1.5 Care Team And Chain Of Commands Flashcards
Taking vital signs
Assist with personal care
NA/CNA
Who coordinates, manages, and provides skilled nursing care?
Includes giving special treatments and medications prescribed by a Doctor.
Licensed professional who graduated from 2-4 yr nursing program.
Registered Nurse
A licensed professional nurse who has completed 1-2 years of education.
LPN/LVN
Diagnose disease or disability and prescribed treatment.
Physician/Doctor
Evaluated a person and develops a treatment plan.
Goals: increase movement Improve circulation Promote healing Reduce pain Prevent disability Regain or maintain mobility
Therapy form of heat, cold, massage, ultrasound, electrical stimulation and exercise to muscles, bones, and joints.
PT
Who helps resident learn to adapt to disabilities. May help train residents to perform ADLs
Who evaluates the resident’s needs and plans a treatment program.
What equipment is called
Occupational Therapist
Assistive or adaptive devices:
Who identifies communications disorders, address factors involved in recovery, and develops a treatment plan of Care to meet recovery goals.
Teach exercises to help the resident improve or overcome
Evaluate a person’s abilities to swallow food and drink.
Speech Language Pathologist
Who create diets for residents with special needs.
Special diets can improve health and help manage illness.
Registered Dietitian
Who determines resident needs and helps get them support services, counseling or financial assistance.
Medical Social Worker
Who plans activities for residents to help them Socialize and stay active?
These activities are meant to improve and maintain residents well being and prevent further complications from illness or disability.
Activities director
Who is an important member of the care team.
Who has the right to make decisions about his or her own care.
Resident
What describes the line of authority and helps to make sure that residents get proper health care.
Chain of command
Is a legal term. Means that someone can be held responsible for harming someone else.
What is Liability?
Defines the tasks that healthcare providers are allowed to do and how to do them correctly.
Scope of practice
