ILLNESSES
CARE FACILITIES
MEDICAL TEAM
ABBREVIATIONS
LEVELS OF CARE
100
ACUTE ILLNESS
What is a sudden illness from which the person is expected to recover
100
assisted living residence(ALR)
What is provides housing, personal care, support service, health care, and social ativities in a home-like setting to persons needing help with daily activities?
100
health team
What is the many health care workers whose skills and knowledge focus on the person's total care; interdisciplinary health care team?
100
ALR
What is the abbreviation for assisted living residence?
100
alert, oriented person
What is someone who knows who they are, where they are, the year and the time of day?
200
chronic illness
What is an on-going illness that is slow or gradual in onset; it has no known cure; it can be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment?
200
board and care home
What is provides a room, meals, laundry, and supervision?
200
licensed practical nurse(LPN)
What is a nurse who has completed a 1-year nursing program and has passed a licensing test; called licensed vocational nurse(LVN) in some states?
200
DON
What is the abbreviation for Director of Nursing?
200
confused and disoriented person
What is someone mildly to severely confused and disoriented. Some cannot remember names or dates. Some do not know who or where they are?
300
terminal illness
What is an illness or injury from which the person will not likely recover?
300
hospice
What is an agency or program for persons who are dying?
300
Licensed vocational nurse (LVN)
What is a nurse who has completed a 1-year nursing program and has passed a licensing test; called licensed practical nurse (LPN) in some states?
300
MS-DRG
What is the abbreviation for Medicare Severity-adjusted Diagnosis Related Group?
300
persons needing complete care
What is very disabled, confused or disoriented. They cannot meet any of their own needs?
400
incapacitating
What is unable to perform ones duties due to injury?
400
nursing center
What is a long-term care center that provides health care services to persons who need regular or continuous care; nursing facility or nursing home?
400
nursing assistant
What is a person who has passed a nursing assistant training and competency evaluation program; performs delegated nursing tasks under the supervision of a licensed nurse?
400
OBRA
What is the abbreviation for Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986?
400
short-term resident
What is person who needs to recover from acute illness, surgery, fractures, and other injuries called?
500
life saving technique
What is CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation?
500
skilled nursing facility
What is a long-term care center that provides complex care for severe health problems?
500
registered nurse (RN)
What is a nurse who has completed a 2-, 3-, or 4-year nursing program and has passed a licensing test?
500
RUG
What is the abbreviation for Resource Utilization group?
500
Mentally ill persons
What is it when someone whose behaviors and functions are affected?
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