Unit 1 - Introduction To Health Care

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Acute Illness

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An illness with sudden onset from which the resident is expected to recover

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Chart

Back 2

another name for the residents record

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Chronic Illness

Back 3

an illness slow or gradual in onset, for which there is no known cure, the illness can be controlled and complications prevented

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Diagnosis

Back 4

the art or method of identifying or recognizing a disease

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Empathy

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ability to accept the feelings of others as if they were one's own feelings, without losing objectivity, and to accept others' experiences on their terms

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Hospice

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special facility or arrangement to provide care for the terminally ill residents

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Job description

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describes who is to do what

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Resident Care Plan

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A written guide that gives direction about the care a resident should recieve

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Observation

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using the senses of sight, hearing, touch and smell to collect information about the resident

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Policy

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describes what will be done

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Procedure

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describes how something is to be done

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Reporting

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A verbal account of resident care and observations

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Scope of Practice

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The extent or range of permissible activities

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Terminal

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Final, life ending stage

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Tact

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sensitive to what to do or say to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense