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Terms for NA
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acute Care | 24-hour skilled care given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers for short-term, immediate illnesses or injuries |
| Care Team | group of people with different kinds of education and experience who provide resident care |
| Charge Nurse | a nurse responsible for a team of healthcare workers |
| Chronic | long-term or long-lasting |
| Cite | in a long-term care facility, to find a problem through a survey |
| Conscientious | a sense of right and wrong |
| Continuity of Care | an ongoing coordination of a resident's care over time, during which the care team regularly exchanges information and works toward shared goals |
| Delegation | transferring responsibility to a person for a specific task |
| Dementia | the serious loss of mental abilities, such as thinking, remembering, reasoning, and communicating |
| Diagnosis | the identification of disease or condition by its signs and symptoms and through test results |
| Functional Nursing | method of nursing care that involves assigning specific tasks to each team member |
| Holistic Care | care that involves the whole person; this includes his or her physical, social, and emotional, and spiritual needs |
| Hospice Care | holistic, compassionate care for people who have approximately six months or less to live; care is available until the person dies |
| Intergenerational Care | caring for children and the elderly in the same setting |
| Joint Commission | an independent, not-for-profit organization that evaluates and accredits different types of healthcare facilities |
| Liability | a legal term that means a person can be held responsible for harming someone else |
| Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) | a licensed nurse who provides skilled nursing care and gives treatments and medications |
| Long-Term Care | 24-hour skilled care provided in long-term care facilities for people with ongoing conditions |
| Medicaid | a medical assistance program for people who have low incomes, as well as for people with disabilities |
| Medicare | a federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older, have certain disabilities or permanent kidney failure, or are ill and cannot work |
| Nursing Assistant (NA) | person who performs assigned nursing tasks and gives personal care |
| Outpatient Care | care given to people who have had treatments, procedures, or surgeries and need short-term skilled care |
| Person-Centered Care | a type of care that places the emphasis on the person needing care and his or her individuality and capabilities |
| Primary Nursing | a method or nursing care in which the registered nurse provides much of the care to residents |
| Registered Nurse | a licensed nurse who assesses residents, creates care plans, monitors progress, provides skilled nursing care, administers treatments and medications, and supervises the care given by nursing assistants and other members of the care team |
| Sandwich Generation | people responsible for the care of both their children and their aging relatives |
| Skilled Care | medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist |
| Subacute Care | care given in hospitals or in long-term care facilities for people who need less care than for an acute illness or injury but more than for a chronic illness |
| Team Leader | a nurse in charge of a group of residents for one shift of duty |
| Team Nursing | method of nursing care in which a nurse acts as a leader of a group of people giving care |
| Advance Directives | legal documents that allow people to decide what kind of medical care they want to have in the event they are unable to make those decisions themselves |
| Defamation | any untrue statement (written or oral) that injures a person's reputation and/or damages the person's ability to make a living |
| DNR | do not resuscitate |
| Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care | a legal document that appoints someone to make the medical decisions for a person in the event they become unable to do so |
| Electronic Health Record (EHR) | the electronic form a resident's personal and health data |
| False Imprisonment | unlawful restraint that affects a person's freedom of movement; includes both the threat of being physically restrained and actually being physically restrained |
| HIPPA | protecting the privacy of the patients' health information |
| Involuntary Seclusion | the separation of a person from others against their will |
| Malpractice | professional misconduct that results in damage or injury to a person |
| Misappropriation | the misplacement of a resident's belongings |
| NATCEP | nurse aide training and competency evaluation program; part of the OBRA that sets minimum requirements for training and testing nursing assistants |
| OBRA | omnibus budget reconciliation act; law passed by the federal government that includes minimum standards for nursing assistant training, staffing requirements, resident assessment instructions, and information on rights for residents |
| Ombudsman | a legal advocate for residents in long-term care facilities |
| Resident Council | a group of residents who meet regularly to discuss issues related to the long-term care facility |
| Scope of Practice | the tasks that healthcare providers are legally permitted to perform according to the state or federal law |
| Slander | defamation in oral form |
| Adverse Event | an unexpected event that causes serious injury or death; also called sentinel event |
| Edema | swelling in the body tissues caused by excess fluid |
| Minimum Data Set (MDS) | a detailed form with guidelines for assessing residents in long-term care facilities |
| Nursing Process | an organized method used by nurses to determine residents' needs, plan the appropriate care to meet those needs, and evaluate how well the plan of care is working; the five steps are assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation |
| Objective Information | factual information collected using the senses of sight, hearing, smell, and touch; also called signs |
| Orientation | a person's awareness of person, place, and time |
| Sentinel Event | an unexpected event that causes serious injury or death; also called adverse event |
| Subjective Information | information collected from residents, their family members, and their friends; information may not be true, but is what the person reported; also called symptoms |
| Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) | a condition in which the macula degenerates, gradually causing central vision loss |
| Agitated | the state of being excited, restless, or troubled |
| Alzheimer's Disease | a progressive, degenerate, and incurable disease that causes proteins to build up in and around the nerve cells, which results in memory loss, cognitive impairment, and behavioral changes |
| Cataract | a condition in which the lens of the eye becomes cloudy, causing vision loss |
| Catastrophic Reaction | reacting to something in an unreasonable, exaggerated way |
| Central Nervous System | part of the nervous system made up of the brain and spinal cord |
| Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) | a condition caused when the blood supply to the brain is cut off suddenly by a clot or a ruptured blood vessel; also called a stroke |
| Cognition | the ability to think clearly and logically |
| Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) | a type of psychotherapy that is usually short-term and focuses on skills and solutions that a person can use to modify negative thinking and behavior patterns; often used to treat anxiety disorders |
| Epilepsy | a disorder that causes recurring seizures |
| Glaucoma | a condition in which the pressure in the eye increases, damaging the optic nerve and causing blindness |
| Hemianopsia | loss of vision in one-half of the visual field, due to CVA (stroke), tumor, or trauma |
| Meniere's Disease | a disorder of the inner ear caused by a buildup of fluid, which causes vertigo, hearing loss, tinnitus (ringing in the ear), and pain or pressure |
| Multiple Sclerosis (MS) | a progressive disease in which the protective covering of the nerves, spinal cord, and white matter of the brain breaks down over time; causes problems with balance, walking, and many other symptoms |
| Neuron | the basic nerve cell of the nervous system |
| Otitis Media | an infection in the middle ear that causes pain, pressure, fever, and reduced ability to hear |
| Paraplegia | the loss of function of the lower body and legs |
| Parkinson's Disease | a progressive disease that causes a portion of the brain to degenerate; causes rigid muscles, shuffling gait, pill rolling, mask-like face, and tremors |
| Peripheral Nervous System | part of the nervous system made up of the nerves that extend throughout the body and connect to the spinal cord |
| Perseveration | the repetition of words, phrases, questions, or actions |
| Progressive | something that continually gets worse or deteriorates |
| Psychotherapy | a method of treating mental health disorders that involves talking about one's problems with mental health professionals |
| Quadriplegia | the loss of function of the legs, trunk, and arms |
| Reminiscence Therapy | type of therapy that encourages people with Alzheimer's disease to remember and talk about the past |
| Remotivation Therapy | type of group therapy that promotes self esteem, self-awareness, and socialization for people with Alzheimer's disease |
| Spinal Cord | the part of the nervous system inside the vertebral canal that conducts messages between the brain and the body and controls spinal reflexes |
| Sundowning | a condition in which a person becomes restless and agitated in the late afternoon, evening, or night |
| Validation Therapy | a type of therapy that lets people with Alzheimer's disease believe they are living in the past or in imaginary circumstances |
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