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| Everyday activity such as bathing, dressing, or eating | Activities of Daily Living (ADL) |
| Was created to ensure safe and healthful working conditions for workers by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) |
| Breaking an activity down into one-step parts | Task Segmentation |
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| Was created to ensure safe and healthful working conditions for workers by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) |
| Meeting of the resident, their family, and healthcare team members to develop a plan of care | Care Conference |
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| Was created to ensure safe and healthful working conditions for workers by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) |
| Plan that provides direction for each resident's care, including goals and actions required to meet those goals | Care Plan also called Kardex |
| Was created to ensure safe and healthful working conditions for workers by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) |
| People from the team sit down together and share what cares will be done by each party and how they are to work together | Collaborative Care Plan |
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| Was created to ensure safe and healthful working conditions for workers by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) |
| Was created to ensure safe and healthful working conditions for workers by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) |
| Was created to ensure safe and healthful working conditions for workers by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) |
| Doing what is right and meeting your responsibilities | Ethical Behavior |
| The list of duties and responsibilities that go with a job | Job Description |
| Was created to ensure safe and healthful working conditions for workers by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) |
| Allows you to become more efficient and prioritize tasks | Time Management |
| Was created to ensure safe and healthful working conditions for workers by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) |
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| Patients activity participate in their own medical treatment in close cooperation with their health professionals | Person-Centered Care |
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| Considering a whole system, such as a whole person, rather than dividing the system into parts | Holistic Care |
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| Legally responsible | Liable |
| Was created to ensure safe and healthful working conditions for workers by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) |
| Activities that can legally be performed within a particular job | Scope of Practice |
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| Resident controls activity and tasks | Agenda Behavior |
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| Involves costumer service skills | Mindful Care Giving |
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| Is a legal document that explains medical decisions if they cannot make the decisions on their own | Advance Directive |
| A special program designed to provide care for terminally ill residents and their loved ones | Hospice Care |
| Act that was designed to protect the rights of residents | Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) |
| Act that protects a person's personal health information | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) |
| Not sharing private information about a person with others unless they are authorized to receive that information | Confidentiality |
| Placing the resident in a dangerous situation | Endangerment |
| Failure to provide needed care that results in physical, mental, or emotional harm to a resident | Neglect |
| Needs of the resident based on their age and stage of life | Age-Specific Care Consideration |
| Label for an illness or condition | Diagnosis |
| The resident has a set amount of fluids that they may have for a certain time frame | Fluid Restriction |
| Difficulty swallowing | Dysphagia |
| Decrease in a physical sense such as hearing or sight | Sensory Impairment |
| A chronic condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking | Emphysema |
| Condition characterized by extreme mood swings with a fluctuation from depression to mania | Bipolar Disorder |
| False belief | Delusion |
| Extreme, often unfounded fear | Paranoia |
| Impairment of mental processes such as memory or a disruption in understanding capabilities | Cognitive Impairment |
| Paralysis of the lower half of the body | Paraplegia |
| Impairment of physical functioning due to damage to the nerves or muscles | Physical Impairment |
| Paralysis from the neck down | Quadriplegia |
| Something in the brain is not functioning properly | Cognitive Impairment |
| Something in the body is not functioning properly | Physical Impairment |
| Confusion about place, time, and/or people | Disorientation |
| Technique used to help confused residents remain tuned into their present environment | Reality Orientation |
| Talking about past experiences | Reminiscing |
| Memory of things that happened very recently | Short-term memory |
| Focusing on feeling and memories of the resident to help them maintain dignity and worth | Validation therapy |
| Walking or propelling oneself around in the wheelchair without an apparent reason or destination | Wandering |
| The act of repeating words, phrases and questions | Perseveration |
| Was created to ensure safe and healthful working conditions for workers by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) |
| Document that OSHA requires all hazardous material to have | Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) |
| The stopping of heart function in circulation | Cardiac Arrest |
| Difficulty breathing | Dyspnea |
| Tearing of the skin | Laceration |