| A | B |
|---|
| AM Care | Morning personal hygiene to prepare for the day |
| PM Care | HS - Hour of sleep; to prepare for bedtime |
| ADLs | Activities of daily living |
| PRN | As needed - care provided when ever a resident needs it |
| Diaphoretic | sweating |
| perineum | "private area"; vulva in women; penis in men |
| mitted washcloth | folding a washcloth to use for a bedbath |
| perineal care "peri care" | cleaning the genital and anal areas |
| catheter | a tube used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening |
| colostomy | a surgically created opening between the colon and abdominal wall |
| constipation | the passage a hard, dry stool |
| defecation | the process of excreting feces from the rectum through the anus; a bowel movement |
| diarrhea | the frequent passage of liquid stools |
| fecal impaction | the prolonged retention and buildup of feces in the rectum |
| fecal incontinence | the inability to control the passage of feces and gas through the anus |
| feces | the semisolid mass of waste products in the colon that are expelled through the anus |
| flatulence | the excessive formation of gas in the stomach and intestine |
| flatus | gas or air passage through the anus |
| stoma | a surgically created opening |
| stool | excreted feces |
| laxative | a medication that chemically stimulates peristalsis so that material inside the intestines moves through at a faster pace |
| stool softener | medication that helps to keep fluid in the feces and help prevent constipation; does not chemically stimulate the intestines to cause a bowel movement |
| fiber supplement | adds bulk to the feces, causing it to hold fluid and prevent constipation |
| fecal impaction | occurs when constipation is not relieved and feces become hard and almost impossible to pass normally |
| digital examination | finger is inserted into the person's rectum to feel for the impacted mass and remove it by breaking the impacted feces apart and scoop it out of the rectum |
| enema | introduction of fluid into the large intestine by way of the anus for the purpose of removing stool from the rectum |
| rectal suppository | a small, wax - like cone or oval that is inserted into the rectum; it dissolves at body temperature stimulating peristalsis or lubricating and softening the stool |
| hematuria | blood in the urine |
| peristalsis | wave - like muscular contractions of the intestines |
| micturition | urination |
| voiding | to urinate |
| nocturia | excessive urination at night |
| dysuria | painful or difficult urination |
| urinalysis | routine urine test |
| anuria | no urine production |
| oliguria | inadequate(small amount) of urine production |
| polyuria | excessive urine production |
| mid - stream catch urine | method of collecting urine that helps prevent contamination by bacteria that normally live in and around the urethra; 1) clean urethra area; 2) start, then stop urine 3) then start again 4) urine sample is collected from the restarted flow |
| straight urine catheter | urinary catheter is inserted and removed immediately |
| indwelling catheter | retention or Foley catheter - left inside the bladder to provide continuous urine drainage |
| suprapubic catheter | type of indwelling catheter inserted into the bladder through a surgical incision made in the abdominal wall |
| diuresis | polyuria, excessive urination |
| catheter care | thorough cleaning of the perineal area and the catheter tubing that extends outside the body to prevent infection |
| urinary incontinence | inability to hold one's urine or involuntary loss of urine from the bladder |
| stress incontinence | most common type; urine leaks from the bladder when a person sneezes, coughs or exerts oneself |
| urge incontinence | involuntary release of urine right after a strong urge to void; common in people with UTI's because of irritation of the bladder causes bladder spasms |
| functional incontinence | the person cannot make it to the bathroom or onto the bedpan in enough time; there is no physical or nervous system cause |
| overflow incontinence | the bladder is too full of urine; associated with urinary retention; the person may dribble urine and may not be able to empty his bladder completely |
| urinary retention | inability of the bladder to empty completely |
| reflex incontinence | damage to the nerves that enable the person to control urination (paralysis can cause this) |
| condom catheter | used to manage incontinence in men; a sheath is placed over the penis and the collection bag is attached to the leg |
