HCAP 120 Final Exam 2025

DOT - directly observed therapy (watches as a person takes each dose of a medication) Unregulated care provider - broad term applied to staff members who assist nurses and other health care providers in giving care Community Health Worker - a frontline worker dedicated to providing quality health care to their local community Task - a function, procedure or activity that a support worker assists with or performs for the client Assignable task - Appointing someone to take on responsibilities to complete a task while providing client care Code Red - Fire Code Blue - Cardiac arrest Code Yellow - Missing Patient Code Green - Evactuation Code Black - Bomb threat Code White - Aggressive behaviour Code Grey - System failure Code Brown - Hazardous spill Code Pink - Maternity or pediatric emergency Code Orange - Disaster/ mass casualty Signs - Objective Symptoms - Subjective Physical losses - Mobility, senses, cognition, bone density, muscle and tissue density, organs lose cells causing them to shut down Basic needs - oxygen, food, water, sleep, clothing/shelter, elimination, sexual reproduction, stimulation and physical activity Growth - increase in physical size and weight that occurs in a slow and steady manner Gender Identity - Each person's internal and individual experience of gender Ethnicity - sharing of a common history, language, geography, national origin, religion or identity Sexism - showing intolerance or prejudice towards a person or group of people because of their gender Sexual orientation - whether a person's physical and emotional arousal is to people of the same or opposite sex or both Development - the maturation toward adulthood; usually characterized by physical changes and increased ability and functionality Gender - roles, personality traits, attitude, behaviours, values, and relative power and influence assigned to the sexes by society Culture - the characteristics of a group of people, including language, values, beliefs, customs, habits, ways of life, rules for behaviour, music and traditions Discrimination - showing bias or prejudice for a person or group of people based on their age, sex, religion, race Diversity - the state of different individuals and cultures coexisting Concern - Anxiety, worry, a matter of interest or importance to someone. Can be feeling of sympathy Compassion - caring about another person's misfortune and suffering Respect - Holding admiration for another due to their own self Responsibility - The obligation to perform duties, tasks or roles using sound professional judgement and being accountable for the decisions made in doing this. CVA - cerebrovascular accident(stroke) PRN - When necessary I&O - In and Out BRP - Bathroom privilages A.C. - Before Meals P.C. - After meals Tid - Three times daily Bid - Twice daily Od - every day/right eye Qid - Four times daily BR - Bed rest/ bathroom Ax - Axillary(armpit) PO - By mouth Dx - Diagnosis NPO - Nothing by mouth HOB - Head of bed Problem solving - 1. Analyze/ identify problems 2. Options 3. Decision 4. Implement 5. Evaluation SBAR - Situation Background Assessment Recommendation DAR - Data, Action, Response SOAP - subjective, objective, assessment, plan of care Caring actions - - Concern and compassion - awareness -respect and responsibilities -experience and exploration Rationales for potential ADL problems - cognitive or physical decline, cultural differences focussed assessment - A type of physical assessment typically performed on patients who have sustained nonsignificant mechanisms of injury or on responsive medical patients. This type of examination is based on the chief complaint and focuses on one body system or part. Head to toe assessment - an assessment that organizes the collection of comprehensive physical data by proceeding through the entire body from head to toe Quick Priority Assessment - short, focused, prioritized assessments you do to gain the most important information you need to have first What is caring - sharing deep and genuine concern about the welfare of another person Behaviours that hinder caring - CARETAKING - observing and collecting caretakers worries multiple tries to take over responsibility of care receiving without any regard of care receiving is own wishes SMOTHERING- Caregivers who are avoiding their own loneliness BEING A MARTYR- Feels that he/she is always giving to others never getting back anything RESCUING- Sacrificing our own safety needs in order to meet the needs of others tools for organization - Communication, time management, planning, decision making, written schedules, problem solving Age related changes in dimensions of health - Physical - balance, strength, pain, disease Emotional - depression, loss Social - limited socialization Mental - cognition Spiritual - Search for more meaning and purpose