Nursing Assisting: A Foundation in Caregiving chapter 1,2,3
Questions and Answers Graded A
accountable - -answerable for one's cite - -in a long-term care facility, to find a
actions. problem through a survey.
ADLs (activities of daily living) - -personal conscientious - -guided by a sense of right
daily care tasks, including bathing, skin, nail, and and wrong; principled.
hair care, walking, eating, and drinking, mouth
care, dressing, transferring, and toileting.
continuity of care - -an ongoing
coordination of a resident's care over time, during
acute care - -24- hour skilled care for which the care team is regularly exchanging
short-term illnesses or injuries; generally given in information and is working toward shared goals.
hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers.
courteous - -polite, kind, considerate
adaptive devices - -special equipment that
helps a person who is ill or disabled perform
activities of daily living; also called assistive delegation - -transferring responsibility to a
devices. person for a specific task.
assistive devices - -special equipment that diagnosis - -the identification of disease or
helps a person who is ill or disabled perform other problems by its signs and symptoms and
activities of daily living; also called adaptive from the results of different tests.
devices.
empathetic - -identifying with and
care team - -the group of people with understanding another's feelings.
different kinds of education and experience who
provide resident care.
first impression - -a way of classifying or
categorizing someone or something at the first
chain of command - -the order of authority meeting.
within a facility.
functional nursing - -method of care that
charge nurse (nurse-in-charge) - -a nurse involves assigning specific tasks to each team
responsible for a team of healthcare workers. member.
chronic - -long-term or long lasting holistic - -care that involves that whole
person; this includes his or her physical, social,
emotional, and spiritual needs.
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Questions and Answers Graded A
home health care - -care that takes place Medicare - -a federal health insurance
in a person's home. program for people who are 65 or older, are
disabled, or are ill and cannot work.
hospice care - -care for people who have
approximately six months or less to live; care is nursing assistant (NA) - -person who
available until the person dies. performs assigned nursing tasks and gives
personal care.
inter-generational care - -mixing children
and the elderly in the same care setting. outpatient care - -care given to people who
have had treatments, procedures, or surgery and
do not require an overnight stay ina hospital or
Joint Commission - -a not-for-profit other care facility.
organization that evaluates and accredits
different types of healthcare facility.
person-centered care - -a type of care that
places the emphasis on the person needing care
length of stay - -the number of days a and his or her individuality and capacities.
person stays in a healthcare facility.
policy - -a course of action to be followed.
liability - -a legal term that means a person
can be held responsible for harming someone
else. primary nursing - -a method of care in
which the registered nurse gives much of the
daily care to residents.
licensed practical nurse (LPN) or licensed
vocational nurse (LVN) - -a licensed nurse
who administers medications, gives treatments, procedure - -a method or way of doing
and may supervise daily care of residents. something.
long-term care - -24- hour care provided professionalism - -the act of behaving
for people with ongoing conditions who are properly for a certain job.
generally unable to manage their activities of
daily living.
registered nurse (RN) - -a licensed nurse
who assesses residents, creates the care plan,
Medicaid - -a medical assistance program monitors progress, provides skilled nursing care,
for people with low incomes, as well as for gives treatments and medications, and
people with disabilities. supervises the care given by nursing assistants
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Questions and Answers Graded A
accountable - -answerable for one's cite - -in a long-term care facility, to find a
actions. problem through a survey.
ADLs (activities of daily living) - -personal conscientious - -guided by a sense of right
daily care tasks, including bathing, skin, nail, and and wrong; principled.
hair care, walking, eating, and drinking, mouth
care, dressing, transferring, and toileting.
continuity of care - -an ongoing
coordination of a resident's care over time, during
acute care - -24- hour skilled care for which the care team is regularly exchanging
short-term illnesses or injuries; generally given in information and is working toward shared goals.
hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers.
courteous - -polite, kind, considerate
adaptive devices - -special equipment that
helps a person who is ill or disabled perform
activities of daily living; also called assistive delegation - -transferring responsibility to a
devices. person for a specific task.
assistive devices - -special equipment that diagnosis - -the identification of disease or
helps a person who is ill or disabled perform other problems by its signs and symptoms and
activities of daily living; also called adaptive from the results of different tests.
devices.
empathetic - -identifying with and
care team - -the group of people with understanding another's feelings.
different kinds of education and experience who
provide resident care.
first impression - -a way of classifying or
categorizing someone or something at the first
chain of command - -the order of authority meeting.
within a facility.
functional nursing - -method of care that
charge nurse (nurse-in-charge) - -a nurse involves assigning specific tasks to each team
responsible for a team of healthcare workers. member.
chronic - -long-term or long lasting holistic - -care that involves that whole
person; this includes his or her physical, social,
emotional, and spiritual needs.
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, Nursing Assisting: A Foundation in Caregiving chapter 1,2,3
Questions and Answers Graded A
home health care - -care that takes place Medicare - -a federal health insurance
in a person's home. program for people who are 65 or older, are
disabled, or are ill and cannot work.
hospice care - -care for people who have
approximately six months or less to live; care is nursing assistant (NA) - -person who
available until the person dies. performs assigned nursing tasks and gives
personal care.
inter-generational care - -mixing children
and the elderly in the same care setting. outpatient care - -care given to people who
have had treatments, procedures, or surgery and
do not require an overnight stay ina hospital or
Joint Commission - -a not-for-profit other care facility.
organization that evaluates and accredits
different types of healthcare facility.
person-centered care - -a type of care that
places the emphasis on the person needing care
length of stay - -the number of days a and his or her individuality and capacities.
person stays in a healthcare facility.
policy - -a course of action to be followed.
liability - -a legal term that means a person
can be held responsible for harming someone
else. primary nursing - -a method of care in
which the registered nurse gives much of the
daily care to residents.
licensed practical nurse (LPN) or licensed
vocational nurse (LVN) - -a licensed nurse
who administers medications, gives treatments, procedure - -a method or way of doing
and may supervise daily care of residents. something.
long-term care - -24- hour care provided professionalism - -the act of behaving
for people with ongoing conditions who are properly for a certain job.
generally unable to manage their activities of
daily living.
registered nurse (RN) - -a licensed nurse
who assesses residents, creates the care plan,
Medicaid - -a medical assistance program monitors progress, provides skilled nursing care,
for people with low incomes, as well as for gives treatments and medications, and
people with disabilities. supervises the care given by nursing assistants
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