minute Pulse Ox >95%
Absorption - ✔✔The act of taking up or in by specific chemical or molecular action;
especially the passage of liquids or other substances through a surface of the body into
body fluids and tissues
Abuse - ✔✔Improper treatment or misuse
Acceptance - ✔✔Coming to terms with a situation and awaiting the outcome calmly;
final stage of dying, which some people, but not all, reach.
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Activities - ✔✔Tasks we learn as children and do everyday throughout our lives.
Acute - ✔✔Short term care given to persons with minor problems in which comes on
suddenly and requires immediate treatment.
Adaptive devices - ✔✔Are ordinary items that have been modified for patients use with
various types of problems.
Adaptive equipment - ✔✔Toothbrush holder to apply toothpaste with one hand, Long-
handed sponge, long-handled brush and comb, Combination nail clipper and file for
one handed use, Aerosol can adapter with trigger to push button, and Grooming aids
with built-up handles for easier gripping.
Addiction - ✔✔A condition that results when a person ingests a substance
Adduction - ✔✔Movement towards the midline or center
ADL - ✔✔The activities necessary to fulfill basic human needs
Admission - ✔✔Procedures carried out when patient first arrives
Admitting resident - ✔✔Wash hands, Assemble equipment, Prepare the unit for the
patient, introduce yourself and identify the patient, ask patient to be seated, Screen unit
to provide privacy, Help patient undress and put on gown, check the patients vitals,
weight, and height, help patient into bed, urine specimen collection, complete
admission form, orient patient to the unit, and carry out ending procedure actions.
Advance directives - ✔✔Document signed before the diagnosis of terminal illness,
when the individual is still in good health, indicating the persons wishes regarding care
during dying.
Afebrile - ✔✔Not marked by or having a fever
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