Patient's Personal and Physical needs

• BID means twice a day
• TID means three times a day
• Per diem means by the day
• Immobilization refers to the use of various devices to keep patients from moving during imaging procedures
• Immobilization is not categorized as restraints and do not require a physicians order!
• Another word for decubitus ulcers are bedsores
• A decubitus ulcer can develop in older or debilitated patients over prominent bony structures when pressure is exerted for even a short period of time
• To avoid the possibility of a decubitus ulcer, you should place padding under bony prominences such as the sacrum, heels, or midthoracic curvature or if the patient will be in one positon for longer than 10 minutes a full size radiolucent pad should be used
• The pigg-O-stat infant chair holds infants and toddlers firmly in the correct upright positon for chest radiography
• The Pigg-O-stat device incorporates a cassette holder and gonad shielding
• Recumbent refers to any position in which the patient is lying down
• Supine defines the position in which the patient is lying on his or her back
• Prone defines the position in which the patient is lying face down on his or her stomach
• Sims position is sometimes used for rectal examination and for taking a rectal temperature; it is the best position for edema administration
• Fowler position is a modification of the supine position in which the patient's upper body is elevated
• Trendelenburg position is where the patient's head is lower than the feet
• NPO means nothing by mouth; no food or liquid
• A bolster under the knees helps alleviate abdominal pain
• Patients who experience difficulty breathing, nausea, or abdominal pain need to be positioned with their heads elevated
• Patients' belongings must be placed in a safe and visible location in a suitable disposable container
• The term for difficulty breathing when lying down is orthopnea
• Orthopnea is the condition may be caused by asthma, lung disease, or heart condition
• The trendelenburg position is helpful in treating patients suffering from shock
• Battered child syndrome is a condition in which a child has been subjected to physical and/or sexual abuse
• Battered child syndrome is also known as nonaccidental trauma (NAT)