Care Team Members
Assist the patient with ADL's
What is the NA or Nursing Assistant
Means being caring, concerned, considerate, empathetic, and understanding
What is compassionate
Passed in 1987 in response to poor care and abuse in LTCF's
What is OBRA
Blood supply to a part of the brain is blocked or a vessel leaks or ruptures in the brain
Cerebrovascular Accident
The loss of ability to move all or part the body
What is paralysis
The only person who can write orders for the use of restraints
What is a doctor
To identify with the feelings of others
What is empathy
Resident assessment system
What is MDS or Minimum Data Set
Difficulty understanding spoken or written words
What is receptive aphasia
Burn caused by hot liquid
What is a scald
Identifies communication disorders , address factors involved in recovery, and develops a plan of care to meet improvement and recovery goals.
What is a Speech-Language Pathologist
To show sensitivity and have a sense of what is appropriate when dealing with others
What is tactful
Quality of life is an example of
What is Residents Rights
Inflammation of the liver caused by viruses and other factors
What is Hepatitis
Injury that rubs off the surface of the skin
What is an abrasion
Determines residents needs and helps them get support services
What is a Social Worder
To make and keep commitments
What is dependable
Purposeful mistreatment that causes physical, mental, or emotional pain
Strain of bacteria that is resistant to methicillin
What is MRSA
All hazardous chemicals must have one of these
What is a Material Safety Data Sheet or SDS
RN who has completed training at the post graduate level, and whom there are 4 types
What is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
To give each resident the same quality of care regardless of race, age , or gender for example
What is Unprejudiced
The legal advocate for residents
What is ombudsman
Spore forming bacterium in the gut that can flourish when the normal intentional flora is altered
What is C-Diff
Weakening or wasting away of the muscle
What is atrophy