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STNA EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A++
Terms in this set (294)
Long-term Care care given in long-term care facilities for people who need 24-hour, skilled care
skilled care medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist
chronic continuing for a long time
residences for people who do not need skilled, 24-hour care, but do require
assisted living
some help with daily care
care for people who need some assistance or supervision during certain hours,
Adult day services
but who do not live in the facility where care is given
24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries; generally given in hospitals
acute care
and ambulatory surgical centers
care for an illness or condition given to people who need less care than for an
subacute care acute (sudden onset, short-term) illness or injury but more than for a chronic
(long-term) illness
care usually given for less than 24 hours to people who have had treatments,
outpatient care
procedures, or surgery
hospice care holistic, compassionate care given to dying people and their families
emphasizes the individuality of the person who needs care, and seeks to build
person-directed care
community by recognizing and developing each person's capabilities
Medicare A federal program of health insurance for persons 65 years of age and older
the government insurance program for low-income individuals & familys that is
Medicade
funded both by the federal government & each individual state
a legal term that means someone can be held responsible for harming someone
liability
else
defines the tasks that healthcare providers are legally permitted to perform as
scope of practice
allowed by state or federal law
A plan developed for each resident to achieve certain goals; it outlines the steps
care plan
and tasks that the care team must perform.
showing sensitivity and having a sense of what is appropriate when dealing with
tactful
others
law passed by the federal government that includes minimum standards for
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
nursing assistant training, staffing requirements, resident assessment instructions,
(OBRA)
and information on rights for residents
cite in a long term facility, to find a problem through survey
numerous rights identified in the OBRA law that relate to how residents must be
residents rights treated while living in a facility; they provide an ethical code of conduct for
healthcare workers
the process in which a person, with the help of a doctor, makes informed
informed consent
decisions about his or her health care
purposeful mistreatment that causes physical, mental, or emotional pain or injury
abuse
to someone
the failure to provide needed care that results in physical, mental, or emotional
neglect
harm to a person
Physical abuse any treatment, intentional or not, that causes harm to a person's body
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STNA EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A++
Terms in this set (294)
Long-term Care care given in long-term care facilities for people who need 24-hour, skilled care
skilled care medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist
chronic continuing for a long time
residences for people who do not need skilled, 24-hour care, but do require
assisted living
some help with daily care
care for people who need some assistance or supervision during certain hours,
Adult day services
but who do not live in the facility where care is given
24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries; generally given in hospitals
acute care
and ambulatory surgical centers
care for an illness or condition given to people who need less care than for an
subacute care acute (sudden onset, short-term) illness or injury but more than for a chronic
(long-term) illness
care usually given for less than 24 hours to people who have had treatments,
outpatient care
procedures, or surgery
hospice care holistic, compassionate care given to dying people and their families
emphasizes the individuality of the person who needs care, and seeks to build
person-directed care
community by recognizing and developing each person's capabilities
Medicare A federal program of health insurance for persons 65 years of age and older
the government insurance program for low-income individuals & familys that is
Medicade
funded both by the federal government & each individual state
a legal term that means someone can be held responsible for harming someone
liability
else
defines the tasks that healthcare providers are legally permitted to perform as
scope of practice
allowed by state or federal law
A plan developed for each resident to achieve certain goals; it outlines the steps
care plan
and tasks that the care team must perform.
showing sensitivity and having a sense of what is appropriate when dealing with
tactful
others
law passed by the federal government that includes minimum standards for
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
nursing assistant training, staffing requirements, resident assessment instructions,
(OBRA)
and information on rights for residents
cite in a long term facility, to find a problem through survey
numerous rights identified in the OBRA law that relate to how residents must be
residents rights treated while living in a facility; they provide an ethical code of conduct for
healthcare workers
the process in which a person, with the help of a doctor, makes informed
informed consent
decisions about his or her health care
purposeful mistreatment that causes physical, mental, or emotional pain or injury
abuse
to someone
the failure to provide needed care that results in physical, mental, or emotional
neglect
harm to a person
Physical abuse any treatment, intentional or not, that causes harm to a person's body
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