CNA Oregon Exam Vocabulary Updated 2024 Complete
Acute illness
A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
Assisted living residence
(ALR) Provides housing, personal care, support services, health care, and social
activities in a home-like setting to persons needing help with daily activities
ALR
Assisted living residence
Case management
A nursing care pattern; a case manager (an RN) coordinates a person's care from
admission through discharge and into the home or long-term care setting
Chronic illness
An ongoing illness, slow or gradual in onset; it has no known cure; it can be controlled
and complications prevented with proper care
Functional nursing
A nursing care pattern focusing on tasks and jobs; each nursing team member has
certain tasks and jobs to do
Health team
The many health care workers whose skills and knowledge focus on the person's total
care; interdisciplinary health care team
Hospice
A health care agency or program for persons who are dying
Licensed practical nurse
(LPN) A nurse who has completed a 1-year nursing program and has passed a
licensing test
LPN
Licensed practical nurse
Licensed vocational nurse
(LVN) A nurse who has complex a 1-year nursing program and has passed a licensing
program
Nursing assistant
A person who has passed a nursing assistant training and competency evaluation
program; performs delegated nursing tasks under the supervision of a licensed nurse
Nursing team
Those who provide nursing care-RNs, LPNs/LVNs, and nursing assistants
Patient-focused care
A nursing care pattern; services are moved from departments to the bedside
Primary nursing
A nursing care pattern; an RN is responsible for the person's total care
Registered nurse
(RN) A nurse who has completed a 2-,3-,4-year nursing program and has passed a
licensing test
Team nursing
A nursing care pattern; a team of nursing staff is lead by an RN who decides the
amount and kind of care each person needs
, Terminal illness
A illness or injury from which the person will not likely recover
DON
Director of nursing
HMO
Health maintenance organization
PPO
Preferred provider organization
SNF
Skilled nursing facility
Involuntary seclusion
Separating a person from others against his or her will, keeping the person to a certain
area, or keeping the person away from his or her room without consent
Ombudsman
Someone who supports or promotes the needs and interests of another person
Representative
Any person who has the legal right to act on the resident's behalf when he or she
cannot do so for himself or herself
Treatment
The care provided to maintain or restore health, improve function, or relieve symptoms
AHA
American Hospital Association
OBRA
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987
Accountable
Being responsible for one's actions and the actions of others who performed the
delegated tasks; answering questions about and explaining one's actions and the
actions of others
Delegate
To authorize another person to perform a nursing task in a certain sitatuion
Job description
A document that describes what the agency expects you to do
Nursing task
Nursing care or a nursing function, procedure, activity, or work that can be delegated to
nursing assistants when it does not require an RN's professional knowledge or
judgment
Responsibility
The duty or obligation to perform some act or function
CNA
Certified nursing assistant; certified nurse aide
LNA
Licensed nursing assistant
NATCEP
Nursing assistant training and competency evaluation program
NCSBN
National Council of State Boards of Nursing
Acute illness
A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
Assisted living residence
(ALR) Provides housing, personal care, support services, health care, and social
activities in a home-like setting to persons needing help with daily activities
ALR
Assisted living residence
Case management
A nursing care pattern; a case manager (an RN) coordinates a person's care from
admission through discharge and into the home or long-term care setting
Chronic illness
An ongoing illness, slow or gradual in onset; it has no known cure; it can be controlled
and complications prevented with proper care
Functional nursing
A nursing care pattern focusing on tasks and jobs; each nursing team member has
certain tasks and jobs to do
Health team
The many health care workers whose skills and knowledge focus on the person's total
care; interdisciplinary health care team
Hospice
A health care agency or program for persons who are dying
Licensed practical nurse
(LPN) A nurse who has completed a 1-year nursing program and has passed a
licensing test
LPN
Licensed practical nurse
Licensed vocational nurse
(LVN) A nurse who has complex a 1-year nursing program and has passed a licensing
program
Nursing assistant
A person who has passed a nursing assistant training and competency evaluation
program; performs delegated nursing tasks under the supervision of a licensed nurse
Nursing team
Those who provide nursing care-RNs, LPNs/LVNs, and nursing assistants
Patient-focused care
A nursing care pattern; services are moved from departments to the bedside
Primary nursing
A nursing care pattern; an RN is responsible for the person's total care
Registered nurse
(RN) A nurse who has completed a 2-,3-,4-year nursing program and has passed a
licensing test
Team nursing
A nursing care pattern; a team of nursing staff is lead by an RN who decides the
amount and kind of care each person needs
, Terminal illness
A illness or injury from which the person will not likely recover
DON
Director of nursing
HMO
Health maintenance organization
PPO
Preferred provider organization
SNF
Skilled nursing facility
Involuntary seclusion
Separating a person from others against his or her will, keeping the person to a certain
area, or keeping the person away from his or her room without consent
Ombudsman
Someone who supports or promotes the needs and interests of another person
Representative
Any person who has the legal right to act on the resident's behalf when he or she
cannot do so for himself or herself
Treatment
The care provided to maintain or restore health, improve function, or relieve symptoms
AHA
American Hospital Association
OBRA
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987
Accountable
Being responsible for one's actions and the actions of others who performed the
delegated tasks; answering questions about and explaining one's actions and the
actions of others
Delegate
To authorize another person to perform a nursing task in a certain sitatuion
Job description
A document that describes what the agency expects you to do
Nursing task
Nursing care or a nursing function, procedure, activity, or work that can be delegated to
nursing assistants when it does not require an RN's professional knowledge or
judgment
Responsibility
The duty or obligation to perform some act or function
CNA
Certified nursing assistant; certified nurse aide
LNA
Licensed nursing assistant
NATCEP
Nursing assistant training and competency evaluation program
NCSBN
National Council of State Boards of Nursing
