The Healthcare System
Care of the whole person physically and emotionally.
What is holistic care?
The range of tasks the assistant is legally permitted to do.
What is scope of practice?
When a person imagines what it would feel like to be in another person's situation.
What is Empathy?
Communication that uses facial expressions, gestures, and body language.
What is Non Verbal Communication?
Objective evidence of disease obtained directly through measurement of teh 5 senses.
What are Signs?
Organization that provides care for people who are dying and their families.
What is hospice?
The step of the nursing process that addresses effectiveness of nursing care plan.
What is evaluation?
A persons attitude toward work. Examples include reliability, punctuality, cooperativeness, and empathy.
What is Work Ethic?
Section of the chart to best provide information on how to care for the client.
What is the kardex?
Information that cannot be objectively measured or assessed.
What is Subjective Data?
Insurance available to those over 65 and some younger disabled persons.
An example of this criminal law violation is a failure to reposition resident and resident develops a pressure injury.
What is Neglect?
Personal cleanliness that promotes a professional image.
What is hygiene?
Type of questions asked when communicating with a resident who has difficulty speaking such as a stroke patient.
What is Yes/No questions?
Something you notice about the patient related to their change in physical or mental condition.
What is an Observation?
A document that nursing assistant helps to complete by recording the actual help a client needs.
What is Minimum Data Set (MDS)?
Moral principals that help guide behavior in the workplace.
What are ethics?
Scheduling routine exams, exercising, refraining from smoking, and getting plenty of rest are examples of this.
What is Physical Health?
Two methods of communication specifically used by Healthcare team for care of the patient.
What are recording and reporting?
Data collected directly by using the 5 senses.
What is Objective Data?
An act passed to improve the quality of life for people who live in long-term care facilities by setting a certain standard of care.
What is OBRA - Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1987?
Each member of the nursing team carries out the same assigned task for all clients or residents.
What is Functional Nursing?
Scheduling time for yourself, take a break when needed, talking through tough times are example of this.
What is emotional health?
When people have differences and are unable to come to an agreement. Often when one (or both) areunable to understand or accept another's ideas or beliefs.
What is conflict?
Evidence of disease based on data that cannot be observed first hand. (Example: patient complains of...)
What are Symptoms?