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10 Cards in this Set
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Caregiver
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a role that has traditionally included those activities that assist the client physically and psychologically while preserving the client's dignity
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Case manager
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a nurse who works with the multidisciplinary health care team to measure the effectiveness of the case management plan and monitor outcomes
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Change agent
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a person (or group) who initiates changes or who assists others in making modifications in themselves or in the system
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Clara Barton
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a schoolteacher who volunteered as a nurse during the Civil War. Most notably, she organized the American Red Cross, which linked with the International Red Cross when the U.S. Congress ratified the Geneva Convention in 1882
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Client
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a person who engages the advice or services of another person who is qualified to provide this service
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Client advocate
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an individual who pleads the cause of clients' rights
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Communicator
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nurses identify client problems and then communicate these verbally or in writing to other members of the health team
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Consumer
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an individual, a group of people, or a community that uses a service or commodity
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Counseling
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the process of helping a client to recognize and cope with stressful psychologic or social problems, to develop improved interpersonal relationships, and to promote personal growth
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Demography
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the study of population, including statistics about distribution by age and place of residence, mortality, and morbidity
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