Start at the end
inflammation
-itis
Bought by individuals and families.
What is private insurance?
Leaving a patient or assignment without notifying the nurse or handing off to the next shift.
What is abandonment?
bone
oste
fast
tachy-
disease
-pathy
Bought by employers or organizations.
What is group insurance?
Accepting gifts, developing emotional or physical connections with patients or residents, or becoming over-involved in a person's care.
What is violating professional boundaries?
heart
cardi/card
lung, air, gas
breathing or respiration
-pnea
A federal program for persons 65 and older.
What is Medicare?
Includes diet, exercise, sleep and rest, smoking, eyesight, body mechanics, alcohol and drug use, body odor, and oral care for yourself.
What is health and hygiene?
liver
hepat
without, no, not, lack of
a-, an-
to eat or consume
-phagia
Jointly funded by the federal government and the states for low income persons.
What is Medicaid?
to trouble, torment, offend, or worry a person by one's behavior or comments.
What is harassment?
kidney
nephr
peri-
Examples include pressure injuries, falls, or infections occurring during a stay and result in lower payments from insurance companies to hospitals.
Hospital-acquired
Examples include "That's not my patient", "I don't feel like it", "I work harder than anyone else", "Is it time to leave yet", "That's not my job", and "Nobody told me"
What is a bad attitude?
head
cephal
slow
brady-