| A | B |
|---|
| Surgical Bed | closed bed that has been opened to receive a patient who will be arriving by stretcher. |
| Occupied Bed | This type of bed is one that a patient is in, often sheets may need to be change in this type of bed |
| Unoccupied Bed | the type of bed that is empty. Changing sheets is easier to do in this type of bed. |
| Well-Made Beds | Essential to a person's mental and physical well-being. |
| Gloves | worn when changing sheets |
| Gown | Dirty or Clean sheets should not be held against |
| Metabolism | the physical and chemical changes that occur in the body to change the food we eat to energy. (produces heat) |
| body temperature | factors that affect this include; age, gender, hormones, etc. |
| oral temperature | measured and recorded with an "O"; measured in the mouth |
| Rectal Temperature | measured and recorded with a "R"; placed in the rectum; more accurate measurment but also risky. |
| Tympanic Temperature | Recorded with a "T"; measured in the ear. |
| Tympanic Thermometer | measures the temperature in the ear. |
| Temporal Artery Thermometer | measures the temperature by passing across the forehead (digital) |
| Axillary Temperature | measured by placing the thermometer under the arm. |
| Temporal Temperature | Measured using an electronic device that is swept across the forehead. |
| Febrile | Another word for Fever |
| pulse | beats of the heart, measured by feeling the waves of blood that go through the arteries. |
| pulse rate | tells you the heart rate (how fast the heart is beating). |
| pulse rhythm | pattern of the pulsations and pauses between them. |
| dysrhythmia | an irregular pulse rhythm |
| pulse amplitude | the force or quality of the pulse; also known as pulse character |
| Radial Pulse | measured by placing two or three fingers over the artery located on the inside of the wrist. |
| Apical Pulse | measured by listening to the heart with the stethoscope. |
| stethoscope | device used to make sounds louder and take the apical pulse |
| pulse deficit | difference between the apical pulse rate and the radial pulse rate. |
| Tachycardia | rapid heartrate or pulse rate of more than 100 beats per minutes for an adult. |
| Bradycardia | a heart rate that is slower than normal (less than 60 beats er minute). |
| Respiration | Process of Breathing |
| Inhalation | Inspiration (chest expands as air is taken into the lungs) |
| Exhalation | Expiration (chest falls as air moves out of lungs) |
| Respiratory Rate | Number of times the person breaths in one minute |
| Respiration Rhythm | Regularity of breathing |
| Depth of Respiration | deep or shallow; quality of breath |
| eupnea | good breathing; a normal respiratory rate |
| tachypnea | higher than normal respiratory rate (more than 24 breaths per minute) |
| bradypnea | respiratory rate that is lower than nomral (lower than 10 breaths per minute0 |
| dyspnea | difficult respirations ("bad") |
| hyperventilation | increased rate and depth of breathing |
| hypoventilation | decreates rate and depth of breathing |
| blood pressure | the force of blood pushing against the arterial walls; measured by two pressure levels using a special device. |
