HCMT 2325 - CHAPTER 3 (HEALTH CARE
SETTINGS) QUESTIONS COMPLETE WITH
100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.activities of daily living (ADLs) - ANSWERS✔-Bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, walking, and
so on.
\.Acute Care Facility (ACF) - ANSWERS✔-Hospital that provides health care services to patients
who have serious, sudden, or acute illnesses or injuries and/or who need certain surgeries.
\.Administration for Children and Families (ACF) - ANSWERS✔-DHHS programs that provide
services and assistance to needy children and families, including Temporary Assistance to Needy
Families (TANF).
\.Administration on Aging (AoA) - ANSWERS✔-DHHS program that supports a nationwide aging
network, providing services to the elderly to enable them to remain independent.
\.adult day care - ANSWERS✔-Provides care and supervision in a structured environment to
seniors with physical or mental limitations.
\.Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - ANSWERS✔-DHHS agency that supports
research designed to improve the outcomes and quality of health care, reduce its costs, address
patient safety and medical errors, and broaden access to effective services.
, \.Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) - ANSWERS✔-DHHS agency that
works with states and other federal agencies to prevent exposure to hazardous substances from
waste sites.
\.Alzheimer's treatment facilities - ANSWERS✔-Long-term care facility that specializes in the
care of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
\.ambulatory care - ANSWERS✔-Outpatient care that allows patients to receive care in one day
without the need for inpatient hospitalization; also called outpatient care.
\.ambulatory infusion center (AIC) - ANSWERS✔-Freestanding center that dispenses and
administers prescribed medications by continuous or intermittent infusion to ambulatory
patients. Infusion is supervised by a licensed health care professional; also called ambulatory
infusion center (AIC).
\.ambulatory patients - ANSWERS✔-Patients who are treated and released the same day and do
not stay overnight in the hospital; length of stay is a maximum of 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 59
seconds; also called outpatients.
\.ambulatory surgical center (ASC) - ANSWERS✔-Surgery is performed on an outpatient basis at
a free-standing ambulatory surgical center. Patients arrive on the day of procedure, undergo
surgery in an operating room, and recover under the care of nursing staff.
\.ancillary services - ANSWERS✔-Diagnostic and therapeutic services provided to inpatients and
outpatients.
\.assisted-living facility (ALF) - ANSWERS✔-Combination of housing and supportive services
including personal care and household management for seniors. Residents pay monthly rent
and additional fees for services they require.
SETTINGS) QUESTIONS COMPLETE WITH
100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.activities of daily living (ADLs) - ANSWERS✔-Bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, walking, and
so on.
\.Acute Care Facility (ACF) - ANSWERS✔-Hospital that provides health care services to patients
who have serious, sudden, or acute illnesses or injuries and/or who need certain surgeries.
\.Administration for Children and Families (ACF) - ANSWERS✔-DHHS programs that provide
services and assistance to needy children and families, including Temporary Assistance to Needy
Families (TANF).
\.Administration on Aging (AoA) - ANSWERS✔-DHHS program that supports a nationwide aging
network, providing services to the elderly to enable them to remain independent.
\.adult day care - ANSWERS✔-Provides care and supervision in a structured environment to
seniors with physical or mental limitations.
\.Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - ANSWERS✔-DHHS agency that supports
research designed to improve the outcomes and quality of health care, reduce its costs, address
patient safety and medical errors, and broaden access to effective services.
, \.Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) - ANSWERS✔-DHHS agency that
works with states and other federal agencies to prevent exposure to hazardous substances from
waste sites.
\.Alzheimer's treatment facilities - ANSWERS✔-Long-term care facility that specializes in the
care of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
\.ambulatory care - ANSWERS✔-Outpatient care that allows patients to receive care in one day
without the need for inpatient hospitalization; also called outpatient care.
\.ambulatory infusion center (AIC) - ANSWERS✔-Freestanding center that dispenses and
administers prescribed medications by continuous or intermittent infusion to ambulatory
patients. Infusion is supervised by a licensed health care professional; also called ambulatory
infusion center (AIC).
\.ambulatory patients - ANSWERS✔-Patients who are treated and released the same day and do
not stay overnight in the hospital; length of stay is a maximum of 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 59
seconds; also called outpatients.
\.ambulatory surgical center (ASC) - ANSWERS✔-Surgery is performed on an outpatient basis at
a free-standing ambulatory surgical center. Patients arrive on the day of procedure, undergo
surgery in an operating room, and recover under the care of nursing staff.
\.ancillary services - ANSWERS✔-Diagnostic and therapeutic services provided to inpatients and
outpatients.
\.assisted-living facility (ALF) - ANSWERS✔-Combination of housing and supportive services
including personal care and household management for seniors. Residents pay monthly rent
and additional fees for services they require.
