| A | B |
|---|
| ICF | facility that provides 24-hour room, board, personal care, and BASIC health and nursing care services to 3 or more residents; care provided under daily supervisioon of licensed nurse and direction of licensed physician |
| RESIDENT | person who, due to aging or illness, reveives or requires care and the services furnished by a facility and lives in the facility |
| RCF | facility licensed by state of Missouri to provide 24-hour room, board and protective oversight; may provide assistance with medications, care during recovery from short-term illness, supervision with diets, and assistance with personal care |
| SNF | facility that provides 24-hour room, board and SKILLED nursing care and treatment to at least 3 residents; skilled nursing care and treatment services are those performed by or under supervision of a registered nurse for individuals requiring 24-hour a day care by licensed nursing personnel under the direction of a licensed physician |
| arteriosclerosis | loss of elasticity in walls of blood vessels |
| atherosclerosis | accumulation of fat deposits inside arteries making them narrow |
| cheyne-stokes | pattern if breathing in which respirations gradually increase in rate and depth and then become shallow and slow; respiration can stop for up to 20 seconds |
| CHF - congestive heart failure | inability of heart to pump adequate quantity of blood |
| emphysema | respiratory condition in which elesticity of alveoli is lost, resulting in difficulty breathing |
| MI - myocardial infarction | blockage or clot occurring in an artery in the heart, resulting in chest pain due to tissue damage |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| hypotension | low blood pressure |
| pneumonia | inflammation of lungs with fluid accumulation in affected alveoli |
| pulse | beat of heart felt at an artery as wave of blood passes through artery |
| respirations | act of breathing in and out of the lungs |
| TB - tuberculosis | infection primarily of lung from mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| temperature | balacne between heat gained and heat lost |
| normal oral temperature | 95.0-98.6 defrees F |
| normal axillary temperature | 94.0 - 97.6 degrees F |
| normal rectal temperature | 96 - 99.6 degrees F |
| normal pulse rate | 50 - 100 |
| normal respiratory rate | 14 - 20 |
| normal blood pressure | 100 - 150 mmHG (millimeters mercury) over 60 - 90 mmHg |
