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Nursing Ch 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Active listening | a way of communication that involves giving a person one's full attention while he is speaking and encouraging him to give information and clarify ideas. |
| adverse event | an unexpected event that causes serious injury or death; also called sentinel event |
| barrier | a block or and obstacle |
| body language | all of the conscious or unconscious messages a person's body sends as she communicates; facial expressions, gestures and postures are examples |
| Care conference | a meting to share and gather info about a resident in order to make a care plan |
| Car plan | a plan for each resident that outlines what the care team must do to help the resident reach her goals of care. |
| charting | the act of noting care and observation; documenting |
| code | in health care, an emergent medical situation in which specially trained responders provide the necessary care. |
| Code status | Formal documentation of the type and scope of care the should be provided to a particular resident in the event of a cardiac arrest, other catastrophic organ failure, or terminal illness |
| critical thinking | the process of reasoning and analyzing in order to solve problems; for the nursing assistant, critical thinking means making careful observations and promplty reporting all potential problems. |
| culture | a set of learned beliefs, values, traditions, and behaviors shared by a social or ethnic group. |
| edema | swelling in body tissues caused by excess fluid |
| incident | an accident, problem, or unexpected event during the course of care |
| incident report | a report documenting an incident and the response to the incident also called an occurrence, accident, accident/incident, or event report |
| medical chart | legal record of all medical care a patient, resident, or client receives |
| Minimum Data Set (MDS) | a detailed form with guidelinnes for assessing residents in long term facilities; also details what to do if resident problems are identified. |
| nonverbal communication | communication without using words, such as through gestures and facial expressions |
| nursing process | Organized method used by nurses to determine residents needs; plan the appropriate car 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 a person, place, and time |
| prefix | a word part that comes before the root to help form a new term |
| prioritize | to place things in order of importance |
| root | the main part of a word that contains its basic meaning or definition |
| rounds | scheduled visits to each resident's room to assess the resident's condition and needs and to discuss the care plan with participating staff. |
| 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 |
| suffix | a word part added at the end of a root or a prefix to create a new word |
| verbal communication | communication involving the use of spoken or written words or sounds; also called oral communication |
| vital signs | measurements--temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure--that monitor the functioning of the vital organs of the body |
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