3191_Med_Surg_Exam_3_Class_Notes 2023

resulting from any cause instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs): complex skills needed for independent living, such as shopping, cooking, housework, using the telephone, managing medications and finances, and being able to travel by car or public transportation orthosis: an external appliance that provides support, prevents or corrects joint deformities, and improves function pressure ulcer: localized area of skin breakdown due to prolonged pressure and insufficient blood supply, usually at bony prominences prosthesis: a device used to replace a body part rehabilitation: making able again; learning or relearning skills or abilities or adjusting existing functions to meet maximum potential rehabilitation nursing: a branch of nursing focused on providing care to patients who have been incapacitated by illness or injury or are facing potentially life-altering health conditions throughout their lifespan sinus tract: course or path of tissue destruction occurring in any direction from the surface or edge of a wound; results in dead space with potential for abscess formation; also called tunneling slough: soft, moist avascular (devitalized) tissue; may be white, yellow, tan, gray, or green; may be loose or firmly adherent undermining: area of destroyed tissue that extends under intact skin along the periphery of a wound; commonly seen in shear injuries; can be distinguished from sinus tract in that there is a significant portion of the wound