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Communication & Cultural Diversity

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  • What type of communication involves the use of words, spoken, or written?
    Verbal Communication
  • What is the abbreviation for abdomen
    abd
  • Medical term for blue or gray skin?
    Cyanotic
  • What does FBS stand for?
    fasting blood sugar
  • The ability to see things near but not far?
    nearsightedness / myopia
  • A loss of function or ability?
    impairment
  • Communication without using words?
    Nonverbal Communication
  • What is the most common type of stroke?
    ischemic stroke
  • How should a NA speak when the resident does not hear you correctly?
    slowly and clearly
  • Another word for farsightedness
    hyperopia
  • What is the abbreviation for cardiopulmonary resuscitation
    CPR
  • Another word for nearsightedness?
    Myopia
  • What does O2 stand for?
    Oxygen
  • What is another word for prejudice?
    Bias
  • What time is 2000?
    8:00pm
  • What is the abbreviation for as necessary
    PRN
  • What is dysphagia
    difficulty swallowing
  • What is a system of learned beliefs and behaviors that is practiced by a group of people?
    culture
  • What is the process of exchanging information with others
    Communication
  • What is the abbreviation for three times a day
    TID
  • What is paralysis to one side of the body called?
    hemiplegia
  • What is the abbreviation for intake and output
    I&O
  • What does c/o stand for?
    complains of
  • What time is 1400?
    2:00pm
  • What does CVA stand for?
    cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
  • This information is based on what a person sees?
    Objective
  • What is the abbreviation for two times a day
    BID
  • The ability to see objects in the distance better than objects nearby
    farsightedness / hyperopia
  • This occurs when blood supply to a part of the brain is blocked?
    CVA
  • What does ROM stand for?
    Range of motion
  • An unexpected occurrence that results in serious physical or psychological injury
    sentinel event
  • The inability to control the bladder or bowels?
    Incontinence
  • What is the abbreviation for shortness of breath
    SOB
  • This information is something a person cannot or did not observe
    subjective
  • What is hemiparesis?
    weakness on one side of the body