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Who reports to the staff RN (2 answers)
Who is the LPN & RN?
Locked unit for residents
What is a memory care unit?
Includes immunizations to prevent infectious diseases
What is disease prevention?
Goal of rehabilitation/restorative care
Return patient to highest possible level of physical and mental function & independence
Health care agency that promotes comfort/quality of life for dying person
What is hospice?
Manages the agency & reports to the board
Who is the administator?
Focus of care?
Who is the patient?
Residences that provide housing, support services, ADL's
Goal of the healthcare team
Has fewer responsibilities than an RN
What is an LPN/LVN?
Illness with a rapid onset and short duration
What is an acute illness?
False
Reports to the charge nurse
What is an RN?
Leads the nursing team
What is an RN?
An illness that a person will likely not recover from/die
What is a terminal illness?
Federal program for 65 and older, where pay monthly
What is medicare?
Facility that includes inpatient and outpatient care
What is a hospital?
Type of nursing care that focuses on tasks
What is functional nursing?
Long term condition that may not have a cure
What is a chronic illness?
Type of nursing care pattern that is led by an RN
What is team nursing?
Responsible for the entire nursing staff
Who is the DON?
Funded by the federal government and states; for low income and disabled
What is medicaid?
Services are moved from department to bedside
What is patient focused care?
Voluntary process that signals quality and excellence
What is accreditation?
The primary nurse is responsible for the persons total care
What is primary nursing?