Chapter 1 Vocab 'rad'
Answerable for one's actions
Accountable
The practice of bringing pets into a facility or home to provide stimulation and companionship.
Animal-assisted therapy (AAT)
A Nurse responsible for a team of healthcare workers
Charge Nurse
Polite, kind, and considerate
Courteous
A way of classifying or categorizing something or something at the first meeting.
First impression
Daily personal tasks; such as bathing; caring for skin, fingernails, hair, eating; drinking, caring for the mouth and teeth; dressing; walking; transferring; eliminating; and communicating.
Activities of daily living (ADLs)
Residences for people who do not meet the need 24-hour skilled care, but who do require some help.
Assisted Living
Chronic
Transferring responsibility to a person for a specific task
Delegation
Functional nursing
Care for people who need some assistance or supervision during certain hours, but do not live in the facility where care is given.
Adult day services
Special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform activities of daily living.
Assistive Devices
In a long-term care facility, to find a problem through a survey
Cite
The serious loss of mental abilities, such as thinking, remembering, reasoning, and communicating
Dementia
Care that involves the whole person; this included his or her physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs.
Holistic care
24-hour skilled care given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers for short term, immediate illnesses or injuries.
Acute Care
Group of people with different kinds of education and experience who provide resident care.
Care Team
Guided by a sense of right and wrong; principled
Conscientious
The identification of a disease or condition by its signs and symptoms through results.
Diagnosis
Health care that is provided in a person's home
Home health care
A condition in which the body's immune response is triggered after exposure to a substance called an allergen; reactions such as sneezing, difficulty breathing, and skin issues may result.
Allergies
Chain of command
An ongoing coordination of a resident's care over time, during which the care team regularly exchanges information and works towards shared goals
Continuity of Care
Being able to identify with and understand the feelings of others.
Empathetic
Hospice care