Work List #1

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Military

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24 hour clock

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Cardiac/Cardio

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The heart

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Hour, h, hr.

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A period of time equal to a 24 h. Part of the day

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DNR -Do not resuscitate

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A type of advance directive that instructs medical professionals not to perform CPR if a person's heart beat or breathing stops.

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CPR - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

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Medial procedures used when a persons heart or lungs have stopped working.

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Professional

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Having to do with work or a job

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Length of stay

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The number of days a person stays in a healthcare facility

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Activities of Daily Living (ADL's)

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Daily personal care tasks such as bathing, caring for skin, nails hair & teeth; dressing, toileting, eating drinking, walking and transferring.

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Incident

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An accident, problem, or unexpected event during the course of care that is not part of the normal routine in a healthcare facility.

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Restorative care

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A nursing intervention program that assists or promotes the residents ability to attain his or her maximum potential.

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Hospice care

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Holistic, compassionate care given to dying people and their families

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Assisted living

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Residence for people who do not need skilled, 24-hour care, but do require some help with daily care

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Adult day care

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Care for people who need some help during certain hours, but who do not live in the facility where care is given

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Acute care

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24-hour skilled care for short term illnesses or injuries, generally given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers.

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Sub-acute care

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Care given in a hospital or in a long term care facility for people who need less care than for an acute illness, but more care than for a chronic illness

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Outpatient care

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Care given for less then 24 hours for people who have had treatment or surgery and need short term skilled care

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Rehabilitation

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Care that is given by specialist to help restore or improve function after an illness or injury

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Home health care

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Care that is provided in a persons home

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Diagnosis

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Physicians determinations of an illness

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Urgent

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Immediate attention needed

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Emergent

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Arising suddenly and unexpectedly, calling for quick judgment and prompt action

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Long term care (LTC)

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Care given in long term care facilities for people who need 24-hour skilled care

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Confidentiality

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The legal and which principle of keeping information private

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Neglect

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The failure to provide needed care that results in physical, mental, or emotional harm to a person

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Assault

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A threat to harm a person, resulting in the person feeling fearful that he or she will be harmed.

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Battery

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The intentional touching of a person without his or her consent

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Abuse

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Purposeful mistreatment that causes physical, mental or emotional pain or injury to someone

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Ombudsman

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A legal advocate for residents in long term care facilities, helps resolve disputes and settle conflicts

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Acute

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Severe conditions, illnesses, or injuries that need immediate care

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Chain of command

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The line of authority within a facility

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Activities director

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Plans activities for residents to help them socialize and stay active

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Medical social worker (MSW)

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Determine residents needs and helps get them support services, such as counseling or financial assistance

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Registered Dietician (RTD)

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Creates diets for residents with special needs

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Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)

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Identifies communication disorders

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Occupational Therapist (OT)

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Helps residents learn to adapt to disabilities and trains them to perform ADL's

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Physical therapist (PT)

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Administers therapy to increase movement, promote healing, reduce pain and prevent disability

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Doctor of Osteopathy

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Person who has completed 4 years of medical school after receiving bachelor's degree.

Diagnose disease and prescribe treatment

*promote more of the body healing itself

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Medical Doctor (MD)

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Person who had completed 4 years of medical school after receiving bachelors degree.

Diagnose disease and prescribe treatment

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Certified nursing assistant (CNA)

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Have 75 to 100+ hours of training to provide or assist with personal care

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Licensed vocational nurse (LVN)

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A licensed professional who has completed one or two years of education and has passed a licensing examination

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License practical nurse ((LPN)

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A licensed professional who completed one to two years of education and had passed a licensing examination

*give medicine, treatments and can supervise nursing assistants

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Registered nurse (RN)

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A licensed professional who has graduated from a 2 - 4 year nursing program

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Scope of practice

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Defines the tasks that healthcare providers are legally allowed to do and how to do them correctly

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Conscientious

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Guided by a sense of right and wrong, principled

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Ethics

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The knowledge of right and wrong

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Care Team

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Healthcare professionals with a wide range of education and experience will help care for them

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HIPPA

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Health insurance portability accountability act

*a federal law that requires health information be kept private and secure and that organizations must take special steps to protect this information

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Laws

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Rules set by the government to help people live peacefully together and to ensure order and safety

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OBRA - omnibus budget reconciliation act

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Law passed be the federal government that includes minimum standards for nursing assistant training, staffing requirements, resident assessment instructions, and information on rights for residents

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Compassionate

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Caring, concerned, considerate, empathetic and understanding

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Policy

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A course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation occurs

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Procedure

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A method, or way, of doing something

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Care plan

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A plan developed for each resident to active certain goals, it outlines the steps and tasks that the care team must perform.

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Skilled care

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Medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist

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Chronic

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Long term or long lasting

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Continuum

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A continuous sequence in which adjacent elements are not perceptibly different from each other, although the extremes are quite distinct

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Terminal illness

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A disease or condition that will eventually cause death

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Sympathy

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Sharing in the feelings and difficulties of others

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Empathy

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Identifying with the feelings of others

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Informed consent

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The process in which a person, with help from a Doctor makes informed decisions about his or her health care

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Medicaid

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A medical assistance program for people with low income, as well as for people with disabilities

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Medicare

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A federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older, are disabled, or are I'll and can not work

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Malpractice

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Injury to a person due to professional misconduct through negligence, careless, of lack of skill

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Residents rights

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Numerous rights identified in the OBRA law that relate to how residents must be treated while living in a facility, they provide an ethical code of conduct for healthcare workers