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Vocabulary Flashcards

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Assisted living residence (ALR)

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Provides housing, personal care, support services, health care, social activities in a home like setting to help people with their daily living activities

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Acute illness

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A sudden illness in which a person is expected to recover

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Case management

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A nursing care pattern; a case manager (RN) coordinates a persons care from admission through discharge and Into the home or long term care setting

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Chronic illness

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An ongoing illness, slow or gradual onset. It has no known cure. It can be controlled and complications are prevented with proper treatment

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Functional nursing

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A nursing care pattern focusing on tasks and jobs. Each nursing team member has a certain task and job to do

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Health team

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The many healthcare workers who skills and knowledge focus on the persons total care. Interdisciplinary healthcare team

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Hospice

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That healthcare agency or program for persons who are dying

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Licensed practical nurse (LPN)

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A nurse who has completed a one year nursing program and has passed a licensing test. It it is also called license vocational nurse in some states

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Nursing assistant

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A person who has passed a nursing assistant training and competency evaluation program. Performs delegated nursing test under the supervision of a licensed nurses

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Nursing team

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Those who provide nursing care

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Patient focused care

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A nursing care pattern. Services are moved from departments to the bedside

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Primary nursing

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A nursing care pattern. Oh you registered nurse is responsible for the persons total care

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Registered nurse

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A nurse who has completed a two, three, or four year nursing program and has passed the licensing test

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Terminal illness

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An illness or injury from which the person will not likely recover

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DON

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Director of nursing

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HMO

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Health maintenance organization

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PPO

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Preferred provider organization

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SNF

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Skilled nursing facility

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Involuntary seclusion

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Separating a person from others against his or her will, keeping the person to a certain area, or keeping the person away from his or her room without consent

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Ombudsman

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Someone who supports our promotes the needs and interests of another person

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Representative

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Any person who has the legal right to act on the residence behalf when he or she cannot do so for him or herself

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Treatment

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The care provided to maintain or restore health, improve function, or relieve symptoms

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AHA

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American health association

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OBRA

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Omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1987

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Accountable

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Being responsible for one’s actions and the actions of others who will perform delegated tasks

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Delegate

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To authorize another person to perform a nursing task in a certain situation

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Nursing task

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Nursing care or a nursing procedure, activity, or work that can be delegated to nursing assistants when it does not require a registered nurses professional knowledge or judgment

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Responsibility

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The duty or obligation to perform some act or function

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Job description

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A document that describes with the Asians he expects you to doe

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Elder abuse

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Any knowing, intentional, or neglect act by a caregiver or any other person to an older adults

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Law

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A rule or conduct made by a government body

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Defamation

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Injuring a persons name and reputation by making false statements to a person

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Professional sexual misconduct

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An act behavior or comment that is sexual in nature

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Battery

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Touching a persons body w/o his or her consent

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Criminal law

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Laws concerned with offenses against the public and society in general

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Neglect

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Failure to provide the person with the goods or services needed to avoid physical harm mental anguish or mental illness

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Boundary sign

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And act behavior or thought that warns of a boundary crossing or violation

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Standard of care

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The skills care and Dutchmans required but help team member under similar conditions

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Will

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A legal document of how a person wants property distributed after death

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Fraud

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Saying or doing something to trigger for deceive a person

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Negligence

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Unintentional wrong in which a person did not act in a reasonable and careful manner and it causes harm to a person or the person’s property

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Abuse

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The intentional miss treatment or harm of another person

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Self-neglect

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A person’s behavior that puts him or her at high risk for harm. health and safety are threatened

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Tort

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A wrong committed against a person or the person’s property

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Boundary crossing

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A brief actor behavior outside of the helpful zone

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Libel

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Making false statements and print, writing, or through pictures or drawings

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Crime

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Act that violates criminal law

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CNA

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Certified nurses assistant

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LNA

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Licensed nursing assistant

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NATCEP

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Nursing assistant training and competency evaluation program

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NCSBN

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National Council of State boards of nursing

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RNA

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Registered nursing assistant

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STNA

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State tested nurse aid

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