Category: L

  • Life change unit score

    A score determined by totaling the scores assigned to each stressful event a person has experienced in the recent past. The higher the score, the greater the likelihood of developing health problems, life change units.  

  • Life change units (LCU)

    According to the Holmes and Rahe Scale, the measure of stress. A quantitative indicator of the cumulative life change events experienced.  

  • Life-adjustment education

    A program providing experiences for the learner in which the unique talents and resources of each individual are nurtured and developed.  

  • Lid

    Either of the two movable conjuctival-cutaneous folds that protect the anterior surface of the eyeball. The top which covers a container.  

  • Licensure

    The process by which an agency or government grants permission for practicing a profession by certifying that those licensed have attained the minimal degree of competency necessary to ensure that the public health, safety, and welfare will be reasonably protected. In most instances, also implies that those who are not licensed must not claim the…

  • Licensed practical nurse

    A trained professional in basic nursing skills who assists in providing the medical and other health needs of patients. A nurse who has practical experience in the provision of nursing care but is not a graduate of a formal program of nursing education (e.g., diploma school). The education, required experience, licensure and job responsibilities of…

  • Licensed clinical social worker

    A person with academic training in social work who specializes in emotional or psychological adjustment.  

  • License

    An authorization to function in a particular skill or profession. A permission granted to an individual or organization by competent authority, usually public, to engage in a practice, occupation or activity otherwise unlawful. licensure is the process by which the license is granted. Since a license is needed to begin lawful practice, it is usually…

  • Librarian

    Librarian

    An individual who has formal training in the theoretical and scientific aspects of library work.  

  • Libertinism

    A disregard for authority or for convention in sexual or religious matters.