Nursing practice

The ethical principle of telling the truth.

An order for a treatment or drug that a provider speaks aloud, in person or by phone, instead of writing or entering it.

To check that something is true or correct, often against a second source.

Any sound a person makes with the voice, such as words, moans, cries or humming.

An initial surgical count that is skipped because the patient's life cannot wait for it, as in a major emergency.

A routine check-up for a healthy child to follow growth and development, give vaccines and screen for problems.

A state of being healthy, comfortable and content in body, mind and social life.

Moist gauze packed into a wound and left to dry, so that dead tissue comes away with it when it is pulled off.

Women, Infants, and Children: a US government program giving healthy food, nutrition advice and breastfeeding support to families with low incomes.

A charting phrase meaning a finding or test result falls inside the expected range.

The United Nations agency that leads international work on public health.

A crease or fold, either in the skin or in fabric such as bed sheets.

A band worn on a client's wrist that shows their identifying details, and sometimes alerts such as allergies.

Surgery or another invasive procedure done at the wrong place on the body, including on the wrong side.