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