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Laurels terminology
Laurels review cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abuse | Purposly casuing physical, mental, or emotional pain or injury to someone. |
| Abuse Registry | Convicted of any type of abuse, then registered for all to know. |
| Adult Protective Services | Government group that takes care of the abused adults, like the elderly |
| Assisted Living | Facilities where residents live who need some assistance; they do not ususally require skilled care. |
| Care plan | A plan developed for each resident to achieve certain goals. |
| Ceritfication | A legal document that indicates a person has met certain standards |
| Chronic | REfers to the fact that a disease or condition is long-term or long lasting. |
| Client | The patient of a healthcare professional. |
| Written Skills Competency Evaluation | Pass to get me certified to become a nursing job. |
| Confidentiality | Keeping private things private |
| Consent to release information | Sign to be able to receive any information |
| CNA | Certified Nursing Assistant, assists with basic patient care, must complete training course |
| Delegate | A person representing an organization at a meeting/conference between organizations of some level |
| Disability/disabled | Any physical, mental, |
| DOPL | Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing |
| Ethics | The knowledge of right and wrong |
| Geriatrics/Gerontology | Branch of Healthcare concerned with care of the aged, scientific study of effects of aging |
| Health Care team | ** |
| HIPAA | Health insurance portability and accountability Act ot keep information private and secure |
| Home Health | Nurse who visits patients in their homes toprovide skilled nursing services |
| Hospice | Care for individuals who have six months or less to live; provides physical/emotional care/comfort. |
| Hospital | An institution for treatment of the sick and injured |
| Interdisciplinary team | Group that consists of specialists from several feilds combining skills/resorces to prsent guidance/info |
| LPN | Licensed Practical Nurse; graduate of school of practical nursing who passed PN exam, usually working under RN |
| Long term care | LTC, Care for persons who require 24-hour care/assistance |
| MD | Docotr of Medicine; docotrs degree in medicine |
| Medicare | *** |
| Medicaid | **** |
| Mental Health | A persons overall emotional and psychological condition |
| Mental illness | Affected by any condition that affects mood or behavior, such as depression |
| Neglect | Failing to provide needed care |
| Nursing team | ***** |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration; government regulatory agency concerned with health/safety of workers |
| OBRA | Omnibus budget reconciliation art; if you leave your job you have the right for 18 months to receive health coverage |
| OT | Occupational therapist; provides assessment and interventions to deaots????? that interfere with performance or activities and tasks of living |
| Ombudsman | A legal advocate for residents who visits the facility, listens to residents, decides what course to take |
| patient | One who is sick with, or being treated for, an illness or injury |
| Patients' rights/Resident rights | ****** |
| Pediatrics | concerning the treatment of children |
| PT | Physical Therapist; treatment of physical dysfuntion/injury by use of therapeutic exercise, intended to restore normal function |
| RN | Registered Nurse; nurse who graduated from state approved school, passed nursing exam and granted license |
| Utah Nursing Assistant Registry | ******* |
| Renewal | The act of renewing or the state of having been renewed; something renewed |
| Resident | The people who live in nursing homes |
| RT | Radiation Therapy; x-ray therapy radiation treatment |
| Scope of practice | Defines the things a nursing assistant is allowed to do and how to do them correctly |
| Skilled Nursing facility | ******** |
| Social Worker | Organized work intended to advance the social conditions of tha community |
| ST | Speech Therapy; treatment of speech defects and disorders, especially through use of exercises |
| Terminally ill | a disease or condition that will eventually cause death |
| Voucher | A piece of substantiating evidence; a proof, a written authorization or certification |