| A | B |
|---|
| LVN Licensed Vocational Nurse or LPN Licensed Practical Nurse | provides direct client care under the direction of a registered nurse RN |
| Alternative Care Provider | Chiropractors, herbalists, acupuncturists, holistic health healers & other nontraditional health care providers |
| Case Manager | role is to ensure that clients receive fically sound, appropriate care in the best setting |
| dentist | diagnose and treat dental problems |
| dietitian | has special knowledge about the diets required to maintain health and treat disease |
| Nutritionist | has special knowledge about nutrition and food |
| Occupational therapist OT | assists clients with an impaired function to gain the skills to perform activities of daily living ADLS |
| Paramedical Technologists | laboratory technologist, radiological technologists, nuclear medicine technologists are examples |
| Pharmacist | prepares and dispenses pharmaceuticals in hospital and community settings |
| Physical Therapist PT | assists clients with musculoskeletal problems |
| Physician | responsible for medical diagnosis and for determining the medical therapy |
| physician assistant PA | perform certain tasks under the direction of a physician |
| podiatrist DPM | diagnose and treat foot conditions |
| Respiratory Therapists | skilled in therapeutic measures used in the care of clients with respiratory problems |
| Social Worker | counsel clients and support persons regarding social problems, such as finances, marital difficulties, and adoption of children |
| Spiritual support person | chaplains,priests,rabbis and other religious advisors serve by attending to spiritual needs of clients |
| Unlicensed Assistive Personnel UAP also called CNAs Certified Nursing Assistants | health care staff who assume delegated aspects of nursing care |
| wellness | state of well being |
| Internal variables affecting health | biologic, psychologic, and cognitive |
| external variables affecting health | physical environment, standards of living, family , cultural beliefs, and social support networks |
| locus of control | clients believe that their health status is under their own or others' control..influences clients likelihood of taking action regarding health |
| adherence | extent to which an individual's behavior coincides with medial or health advice |
| illness | state in which the person's physical, emotional, intellectual, social,k developmental or spiritual functioning is thought to be diminished |
| disease | alteration in body functions resulting in a reduction of capacities or a shortening of the normal life span |
| etiology | causation of a disease |
| acute illness | characterized by severe symptoms of relatively short duration |
| chronic illness | one that last for an extended period, usually 6 months or longer |
| remission | period of time in an illness when symptoms disappear |
| exacerbation | when the symptoms in an illness that have disappeared reappear |
| Healthy people 2010 | 10 year strategy for promoting health and preventing illness, disability, and premature death |
| health promotion | behavior motivated by the desire to increase well-being and actualize human health behavior |
| health protection/illness prevention | behavior motivated by a desire to actively avoid illness, detect it early, or maintain functioning within the constraints of an illness |
| primary prevention | purpose focuses on decreasing the risk or exposure of he individual or community to illness |
| secondary prevention | focuses on early identification of health problems;prompt intervention...goal to identify individuals in an early stage of a disease process and limit future disability |
| tertiary prevention | focuses on restoration and rehabilitation with the goal of returning the individual to optimal level of functioning |
| wellness diagnosis | describes human responses to levels of wellness where there is a readiness for enhancement |
