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Nursing Assistants
Health Team Communication CH 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| assessment | Collecting information about the person; see "nursing process" |
| chart | "medical record" |
| clinical record | "medical record" |
| electronic health record (EHR) | An electronic version of a person's medical record; electronic medical record |
| electronic medical record (EMR) | "electronic health record" |
| end-of-shift report | A report that the nurse gives at the end of the shift to the on-coming shift; change-of-shift report |
| evaluation | To measure if goals in the planning step were met; "nursing process" |
| implementation | To perform or carry out nursing interventions (nursing measures, nursing actions, nursing tasks) in the care plan, nursing process |
| medical record | The legal account of a person's condition and response to treatment and care; chart or clinical record |
| nursing care plan | A written guide about the person's nursing care; care plan |
| nursing diagnosis | A health problem that can be treated by nursing measures; nursing process |
| nursing intervention | An action or measure taken by the nursing team to help the person reach a goal; nursing action, nursing measure, nursing task |
| nursing process | The method nurses use to plan and delivery nursing care; it's 5 steps are assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation |
| objective data | information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an observer; signs |
| observation | Using the sense of sight, hearing, touch, and smell to collect information |
| planning | Setting priorities and goals; nursing process |
| progress note | Describes the care given and the person's response and progress |
| recording | The written account of care and observations; charting, documentation |
| reporting | The oral account of care and observations |
| signs | "objective data" |
| subjective data | Things a person tells you about that you cannot observe through your senses; symptoms |
| symptoms | subjective data |
| ADL | Activities of Daily Living |
| BMs | Bowel movements |
| CAA | Care Area Assessment |
| CMS | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
| EHR | Electronic health record |
| EMR | Electronic medical record |
| EPHI; ePHI | Electronic protected health information |
| IDCP | Interdisciplinary care planning |
| MDS | Minimum Data Set |
| OASIS | Outcome and Assessment Information Set |
| PHI | Protected health information |