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Mosby-s Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 7th Edition
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Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants,7th Edition
abrasion - ✔✔a partial-thickness wound caused by the scraping away or
rubbing of the skin
abuse - ✔✔the willful infliction by one's actions that deprive a person of
the goods or services needed to maintain well-being
abduction - ✔✔moving a body part away from the mid-line of the body
adduction - ✔✔moving a body part toward the mid-line of the body
ambulation - ✔✔act of walking
anaphylaxis - ✔✔a life-threatening sensitivity to an antigen
anorexia - ✔✔the loss of appetite
anticoagulant - ✔✔a medication that prevents or slows down blood clotting
aphasia - ✔✔a language disorder resulting from brain damage; the
inability to use or understand language
apnea - ✔✔the lack or absence of breathing
arterial ulcer - ✔✔an open wound on the lower legs or feet caused by poor
arterial blood flow
artery - ✔✔a blood vessel that carries blood AWAY from the heart
arthoplasty - ✔✔the surgical replacement of a joint
asepsis - ✔✔being free of disease-producing microbes
, aspiration - ✔✔breathing food, fluid, vomitus, or an object into the lungs
assult - ✔✔intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person's body
without their consent
assessment - ✔✔a step in the nursing process to collect information about
a person
atrophy - ✔✔the decrease in size or the wasting away of tissue
battery - ✔✔touching a person's body without their consent
benign tumor - ✔✔a tumor that does not spread to other body parts
Biot's respirations - ✔✔rapid and deep respirations followed by 10 to 30
seconds of apnea
bony prominence - ✔✔an area where the bone sticks out or projects from
the flat surface of the body
bradycardia - ✔✔a slow heart rate; less than 60 beats per minute
capillary - ✔✔a tiny blood vessel which transports substances into cells
catheter - ✔✔a tube used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening
cerumen - ✔✔earwax
Cheyne-Stokes respirations - ✔✔respirations gradually increase in rate
and depth and then become slow and shallow; 10-20 seconds of apnea
colonized - ✔✔the presence of bacteria on a wound
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