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provides housing, personal care, support services, health care, and social activities in a home-like setting to persons needing help with daily activities
a sudden illness form which a person is expected to recover
a nursing care pattern; a case manager (RN) coordinates a person's care form admission through discharge and into the home or long-term care setting
an ongoing illness, slow or gradual in onset; it has no known cure; it can be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment
A nursing care pattern focusing on tasks and jobs; each nursing team member has certain tasks and jobs to do
the many health care workers whose skills and knowledge focus on the persons total care; Interdisciplinary health care team
A health care agency or program for persons who are dying
A nurse who has competed a 1-year nursing program and has passed a licensing test; called Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) in some states
A person who has passed a nursing assistant training and competency evaluation program; performs delegated nursing tasks under the supervision of a licensed nurse
Those who provide nursing care-- RN's, LPN's/LVN's, and nursing assistants
a nursing care pattern; services are moved from departments to the bedside
A nursing care pattern; an RN is responsible for the person's total care
A nurse who has completed a 2-, 3- or 4-year nursing program and has passed a licensing test
A nursing care pattern; a team or nursing staff is led by an RN who decides the amount and kind of care each person needs
An illness or injury from which the person will not likely recover
