BNA Chapter 1: The World of Health Care – Nursing Assistant Course Introduction &
Healthcare Systems Study Guide
nursing facility - ANS ✔✔a facility that provides 24-hour nursing care and support
paraprofessional - ANS ✔✔a person trained to perform certain tasks but not licensed to practice
independently
care limits - ANS ✔✔the tasks a nursing assistant is allowed to do by policy and by law
confidentiality - ANS ✔✔nondisclosure if information
restorative - ANS ✔✔to renew a person to a normal state of health
interdisciplinary team - ANS ✔✔group of health care professionals working together to provide
complete resident services and care
disease - ANS ✔✔condition of abnormal function of vital functions
disability - ANS ✔✔loss, absence or impairment of a physical or mental ability
plan of care - ANS ✔✔a systematic process of assessment and interventions to meet a
resident's goals for care
functional ability/level - ANS ✔✔parts of an activity that a person is able to do
autonomy - ANS ✔✔the right of a person to make choices for themselves
, ADL'S - ANS ✔✔everyday self-care tasks such as dressing, toileting and eating
holistic - ANS ✔✔care of the whole person
ethics - ANS ✔✔refers to the rightness of wrongness of an action
beneficence - ANS ✔✔the duty to do good
nurse - ANS ✔✔a person educated and licensed to practice nursing
empathy - ANS ✔✔putting self in another's position to understand that person's feelings
Provides for the needs of those who have a disease or disability that limits functional ability for
either short term or long term - ANS ✔✔How does long-term care fit into the health care
continuum?
1. They do not have a caregiver who can help them with ADLS
2. Mental or physical illness that affects the ability to make safe decisions
3. Need care for a short time to help recover from an illness or injury
4. Lonely or isolated - ANS ✔✔What are four reasons residents come to stay in a nursing
facility?
Group of healthcare professionals working together to provide complete resident services and
care - ANS ✔✔Describe the function of the interdisciplinary care team.
1. Provide a clean, safe, and homelike environment
Healthcare Systems Study Guide
nursing facility - ANS ✔✔a facility that provides 24-hour nursing care and support
paraprofessional - ANS ✔✔a person trained to perform certain tasks but not licensed to practice
independently
care limits - ANS ✔✔the tasks a nursing assistant is allowed to do by policy and by law
confidentiality - ANS ✔✔nondisclosure if information
restorative - ANS ✔✔to renew a person to a normal state of health
interdisciplinary team - ANS ✔✔group of health care professionals working together to provide
complete resident services and care
disease - ANS ✔✔condition of abnormal function of vital functions
disability - ANS ✔✔loss, absence or impairment of a physical or mental ability
plan of care - ANS ✔✔a systematic process of assessment and interventions to meet a
resident's goals for care
functional ability/level - ANS ✔✔parts of an activity that a person is able to do
autonomy - ANS ✔✔the right of a person to make choices for themselves
, ADL'S - ANS ✔✔everyday self-care tasks such as dressing, toileting and eating
holistic - ANS ✔✔care of the whole person
ethics - ANS ✔✔refers to the rightness of wrongness of an action
beneficence - ANS ✔✔the duty to do good
nurse - ANS ✔✔a person educated and licensed to practice nursing
empathy - ANS ✔✔putting self in another's position to understand that person's feelings
Provides for the needs of those who have a disease or disability that limits functional ability for
either short term or long term - ANS ✔✔How does long-term care fit into the health care
continuum?
1. They do not have a caregiver who can help them with ADLS
2. Mental or physical illness that affects the ability to make safe decisions
3. Need care for a short time to help recover from an illness or injury
4. Lonely or isolated - ANS ✔✔What are four reasons residents come to stay in a nursing
facility?
Group of healthcare professionals working together to provide complete resident services and
care - ANS ✔✔Describe the function of the interdisciplinary care team.
1. Provide a clean, safe, and homelike environment
