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Accountable
answerable for one's actions
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Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
personal daily care tasks, including bathing, skin, nail, and hair care, walking, eating and drinking, mouth care, dressing, transferring, and toileting
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Acute Care
24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries; generally given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers
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Adaptive Devices
special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform ADLs; also called assistive devices
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Adult Daycare
care given to adults at a facility during day time work hours
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Assisted Living
a residence for people who require some help with daily care, but who need less care than a long-term care facility offers
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Assistive Devices
special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform ADLs; also called adaptive devices
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Care Team
the group of people with different kinds of education and experience who provide resident care
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Chain of Command
the order of authority within a facility
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Charge Nurse (Nurse-in-Charge)
a nurse responsible for a team of healthcare workers
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Chronic
the term for an illness or condition that is long-term or long-lasting
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Cite
in a long-term care facility, to find a problem through a survey
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Conscientious
guided by a sense of right and wrong; principled
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Continuity of Care
coordination of care for a resident over time, during which the care team is always exchanging information about the resident and working toward shared goals
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Courteous
polite, kind, considerate
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Delegation
transferring authority to a person for a specific task
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Dementia
the loss of mental abilities, such as thinking, remembering, reasoning, and communicating
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Diagnosis
the identification of a disease by its signs and symptoms and from the results of different tests
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Empathetic
identifying with and understanding another's feelings
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First Impression
a way of classifying or categorizing people at the first meeting
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Functional Nursing
method of care assisgning specific tasks for each team member
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Holistic
care that involves the whole person; this includes his or her physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs
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Home Health Care
care that takes place in a person's home
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Hospice Care
care for people who have approximately six months or less to live; care is available until the person dies
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inter-generational care
mixing children and the elderly in the same care setting
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Joint Commission
a not-for-profit organization that evaluates and accredits different types of healthcare facilities
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length of stay
the number of days a person stays in a healthcare facility
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Liability
a legal term that means a person can be held responsible for harming someone else
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Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)
licensed nurse who has completed one to two years of education; LPN/LVN administers medication, gives treatments, and may supervise daily care of residents
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long-term care
24-hour care provided for people with ongoing conditions who are generally unable to manage their ADL's
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Nursing Assistant (NA/CNA)
person who performs assigned nursing tasks and gives personal care
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Outpatient Care
care usually given for less than 24 hours to people who have had treatments, procedures, or surgery
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Pet Therapy
the practice of bringing pets into a facility or home to provide stimulation and companionship
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POLICY
a course of action to be followed
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Primary Nursing
a method of care in which the registered nurse gives much of the daily care to residents
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procedure
a method, or way, of doing something
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professionalism
the act of behaving properly for a certain job
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registered nurse (RN)
a licensed nurse who has completed two to four years of education;
RN's assess residents, create a care plan, monitor progress, provide skilled nursing care, give treatments, and supervise the care given by nursing assistants and other members of the care team
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rehabilitation
a program of care given by a specialist or a team of specialists to restore or improve function after an illness or injury
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resident
a person living in a long-term care facility
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resident-focused care
method of care in which the resident is the primary focus; residents and their families actively participate in care and their choices are honored by caregivers whenever possible
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sandwich generation
people responsible for the care of both their children and aging relatives
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skilled care
medically-necessary care given by a skilled nurse ot therapist
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subacute care
care for an illness or condition given to people who need less care than for an acute (sudden onset, short term) illness or injury but more than for a chronic (long-term) illness
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team leader
a nurse in charge of a group of residents for one shift of duty
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team nursing
method of care in which a nurse acts as a leader of a group of people giving care
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trustworthy
deserving the trust of others
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