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Terms Definitions
Scaffolding supportfor
Best practices Evidence-based practices
Self-actualization Reaching one's fulles potential
Controlling (as a managerial behavior) Determination by administration of how well jobs have been done and what progress is being made to achieve the organization goals, then taking necessary corrective actions to achieve these goals. It is the process of monitoring, evaluating and correcting.
Empathetic listening Communicating understanding of students' feelings by putting yourself in their place
schema mental structure for organizing concepts
Psychomotor domain Physical activities or skills
self-centeredness, especially in very young children. egocentric
Leadership The art of engaging colleagues, collaboratively toward a shared vision. As defined by Yukl, leadership is "the process of influencing others to understand and agree about what needs to be done and how to do it, and the process of facilitating individuals and collective efforts to accomplish shared objectives." Alternatively defined, it is influencing people to act for certain goals that represent the values and motivations -- wants, needs, aspirations, and expectations -- of both leaders and followers.
Guardian Legal representative, appointed by a court, to make decisions for a person not competent to make their own decisions. Generally, resident (patient) guardians have all of the legal rights normally granted to competent residents (patients).
Layoff Temporary dismissal of workers from their jobs due to lack of work, not "for cause."
Dietitian Sometime referred to as nutritionist, a dietitian provides nutritional information and diet-related services to residents/patients.
Mutimedia Software that combines mutiple types of media such as text, graphics,sound
Self-efficacy Self-confidence that one can succeed (good)
Constructivism Learner centered approach to teaching; students construct knowledge for themselves
Cognitive domain Memory, reasoning, and thinking abilities.
Rubric Set of scoring guidelines for evaluating student work to ensure consistency in grading
Restricted Funds Funds established to account for assets with uses limited by the requirements of donors or grantees. For example, a fund may be restricted to plant replacement. If the donor has specified that the principal must be maintained perpetually, and only the investment income it generates may be expended, the principal is accounted for as an endowment fund.
Independent Contractors Category of persons providing services who are not considered by the IRS as employees. Therefore, employers generally do not have to withhold federal income tax or FICA taxes on payments to independent contractors. The IRS offers 20 guidelines for determining whether an individual falls into this category. The general rule is that independent contractors "follow independent trade, business or profession in which they offer their services to the general public," and those who pay for their services "have the right to control or direct only the result of the work and not the means and methods of accomplishing the result." However, employers who pay an independent contractor $600 or more during a year must issue and file a Form 1099-MISC.
Universal Precautions Measures taken to prevent transmission of infection from contact with blood or other body fluids or materials having blood or other body fluids on them, as recommended by the U.S. Public Health Services Centers for Disease Control and adopted by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as 29 CFR 1910.1030.
Grievance Procedure The established method, and outlined in the employee handbook, by which an employee can have any decision of a supervisor reviewed by higher level management with the organization.
Equity Theory Concept that employees seek an exchange in which their wages and benefits are equal to their work effort, especially when compared to wages and benefits being paid to similarly situated co-workers.
Home Telehealth Systems Use of telecommunication technology for the distance monitoring of patients and delivery of health care with or without the use of video technology.
Database Software that produces a collection of data organized according to some structure or purpose
Self-concept One's perception of self (neither good nor bad)
Metacognition Ability to monitor and think about one's own thinking, learning and remembering.
Diversity Variety of different groups in the same setting
Students who learn best by touch Tactile learning
Ethnocentrism believing one's culture is better than other cultures
Drug Any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease or other conditions in persons. Any substance other than a device or food intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of persons. In the survey guidelines, drug is used in most cases to mean medication.
Instrumental (Independent) Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) Activities that include meal preparation, housework (e.g., cooking), managing finances (e.g., keeping a checkbook) or medications, telephone use, shopping, and transporation (e.g., how one moves up and down stairs, how one moves in and out of cars).
Initial Survey An on-site federal survey to determine whether a provider meets the requirements to begin participating in the Medicare and/or Medicaid programs.
Flexible Budget An adjusted budget in which the budgeted costs are raised or lowered to reflect the actual census.
Gerontology The study of aging from the broadest perspective. Gerontologists examine not only the clinical and biological aspects of aging but also psychosocial, and historical conditions.
Acuity The level of severity of a patient's condition. For example, patients who require intensive services are referred to as those having a higher level of acuity in relation to those who require less care.
Accounts Payable Amounts owed to suppliers for goods and services.
As-built plans The blueprints or plans depicting the way the building was actually completed and approved.
Certification The process by which federal and state governments determine if a health care facility meets Medicare and/or Medicaid standards.
