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Unit 1 Flashcards

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Abuse

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The repetitive and deliberate infliction of injury on another person

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Abandonment

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Leave or desert someone. To withdraw ones support or help from, especially in spite of duty, allegiance or responsibility.

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Acute

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A disorder with a rapid inset and relatively short recovery time, usually unexpected

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Adult Protective Servises

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Gov. Agency that oversees the welfare of the elderly.

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Assisted Living

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Provides care for people who are unable to provide most of their care on their own but need limited help with medications, transportation, meals and house keeping. A type of long-term care.

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Assault

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Threatening or attempting to touch a person without their permission.

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Battery

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Touching a person without their consent

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Care Plan

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Outlines the nursing care to be provided to a patient.

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Chronic

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A disorder that is ongoing and often needs to be controlled through continuous medication or treatment.

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Client

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Person who is bing cared for in their home.

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Confidentiality

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Ensuring info is accessible to only those who are authorized

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Defamation

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Making untrue statements that hurt another persons reputation

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Dehydration

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Too little fluid in the tissues of the body

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Delegation

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To authorized another person to perform a task on your behalf

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Disability/disabled

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Impaired physical or emotional function

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Ethics

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Moral principals or standards that govern conduct

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False Imprisonment

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Confining another person against their will

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Fraud

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Deception that could cause harm to another person

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Geriatrics

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Branch of medicine that focuses on the health of the elderly

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HIPPA

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. To ensure a patients privacy.

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Hospice

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Care provided by a health care organization for people who are dying, and their families

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Hospital

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An institution for health care providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment

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Interdisciplinary Team

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Group that consists of specialists of several fields combining skills and resources to present guidance and information. The IDT writes the care plan.

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Job Description

A

List of general tasks, or functions, and responsibilities of a position.

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Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

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Work in a variety of health care settings. Working under the supervision of physicians in clinics or hospitals, or a private home health care, in long term facilities, sometimes supervise CNAs

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Libel

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Written statement that injure a persons reputation, a form of defamation. Can be false statements in writing, print, pictures or paintings.

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Long-Term Care

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Variety of services that help meet both the medical and non-medical needs of people with a chronic illness or disability who cannot care for themselves.

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Malpractice

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Negligence committed by people who hold licenses to practice their position, such as doctors, nurses, lawyers, dentists, and pharmacists

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Medicaid

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A federally funded and state-regulated plan designed to help people with low incomes to pay for healthcare

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Medical Doc (MD)

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Practices the ancient profession of medicine, which is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnoses, and treatment of disease or injury.

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Medicare

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Type of insurance plan that is federally funded by Social Security an which all people 65 yrs and older, and some younger disabled people, are eligible to participate in.

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Mental Health

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How we think, feel, and act as we cope with life

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Mental Illness

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Impairment of an individual’s normal cognitive, emotional, or behavioral functioning.

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Misappropriation of Property

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Intentional, illegal use of property

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Neglect

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Passive form of abuse in which the perpetrator is responsible to provide care or a victim who is unable to care for oneself, but fails to provide adequate care.

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Nursing Team

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RN, LPN, and CNA

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

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Agency within the department of labor that establishes safety and health standards for the work place, to protect the safety and health of employees

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Ombudsman

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Receives and resolves complaints, advocate for residents rights, inform residents and their families of their rights, and advocate for good individualized care.

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Omnibus Budget and Reconciliation Act (OBRA)

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Act passed in 1987 to improve the quality of life for people who love in long-term care facilities by making sure that residents receive a certain standard of care.

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Patient

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Person who is being cared for on a hospital

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Patient Rights

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A patient has certain rights. Some are guaranteed by federal law, such as the oft to get a copy of your medical records, and the right to keep them private etc.

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Pediatric

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Branch of medical care that provides care to infants, children and adolescents

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Registered Nurse (RN)

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Health care professional responsible for implementing the practice of nursing through the use of the nursing process in conjunction with other health care professions

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Registry

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Official record, maintained by the state of the people who have successfully completely the nursing assistant training program

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Resident

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Person who is being cared for in a long-term care setting because the long-term care faculty becomes the persons home permanently or temporarily

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Residents Rights

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Under OBRA. Reinforcement that residents in long-term care faculties will be given the same value, respect and opportunities-same rights that any other person would

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Scope of Practice

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What you are legally able to do under your job description

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Skilled Nursing Facility

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Establishment that houses chronically ill, usually elderly patients, an provides long-term nursing care, rehabilitation, and other services

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Terminal Illness

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Illness or condition from which recovery is not expected. (Death)

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Willful Infliction of Harm

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Abuse

CNA Definitions (2 decks)

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