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1. Acute Illness - ANSWER Sudden illness from which a person is expected to
recover
2. Chronic Illness - ANSWER Ongoing illness, slow or gradual in onset, has
no known cure, can be controlled and complication prevented with proper
treatment
3. Terminal Illness - ANSWER Illness or injury from which a person will not
likely recover
4. Assisted Living Facilities - ANSWER The Activities usually done during a
normal day in a person’s life
5. Anterior - ANSWER At or toward the front of the body or body part
6. Posterior - ANSWER At or toward the back of the body or body part
7. Medial - ANSWER At or near the middle or mid line of the body part
8. Lateral - ANSWER Away from the mid line; at the side of the body or body
part
,9. Proximal - ANSWER The part nearest to the center or to the point of
attachment
10.dys- - ANSWER Bad, difficult, abnormal
11.oilg- - ANSWER small, scant
12.tachy- - ANSWER fast, rapid
13.athr/o - ANSWER joint
14.cyan/o - ANSWER blue
15.oste/o - ANSWER bone
16.algia - ANSWER pain
17.algia - ANSWER pain
18.phagia - ANSWER to eat or consume; swallowing
19.phasia - ANSWER speaking
20.ostomy - ANSWER creation of an opening
21.ADL - ANSWER activities of daily living
, 22.AMD - ANSWER ambulate/walking
23.NPO - ANSWER nothing by mouth
24.PRN - ANSWER when necessary; as needed
25.Hospice - ANSWER Health care agency or program for persons who are
dying
26.Director of Nursing - ANSWER Nurse who supervises the care of all the
patients at a health care facility
27.Medicare - ANSWER Federal health insurance for people who are 65 or
older, and certain people with disabilities
28.Medicaid - ANSWER Health care program that assists low income families
or individuals in paying for long term me3dicals and custodial care cost
29.Confidentiality - ANSWER Trusting others with personal and private
information
30.Accountability - ANSWER The fact or condiction of being responsible
31.Delegate - ANSWER To authorize another person to perform a nursing task
in a certain situation