QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Acute Illness
Sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
Chronic Illness
Ongoing illness, slow or gradual in onset, has no known cure, can be controlled
and complication prevented with proper treatment
Terminal Illness
Illness or injury from which a person will not likely recover
Nursing Care Plan
Written guide about the persons nursing care
Objective Data
Info that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by the observer
Subjective Data
Things a person tells you about that you cannot observe through your senses
,Microorganism
Small living thing seen only with a microscrope
Pathogen
A microbe that is harmful and can cause an infection
Local infection
Infection in a body part
Systemic Infection
infection that involves the whole body
Dysuria
Painful or difficult urination
Hematuria
Blood in the urine
Nocturia
, Frequent urination at night
Oliguria
Scant amount of urine
Polyuria
Abnormally large amount of urine
Urinary incontinence
Involuntary loss or leakage of urine
Urinary retention
Inability to void
Catheter
A tube used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening
Mictrurition
Process of emptying urine from bladder