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