Biomaterial Database

Practical procedures for nurses. Last offices--3. 1998

L Nearney

Haward House, Mamillan Palliative Care Unit, City Hospital, Nottingham.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009737	Nursing Records	Data recorded by nurses concerning the nursing care given to the patient, including judgment of the patient's progress.	Records, Nursing,Nursing Record,Record, Nursing
D010355	Patient Identification Systems	Organized procedures for establishing patient identity, including use of bracelets, etc.	Patient Tracking,Identification System, Patient,Identification Systems, Patient,Patient Identification System,Patient Trackings,System, Patient Identification,Systems, Patient Identification,Tracking, Patient,Trackings, Patient
D003643	Death	Irreversible cessation of all bodily functions, manifested by absence of spontaneous breathing and total loss of cardiovascular and cerebral functions.	End Of Life,End-Of-Life,Near-Death Experience,Cardiac Death,Determination of Death,Death, Cardiac
D005655	Funeral Rites	Those customs and ceremonies pertaining to the dead.	Mortuary Customs,Custom, Mortuary,Customs, Mortuary,Funeral Rite,Mortuary Custom,Rite, Funeral,Rites, Funeral
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001494	Baths	The immersion or washing of the body or any of its parts in water or other medium for cleansing or medical treatment. It includes bathing for personal hygiene as well as for medical purposes with the addition of therapeutic agents, such as alkalines, antiseptics, oil, etc.	Bath
D001512	Bedding and Linens	Articles of cloth, usually cotton or rayon and other synthetic or cotton-blend fabrics, used in households, hospitals, physicians' examining rooms, nursing homes, etc., for sheets, pillow cases, toweling, gowns, drapes, and the like.	Linens,Bedding,Beddings,Linen,Linens and Bedding
D013727	Terminal Care	Medical and nursing care of patients in the terminal stage of an illness.	End-Of-Life Care,End of Life Care,Care, End-Of-Life,Care, Terminal,End-Of-Life Cares