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chapter 2 vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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assistive devices | special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform activities of daily living |
charting | documenting information and observations about residents |
professional | having to do with work or a job |
personal | relating to life outside one's job, such as family, friends or home life |
professionalism | the act of behaving properly when working |
compassionate | being caring, concerned, considerate, empathic, and understanding |
empathy | identifying with the feelings of others |
sympathy | sharing in the feelings and difficulties of others |
tactful | showing sensitivity and having a sense of what is appropriate when dealing with others |
conscientious | guided by a sense of what is right and wrong, principled |
chain of command | the line of authority within a facility or agency |
liability | a legal term that means someone can be held responsible for harming someone else |
scope of practice | defines the tasks that health care providers are legally allowed to do as permitted by state or federal law |
delegation | transferring responsibility to a person for a specific task |