Intro to healthcare agencies Flashcards
what is a acute illness
A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
what is a assisted living facility
Provides housing, personal care, support services, health care, and social activities in a home like setting
case management
A nursing pattern: a case manager (an RN) coordinates a person care from admission through discharge and into the home setting
Chronic illness
An ongoing illness, slow or gradual in onset, for which there is no known cure; the illness can be controlled, and complications prevented
Functional nursing
A nursing care pattern focusing on task and jobs; each nursing team members has certain tasks and job to do
Health team
Staff members who work together to provide health care
Hospice
A health care agency or program for persons who are dying
Licensed practical nurse (LPN)
A nurse who has completed a 1-year nursing program and has passed a licensing test; called licensed vocational nurse (LVN) in some states
Licensed vocational nurse (LVN)
Licensed practical nurse
Nursing assistant
A person who gives basic nursing care under the supervision of an RN or LVN/LPN
Nursing team
The individuals who provide nursing care – RNs LPNs/ LVNs and nursing assistants
Patient focused care
A nursing care pattern; services are moved from departments to the bedside
Primary nursing
A nursing care pattern; an RN is responsible for the persons’ total care
Registered nurse (RN)
A nurse who has completed 2-3- or 4-year nursing program and has passed a licensing test
Team nursing
A nursing care pattern; a team of nursing staff is led by an RN who decides the amount and kind of care each person needs
Terminal illness
An illness or injury for which there is no reasonable expectation of recovery
Ventilator wearing
A person needs a mechanical ventilator to breath, the goal is to breath without the ventilator
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
someone with chronic respiratory disease who remain symptomatic or continue to have decreased function
for example, a person has a tracheostomy if it is temporary the goal is for the person to breath without it if it is permanent the person learns tracheostomy care and management
Wound management
the person has a chromic wound from surgery or trauma wound healing is goal
Neurological rehabilitaion
the person had a stroke or has a nervous system disease or injury
Orthopedic rehabilitation
the person had a joint replacement surgery, or the person has a bone joint or muscle injury or disease
Complex medical care
the person has a complex heart kidney digestive or other disorders, the persons with cancer or aids may need complex medical care
