Unit 1 vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. a stay more than 30 days
  2. 6. are natural remedies
  3. 8. specially educated person who is licensed to plan and direct the nursing care of patients
  4. 9. considering the problem posed by a challenging situation and using what you have learned to solve the problem.
  5. 12. treats upper respiratory infections
  6. 14. programs that provide an opportunity for upward mobility.
  7. 17. founder of the first nursing school
  8. 18. a stay less than 30 days
  9. 19. pain reliever
  10. 20. health insurance for anyone who qualifies
  11. 21. voluntary process in which a professional organization recognizes a facility for demonstrating its ability to meet certain quality standards and criteria.
  12. 22. health insurance for 65 or older people
Down
  1. 1. illness that is treatable but not curable and is expected to require lifelong care.
  2. 2. transfer of responsibility for the performance of a nursing activity from a nurse to someone who does not already have the authority.
  3. 3. information about patients passed from outgoing shift to oncoming shift
  4. 4. subacute care given after acute care; care that prepares the patient to live in a new setting
  5. 7. understanding how someone else feels.
  6. 10. graduate of a certificate nursing program; must pass a state exam before being permitted to practice nursing.
  7. 11. specific list of duties; tells you which patients you will care for during your shift and the specific procedures to be performed.
  8. 13. Disease
  9. 14. person who provides personal care and assists with ADLs (activities of daily living) under nursing supervision.
  10. 15. helps for constipation
  11. 16. act of evaluating