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78 Cards in this Set
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abandonment
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to leave or desert someone
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abuse
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the repetitive and deliberate infliction of injury
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acute
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a disorder with a short recovery time, unexpected
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Adult protective services (APS)
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government agency that oversees the welfare of the Elderly
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assisted living
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provides care for people who are able to provide most of their care, but need limited help
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assault
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threatening to touch a person without their consent
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battery
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touching someone without their consent
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care plan
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outlines the nursing care for someone
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chronic
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disorder that has an ongoing recovery
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client
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a person being cared for in a home
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defamation
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making untrue statements that hurt another person's reputation
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delegation
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to authorize someone to do their job
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ethnics
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moral principles- good or bad
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false imprisonment
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confising another person against his or her will
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fraud
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deception that could cause harm to another person
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geriatrics
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the branch of medicine that focuses on elderly
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HIPAA
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to insure patient's privacy
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hospice
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care to those who are dying
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hospital
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health care prividing patient treatment by specialized staff
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interdisciplinary team
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a group of specialists that combine several fields and skills to present guidance and info. The IDT writes the care plan
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job description
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a lit of general talks, or functions and responsibilities of a position
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LPN
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working under the supervision of physicians in clinics and hospitals and home health care.
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libel
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written statements that injure someone's reputation, a form of defamation. (writing, print, pictures, drawings)
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long term care
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services that help meet both the medical and non-medical need of people with chronic illness or disability who cannot care for themselves
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malpractice
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negligence committed by people who hold licenses to practice their profession (doctors, nurses, dentists, lawyers)
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medicaid
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a federal funded plan to help people with low income
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MD
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ancient profession of medicine, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis and treatment of disease
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medicare
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insurace by social security that 65+, or younger disabled people, are eligible to participate
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mental health
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how we think, feel, and act as we cope with life
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mental illness
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impairment o an individual's normal cognitive, emotional or behavioral functioning
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neglect
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passive form of abuse in which someone is responsible to provide care, but fails to do so
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nursing team
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RN, LPN, CNA
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OSHA
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protects safety and health of employees
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ombudsman
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receives and resolves complaints, helps with residents right
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OBRA
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improve the quality of life for people who live in long-term care facilities
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patient
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someone being cared for in the hospital
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RN
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implementing the practice of nursing through the use of the nursing process in conjunction with other health professionals
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registry
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the official record of someone who has completed the nursing assistant training program
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resident
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a person being cared for in a long-term facility
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residents' rights
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OBRA '87
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scope of practice
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what you are legally able to do
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skilled nursing facility
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place that houses chronically ill, elderly patients, and provides long-term nursing care, rehabilitation, etc
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terminal illness
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the recovery is not expected
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willful infliction of farm
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abuse
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AIDS
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most severe stage of HIV infection
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antibodies
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proteins by our immune system that help pour bodies fight off infection
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antisepsis
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the use of mild chemicals to kill microbes or stop them from growing on skin (rubbing alcohol, iodine)
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aseptic
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freed from pathogens/microorganisms
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bacteria
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microscopic organisms
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biohaxard
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organism that poses a threat to human health (samples of a virus, toxin, etc)
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blood borne pathogen
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pathogens that can be transmitted to another person through blood or other bodily functions
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chain of infection
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elements that must be present for an infection
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communicable
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can be spread to another person
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contamination
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passage of an infectious organism (virus) person to object(ex. needle)
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cross contamination
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bacteria indirectly passed from one patient to another through unsterile equipment or procedures
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disinfection
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strong chemicals to kill microbes
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exposure incident
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a HC professional's risk for infection is heightened
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fungus
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any group of unicellular, multi-cellular, or syntactical spore-producing organisms feeding on another matter
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Hep A or B
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inflammation of the liver
(A through fecal oral route) (B and C through blood and bodily fluids) |
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HIV
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virus that causes AIDS
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medical asepsis
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techniques used to kill pathogens
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microorganism
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an organism that is so small that is naked to the eye
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normal flora
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mixture of bacteria normally found at specific body sites
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non-pathogen
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does not cause disease or illness
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nosocomial
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(health care associated infection) infections resulted at the hospital or health care unit
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OSHA
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safety and standards for the workplace
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Parasite
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an organism that takes its nourishment from another organism
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pathogens
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microbe that causes illness
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personal protective equipment
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gown, mask, glove, goggles
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reverse isolation
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protect a patient from organism that might be carried by the staff, visitors, etc
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standard precautions
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used on everyone
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sterile
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no pathogens
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surgical asepsis
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destruction of organisms before they enter the body. It is used in caring for open wounds and in surgical procedures
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transmission-based isolation
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guidelines to contain pathogens and not expose them. (airborne precautions, droplet precautions, contact precautions.)
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tuberculosis
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bacterial infection that affects the lungs. contageous. coughing, sneezing, speaking.
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virus
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infection or disease cause by such an agent
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white blood cells
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fight infections
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whopping cough
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(Pertussis) highly contagious bacterial infection in upper respiratory system
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