Nursing Vocab Questions and Answers 2023

Nursing Vocab Questions and Answers 2023 Acute Illness A sudden illness from which the person is expected to recover Assisted Living Residence (ALR) provides housing, personal care, support services, health care, and social activities in a home-like setting to persons needing help with daily activity Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:04 / 0:15 Full screen Board and care home provides a room, meals, laundry, and supervisors chronic illness an on-going illness that is slow or gradual in onset; it has no known cure; it can be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment health team the many health care workers whose skills and knowledge focus on the person's total care; interdisciplinary health care team hospice an agency or program for persons who are dying licensed practical nurse (LPN)/licensed vocational nurse (LVN) a nurse who has completed a 1yr nursing program and has passed a licensing test nursing assistant a person who has passed a nursing assistant training and competency evaluation program; performs delegated nursing tasks under the supervision of a licensed nurse nursing center a long-term care center that provides health care services to persons who need regular or continuous care; nursing facility or nursing home nursing team those who provide nursing care: RN's, LVN's, LPN's, and nursing assistants ombudsman someone who supports or promotes the needs and interests of another person Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 A federal law requiring that nursing centers provide care in a manner and in a setting that maintains or improves each person's quality of life, health, and safety registered nurse (RN) A nurse who has completed a 2,3,4 yr nursing program and has passed a licensing test subacute care complex medical care or rehabilitation when hospital care is no longer needed terminal illness an illness or injury from which the person will not likely recover abuse the intentional mistreatment or harm of another person assault intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person's body without the person's consent battery touching a person's body without his/her consent boundary crossing a brief act or behavior outside of the helpful zone boundary sign an act, behavior, or thought that warns of a boundary crossing or boundary violation boundary violation an act or behavior that meets your needs, not the person's needs civil law laws dealing with relationships between people crime an act that violates a criminal law criminal law laws concerned with offenses against the public and society in general defamation injuring a person's name and reputation by making false statements to a third party delegate to authorize another person to perform a nursing task in a certain situation elder abuse any knowing, intentional, or negligent act by a caregiver or any other person to an older adult ethics knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct false imprisonment unlawful restraint of restriction of a person's freedom of movement fraud saying or doing something to trick, fool, or deceive a person comprehensive care plan a written guide giving direction for the resident's care; required by OBRA medical record a written or electronic account of a person's condition and response to treatment and care; chart nursing care plan a written guide about the person's care, care plan nursing process the method nurses use to plan and deliver nursing care; its five steps are Assessment, Nursing Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation objective data information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an observer, signs subjective data things a person tells you, but you yourself cannot actually back with physical data, symptoms body language messages sent through facial expressions, gestures, posture, hand and body movements, gait, eye contact, and appearance comatose being unable to verbal stimuli Basic Needs (in order of priority) Physical, Safety & Security, Love & Belonging, Self-esteen, Self-actualization artery a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart capillary tiny blood vessel; food, oxygen, and other substances pass from the capillaries into the cells cell the basic unit of body structure digestions the process of physically and chemically breaking down food so that it can be absorbed for use by cells hemoglobin the substance in red blood cells that carries oxygen and gives blood its red color hormone a chemical substance secreted by the endocrine glands into the bloodstream immunity protection against a disease or condition; the person will not get or be affected by the disease menstruation the process in which the lining of the uterus breaks up and is discharged from the body through the vagina metabolism the burning of food for heat and energy by the cells organ group of tissues with the same function peristalsis involuntary muscle contractions in the digestive system that move food down the esophagus through the alimentary canal