Vocab 6

hygiene

personal cleanliness

Resume

a brief document that vies a possible employer general information about a job candidate's education and work experience.

shroud

a covering used to wrap the body of a person who has died

will

a legal statement that expresses a person's wishes for the management of his or her affairs after death

Reference list

a list of three or four people who would be willing to talk to a potential employer about a job candidate's abilities.

interview

a meeting between an employer and a potential employee during which information is exchanged regarding the organization, the job, and the potential employee's qualifications for the job

professional

a person who has credentials, obtained through education ad training, that enable him to become licensed or certified to practice a certain profession; a person who demonstrates professional attitude.

Work ethic

a person's attitude toward his or her work

afterlife

a state of being where the dead meet again with loved ones who have passed on before them

terminal illness

an illness or a condition from which recovery is not expected

bag technique

an infection control procedure used in the hoome health care setting to keep the home health aide's tote bag from contaminatino

do not resuscitate (DNR) order

an order written on a person's chart specifying the person's wishes that the usual efforts to save his life will not be made; also called a no-code order

hospice care

care provided by a health care organization for people whp are dying and their families.

palliative care

care that focuses on relieving uncomfortable symptoms, not curing the problem that is causing the symptoms; examples include pain medication, chemotherapy, or radiation to shrink a tumor, or oxygen to make breathing easier, and some surgical procedures

autopsy

examination of a person's organs and tissues after the person has died, done to confirm or identify the cause of the person's death

respite care

home care that fives the primary caregiver an opportunity to rest or leave the home for a short period of time

abandonment

means to withdraw one's support or help from another person, in spite of duty or respnsibility

grief

mental anguish, specifically associated with loss

postmortem care

the care of a person's body after the person's death

reincarnation

the idea that a person's spirit or soul will live again on Earth in the form of an animal or human being yet to be born

homebound

the person is unable to leave the house without a lot of help from another person

attitude

the side of ourselves that we display to the world, coomunicating outwardly how we feel about things.

rigor mortis

the stiffening of the muscles that usually develops within 2 to 4 hours of death

supportive care

treatments that will not prolong life, but will make a person more comfortable, such as oxygen therapy, nutritional supplementation, pain medication, range-of-motion exercises, grooming and hygiene, and positioning assistance.