| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
