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Nurses Aide

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Definition
Barrier   a block or an obstacle  
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Charting   the act of noting care and observations; documenting  
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Code   in health care, an emergent medical situation in which specially-trained responders provide resuscitative measures to a person  
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Culture   a set of learned beliefs, values, traditions, and behaviors shared by a social, ethnic, or age group  
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Edema   swelling in body tissues caused by excess fluid  
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Barrier   a block or an obstacle  
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Incident   an accident, problem, or unexpected event during the course of care  
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Charting   the act of noting care and observations; documenting  
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Medical Chart   written legal record of all medical care a patient, resident, or client recieves  
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Objective Information   factual information collected using the senses of sight, hearing, smell and touch; also called signs  
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Code   in health care, an emergent medical situation in which specially-trained responders provide resuscitative measures to a person  
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Objective Information   factual information collected using the senses of sight, hearing, smell and touch; also called signs  
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Culture   a set of learned beliefs, values, traditions, and behaviors shared by a social, ethnic, or age group  
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Orientation   a person's awareness of person, place, and time  
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Edema   swelling in body tissues caused by excess fluid  
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Incident   an accident, problem, or unexpected event during the course of care  
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Prioritize   to place things in order of importance  
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Medical Chart   written legal record of all medical care a patient, resident, or client recieves  
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Rounds   physical movement of staff  
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Objective Information   factual information collected using the senses of sight, hearing, smell and touch; also called signs  
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Orientation   a person's awareness of person, place, and time  
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Prioritize   to place things in order of importance  
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Rounds   physical movement of staff from room to room to discuss each resident and his or her care plan  
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Subjective Information   information collected from residents, their family members and friends; information may or may not be true, but is what the person reported; also called symptoms  
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Verbal Communication   communication involving the use of spoken or written words or sounds  
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Vital Signs   measurements - temperature, pulse, respiration's, blood pressure, pain level - that monitor the functioning of the vital organs of the body  
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Body Language   is a form of nonverbal communication  
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Closed Bed   bed completely made with the bed-spread and blankets in place  
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Depressant   a substance that causes calmness and drowsiness  
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Draw Sheet   an extra sheet placed on top of the bottom sheet; used for moving residents  
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Incontinence   the inability to control the bladder or bowels, which leads to an involuntary loss of urine or feces  
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Insomnia   the inability to fall asleep or remain asleep  
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Occupied Bed   a bed made while the person is in the bed  
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Open Bed   bed made with linen folded down to the foot of the bed  
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Stimulant   a drug that increases or quickens actions of the body  
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Unoccupied Bed   a bed made while no person is in the bed  
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