Definitions and Titles
(Part 1)
(Part 1)
To give another person permission to perform a task on your behalf
Delegation
Name 3 titles for a nurse.
LPN, LVN, RN
The face of making nursing what it is today
Florence Nightingale
A hospital is an example of what type of health care setting?
Acute
Will I be able to supervise and answer questions.
Right supervision
Organization responsible for improving the quality of care provided in long-term care facilities.
OBRA
Attitude towards your work. (x2 for Part 2)
Work ethic.
Being able to imagine what it would feel like to be in another person's situation.
Empathy
Provides care that is focused on rehabilitation and assists patients with the transition from hospital to home.
Sub-acute care
Can this task be delegated?
Right task
Type of care provided to those who are dying and their family members.
Hospice
An approach to healthcare that involves looking at the "whole" patient. Both physical and emotional.
Holistic
Having a job in healthcare can be both physically and emotionally taxing this can lead to....
Health care setting where people who can provide the majority of their own care but need limited assistance
Assisted living
Am I able to clearly explain how the task should be completed to the person performing it
Right direction
How we display ourselves to the world through communication about how we are feeling.
Attitude
Insurance plan federally funded by Social Security, utilized by those over the age of 65.
Medicare
The title for a person who holds credentials that are obtained through education and training.
Professional
Titles for a person you are caring for in the following settings:
Acute-care
Long-term care
Home care
Patient
Resident
Client
Does this person have the right training and experience to safely complete the task
Right person
People with no training or knowledge of medicine, who traveled from town to town offering worthless cures in an effort to make money.
Charlatans
How many weeks notice should you give when leaving a job and how should notice be addressed.
At least 2 weeks (preferably 4). Written
Federally funded and state-regulated plan designed to help people with low incomes pay for healthcare.
Medicaid
Health care setting where those who are not ill enough to be hospitalized but need assistance with ADLs
Long-term care
Is this patient/resident stable enough to partake in the task
Right circumstance