Chapter 1: Intro to Health Care Flashcards
An illness of rapid onset and short duration; the person is expected to recover.
Acute illness
The official entry into a health care setting.
Admission
Provides housing, personal care, support services, health care, and social activities in a home-like setting to persons needing some help with daily activities.
Assisted living residence (ALR)
A long-term health condition that may not have a cure; it can be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment.
Chronic illness
The official departure of a person from a health care setting.
Discharge
The many health care workers whose skills and knowledge focus on the person’s total care; interdisciplinary health care team
Health team
A health care agency or program that promotes comfort and quality of life for the dying person and the person’s family
Hospice
A nurse who has completed
a practical nursing program and has passed a licensing test
licensed practical nurse (LPN)
A person who haspassed a nursing
assistant training and competency evaluation program
(NATCEP); performs delegated nursing tasks under the
supervision of a licensed nurse
Nursing assistant
Those who provide nursing care—RNs,
LPNs/LVNs, and nursing assistants
nursing team
A nurse who has completed a 2-, 3-,
or 4-year nursing program and has passed a licensing test
Registered Nurse
Rules made by government agencies
Regulations
The formal review of an agency through the
collection of facts and observations
Survey
A person who collects information by observing
and asking questions
Surveyor
An illness or injury from which the person
will not likely recover
Terminal illness
