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Chapter 1 terms Flashcards

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Accountable

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Answerable for ones actions

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Activities Of Daily Living (ADLs)

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Daily personal Care Tasks; bathing, caring for skin, eating and drinking, dressing, walking, etc.

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Acute Care

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24-hour skilled care, Located at the hospital

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Adult Day Services

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Care for people who need assistance during certain hours

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Allergies

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A condition when the immune response is triggered to an allergen.

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Symptoms of Allergies

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Sneezing, Difficulty breathing, and skin issues.

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Animal - Assisted Therapy (AAT)

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Bringing pets into a facility to provide stimulation

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Assisted Living

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They don’t need 24-hour service but still require daily care

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Assistance Devices

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Equipment that helps an ill or disabled person perform activities

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Care Team

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People with different education levels and experiences that provide care

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Chain of Command

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The order of authority within a facility

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Charge Nurse

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A nurse responsible for a team of healthcare workers

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Chronic

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Long-term or long-lasting

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14
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Cite

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Find a problem through a survey

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Conscientious/Ethics

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Sense of right or wrong; principled

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Continuity of care

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Coordination of a resident’s care over time

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Courteous

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Polite, kind, and considerate

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Delegation

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Transferring responsibility to a person for specific tasks

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Dementia

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Loss of mental abilities, such as thinking, remembering, reasoning, and communicating.

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Diagnosis

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Identification of disease or condition by the signs and symptoms.

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Empathetic

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Able to identify with and understand the feelings of others

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First Impression

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The first meeting of someone and classifying them

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Functional Nursing

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Method of nursing care that is assigning tasks to each team member

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Holistic Care

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Care of the patience as a whole body

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Home Health Care

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Provided in someone’s home

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Hospice Care

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Roughly six months or less to live, and care until they die.

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Intergenerational Care

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Caring for children and the elderly in the same setting

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Joint Commission

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Non-profit organization that and evaluates facilities

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Length of Stay

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The number of days a person stays in a healthcare facility

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Liability

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A legal term that means a person can be held responsible for harming someone else

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LPN, LVN

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A licensed nurse who provides care and gives treatments.

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Long-Term Care

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24-hour care in long-term facilities

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Medicaid

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For people with low incomes, and disabilities

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Medicare

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65 years or older, or permanent kidney failure

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Nursing Assistant

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A person who performs assigned nursing tasks and gives personal care

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Outpatient care

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The care given to people who have had treatments, procedures, or surgeries, is short-term care.

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Person-centered care

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An emphasis on the person needing care and his or her individuality and capabilities

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Policy

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A course of action to be followed every time a certain situation occurs

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Primary nursing

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A method of care where registered nurses provide a lot of daily care.

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Procedure

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A method or way of doing something

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Registered Nursing (RN)

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Assesses residents, creates care plans, monitors progress, etc.

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Professionalism

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The use of proper standards of behavior at work and in work-related settings

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Rehabilitation

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Care is given to restore functions after illness or injury

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Resident

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A person living in a long-term care facility

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Sandwich Generation

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People responsible for the care of both their children and aging relatives

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Skilled Care

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Medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist

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Subacute Care

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The care given in hospitals or long-term care needs less care than for an acute condition.

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Team Leader

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A nurse in charge of a group of residents for one shift of duty

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Team Nursing

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Method of nursing in which a nurse acts as a leader of a group of people giving care

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Trustworthy

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Deserving the trust of others

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