Nursing Assistant Theory Chapter 1 Flashcards
A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
Acute illness
Provides housing, personal care, support services, health care, and social activities in a home-like setting
Assisted living residence
A nursing care pattern; a case manager (an RN) coordinates a person’s care from admission through discharge and into the home setting
Case management
An ongoing illness, slow or gradual in onset; it has no known cure; the illness can be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment
Chronic illness
A nursing care pattern fociusing on tasks and jobs; each nursing team member has certain tsaks and jobs to do
Functional nursing
The many health care workers whose skills and knowledge focus on the peron’s total care; interdisciplinary health care team
Health team
A health care agency or programs for persons who are dying
Hospice
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 practical nurse (LPN)
Licensed practical nurse (LVN)
Licensed vocational nurse
A person who has passed a nursing assistant training and competency evalution porgram; performs delegated nursing tasks under the supevision of a licensed nurse
Nursing assistant
Those who provide nursing care– RNs, LPNs/LVNs, and nursing assistant
Nursing team
A nursing care pattern; services are moved from departments to the bedside
Patient-focused care
A nursing care pattern; an RN is responsible for the person’s total care
Primary nursing
A nurse who has completed a 2,3, or 4 year nursing program and has passed a licensing test
Registered nurse (RN)
A nursing care pattern; a team member staff is led by an RN who ecides the amount and kid of care each person needs
Team nursing
An illness or injury for which there is a reasonable expectation of recovery
Terminal illness
CMG
Case mix group
DON
Director of nursing
DRG
Diagnosis-related group
HMO
Health maintenance organization
LPN
Licensed practical nurse
LVN
Licensed vocational nurse
NATCEP
Nursing assistant training and competency evaluation program
PPO
Preferred provider organization
RN
Registered nurse
RUG
Resource utilization group
SNF
Skilled nursing facility
