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| A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover |
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| Assisted Living Residence |
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| A nursing facility that provides housing, personal care, support services, health care, and social activities in a home-like setting |
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| A nursing care pattern; a care manager (an RN) coordinates a person's care from admission through discharge and into the home setting |
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| An ongoing illness, slow or gradual in onset; the illness can be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment |
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| A nursing care pattern focusing on tasks and jobs; each nursing team member has certain task and jobs to do |
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| The many health care workers whose skills and knowledge focus on the person's total care; interdisciplinary health care team |
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| A health care agency or program for persons who are dying |
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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 in some states |
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| License Vocational Nurse (LVN) |
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| A person who has passed a nursing assistant training and competency evaluation program; preforms delegated nursing tasks under the supervision of a licensed nurse |
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| Those who provide nursing care- RNs, LPNs/LVNs, and nursing assistants |
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| A nursing care pattern; services are moved from departments to bedside |
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| A nursing care pattern; an RN is responsible for the person's total care |
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| A nurse who has completed a 2-, 3-, or 4-year nursing program and has passed a licensing test |
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| A nursing care pattern; a team of nursing staff is lead by an RN who decides the amount and kind of care each person needs |
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| An illness or injury for which there is no reasonable expectation of recovery |
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