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1. Acute illness: A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
2. Chronic illness: And ongoing illness slow or gradual and onset it has no known
cure. It can be controlled and prevented with proper treatment
3. Health team: The many healthcare workers who skills and knowledge focus on
the person's total care
4. Hospice: Health agency or program for persons who are dying
5. Licensed practical nurse (LPN): A nurse who has completed a one year nursing
program and has passed a license test
6. Patient focused care: A nursing care pattern services are moved from
departments to the bedside
7. Registered nurse (RN): A nurse who has completed 2, 3 or 4 year nursing
program and passed a license test
8. Terminal illness: And illness or injury from which the person will not likely
recover
9. Assisted living residence (ALR): Provides housing personal care support
services healthcare and social activities that I home like setting for persons needing
help with daily activities
10. Who is responsible for the entire nursing staff?: The DON
11. During a nursing shift who is in charge of them?: The RN
12. Nursing team: It involves those who provide nursing care; RNs, LPNs, LVN's,
nursing assistants
13. Functional nursing: They focus on tasks and jobs
14. Team nursing: It involves a team of nursing staff led by an RN called the team
leader. The RN decides the amount and any kind of care each person needs
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15. Primary nursing: They are responsible for the persons total care
16. Case management: It's just like primary nursing! A case manager coordinates
a person's care from admission through discharge and into the home or long
term care setting
17. Medicare: A federal health insurance program for person 65 years of age or
older
18. Medicaid: Healthcare payment program operated by the states
19. Is nursing part of the Health team?: Yes
20. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA): Applies to all 50 states,
they require nursing centers to provide care in a manner and in a setting that
maintains or improves each person's quality of life, health and safety (residents
have rights)
21. Involuntary seclusion: Separating a person from others against his or her will,
keeping the person to a certain area,or keeping the person away from his or her
room without consent
22. Ombudsman program: Someone who supports or promote the needs and
interests of another person
23. OBRA is what type of law?: Federal
24. How do we protect patient privacy?: Health insurance portability and
accountability (HIPPA)
25. Nursing assistant registry requires what 7 things?:
• full name
• home address
• date of birth
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1. Acute illness: A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
2. Chronic illness: And ongoing illness slow or gradual and onset it has no known
cure. It can be controlled and prevented with proper treatment
3. Health team: The many healthcare workers who skills and knowledge focus on
the person's total care
4. Hospice: Health agency or program for persons who are dying
5. Licensed practical nurse (LPN): A nurse who has completed a one year nursing
program and has passed a license test
6. Patient focused care: A nursing care pattern services are moved from
departments to the bedside
7. Registered nurse (RN): A nurse who has completed 2, 3 or 4 year nursing
program and passed a license test
8. Terminal illness: And illness or injury from which the person will not likely
recover
9. Assisted living residence (ALR): Provides housing personal care support
services healthcare and social activities that I home like setting for persons needing
help with daily activities
10. Who is responsible for the entire nursing staff?: The DON
11. During a nursing shift who is in charge of them?: The RN
12. Nursing team: It involves those who provide nursing care; RNs, LPNs, LVN's,
nursing assistants
13. Functional nursing: They focus on tasks and jobs
14. Team nursing: It involves a team of nursing staff led by an RN called the team
leader. The RN decides the amount and any kind of care each person needs
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15. Primary nursing: They are responsible for the persons total care
16. Case management: It's just like primary nursing! A case manager coordinates
a person's care from admission through discharge and into the home or long
term care setting
17. Medicare: A federal health insurance program for person 65 years of age or
older
18. Medicaid: Healthcare payment program operated by the states
19. Is nursing part of the Health team?: Yes
20. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA): Applies to all 50 states,
they require nursing centers to provide care in a manner and in a setting that
maintains or improves each person's quality of life, health and safety (residents
have rights)
21. Involuntary seclusion: Separating a person from others against his or her will,
keeping the person to a certain area,or keeping the person away from his or her
room without consent
22. Ombudsman program: Someone who supports or promote the needs and
interests of another person
23. OBRA is what type of law?: Federal
24. How do we protect patient privacy?: Health insurance portability and
accountability (HIPPA)
25. Nursing assistant registry requires what 7 things?:
• full name
• home address
• date of birth
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