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is for persons who need 24 hr care and help for conditions that are long term.
Ex: Nursing home
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| the person is expected to die from the illness |
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refers to the fact that an illness or disease is long term or long lasting.
Ex: Heart Disease, Dementia
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| is performed in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers. |
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| medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist |
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| care found in either a hospital or nursing home |
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| Care usually given for less than 24 hours |
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| Care provided by a specialist |
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| care in which residents recieve some help with daily care |
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| care provided in someones home |
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| care given at a facility during daytime work hours |
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| care for people who have less than 6 months or less to live |
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| Ppl with diff education and experience who care for a resident Include RN's MD's NA's PT's etc |
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Activities of Daily Living
ADLs |
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| Personal daily care tasks. include showering, eating, toileting, and dressing. |
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| a plan developed for each resident to achieve certain goals. |
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| the line of authority in a facility |
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| legal term means a person can be held responsible for harming someone else |
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| defines the things your allowed to do and how to do them correctly |
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| course of action to be followed |
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| a method or way of doing something |
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| refers to your life outside your job |
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| having to do with work or a job |
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| is behaving prperly on the job |
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| the knowledge of right and wrong |
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| rules set by the government to protect people and help them live peacefully together |
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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
OBRA |
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| set minimum standards for NA's and also identified residents rights in nursing homes. Set in 1987 |
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relate to how residents must be treated while living in a facility
ex: the right to make independent choices |
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| purposely causing physical harm to someone |
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| harming a person in your care by failing to give them needed care |
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| happens when a person is threatened and feels fearful that he or she will be touched without permission |
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| means a person is actually touched without their permission |
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| person assigned by law as the legal advocate for residents |
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| means to keep private things private |
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HIPAA |
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| 2003 keep health info private and secure. Health professionals must take special steps to protect all and any health info |
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| what you see hear touch or smell. |
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| something you cannot or didnt observe, something the resident tells you to be true |
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| phrases that are repeated and dont mean anything |
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| unconscious behaviors used to release tension or cope with stress |
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| transferring a strong negative feeling to a safer place |
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| making excuses to justify a situation |
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| blocking painful thoughts or feeling from the mind |
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| going back to an old usually immature behavior |
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| violent or hostile behavior |
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| the way the parts of the body work together when you move |
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| confusion about a place person or time |
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA |
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| responsible for the safety of employees at work. Requires that all chemicals have a MSDS. |
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Remove Residents
Activate 911
Contain fire
Extinguish |
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| when something is blocking the tube which air enters the lungs |
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occurs when the organs and tissue in the body do not receive an adequate amount of blood.
Bleeding, heart attack and severe infection can cause shock.
Signs include pale or bluish skin, staring, increased pulse rate and respirtations, low BP and extreme thirst
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| set methods used to control and prevent the spread of disease |
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| tiny living that is not visible to the naked eye |
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| means no pathogens are present |
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| occurs when pathogens enter the blood stream and move throughout the body |
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| limited to a specific part of the body |
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| hospital acquired infection |
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| describes how disease is transmitted from being to another |
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| is a pathogen or microorganism that causes diseases |
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| is where the pathogen lives and grows |
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| is any body opening on an infected person allowing pathogens to leave |
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| describes how the pathogen travels from one person to another |
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| any body opening on an uninfected person that allows pathogens to enter |
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| an uninfected person who could get sick |
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| all microorganisms are destroyed not just pathogens |
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| means that only pathogens are destroyed |
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| related to thinking and learning |
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| a disease or condition that will eventually cause death |
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| documents that allow ppl to choose what kind of medical care they wish to have if they are unable to make decisions themselves |
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denial
anger
bargaining
depression
acceptance
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| care of the body after death |
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| hospice care in which the goals are the comfort and dignity of the resident |
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| the condition in which all the body systems are balanced and working at their best |
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| physical and chemical processes must be working at a steady level |
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| chemical substances created by the body that control numerous body functions |
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| the muscles waste away, decrease in size |
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| muscle shortens becomes inflexible and freeze in posistion |
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| fluid a person coughs up could be yellow, green, blood tinged or gray |
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