Untitled Flashcards Set 2

2 vocab

Activities of daily living (ADLs)

Daily personal care tasks, such as bathing; caring for skin, nails, hair, and teeth; dressing; toileting; eating and drinking; walking; and transferring.

Assistive or adaptive devices

Special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled to perform activities of daily living.

Charting

Writing down important information and observations about residents.

Professional

Having to do with work or a job.

Personal

Relating to life outside one’s job, such as family, friends, and home life.

Professionalism

How a person behaves when on the job; it includes how a person dresses, the words he uses, and the things he talks about.

Compassionate

Being caring, concerned, considerate, empathetic, and understanding.

Empathy

Entering into the feelings of others.

Sympathy

Sharing in the feelings and difficulties of others.

Tactful

Showing sensitivity and having a sense of what is appropriate when dealing with others.

Conscientious

Guided by a sense of right and wrong; having principles.

Chain of command

The line of authority within a facility or agency.

Liability

A legal term that means someone can be held responsible for harming someone else.

Scope of practice

Defines the things that healthcare providers are legally allowed to do and how to do them correctly.

Delegation

Transferring responsibility to a person for a specific task.