Vocab. Week 1. 1-20 Flashcards
Something necessary or desired for maintaining life and mental well-being. Physical, safety and security, love and belonging, self esteem and self actualization (Maslow)
Basic needs
The things you do everyday
ADL (activities of daily living)
Deserting someone you are responsible to care for without making arrangements for someone else to take over their care
Abandonment
The intentional mistreatment or harm of another person
Abuse
An illness that comes on suddenly and from which the person is expected to recover
Acute
The disease that is caused by the HIV virus
AIDS
A signal that something is wrong which must be attended to immediately
Alarms
The process of a liquid or dissolved substance moving through a membrane or tissue from one space to another
Absorption
The in-house medical staff who completes the process of admitting a patient to a facility
Admitting resident
Without an elevated body temperature…or having a normal body temperature
Afebrile
The absence of breathing
Apnea
Our work ethic and approach to life is determined by these
Attitudes
This is the temperature that is taken underneath the arm
Axillary
A normal process of physical, psychological, and social changes that can begin in Kate adulthood and continue until death
Aging process
The risk factors for these increase with aging and illness
Accidents
