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acute illness |
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a sudden illness from which a person should recover |
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alzheimers disease |
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a disease that affects brain tissue; there is increasing memory loss and confusion until the person cannot tend to simple personal needs |
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assisted living facility |
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provides housing, personal care, support services, health care, and activites in a home-like setting |
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board and care home |
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provides rooms, meals, laundry, and supervision to a few independant residents, often in a home setting; residential care facility |
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case management |
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a nursing care pattern; a case manager (an RN) coordinates a persons care from admission through discharge and into the home setting |
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chronic illness |
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an ongoing illness, slow or gradual in onset; it has no cure; the illness can be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment |
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deconditioning |
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the process of becoming weak from illness or lack of exercise |
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functional nursing |
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a nursing care pattern focusing on tasks and jobs; each nursing team member has certain tasks and jobs to do |
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hospice |
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a health care agency or program for persons who are dying |
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independence |
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not relying on or requiring care from others |
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interdisciplinary health care team |
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the many health care workers whose skills and knowledge focus on the persons total care; health team |
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involuntary seclusion |
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separating a person from others against his or her will; confining a person to a certain area; keeping a person away from his or her room without consent |
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licensed practical nurse (LPN) |
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a nurse who has completed a 1-year nursing program and has passed a licensing test; called licensed vocational nurse (LVN) in some states |
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licensed vocational nurse (LVN) |
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licensed practical nurse |
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medicaid |
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a health care payment program sponsored by teh federal government and operated by the states |
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medicare |
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a federal health insurance program for persons 65 years of age or older and younger people with certain disabilites |
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nursing assistant |
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a person who gives basic nursing care under teh supervision of a licensed nurse; nurse aide, nursing attendant, or health care assistant |
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nursing center |
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provides health careand nursing care to persons who need regular or continuous care; licensed nurses are required; nursing home or nursing facility |
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nursing facility (NF) |
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nursing center or nursing home |
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nursing home |
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nursing facility or nursing center |
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nursing team |
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those who provide nursing care-RNs, LPNs,/LVNs, and nursing assistants |
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ombudsman |
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someone who supoorts or promotes the needs and interests of another person |
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Omibus Budget Reconsiliation Act of 1987 (OBRA) |
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a federal law that requires nursing centers to provide care in a manner and in a setting that maintains or improves each persons quality of life, health, and safety |
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primary nursing |
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a nursing care pattern; an RN is responsible for the person's total care |
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registered nurse (RN) |
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a nurse who has completed a 2-,3-,or 4-yr nursing program and has passed a licensing test |
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residential care facility |
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a board and care home |
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skilled nursing facility (SNF) |
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provides health care and nursing care for residents who have many or severe health problems or who need rehabilitation; may be part of a nursing center or a hospital |
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team nursing |
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a nursing care pattern; a team of nursing staff is led by an RN who decides the amount and kind of care each person needs |
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