Chap 1 Vocab
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Caring for children and the elderly in the same setting.
Intergenerational care
24-hour skilled care provided in long-term care facilities for people with ongoing conditions.
Long-term care
A type of care that places the emphasis on the person needing care and his or her individual capabilities.
Person-centered care
A licensed nurse who assesses residents, creates care plans, monitors progress, provides skilled nursing care, administers treatments and medications, and supervises the care given by the nursing assistants and other members of the care team.
Registered Nurse (RN)
Care given in hospitals or in long-term care facilities for 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.
Subacute care
An independent, not-for profit organization that evaluates and accredits different types of healthcare facilities.
Joint Commission
A medical assistance program for people who have low incomes, as well for people with disabilities.
Medicaid
A course of action to be followed every time a certain situation occurs.
Policy
A program of care given by specialists, such as physical therapists, to restore or improve function after an illness or injury.
Rehabilitation
A nurse in charge of a group of residents for one shift of duty.
Team Leader
The number of days a person stays in a healthcare facility
Length of stay
A federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older, have certain disabilities or permanent kidney failure, or are ill and cannot work.
Medicare
A method of nursing care in which the registered nurse provides much of the daily care to residents.
Primary nursing
A person living in a long-term care facility.
Resident
Method of nursing care in which a nurse acts as a leader or a group of people giving care.
Team Nursing
A legal term that means a person can be held responsible for harming someone else.
Liability
Person who performs assigned nursing tasks and gives personal care.
Nursing Assistant (NA)
A method or way of doing something
Procedure
People responsible for the care of both their children and aging relatives.
Sandwich generation
Deserving the trust of others.
Trustworthy
A licensed nurse who provides skilled nursing care and gives treatments and medications.
Licensed practical nurse (LPN) Licensed vocational nurse (LVN)
Care given to people who have treatment, procedures, or surgeries and need short-term skilled care.
Outpatient care
The use of proper standards of behavior at work and in work-related settings.
Professionalism
Medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist
Skilled care
What types of dogs does Mrs. Arguello have?
2 French bull dogs, Ziggy and Mac