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15 Cards in this Set
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acute illness
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a sudden illness, from which a person is expected to recover.
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assisted living facility
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provides housing, personal care,support services, health care, and social activities in a homelike setting
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case management
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a nursing care patternma case manager (a RN) coordinates a person's care from admission through discharge and into the home setting.
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chronic illness
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an ongoing illness, slow or graduual in onset, for which there is no known cure, the illness can be controlled and complications prevented
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functional nursing
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a nursing care pattern focusing on tasks and jobs, each nursing team member has certain tasks and jobs to do.
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health team
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staff members who work together to probvide health care.
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hospice
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a health care agency or program for persons who are dying
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LPN
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a nurse who has completerd a 1-year nusing pdrogram and has passed a licensing test, called LVN in some states.
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nursing assistant
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a person who gives basic nsing care under the supervision of an RN or LPN
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nursing team
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the individuals who provids nursing care under the supervision of an
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patient-focused care
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a nusing care pattern, services are noved from departments to the bedside
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primary bursing
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a nursing ccare pattern, an RN is responsible for the person's total care
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registered nuse RN
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a nurse who has completed a 2,3,4 year nusing program and has passed a licentsing test
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team nursing
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a nursing care pattern, a team of nursing staff is led by an RN who decides the amount and kind of care each person needs
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terminal illlness
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an illness or injury for which there is no resonable expectiation of recovery
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