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Holistic Care

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Focuses on the physical and emotional care of a person

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OBRA

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Improves conditions for people in long-term care facilities.

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DHHS

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Primary government agency responsible for protecting the Nation’s health

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OSHA

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Government agency responsible for protecting the health and safety of American workers by enforcing standards and providing education and improve working conditions

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Medicare

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Type of insurance plan that is federally funded by Social Security, for people 65 years or older or younger people who have disabilities

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Medicaid

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Federally funded and state-regulated plan designed to help people with low-incomes to pay for health care

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Primary nursing

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One nurse is assigned to several patients or residents and is responsible for all of their care

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Functional (modular) nursing

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Each member of the nursing team carries out the same assigned task for each patient

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Team Nursing

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A team leader determines all of the nursing needs of the patients and assigns tasks to each member of the team based on that individual’s skill level and level of responsibility

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Patient-centered care

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Designed around the needs of the patient and works to meet that persons needs more efficiently. Members of the team are cross-trained to preform various tasks.

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Delegation

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To give another person permission to perform that task on your behalf

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Scope of practice

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The range of tasks the assistant is legally permitted to do

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Professionalism

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Having a professional attitude

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Attitude

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The side of ourselves that we display to the world, communicating outwardly how we feel about things

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Work ethic

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It relates to your attitude toward your work

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Empathy

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You are able to try and imagine what it would feel like to be in another person’s situation

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Advanced directive

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A document that allows a person to make their healthcare wishes known to family members and healthcare workers, in case the time comes that the person is no longer able to make those decisions

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Durable Power of Attorney

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Transfers the responsibility of making medical decisions on the persons behalf to a family member, friend or trusted individual, in case the time comes that the person is no longer able to make those decisions

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Living will

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Allows the person to give instructions about what medical treatments they would or would not want done in an effort to save their life

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Civil law

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Laws concerned with relationships between individuals

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Criminal Law

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Laws concerned with the relationship between the individual and society

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Unintentional tort

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Occurs when a person causes harm or injury to another person or that person’s property without the intention to cause harm

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Intentional tort

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A violation of civil law committed by a person with the intent to do harm

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Defamation

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Making untrue statements that hurt another persons reputation

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Assault
Threatening or attempting to touch a person without his consent, causing that person to fear bodily harm
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Battery
Touching a person without their consent
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Informed consent
Implies a person has been informed of the need for a procedure or treatment and has given permission to perform that treatment
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Fraud
Deception that could cause harm to another person
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False imprisonment
Confining another person against their will
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Invasion of Privacy
Violating another person's right to keep certain information and aspects of themselves away from the examination of others
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Confidentiality
Keeping personal information that someone shares with you to yourself
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HIPAA
A federal privacy regulation that helps to keep a person's protected health information private and secure
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Larceny
Stealing
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Abuse
The repetitive and deliberate infliction of injury to another person
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Physical abuse
The use of force to cause pain or injury to another person's body
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Neglect
Failure to provide for a dependent person's basic physical needs
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Abandonment
Withdrawing support or help from another person in spite of duty or responsibility
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Psychological (emotional) abuse
The use of words or actions to cause emotional pain or injury
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Sexual abuse
Subjecting a person to unwanted attention of a sexual nature, forcing a person to engage in unwanted sexual activity, or sexually exploiting a person
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Financial abuse
Misusing or stealing another person's money or property
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Ethics
Moral principles or standards that govern conduct
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Value
A cherished belief or principle
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Verbal communication
Involves the use of language, either spoken or written and sign language
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Nonverbal communication
Subtle communication that involves a person giving information through the use of facial expressions, gestures, body language and tone of voice
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Conflict
Results from differences between people and can occur when one person is unable to understand or accept the ideas or beliefs of another, a misunderstanding or differing expectations
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Observations
Something you notice about the patient, typically related to a change in physical or mental condition
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Objective data
Information that you obtain directly, through measurement or by using one of your five senses (sight, hearing, touch, and smell)
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Subjective data
Information that cannot be objectively measured or assessed; usually a person's complaint or description of symptoms
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Nursing care plan
A specific plan of care for each patient
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Nursing process
The communication used to develop the nursing care plan
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Assessment
Gathering information about the patient
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Nursing diagnosis
Using information obtained from the patient to develop a statement that describes the individual's problem and the cause
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Planning
Making a plan for the person's care
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Intervention
Actions taken to help a person
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Goals
Description of what the interventions are meant to acheive
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Implementation
The interventions are carried out
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Evaluation
Checks the effectiveness of the nursing care plan and revises it as necessary
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Acute illness
A condition characterized by rapid onset and a relatively short recovery time
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Chronic illness
A condition that is ongoing
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Terminal illness
An illness or condition from which recovery is not expected
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Culture
Is made up of the beliefs (religious or spiritual), values and traditions that are customary to a group of people
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Growth
Changes that occur physically
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Development
Changes that occur psychologically or socially
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Degenerative condition
A condition that gets progressively worse overtime
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ADL (Activity of daily living)
Routine tasks of daily life (bathing, dressing, eating, going to the bathroom, etc.)
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IADL (Instrumental activities of daily living)
More complex tasks that a person must be able to do in order to continue to live independently (using the phone, handling money, going shopping, etc.)
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Cognitive impairment
Problems processing, learning or remembering information)
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Co-existing medical conditions
More than one medical condition at the same time
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Delirium
Temporary state of confusion
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Alzheimer's disease
The most common cause of dementia, characterized by the presence of abnormal deposits of plaques and tangles
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Dementia
Temporary state of confusion
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Alzheimer's disease
The most common cause of dementia, characterized by the presence of abnormal deposits of plaques and tangles
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Dementia
The permanent and progressive loss of mental functions caused by damage to brain tissue
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Vascular dementia
Mental functions are lost because multiple areas of the brain tissue die due to inadequate supply of oxygen and nutrients
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Lewy Body Dementia
Caused by the buildup of abnormal proteins in areas of the brain that are responsible for thinking and moving
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Frontotemporal dementia
Caused by damage to the frontal and temporal loves of the brain which are responsible for personality, behavior and language
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Amnesia
Difficulty remembering
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Aphasia
Difficulty using language
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Agnosia
Difficulty recognizing information obtained from the five senses
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Apraxia
Difficulty coordinating steps needed to complete a task
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Validation therapy
A therapy that stresses the importance of acknowledging the person's reality
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Expressive aphasia
Difficulty expressing thoughts and feelings through verbal communication
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Receptive aphasia
Difficulty receiving and processing information obtained through verbal communication
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Wandering
When an individual strays away from their primary location
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Pacing
Purposeful movement back and forth, may be done when a physical need is not being met
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Repetition
Doing the same thing over and over
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Rummaging
Going through drawers or closets searching for an item you are never able to find
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Delusion
The belief that you are someone that you are not (ex: the Queen of England)
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Hallucination
Seeing, hearing, tasting or smelling something that is not really there
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Agitation
Becoming upset and excited
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Catastrophic reaction
An overreaction to something that would cause a healthy person minimal or no stress
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Sundowning
The worsening of a person's behavioral symptoms as the sun goes down
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Inappropriate sexual behaviors
Behaviors of a sexual nature that are inappropriate such as undressing in public
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Reminiscence therapy
Encouraging a person to share experiences from their past with others
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Activity therapy
Exercise of the body and mind for the individual or group

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