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    Associate Level Material Case Study Information for SOAP Notes Read the following three patient visits. Rewrite the information using correct medical terminology. The visits below are written in layman’s terms and do not use the correct medical terminology. Re-write the information in medical terms for the charts. You must determine where the information is to be placed in the SOAP note. Patient One – Chapter Six 22-year-old African American female 140/60 BP

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    MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY i rESOURCE aSSIGNMENT Medical Abbreviations Prepared by: Bonnie Henry May 23‚ 2013 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY i rESOURCE aSSIGNMENT Medical Abbreviations Prepared by: Bonnie Henry May 23‚ 2013 Instructor: Rosemary O’Brien‚ MSN‚ RN Pennsylvania Institute of Health and Technology Instructor: Rosemary O’Brien‚ MSN‚ RN Pennsylvania Institute of Health and Technology INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM Diseases/Disorders BCC Basil Cell Carcinoma CMV Cytomegalovirus HSV-1 Herpes

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    Running head: HLTH211-MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY IP Tommie Brown May 15‚ 2011 American InterContinental University • Describe an overview of the key anatomical parts of the respiratory system and how it works. • Describe possible diagnostic or surgical procedures associated with the respiratory system that are not mentioned in the Q&A section of this unit. • Include at least 10 medical terms including anatomy‚ diagnostic‚ and surgical terms. o Do an in-depth analysis of 5 of these terms

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    I remember taking Medical Terminology almost three years ago back in high school. With only eight students in my class‚ the class was “early-bird”‚ meaning that it started at 5:00 AM. Despite the early time‚ I will forever be indebted to the instructor for helping guide me in journey to become a cardiologist. Before the class‚ I had never had any exposure to the medical field. Since my instructor was an ICU RN‚ I was given the chance to not only learn terms used in medicine‚ but also to go to the

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    Alzheimer’s Disease Jennifer Wlos HCA/220 August 19‚ 2012 Dawn Tesner‚ DHEd‚ CPhT Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurologic disease of the brain leading to the irreversible loss of neurons and the loss of intellectual abilities‚ including memory and reasoning‚ which become severe enough to forgetting social or occupational functioning. Alzheimer’s disease is also known as simply Alzheimer’s‚ and also Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer Type (SDAT). I chose

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    1.The patient was diagnosed with a Left knee arthroscopy with partial medial meniscectomy which simply means that there is torn cartilage in the left knee along with softening and/or breakdown of the tissue that lines the kneecap(platella).Post-op shows that during surgery the crescent shaped posterior horn that acts like a shock absorber was not able to be repaired. Also the tissues that aligns the kneecap remained at grade 2 if the grade increased it would make the condition worse. 2. IV of Fluids

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    Organizational Approaches The seven organizational approaches consist of theses: 1. Body planes and body direction 2. Body cavities 3. Quadrants and regions 4. Anatomy and physiology 5. Microscopic to macroscopic 6. Body system 7. Medical specialties The body planes and body directions are used to study by dividing it with planes when in an anatomical position. Coronal plane or frontal plane is the vertical plane that divides the body front and back. The front of the body is the anterior

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    Medical Terminology Final Review Combining Forms: Acous/o = Hearing Aden/o = Gland Andr/o = Male Ather/o = Yellowish Plaque‚ Fatty Substance Aur/o = Ear Auricul/o = Ear Blephar/o =Eyelid Carcin/o = Cancerous‚ Cancer Cardi/o = Heart Cephal = Head Chem/o =Chemical Choledoch/o = Common Bile Duct Coron/o = Heart Cyan/o = Blue Dacry/o = Tear Dermat/o = Skin Dipl/o = Double Encephal/o = Brain Enter/o = Intestines; Small Intestines Gastr/o = Stomach Glyc/o = Sugar Gonad/o = Sex

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    December 2011 from Wikispaces website: http:// http://npjrhealthr62010.wikispaces.com/Integumentary+System+-+Diseases+and+Disorders Moisio‚ M. A.‚ & Moisio‚ E. W. (2008). Chapter 3‚ Integumentary system. In M. A. Moisio‚ & E. W. Moisio‚ Medical terminology: a student centered approach (2nd ed.‚ p. 52). Clifton Park‚ NY‚ United States of America: Delmar. Scott‚ A. S. (2009). Integumentary System. In A. S. Scott‚ Workbook to Accompany Body Structures and Functions (11th ed.‚ p. 49). Clifton Park

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    ambiguous‚ unfamiliar‚ and look-alike abbreviations and acronyms leading to misinterpretation and medical errors. The patient’s safety is a common goal in every healthcare institution. One of the major issues in a patient safety is an error that can be caused by an abbreviation. The most common is medication errors. One of the most common but preventable causes of medication errors is the use of ambiguous medical notations. Some abbreviations‚ symbols‚ and dose designations are frequently misinterpreted

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