Ch 1 Vocab Flashcards
Alzheimer’s disease (AD)
A disease that affects brain tissue; memory loss and confusion increase until the person cannot tend to simple personal needs
Acute illness
A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
Assisted living residence
Provides housing, personal care, support services, health care, and activities in a home like setting
Board and care home; group home
Provides rooms, meals, laundry, and supervision to independent residents in a home-like setting
Care management
A nursing care pattern; a case manager (an RN) coordinates a person’s care from admission through discharge and into the home setting
Chronic illness
An ongoing illness, slow or gradual in onset; it had no cure; the illness can be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment
Functional nursing
A nursing care pattern focusing on tasks and jobs; each nursing team member has certain tasks and jobs to do
Hospice
A health care agency or program for persons who are dying
Independence
Not relying on or requiring care from others
Interdisciplinary health care team
The many health care workers whose skills and knowledge focus on the person’s total care
Licensed practical nurse (LPN); licensed vocational nurse (LVN)
A nurse who has completed a 1-year nursing program and has passed a licensing test
Medicaid
A health car payment program sponsored by the federal government and operated by the states
Medicare
A federal health insurance program for persons 65 yeas of age or older and younger people with certain disabilities
Nursing assistant; nurse aide; nursing attendant; and health care assistant
A person who gives basic nursing care under supervision of a licensed nurse;
Nursing center, nursing facility, nursing home
Provides health care and nursing care to persons who need regular or continuous care; licensed nurses are required