Consultant Pharmacist Pharmacist who is contracted by the nursing home to do drug regimen reviews and provide other services.
Compensation Theory Ideas or approaches to the functions of wages and benefits in motivating employees to meet the requirements of the employer (see e.g., EQUITY THEORY).
Percentile Score Test score in comparison to other scores.
Search string A phrase using AND,OR,NOT,OR NEAR that narrows or broadens an Internet search
Guided practice practicing under the direction of the teacher
A memory aide including tricks to aide in recall of information. Mnemonic
Interdisciplinary unit Many subject areas centered around one topic
Students who learn best by movement. Kinesthetic (Tactile) learners
Charge Nurse The nurse in charge or supervising a particular part of a facility for a given time shift.
Special Fraud Alerts Statements issued by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) to the general health care community addressing national trends of health care fraud and providing guidance relative to violations of the anti-kickback statute and other federal laws.
Recreational Therapist (RT) A person certified, by a recognized certifying organization, to perform as a recreational therapist.
Significant Medication Error Medication error that cause a resident (patient) discomfort and/or jeopardizes his/her health and safety.
Funded Depreciation The setting aside of a portion of retained earnings (equal to a depreciation expense) in a separate account designated to be used only for the purchase of replacement capital assets.
Administrator In Training (AIT) An internship with a certified preceptor required for an LTCA (NHA) license in some states; a person undertaking on-the-job training, or an internship, approved by a given state in preparation for licensing as a NHA.
Needs assessment Discovering what is needed as a first step in determining a plan of action to address a problem or intructional goal.
Melting pot theory The theory that cultures should blend into the main culture, losing unique characteristics.
Developmentally appropriate / Age appropriate Planning considering age & stage
Developmentally appropriate or age appropriate Providing and planning learning experiences based on the stage of growth of a child.
False Claims Act Federal law that provide for civil or criminal penalties for individuals and entities for submitting a false claim, or causing a false claim to be submitted, to a federal health care program. False or fraudulent claims include claims for items not provided or not provided as claimed, claims for services that are not medically necessary, and claims when there has been a failure of care. Many states have a parallel law that applies to the state Medicaid and other state health care programs.
The beginning special education teacher understands Understands ways in which physical disabilities and health impairments relateto development and behavior, and knows the etiologies and effects of sensorydisabilities and other conditions affecting individuals with disabilities.
Culture A way of life shared by members of a group
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures A publication of four federal agencies in 1987 setting standards by which federal agencies determine the acceptability of validation procedures used for written tests and other selection devices.
Management By Objectives (MBO) A system of managementthat is based on a joint agreement between supervisors and associates on what specific measurable objectives would be accomplished over a given period of time, at the end of which the supervisors evaluate individual associates on the basis of the accomplishment of these objectives.
Ambulation Moving about.
Staffing Involves such activities as recruiting, orienting, training, rating, disciplining and terminating employees.
Groupware aka collborative software: Software that allows two or more users to work on the same document at one time
Accommodation Learning by changing existing knowledge structure.
Constuctivism Students constructing knowledge 4 themselves
Modeling Demonstrating processes, skills or behaviors for learning
License A duly-issued certificate that permits a person to practice or a nursing home to operate in a given state.
Safe Harbors Federal regulations that define practices that, if fully followed, will not be considered violations of the federal anti-kickback. There are regulations, for example, that describe conditions under which discounts may be received from equipment suppliers, and conditions under which payments may be made to operators of referral services.
Dividend A distribution of earnings to shareholders of a corporation.
Performance Feedback Same as performance evaluation; comments by the employee on the employee on the evluation by the administrator.
Productivity tools Software that increases classroom teacher effectiveness:ex. grade book programs,puzzlemakers
Affective domain Feelings, emotions, values, and attitudes
Schema (Schemata) Mental structure(s) for organizing concepts and relationships.
Positive/negative mindset for a group of people. Prejudice
Maturation or development The process of growing
Mediation Another concept that is related to facilities that are unionized. In this case, the third party seeks to reach a settlement between the union and the facility on an issue.
Hypnotic Medication A psychoactive medication given to sedate or calm (e.g., Sonata, Restoril, Ambien).
Double-entry Rules Increases in asset accounts and expense accounts are recorded as debits; decreases are credits. Increases in liability, revenue, and owners' equity accounts are credits, decreases are credits.
Comorbidity The simultaneous presence of two or more health problems.
Ambulatory Able to walk with or without difficulty or help.
