| A | B |
|---|
| grief | total emotional feeling of pain and distress as a reaction to a loss. |
| bereavement | Having suffered a loss by death. |
| anticipatory grieving | May occur before the loss actually happens. |
| Hospice | Philosophy of care for patients' and their families. Based on the acceptance of death, and palliative (comfort) care given to patients'. |
| Kubler-Ross's Stages of Coping with Death | denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. |
| Cheyne-Stokes respirations | Respirations that gradually become shallower and followed by periods of apnea (no breathing). |
| Durable power of attorney for health care | Legal document appointing a person to carry out the patient's wishes in an advanced directive. |
| pathogens | Microorganisms capable of causing disease. |
| aerobic bacteria | Can only grow with oxygen. |
| C&S | Diagnostic tests that grow out the bacteria to identify and determine which antibiotic can kill or alter the growth of the bacteria. |
| surgical asepsis | Preparing and handling materials in a way that prevents the patient's exposure to living microorganisms, "sterile technique". |
| handwashing | Number one way to prevent infections. To be completed after removing gloves also. |
| Disinfection or Sterilization | pathogens can be killed these ways. |
| Stages of an Infection | incubation, prodromal, and convalescent periods. |
| Isolation | Preventing contact between a patient and others to prevent spread of infection. |
| Standard Precautions | Guidelines to use with every patient for infection control. |
