NCLEX words

Care that relieves pain, other symptoms and stress for people with serious illness, at any stage and alongside other treatment.

The state of being open and unblocked, as of an airway, tube, catheter or vessel.

A 1990 US federal law requiring health care facilities to tell adults about their right to make advance directives and to accept or refuse treatment.

Built around the client's own needs, values and wishes, with the client as a full partner in decisions.

A number from 1 to 99 that shows how a measurement compares with others, as the share of the group that falls below it.

Gear worn to protect a health worker from germs and body fluids, such as gloves, gowns, masks, respirators and eye protection.

Directly connected to the matter being dealt with; relevant.

A written plan that lists a client's problems, goals and the nursing actions to reach them.

The care given to a person's body after death, preparing it with respect for the family and for transport.

To cause something to happen suddenly; also, solid particles that form in a liquid, or happening very fast.

Action taken to stop a disease, injury or problem from happening, or to keep it from getting worse.

Actions taken to stop a disease or injury from happening in the first place.

To decide which client, problem or task comes first, second and so on.

In the NCLEX clinical judgment model, to rank the client's possible problems by how urgent and likely each one is.

As needed: an order for a drug or treatment to be given only when the client needs it, within set limits.

The limits that keep the nurse-client relationship focused on the client's needs and not on the nurse's own.

A large amount of something; plenty.

The likely course and outcome of a disease, including the chance of recovery.

Lying flat, face down; also, completely worn out or overcome.

A special hospital room and set of precautions that keep germs away from a client whose immune system is very weak.