Physical Restraint Devices that prevent or restrict resident (patient) movement. A device or manual method that works to treat a medical symptom(s) but is attached to or adjacent to the individual's body so that freedom of movement or normal access to one's body is restricted.
Geriatrician A physician with special training in geriatric medicine. In earlier years, this training was self-taught through the special attention physicians gave their older patients. Now, one- and three-year training programs, which follow the regular medical curriculum, are established in a number of teaching medical centers.
On-The-Job-Training Assignment of employee to one staff member who assists the employee to acquire the capabilities required in a position in the facility.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) 24-hour, 7-day-a-week confidential telephone service providing assistance to employees on matters such as child and elder care, substance abuse, financial counseling, etc.
Registered Dietitian The health professional designated to oversee food and nutrition services in acute and long-term care settings by both the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; the professional has received a degree in nutrition science, completed a 1,000-hour dietetic internship, and passed a comprehensive national registration examination - a minimum of 15 continuing education hours must be obtained and approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration for the registered dietitian credentials to be maintained.
Software The program that instruct the computr to do certain jobs
Tactile learners Students who learn best by touch
Field-independent Perceiving in parts and prefering to learn alone.
Prejudice positive/ negative mindset for a group of people
Terminal Care Care provided to a dying resident (patient) that may or may no include hospice care (see also HOSPICE CARE).
Days of Care Also called "Patient Days." Cumulative census over a specified period of time.
Life Insurance Some facilities offer free or shared fees for life insurance (a specific payment amount upon the death of the insured), usually term type life insurance, as a benefit. Term insurance features low premiums or high-dollar coverage, but has no cash, loan or other value.
Exempt Employees Salaried workers who are exempt from overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Goal Setting Setting of objectives to be achieved by an employee before the next performance appraisal.
Activity Therapist (AT) An allied health professional trained to develop and provide leisure time activities for facility residents (patients).
Annual Assessment An annual assessment of a resident's (patient's) physical, mental, emotional, cognitive, and functional status.
What is Competency 011 The special education teacher understands and applies knowledge of the characteristics and needs of students with disabilities.
Kinesthetic (Tactile) learners Students who learn best by movement
Field-dependent perceiving as a whole and prefering to learn with others
Salad bowl theory Cultures mix but retain their uniqueness
Straight-line Method of Depreciation A depreciation method that allocates equal amounts of depreciation expense to each full period of the asset's life: Annual Depreciation Expense = (Historical cost) / (Years of estimated useful life)
Subacute Care As defined by the American Health Care Association, this is: "a comprehensive inpatient prgram designed for the individual who: (1) has had an acute event as a result of an illness, injury or exacerbation of a disease process: (2) has a determined course of treatment; and (3) does not require intensive diagnostice and/or invasive procedures." Subacute medical and rehabilitative care programs in nursing facilities may include specialty programs for : Post operative recovery, extensive wound care, ventilator support, brain injury care, hospice care, and respiratory or pulmonary management.
Deductive reasoning Moving from a genaral rule or Decree to more specific Details. (Example of this reasoning process: Decree: Allinsects have six legs. Specific Details: An ant is an insect. Therefore, an ant must have sixx legs.)
Discovering what is needed as a first step in determining a plan of action to address a problem or instructional goal Needs Assessments
Achievement The amount a student has learned in a subject area.
Management Information System (MIS) A system for managing information to assist the organization in evaluating, planning, and implementation of daily work to improve processes and resident care.
Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) A tool to help facilities identify residents' needs and strengths and develop an appropriate care plan. The federal RAI system includes: the MDS, RAPS, and utilization guidelines. It is the designation for the complete resident assessment process mandated by CMS, including the comprehensive MDS, RAPS, and care planning decisions.
Zone of proximal development Difference between what a student can do alone and with help from a peer or adult (Vygotsky)
Higher-level thinking skills The ability to use basic knowledge in analyzing, evaluating, or manipulating information.
Nosocomial Infection in the LTC Facility An infection that develops after admission to the LTCF. Infections that are incubating at the time of admission, or develop within 48 to 72 hours of admission, usually are community-acquired or hospital associated if the person was transferred from the hospital.
After special education teachers acknowledge individual with different levels of severity and with multiple disabilities across eligibility categories what then do they do? They analyze the impact of various disabilities on learning and experience.
Authentic assesment or Performance assessment Demonstrating a skill or solving a problem in a real-life situation
Balance Sheet (or Statement of Financial Position) A report summarizing a firm's assets, liabilities, and owners' equity at a specific date.
Ethnic group or Ethnicity A social group defined on the basis of its religious, national, or cultural characteristics.