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Activities of Daily Living

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Daily activities necessary for people to complete basic needs such as hygiene, eating, elimination, and moving.

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Acute

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Sudden, Short Term

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Advanced Directives

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A document that makes a person’s wishes known regarding life support issues in the event they are unable to speak for themselves.

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Ambulatory

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Able to walk

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Aphasia

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Without speech

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Asepsis

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Without germs (pathogens) Clean, Sterile

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Aspiration

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Inhaling liquids into the lungs

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Atrophy

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Decrease in size and strength

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Autism

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A disorder of unknown cause which results in difficulty communicating and relating to people and surroundings

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Blood Pressure

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Measurement of the force of the blood against the walls of the arteries

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Care Plan

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A written plan of care, outlining needs, goals, and methods to achieve them. Changes as needed to meet changing needs.

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Catheter

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Hollow, flexible tube inserted into the body to allow fluids to pass

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Chain of Infection

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Process involved in the development of infectious disease

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14
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Chart

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A legal document that is a written record of medical care

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Chronic

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Lasting a prolong period of time

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Client

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An individual receiving health care services in their home from a Home Health Provider

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Cognition

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The ability to think, reason, make, and remember decisions.

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Colostomy

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Opening into the large intestine

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Constipation

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Infrequent and difficult bowel ecavuation

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Contaminated

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Items or areas considered to have disease causing organisms

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Contractures

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Shortening or contraction of a muscle

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Cyanosis

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Bluish discoloration of skin, often lips and fingernail beds, due to lack of oxygen

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Decubitus Ulcer

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Ulcerated, worn away area of the skin

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Defecate

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Bowel movement

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Degeneration

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Breakdown, deteriorate

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Dehydration

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Lack of or insufficient water or fluid in the body

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Delusion

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False beliefs

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Dementia

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Progressive deterioration of mental function

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Depression

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Altered mood, loss of interest, feelings of hopelessness, sad

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Diabetes

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Condition in which the body is unable to utilize the glucose taken in a normal diet. An imbalance between insulin produced by the body and sugar taken in.

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Diarrhea

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Frequent loose stools

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32
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Disinfectant

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Substances that prevent infection by killing bacteria. Chlorine

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Disorientation

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Decreased awareness of time, place, and person

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Diversity

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Differences among people including race, culture, gender, age, and abilities

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Dysphagia

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Difficulty swallowing

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36
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Dysphasia

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Difficulty with speech

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37
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Edema

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Fluid retention in body tissue

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Elimination

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Removal of waste products from the body

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Emesis

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Vomit

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Ethnicity

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Special customs, language, national origin, and/or heritage.

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Ethics

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Standards of behavior: right or wrong

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Etiquette

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Acceptable standards of behavior among members of society

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Exploitation

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Illegal use of vulnerable adult’s property or personal items

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Feces

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Semi-solid waste eliminated from the intestines

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Fever

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Elevated body temperature

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Gastric

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Stomach

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Gastrostomy

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Opening into the stomach

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Geriatrics

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Study of elderly/aging

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Hallucination

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Seeing, hearing, smelling or something that is not real or present

50
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Hemiplegia

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Paralysis of one side of the body

51
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Hemorrhage

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Large loss of blood

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Hepatitis

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Inflammation of the liver

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Hospice

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A special service to provide care to a terminally ill individual

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Hypertension

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High blood pressure. Above 140 systolic and/or 90 diastolic

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Hypotension

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Low blood pressure. Below 90 systolic and/or 50 diastolic

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Impaction

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Fecal material incapable of normal evacuation. Tightly wedged hard stool in bowel.

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Incontinence

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Inability to control urine or stool

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Infection

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Condition or disease where the body or part of it is invaded by pathogens which multiply and result in disease or harmful effects.

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Involuntary

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Not able to control

60
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Nasogastric Tube (NG)

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Tube through nose to stomach

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Neglect

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Failure to provide goods and services necessary to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness

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Paralysis

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Loss of function of a body part

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Paraplegia

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Paralysis of lower part of the body

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Pathogen

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Disease causing microorganism; germ

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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

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Gloves, gown, mask, goggles, and others

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Pressure Sore

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Open area of skin often due to continuous pressure. Decubitus ulcer. Bed sore.

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Prosthesis

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Artificial device to substitute for a missing body part

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Pulse

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Pressure of the blood felt against the wall of an artery as the heart expands and contracts

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Quadriplegia

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Paralysis of all 4 extremities and trunk

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Range of Motion (ROM)

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Moving body joints through their normal motion (AROM-active range of motion , PROM-passive range of motion)

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Reality Orientation

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Assisting residents to be aware of time, place, and person

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Rehabilitation

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Process to assist resident to reach their highest level of ability physically, mentally, and emotionally

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Resident

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An individual receiving health services in a long term health facility, nursing home

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Respiration

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Process of breathing, exchange of gases (O2 and CO2) in the lungs. Inspiration and expiration.

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Respite

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Temporary relief for a care giver

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Restorative

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Care to promote independence, maintain functioning level

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Shearing

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Force of skin over a bone when the bone moves but the skin stays at point of contact

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Shock

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Depression of body functions, principally the circulatory and respiratory systems

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Sign

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Evidence of something abnormal in the body which is observed by the nursing team through seeing, listening, touching, or smelling

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Sputum

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mucus/pus and saliva expectorant from the lungs (phlegm)

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Standard Precautions

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Practices that reduce risk of disease transmission like wearing gloves or washing hands

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Sterile

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Free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic

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Stool

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Solid waste from bowel

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Symptom

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A change in the body or function of the body that the resident experiences and tells the nursing team

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Temperature

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Measurement of body heat

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Transfer

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Move from one surface or place to another

87
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Urine

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Liquid waste excreted by the kidney’s; mostly water

88
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Validation Therapy

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The caregiver accepts value and beliefs of the resident with dementia, even though they may differ from reality

89
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Vital Signs

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Measurement of temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, level of pain

90
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Void

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Urination

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Voluntary

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Able to control

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