The old terminology for LTC?
What is nursing home?
Pays for many health services for Ontarians
What is the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP)?
Clinical abbreviation for UE
What is upper extremity?
Medical abbreviation for RN
What is registered nurse?
Evidence-based practices and procedures that, when applied consistently in health care settings, can prevent or reduce the risk of transmission of microorganisms to health care providers, clients, patients, residents and visitors.
What is Infection Prevention and Control (iPAC)?
A health care or human service professional who uses recreation, play, and leisure activities to improve people's quality of life
What is a Recreation Therapist?
Medication to be given as needed
What is prn?
Directional term for the front of the body
What is the anterior plane?
A variety of diagnostic possibilities
What is Differential diagnosis (DDX)?
Abbreviation for SDM
What is Substitute Decision Maker?
Abbreviation for POA
What is Power of Attorney?
Emergency code response for an aggressive or violent patient
What is code white?
Clinical terminology of things you do everyday
What are activities of daily living (ADL's)?
Medical terminology for AKA
What is above knee amputation?
Used in medical charts to provide a comprehensive and standardized documentation of a patient's visit, and are used by healthcare providers for effective communication and coordination of care
What are SOAP notes? Subjective Objective Assessment/Analysis Plan
Medical abbreviation of DNR
What is do not resuscitate?
The predicated outcome of disease progression and treatment
What is prognosis?
Directional term for describing the location of the hand from the forearm
What is distal from the forearm?
Medical terminology for heart attack
What is myocardial infarction?
Ontario's health privacy legislation that establishes a set of rules regarding your personal health information
What is PHIPA (Personal Health Information Protection Act)?
The portion of the provincial government in Ontario that governs health care, long-term care and health promotion/prevention
What is Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC)?
The union that represents 65,000 registered nurses and health care professionals – as well as 18,000 nursing student affiliates in Ontario.
What is ONA?
Clinical terminology for things you do daily or weekly that require higher functioning
What is iADL (instrumental activities of daily living)?
Medical abbreviation to be give a medication daily
What is q.d.?
Provides patients the option to end their life with the assistance of a doctor or nurse practitioner. Medical assistance in dying is provided only to legally eligible patients.
What is Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID)?