Disease Abbreviations
CHF
What is congestive heart failure?
Dignity, privacy, confidentiality, respect, freedom
What are some of the resident's rights?
Another name for an LTC facility
What is a nursing home?
Microorganisms that can cause infection and disease
What are pathogens?
A broken bone
What is a fracture?
DM
What is Diabetes Mellitis
Purposeful failure to provide needed care resulting in physical, mental, or emotional harm to a person
What is active neglect?
A CNA can avoid unnecessary absences from work.
What is demonstrating professional behavior?
An infectious disease transmissible by direct contact or indirect contact
What is a communicable disease?
PWB
What is partial weight bearing?
GERD
What is gastroesophageal reflux disease?
Broken bones, burns, bruising observed on a resident
What are possible signs of abuse?
Trustworthiness, humble, empathetic, understanding and respectful
What are qualities CNA's must have?
CNA must do this before leaving the dirty utility room
What is wash her/his hands?
Condition where bones lose density, causing them to be easily broken
What is osteoporosis?
COPD
What is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
An act created to protect the privacy of a person's health information.
What is HIPPA?
This describes the line of authority in a facility.
What is chain of command?
This is a spore forming pathogen spread by contact
What is C. diff (Clostridium difficile)?
These provide compression and support for body parts
What are elastic bandages?
THR
What is total hip replacement?
This tells a healthcare professional to not resuscitate a resident in the case of cardiac arrest.
What is a DNR order?
Method of care where each team member is given specific tasks to perform for a large number of residents
What is functional nursing care?
Precautions needed for tuberculosis?
What is airborne precautions?
They are long, short, flat, and irregular
What are the four types of bones?