CNA chapters 1-8 Questions and
Answers
Primary nursing – answer A nursing care pattern; an RN is responsible for the person's
total care
Nursing assistant – answer Person who performs assigned nursing tasks and gives
personal care under the supervision of an RN or LPN/LVN
Terminal illness – answer An illness or injury from which the person will not likely
recover
Licensed practical nurse – answer A nurse who has completed a practical nursing
program and has passed a licensing test
Nursing team – answer Those who provide nursing care--RNs, LPNs/LVNs, and nursing
assistants
Acute illness – answer A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
Functional nursing – answer When a nursing care pattern focuses on tasks and jobs
and each nursing team member has certain tasks and jobs to do
Assisted living residence – answer Housing, meals, and help with personal care
Chronic illness – answer Illness or injury is ongoing is slower gradual and onset and has
no known cure
Hospice – answer a program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill
License vocational nurse – answer Referred to as sometimes an LPN
Case management – answer Nursing care pattern in which a case manager coordinates
a person scare from admission through discharge and into home setting
Registered nurse – answer Nurse who has completed a 2, 3 or four year nursing
program and has passed a licensing test
Health team - answer The healthcare workers who skill and knowledge focus on the
persons total care
Team nursing - answeran RN leads a team of other nurses and NAP's, team members
provide direct patient care under the RN.
, Patient focused care - answerA nursing care pattern; services are moved from
departments to the bedside
Surveyor - answerA person who collects information by observing and asking questions
What do surveyors look for - answerInfection control, safety, and residents rights
Representative - answerA person who has the legal right to act on the residence behalf
when he or she cannot do so for himself or herself
Involuntary seclusion - answerseparation of a resident from others, from his/her room,
or confinement against his/her will
Treatment - answerKara provided to maintain a restore health, improve function, or
relieve symptoms
Ombudsman - answerSomeone who supports our promotes the needs and interests of
another person
Accountable - answerExpected to answer for one's actions; responsible, liable,
answerable
Delegate - answerAuthorize another person to preform a nursing task in a certain
situation
Nursing tasks - answerNursing care or a nursing procedure, activity, or work that can be
delegated to nursing assistance when it does not require an RN's professional
knowledge or judgment
Responsibility - answerA willingness to accept an obligation and be accountable or an
action or situation.
Competent - answerHaving the ability to do what is needed
What are the five rights of delegation - answerthe right task, circumstances, person,
direction/communications, and supervision/evaluations
What are the four steps in the delegation process described by the national Council of
state boards of nursing? - answerStep one: assessment and planning, step two:
communication, step three: surveillance and supervision, step four: Evaluation feedback
Intimate partner violence - answerdomestic violence or battering between two people in
a close relationship can be physical sexual or psychological
Answers
Primary nursing – answer A nursing care pattern; an RN is responsible for the person's
total care
Nursing assistant – answer Person who performs assigned nursing tasks and gives
personal care under the supervision of an RN or LPN/LVN
Terminal illness – answer An illness or injury from which the person will not likely
recover
Licensed practical nurse – answer A nurse who has completed a practical nursing
program and has passed a licensing test
Nursing team – answer Those who provide nursing care--RNs, LPNs/LVNs, and nursing
assistants
Acute illness – answer A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
Functional nursing – answer When a nursing care pattern focuses on tasks and jobs
and each nursing team member has certain tasks and jobs to do
Assisted living residence – answer Housing, meals, and help with personal care
Chronic illness – answer Illness or injury is ongoing is slower gradual and onset and has
no known cure
Hospice – answer a program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill
License vocational nurse – answer Referred to as sometimes an LPN
Case management – answer Nursing care pattern in which a case manager coordinates
a person scare from admission through discharge and into home setting
Registered nurse – answer Nurse who has completed a 2, 3 or four year nursing
program and has passed a licensing test
Health team - answer The healthcare workers who skill and knowledge focus on the
persons total care
Team nursing - answeran RN leads a team of other nurses and NAP's, team members
provide direct patient care under the RN.
, Patient focused care - answerA nursing care pattern; services are moved from
departments to the bedside
Surveyor - answerA person who collects information by observing and asking questions
What do surveyors look for - answerInfection control, safety, and residents rights
Representative - answerA person who has the legal right to act on the residence behalf
when he or she cannot do so for himself or herself
Involuntary seclusion - answerseparation of a resident from others, from his/her room,
or confinement against his/her will
Treatment - answerKara provided to maintain a restore health, improve function, or
relieve symptoms
Ombudsman - answerSomeone who supports our promotes the needs and interests of
another person
Accountable - answerExpected to answer for one's actions; responsible, liable,
answerable
Delegate - answerAuthorize another person to preform a nursing task in a certain
situation
Nursing tasks - answerNursing care or a nursing procedure, activity, or work that can be
delegated to nursing assistance when it does not require an RN's professional
knowledge or judgment
Responsibility - answerA willingness to accept an obligation and be accountable or an
action or situation.
Competent - answerHaving the ability to do what is needed
What are the five rights of delegation - answerthe right task, circumstances, person,
direction/communications, and supervision/evaluations
What are the four steps in the delegation process described by the national Council of
state boards of nursing? - answerStep one: assessment and planning, step two:
communication, step three: surveillance and supervision, step four: Evaluation feedback
Intimate partner violence - answerdomestic violence or battering between two people in
a close relationship can be physical sexual or psychological
