Comprehensive Practice Review Guide
with Core Content Coverage | Grade A+
• skilled care -✓✓medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist
• length of stay -✓✓the number of days a person stays in a healthcare facility
• terminal illness -✓✓a disease or condition that will eventually cause death
• chronic -✓✓long-term or long-lasting
• diagnosis -✓✓physician's determination of an illness
• home health care -✓✓care that is provided in a person's home
• assisted living -✓✓Residents for people who do not need skilled, 24-hour care, but do
require some help with daily care
• Adult Day Services (ADS) -✓✓care for people who need some assistance or
supervision during certain hours, but who do not live in the facility where care is given
• Acute care -✓✓24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries; generally given
in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers
• subacute care -✓✓care given in a hospital or in a long-term care facility for people
who need less care than for an acute illness, but more care than for a chronic illness
• outpatient care -✓✓Care given for less than 24 hours for people who have had
treatments or surgery and need short-term skilled care.
• Rehabilitation -✓✓care that is given by specialists to help restore or improve function
after an illness or injury
• hospice care -✓✓holistic, compassionate care given to dying people and their families
• activities of daily living (ADLs) -✓✓daily personal care tasks, such as bathing; caring
for skin, nails, hair, and teeth; dressing; toileting; eating and drinking; walking; and
transferring.