25 Nursing glossary from Cinthia for La Tuque english class terms
Bandage
Noun
A covering (such as a strip of cloth) that protects or supports part of the body that has been hurt.
Example: Get him a bandage.
fr: Pansement
Bowel obstruction
Noun
A partial or complete block of the small or large intestine that keeps food, liquid, gas, and stool from moving through the intestines in a normal way.
Example: Nurses have to know bowel obstruction signs to assure the early detection of this disease.
fr: Occlusion intestinale
Care planning
Noun
The process of assessing an individual’s health, social risks and needs to determine the level and type of support required to meet those needs and objectives, and to achieve potential outcomes.
Example: This process is called advance care planning.
fr: Planification des soins
Caregiver
Noun
A person who provides direct care (as for children, elderly people, or the chronically ill).
Example: His caregiver is coming soon to wash him.
fr: Proche aidant
Clinical Handover
Noun
Transfer of professional responsibility and accountability for some or all aspects of care for a patient.
Example: Effective communication is essential for a clinical handover.
fr: Transfert de patient
Consent
Noun
Permission for something to happen or agreement to do something.
Example: I need his written consent before the beginning of his surgery for removal of the gallbladder.
fr: Consentement
Data gathering
In nursing, it is defined as the procedure of collecting, measuring and analyzing accurate insights for clinical research.
Example: Data gathering is an integral part of nursing health assessment.
fr: Collecte de données
Dialysis
Noun
The clinical purification of blood by dialysis, as a substitute for the normal function of the kidney.
Example: Dialysis nurses take care of patients that are receiving dialysis to treat end-stage kidney disease.
fr: Hémodialyse
Dosage
Noun
The size or frequency of a dose of a medicine or drug.
Example: Errors in medication calculations have contributed to dosage errors.
fr: Dose
Empathy
Noun
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
Example: Empathy helps nurses build a trusting connection with their patients.
fr: Empathie
haemorrhage
Noun
An abnormal escape of blood from an artery, a vein, an arteriole, a venule or a capillary network.
Example: Red cell transfusion is needed in major haemorrhage.
fr: Hémorragie
Health promotion
Noun
Health promotion involves public policy that addresses health determinants such as income, housing, food security, employment, and quality working conditions.
Example: Nurses play a huge role in illness prevention and health promotion.
fr: Promotion de la santé
Medical analysis
Noun
To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations.
Example: Nurses have to do the medical analysis of the laboratory result of their patients.
fr: Analyse médicale
Medical assessment
Noun
Evaluation of the patient using selected skills of history-taking; physical examination, laboratory, imaging, and social evaluation.
Example: A nurse can't do her job before she did a medical assessment.
fr: Évaluation médicale
Medical protocol
Noun
A medical protocol is considered to be a set of predetermined criteria that define appropriate nursing interventions that articulate or describe situations in which the nurse makes judgments relative to a course of action for effective management of common patient care problems.
Example: The nurse starts the medical protocol for hypoglycemia.
fr: Protocole médical
Palliative care
Noun
Palliative care is explicitly recognized under the human right to health. It should be provided through person-centered and integrated health services that pay special attention to the specific needs and preferences of individuals.
Example: The doctor decided to give him palliative care.
fr: Soins palliatifs
Prescription
Noun
A doctor's order for the preparation and administration of a drug or device for a patient.
Example: The pharmacist can renew some medical prescription.
fr: Ordonnance médicale
Psychosis
Noun
The psychosis is a condition that affects the way your brain processes information. It causes you to lose touch with reality.
Example: How can friends and family help someone with a psychosis?
fr: Psychose
Rehabilitation
Noun
Rehabilitation is a set of interventions needed when a person is experiencing or is likely to experience limitations in everyday functioning due to ageing or a health conditions, including chronic diseases or disorders, injuries or traumas.
Example: Rehabilitation can reduce the impact of a broad range of health conditions.
fr: Réadaptation
Relieve
Verb
Cause (pain, distress, or difficulty) to become less severe or serious.
Example: Give him medication to relieve his anxiety.
fr: Soulager
Sprain
Noun
To cause an injury to a joint (= a place where two bones are connected) by a sudden movement.
Example: He stumbled and sprained a knee.
fr: Entorse
Stoma
Noun
A stoma is an opening on the abdomen that can be connected to either your digestive or urinary system to allow waste (urine or faeces) to be diverted out of your body.
Example: To treat affected skin around the stoma you can use Stomahesive powder under the ostomy appliance.
fr: Stomie
stroke
Noun
A stroke happens when blood stops flowing to any part of your brain, damaging brain cells.
Example: An ischemic stroke happens when blood flows through the artery.
fr: Arrêt cardiovasculaire
Urinary catheter
Noun
A catheter is a flexible tube inserted into your bladder to empty it of urine.
Example: Urinary retention is an appropriate indication for urinary catheters.
fr: Sonde urinaire
Vital signs
Noun
Vital signs definition is - signs of life; specifically : the pulse rate, respiratory rate, body temperature, and blood pressure of a person.
