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show people with no medical training that offered worthless "snake oil" cures  
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show 18th-early 20th century health care provider trainind in general healthcare skills who treated patients in their home  
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show focuses on treating the whole person, physical and emotional needs are met  
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show type of HC organization, usually for acute care, can be general or specific - take care of patients  
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show Skilled nursing units, can be within a hospital, rehab facility - patients require recovered enough to leave the hospital but not enough to go home - take care of patients  
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show Nursing home - for people unable to care for themselves at home - take care of residents  
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Assited Living Facility   show
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Home Health Care   show
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Hospice Organiztions   show
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show Director of Nursing - supervises RN's, LPN's and CNA's  
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Who is the focus of the healthcare team?   show
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US Department of Health and Human Services   show
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show Omnibus Budget Reconcilliation Act of 1987 - law passed to protect people living in long term care facilities by ensuring a certain standard of care  
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show Food and Drug Administration - ensures safety of the nation's drugs, medical devices, food and cosmetics  
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show Centers for Disease Control  
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The Joint Commission   show
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OSHA   show
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show federally funded insurance for 65 and older or younger diabled people  
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show federally funded state regulated insurance plan for low income people  
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CNA Training   show
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show OBRA requires states to maintain a registry of people who have successfully completed the training  
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y.o.   show
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show diagnosis  
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CVA   show
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Fx   show
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ADL   show
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show ambulate  
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show hard of hearing  
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show drop  
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gtts   show
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show right  
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l   show
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bid   show
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prn   show
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Hx   show
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DM   show
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FBS   show
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show before meals  
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q   show
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show hour of sleep  
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show complain of  
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b/p   show
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ECG   show
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wnl   show
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HOB   show
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show with  
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bm   show
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qd   show
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show licensed vocational nurse  
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show licensed practical nurse  
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RN   show
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Charge Nurse   show
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show range of tasks a CNA is legally permitted to perform  
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Five Rights of Delegation   show
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Patients' Rights   show
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Residents' Rights   show
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Advanced Directive   show
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show transfers responsibility for healthcare decisions to someone else - healthcare agent to make decisions on the persons behalf  
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Living Will   show
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show laws concerned with relationships between individuals  
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show laws concerned with relationship between individual and society  
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Unintentional Tort   show
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show a wrong  
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Intentional Tort   show
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Defamation   show
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show moral principals or standards that govern behavior  
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show exchange of information  
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Describe the Process of Communication   show
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show uses language - spoken, written or signed  
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show uses facial expressions, gestures, body language, tone of voice - tends to be more subtle  
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show effective way to communicate to get people to talk and make sure that they understand you  
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show information that you obtain directly through measurement or your 5 senses  
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Subjective Data   show
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show required by nursing assistants - report - observations,patient/resident complaints of pain or discomfort, refusal of treatment or request for clergy  
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show communicating about a patient/resident to their healthcare team members in written ruler  
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Steps of the Nursing Process   show
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Steps to correct error in a medical report   show
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Acute Illness   show
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show ongoing condition that needs continuous treatment and or medication  
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Terminal Illness   show
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show infancy-birth to 1yr, toddler- 1 to 3yrs, preschool- 3 to 5yrs, school age-5 to 12yrs, adolescence- 12-20yrs, young adulthood- 20 to 40yrs, middle adulthood-40 to 65yrs, later adulthood-65 to 75yrs, old adulthood-75+yrs  
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show visual hierarchy that low level needs must be met before higher level needs can be addressed  
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show Tuberculosis - airborne disease  
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TB Infection   show
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TB Disease   show
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