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Culture. Disability. Lists. v. t. e. Activities of daily living ( ADLs) is a term used in healthcare to refer to an individual's daily self-care activities. Health professionals often use a person's ability or inability to perform ADLs as a measure of their functional status. The concept of ADLs was originally proposed in the 1950s by Sidney ...
Notes on Nursing. Notes on Nursing: What it is and What it is Not is a book first published by Florence Nightingale in 1859. [ 1][ 2][ 3] A 76-page volume with 3 page appendix published by Harrison of Pall Mall, it was intended to give hints on nursing to those entrusted with the health of others. Florence Nightingale stressed that it was not ...
Bed-making is the act of arranging the bedsheets and other bedding on a bed, to prepare it for use. [1] It is a household chore, but is also performed in establishments including hospitals, hotels, and military or educational residences. Bed-making is also a common childhood chore. [2] Research suggests that unmade beds help to keep out dust mites.
Admission notes document the reasons why a patient is being admitted for inpatient care to a hospital or other facility, the patient's baseline status, and the initial instructions for that patient's care. Health care professionals use them to record a patient's baseline status and may write additional on-service notes, progress notes ( SOAP ...
subjective, objective, assessment, plan (how physicians’ notes may be organized) SOB: shortness of breath (see dyspnea) SOBOE: shortness of breath on exertion: SOL: space-occupying lesion Sol: solution SOOB: send out of bed sitting out of bed SOP: sterile ophthalmic preparation SORA: stable on room air SOS: if needed (from Latin si opus sit ...
Pressure ulcers, also known as pressure sores, bed sores or pressure injuries, are localised damage to the skin and/or underlying tissue that usually occur over a bony prominence as a result of usually long-term pressure, or pressure in combination with shear or friction. The most common sites are the skin overlying the sacrum, coccyx, heels ...
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Bed rest. Bed rest, also referred to as the rest-cure, is a medical treatment in which a person lies in bed for most of the time to try to cure an illness. [ 1] Bed rest refers to voluntarily lying in bed as a treatment and not being confined to bed because of a health impairment which physically prevents leaving bed.