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Acute urinary incontinence
Refers to a transient and reversible loss of urine
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Acute Illness
Rapidly occurring illness that runs it's course, allowing the person to return to his/her pervious level of functioning.
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ADL
Activities of daily living
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Chronic Urinary incontinence
May be classified as four main types: stress, urge, overflow and functional
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Body Alignment
The relationship with various parts of the body to one another when standing sitting or laying.
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Contracture
Permanent shortening of a muscle
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Culture
The beliefs and practices shares by people and is passed down from generation to generation
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Debride
To remove foreign material and dead or damaged tissue, especially in a wound
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Empathy
Projecting sensitivity and understanding of another's feelings and communicating the understanding in a way the client comprehends
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Epithelialization
Stage of wound healing in which epithelial cells move across the surface of a wound; tissue resembles the color of "ground glass" to pink
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Exacerbation
Period in chronic illness when the symptoms reappear
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Exudate
Fluid that accumulates in a wound; may contain serum, cellular debris, bacteria, and white blood cells
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Granulation Tissue
New tissue, pink/red in color, composed of fibrosblasts and small blood vessels that fill an open wound when it starts to heal
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Ischemia
Lack of oxygen resulting from poor circulation
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Necrosis
Related to death of a tissue (necrosis-localized tissue death)
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Pneumonia
Inflammation or infection of the lungs
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Rapport
Special feelings held b the client and nurse based on acceptance, warmth, friendliness, common interest, trust and non-judgmental attitude.
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Reactive Hyperemia
Blanchable reddening of skin which occurs when pressure is removed
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Risk Factor
Something that increased a person's chance of illness of injury
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Sensory Deficit
Impaired or absent functioning of one or more sense
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Sensory Deprivation
Conditions resulting from decreased sensory input or input that is monotonous or meaningless
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