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BASIC NA TERMS
Units 4 & 5
Question | Answer |
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ambulatory; able to walk | amb |
located in front of; front part of the body | anterior |
arms, legs, hands, feet | extremeties |
rubbing on one surface with another | friction |
a webbed or woven belt with a buckle that is used to assist a weak or unsteady person with standing, walking, or transferring | gait belt |
located in the back or toward the rear | posterior |
immediately | stat |
a device used to restrict a perosn's freedom of movement or the ability to reach parts of their body | restraints |
lower extremeties (feet) | LE |
treatment | Rx |
↑ | increase/elevated |
↓ | decreased/lowered |
geriatric chair | g/c |
head of bed | HOB |
hands on assistance | HOA |
out of bed | OOB |
upper extremities (hands) | UE |
Ṫ | one person |
ṪṪ | to persons |