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101 Cards in this Set
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Holistic |
Care of the whole person, physically and emotionally |
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Health Care Team |
Group of people with different types of knowledge and skill levels who work together to provide holistic care to the patient or resident |
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United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) |
Primary agency responsible for protecting this nations health, includes organizations such as the food and drug administration, the CDC, and others. |
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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA) |
An act passed in 1987 to improve the quality of life for people who live in long term care facilities by making sure that residents receive a certain standard of care. |
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The Joint Commission |
Independent nonprofit organization that sets national standards for all types of health care organizations and officials recognizes organization that meet these standards |
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Accreditation |
Official recognition that the organization meets certain standards of quality |
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Survey |
An inspection of a nursing home carried out by government to ensure that care is being provided according to standards and regulations |
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Occupational safety and health administration (OSHA) |
An agency within the department of labor that establishes safety and health standards for the workplace to protect the safety and health of employees |
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Medicare |
A type of insurance plan that is federally funded by social security and which all people 65 years and old and some younger disabled people are eligible to participate in |
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Minimum Data Set (MDS) |
A report that focuses on the degree of assistance or skilled care that each resident of a long term care facility needs |
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Medicaid |
A federally funded and state regulated plan designed to help people with low incomes to pay for health care |
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Competency Evaluation |
An exam consisting of a written portion and a skill portion that must be passed at the end of the nursing assistant training course to obtain certification |
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Reciprocity |
The principle by which one state recognizes the validity of a license or certification granted by another state |
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Registry |
An official record, maintained by the state, of the people who have successfully completed nursing assistant training program |
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Interdisciplinary care plan |
A specific plan of care for each patient or resident developed with input from all members of the health care team |
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Nursing care plan |
A specific plan of care for each patient developed by the nursing team |
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Nursing Process |
Process that allows members of the nursing team to communicate with each other regarding the patients needs, what steps will be taken to meet those needs, and whether or not those steps were effective. Consists of 5 parts. ADPIE |
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ADPIE |
Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation |
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Delegate |
To authorize another person to perform a task on your behalf. |
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Scope of Practice |
The range of take that a nursing assistant is legally permitted to do |
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The 5 Rights of Delegation |
The right Task, Circumstance, Person, Direction, and Supervision. |
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Advance Directive |
A document that allows a person to make his or her wishes regarding health care known to family members and health care workers, in case the time comes when the person is no longer able to make those wishes known himself or herself |
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Living Will |
A type of advance directive that states a person's wish that death not be artificially postponed |
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Durable power of attorney for health care |
A type of advance directive that transfers the responsibility for handling a person's affairs and making medical decisions to a family member, friend, or other trusted individual, in the event that the person is no longer able to make these decisions on his or her behalf |
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Laws |
Rules that are made by a governing authority, such as a state or federal government, with the intent of preserving basic human rights |
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Civil laws |
Laws concerned with relationships between individuals |
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Criminal laws |
Laws concerned with relationships between the individual and society. |
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Unintentional Tort |
A violation of civil law that occurs when someone caused harm or injury to another person's property without the intent to do harm |
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Negligent |
Word used to describe a person who fails to do what a careful and reasonable person would do in any given situation |
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Malpractice |
Negligence committed by people who hold licenses to practice their profession |
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Intentional tort |
A violation of civil law committed by a person with intent to do harm |
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Slander |
Spoken statements that injure someone's reputation, a form of defamation |
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Slander |
Spoken statements that injure someone's reputation, a form of defamation |
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Libel |
Written statements that injure someone's reputation |
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Informed consent |
Permission granted by a patient to begin treatment or perform a procedure after receiving a full explanation of the treatment |
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Health insurance portability and accountability act (HIPAA) |
A federal privacy regulation that helps to keep personal information about patients private |
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Abuse |
The repetitive and deliberate infliction of injury on another person |
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Types of Abuse (5) |
Physical, neglect, emotional, sexual, and financial |
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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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Work ethic |
A person's attitude toward his or her work |
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Professional |
A person who has credentials that enable him to become licensed or certified to practice a certain profession |
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Attitude |
The side of ourselves that we display to the world, communicating outwardly how we feel about things |
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Hygiene |
Personal cleanliness |
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Communication |
The exchange of information |
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Conflict |
Discord resulting from differences between people, can occur when one person is unable to understand or accept another's ideas or beliefs |
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Objective |
Information that is obtained directly through measurements or by using one of the five senses |
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Subjective |
Information that can not be measured or assessed |
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Signs |
Objective evidence of disease based on data that are obtained directly through measurements or by using one of the five senses |
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Symptoms |
