ANCC IQ DOMAINS 1-5 QBANK STUDY
RESOURCE 2026 CONTENT EXPLANATIONS
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◉ Access. Answer: The ability of a person needing services to obtain
those services.
◉ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Answer: AIDS
develops when a person infected with the human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) undergoes a breakdown and becomes susceptible to
serious illness and death from other viruses, parasites, fungi, and
bacteria.
◉ Activities. Answer: Refer to any endeavor, other than routine
activities of daily living, in which a resident participates that is
intended to enhance his/her sense of well-being and to promote or
enhance physical, cognitive, and emotional health. These include,
but are not limited to, activities that promote self-esteem, pleasure,
comfort, education, creativity, success, and independence.
◉ Activities of Daily Living. Answer: Individual self-performance
skills needed in everyday life such as ambulation/locomotion,
eating, toileting, grooming/personal hygiene, and bathing.
,◉ Activity Therapist (AT). Answer: An allied health professional
trained to develop and provide leisure time activities for facility
residents (patients).
◉ Acuity. Answer: 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.
◉ Acute Care. Answer: Short-term, intense medical care for an
episode of illness or injury often requiring hospitalization.
◉ Acute Conditions. Answer: Episodic conditions that require short-
term but intensive medical interventions.
◉ Administer. Answer: The direct application of a vaccine or
prescribed drug or device, whether by injection, ingestion or any
other means, to the body of a resident (patient).
◉ Administrator. Answer: See NURSING HOME
ADMINISTRATOR/NURSING FACILITY ADMINISTRATOR
◉ Admission Agreement. Answer: A contract that spells out the
services the nursing home will provide and the cost of those
services.
,◉ Adult Day Care. Answer: A daytime program of nursing,
rehabilitation therapies, supervision and socialization that enables
elderly people to remain in the community and live with family.
Services are generally provided on weekdays from 7 am to 6 pm to
individuals who return home in the evening.
◉ Advance Directive. Answer: Written instructions from residents
(patients) about the management and provision of care if they
become incapacitated (e.g., living wills, do not resuscitate orders,
durable power of attorney for healthcare).
◉ Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR). Answer: Any unintended response
to a drug which is injurious or harmful to health and which occurs at
normal doses.
◉ Aged. Answer: People who by definition in their culture have
reached an advanced age during which they may become less
productive. In the U.S. they are often referred to as senior citizens,
especially after reaching age 65.
◉ Ageism. Answer: Prejudicial treatment of the elderly based on
stereotypes and misconceptions.
, ◉ Aging-in-place. Answer: Accommodating the changing needs of
older adults while living in familiar surroundings.
◉ Agitation. Answer: Verbal, vocal, and motor activities that are
repetitive and outside of socially acceptable norms.
◉ Allopathic Medicine. Answer: Medical approach--as practiced by
physicians trained as doctors of medicine (MDs)--that views medical
treatment as active intervention to produce a counteracting reaction
in an attempt to neutralize the effects of disease.
◉ Alzheimer's Disease. Answer: A progressive degenerative disease
of the brain, producing memory loss, confusion, irritability, and
severe functional decline. The disease becomes progressively worse
and eventually results in death.
◉ Ambulation. Answer: Moving about.
◉ Ambulatory. Answer: Able to walk with or without difficulty or
help.
◉ Ambulatory Care (Ambulatory Services). Answer: Services that
require the patients to come and receive needed services at a
community-based location. In a broader context, ambulatory care
RESOURCE 2026 CONTENT EXPLANATIONS
APPROVED A+
◉ Access. Answer: The ability of a person needing services to obtain
those services.
◉ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Answer: AIDS
develops when a person infected with the human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) undergoes a breakdown and becomes susceptible to
serious illness and death from other viruses, parasites, fungi, and
bacteria.
◉ Activities. Answer: Refer to any endeavor, other than routine
activities of daily living, in which a resident participates that is
intended to enhance his/her sense of well-being and to promote or
enhance physical, cognitive, and emotional health. These include,
but are not limited to, activities that promote self-esteem, pleasure,
comfort, education, creativity, success, and independence.
◉ Activities of Daily Living. Answer: Individual self-performance
skills needed in everyday life such as ambulation/locomotion,
eating, toileting, grooming/personal hygiene, and bathing.
,◉ Activity Therapist (AT). Answer: An allied health professional
trained to develop and provide leisure time activities for facility
residents (patients).
◉ Acuity. Answer: 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.
◉ Acute Care. Answer: Short-term, intense medical care for an
episode of illness or injury often requiring hospitalization.
◉ Acute Conditions. Answer: Episodic conditions that require short-
term but intensive medical interventions.
◉ Administer. Answer: The direct application of a vaccine or
prescribed drug or device, whether by injection, ingestion or any
other means, to the body of a resident (patient).
◉ Administrator. Answer: See NURSING HOME
ADMINISTRATOR/NURSING FACILITY ADMINISTRATOR
◉ Admission Agreement. Answer: A contract that spells out the
services the nursing home will provide and the cost of those
services.
,◉ Adult Day Care. Answer: A daytime program of nursing,
rehabilitation therapies, supervision and socialization that enables
elderly people to remain in the community and live with family.
Services are generally provided on weekdays from 7 am to 6 pm to
individuals who return home in the evening.
◉ Advance Directive. Answer: Written instructions from residents
(patients) about the management and provision of care if they
become incapacitated (e.g., living wills, do not resuscitate orders,
durable power of attorney for healthcare).
◉ Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR). Answer: Any unintended response
to a drug which is injurious or harmful to health and which occurs at
normal doses.
◉ Aged. Answer: People who by definition in their culture have
reached an advanced age during which they may become less
productive. In the U.S. they are often referred to as senior citizens,
especially after reaching age 65.
◉ Ageism. Answer: Prejudicial treatment of the elderly based on
stereotypes and misconceptions.
, ◉ Aging-in-place. Answer: Accommodating the changing needs of
older adults while living in familiar surroundings.
◉ Agitation. Answer: Verbal, vocal, and motor activities that are
repetitive and outside of socially acceptable norms.
◉ Allopathic Medicine. Answer: Medical approach--as practiced by
physicians trained as doctors of medicine (MDs)--that views medical
treatment as active intervention to produce a counteracting reaction
in an attempt to neutralize the effects of disease.
◉ Alzheimer's Disease. Answer: A progressive degenerative disease
of the brain, producing memory loss, confusion, irritability, and
severe functional decline. The disease becomes progressively worse
and eventually results in death.
◉ Ambulation. Answer: Moving about.
◉ Ambulatory. Answer: Able to walk with or without difficulty or
help.
◉ Ambulatory Care (Ambulatory Services). Answer: Services that
require the patients to come and receive needed services at a
community-based location. In a broader context, ambulatory care
