VOCABULARY AND ABBREVIATIONS CNA CHAPTERS 1-10 MOSBY'S
TEXTBOOK FOR NURSING ASSISTANTS 9TH EDITION DMACC VERFIED
1. acute illness: a sudden illness from which a person is expected to
recover
2. assisted living residence (ALR): provides housing, personal care,
support services, health care, and social activities in a home-like
setting to people needing help with daily activites
3. case management: a nursing case manager coordinates the care of
specif- ic groups pf patients through admission and discharge and
into the home or long-term care setting
4. chronic illness: an ongoing illness that is slow or gradual in onset; it
has no known cure; it can be controlled and complications prevented
with proper treatment
5. functional nursing: a nursing care pattern focused on tasks and
jobs; each nursing team member has certain tasks and jobs to do.
as opposed to 'team nursing' which has no detectable difference to
me whatsoever
6. health team: the many health care workers whose skills and
knowledge focus on the person's total care; interdisciplinary health
care team
7. hospice: a health care agency or program for people who are dying
8. Licensed practical nurse (LPN): a person who has completed a
practical nursing program, usually of one year, and has passed a
licensing test. they are supervised by RNs and have fewer
responsibilities and functions than an RN.
9. patient focused care: a nursing care pattern. In this pattern,
services are moved from departments to the bedside
10.primary nursing: nursing care pattern. An RN is responsible for a
person's total care
11.RN: a person who has passed a 2, 3, or 4 year nursing program and
a licensing test.
12.surveyor: a person who collects information by observation and
questions (usually in a health care agency setting this is someone
making sure the agency is up to standards)
13.team nursing: nursing care pattern. a team of nursing staff is led
by an RN who decides the amount and kind of care each person
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14.terminal illness: illness or injury from which the person is unlikely to
recover
15.DON: director of nursing
16.LPN: licensed practical nurse
17.LVN: licensed vocational nurse
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