Subject evidence of disease based on data that can not be measured or observed first hand |
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Reporting |
The spoken exchange of information between health care team members |
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Recording |
Communicating information about a patient to other health care team members in written form. Sometimes called charting or documenting |
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Medical record |
A legal document where information about a patients current conditions, the measures taken by the medical staff to diagnose and treat the condition, and the patients response to the treatment and care provided is recorded. |
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Kardex |
A card file that contains condensed versions of each patients medical record |
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Growth |
Changes that occur physically as a person passes through life |
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Development |
Changes that occur physiologically or socially as a person passes through life |
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Tasks |
Growth and development milestones that must be completely before a person can move on to the next stage of growth and development |
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Sexuality |
How a person perceives his or her maleness or femaleness |
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Intimacy |
A feeling of emotional closeness to another human being |
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Culture |
The beliefs, values, and traditions that are customary to a group of people. |
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Race |
A general characterization that describes skin color, body stature, facial features, and hair texture |
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Hopper |
A sink like fixture that flushes like a toilet and is connected to a sewer line |
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Gatches |
The joints at the hips and knees of the mattresses of most adjustable beds that allow the mattress to bend so that the persons head can be elevated or his knees bent |
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Bed: Fowlers position |
Hip gatch bent to raise head of bed: knee gatch bent to prevent sliding |
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Bed: Trendelenburgs position |
Mattress titled so that the head of the bed is lower than the foot of the bed |
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Bed: reverse Trendelenburgs position |
Mattress tilted so that the head of the bed is higher than the foot of the bed |
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Microbe |
A living thing that cannot be seen with the naked eye. Examples include bacteria and viruses |
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Pathogen |
A microbe that can cause illness |
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Antibodies |
Specialized proteins produced by the immune system that help our bodies to fight off specific pathogens, preventing infection. |
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Airborne Pathogens |
Pathogens that can be transmitted through air |
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Oral-fecal route |
A method of transmitting an infection. Occurs when feces containing a pathogen contaminate food or water which is then consumed by another person |
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Bloodborne Pathogens |
Pathogens that can be transmitted to another person through blood or other body fluids |
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Body fluids |
Liquid or semiliquid substances produced by the body, such as blood, urine, feces, vomits, saliva, drainage from wounds, sweat, semen, vaginal secretions, tears, cerebrospinal fluid, amniotic fluid, and breast milk |
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Health care associated infections (HAIs) |
Infections that patients get while receiving treatment in a hospital or other health care facility, or that health care workers get while performing their duties within a health care setting |
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Nosocomial infections |
Infections that patients get while receiving treatment in a health care facility. A type of HAI |
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Medical Asepsis |
Techniques that are used to physically remove or kill pathogens |
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Transient flora |
Microbes that are picked up by touching contaminated objects or people who have an infectious disease |
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Contaminated |
Adjective used to describe an object that is soiled by pathogens |
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Tuberculosis |
An airborne infection caused by a bacterium that usually infects the lungs |
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Standard precautions |
Precautions that a health care worker takes with each patient to prevent contact with bloodborne pathogens. Include the use of barrier methods as well as certain environmental control methods |
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Vital Signs |
Certain key measurements that provide essential information about a person's health |
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Fever |
A body temperature that is higher than normal |
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Pulse Rate |
The number of pulsations that can be felt over an artery in 1 minute. An indication of the heart rate |
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Pulse rhythm |
The pattern of the pulsations and the pauses between them |
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Pulse Amplitude |
The force or quality of the pulse |
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Respiratory rate |
The number of times a person breathes in 1 minute |
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Respiratory rhythm |
The regularity with which a person breathes |
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Depth of respiration |
The quality of each breath |
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Dyspnea |
Labored or difficult breathing. |
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Systolic pressure |
The pressure that the blood exerts against the arterial walls when the heart muscle contracts. The first blood pressure measurement that is recorded |
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Diastolic pressure |
The pressure that the blood exerts against the arterial walls when the heart muscle relaxes. The second blood pressure measurement |
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Hypertension |
High blood pressure. A blood pressure that is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg (systolic) and or 90 mm Hg (diastolic) |
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Hypotension |
Low blood pressure. A blood pressure that is consistently lower than 90 mm Hg and or 60 mm Hg |
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Orthostatic hypotension |
A sudden decrease in blood pressure that occurs when a person stands up from a sitting or lying position |
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Bed Protector |
A square of quilted absorbent fabric backed with waterproof material that measures approximately 3 feet by 3 feet. Used to prevents soiling of the bottom linens. Sometimes called an incontinence pad or a soaker pad |
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Bath blanket |
A light weight cotton blanket used to cover a person during a bed bath or linen change to help provide modesty and warmth |
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Mitered corner |
A corner that is made by folding and tucking the sheet so that it lies flat and neat against the mattress |
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Closed bed |
An empty made bed |
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Open bed |
A bed ready to receive a patient |
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Fanfolded |
Adjective used to describe the top sheet, blanket, and bedspread of a closed bed when they have been turned back toward the foot of the bed. |
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Surgical bed |
A closed bed that has been opened to receive a patient who will be arriving by stretcher. The top sheet, blanket, and bedspread are folded toward the side of the bed, leaving one side open and ready to receive the person |
