The Nursing Team
Provides nursing care a prescribed by a physician; this type of nurse can delegate tasks the CNA and has a few more years of education and training as a CNA
What is an LPN or RN aka "staff nurse"?
the process of exchanging information with others by sending and receiving messages.
What is communication?
What is 2pm?
the state resulting from pathogens invading the body and multiplying.
What is an infection?
the set of methods practiced in healthcare facilities to prevent and control the spread of disease.
What is infection prevention?
supervises and supports nursing staff of a particular unit and treats a limited number of residents
What is a charge nurse?
communication involving the use of spoken or written words or sounds.
what is verbal communication?
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What is 9am?
an infection that is limited to a specific location in the body and has local symptoms.
What is a localized infection?
way of describing how disease is transmitted from one human being to another.
What is the chain of infection?
manages the nursing staff at a facility
What is the Director of Nursing (DON)?
communication that does not use words.
What is nonverbal communication:?
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What is midnight or 12am?
microorganisms that are capable of causing infection and disease
What is a pathogen?
any body opening on an uninfected person that allows pathogens to enter.
What is a portal of entry?
assists the DON with management of nursing staff
What is the Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON)?
information based on what a person sees, hears, touches, or smells; also called signs.
What is objective information?
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What is 7pm?
an infection that is in the bloodstream and is spread throughout the body, causing general symptoms.
What is a systemic infection?
any body opening on an infected person that allows pathogens to leave.
What is a portal of exit?
performs assigned nursing tasks, assist with routine personal care, and observe and report any changes in residents’ conditions and abilities
What is a certified nursing assistant (CNA)?
information that a person cannot or did not observe, but is based on something reported to the person that may or may not be true; also called symptoms.
What is subjective information?
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What is 10pm?
an infection acquired within a healthcare setting during the delivery of medical care.
What is a healthcare associated infection (HAI)?
a place where a pathogen lives and multiplies.
What is a reservoir?