Category: G

An unlicensed caregiver who provides basic care needs, such as bathing and feeding, to residents in nursing homes or other health care facilities. According to federal regulations, GNAs must successfully complete at least a prescribed training course and register in the state in which they are practicing. Geriatric nursing assistants are a specially trained class…

The branch of nursing concerned with the care of the aged, including promotion of healthy aging, as well as prevention, assesssment, and management of physiological, pathological, psychological, economic, and sociological problems.  

A nurse who is a graduate of a state-approved school of nursing but has not yet passed the National Council Licensure Examination.  

A nurse not specializing in a particular field but available for any nursing duty.  

A nucleus of the cerebellum located medial to the emboliform nucleus.  

A nucleus resulting from the union of male and female pronuclei.  

A large notch on the posterior border of the hip bone between the posterior inferior iliac spine and the spine of the ischium.  

Malfunction of sensory and motor nerves due to inhaling toxic hydrocarbons. The lower extremities and trigeminal nerve are most often damaged.  

A neuron of the retina that receives impulses from bipolar neurons. Axons of ganglion neurons converge at the optic disk to form the optic nerve.  

Neuralgia along the course of the glossopharyngeal nerve, characterized by severe pain in back of the throat, tonsils, and middle ear. The throat throbs with an acute, repetitive ache, emanating from its depths and spreading to the vicinity of the tonsils, and conceivably even reaching the ear. This distress is instigated by the act of…