HCA 101 UPDATED NEW COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
Verbal report - ✔✔spoken account of care and observations
✔✔symptoms - ✔✔AKA subjective data. Information about client that can't be directly
observed by others..what he tells you
✔✔subjective data - ✔✔AKA symptoms. Information about client that can't be directly
observed by others..what he tells you
✔✔objective data - ✔✔AKA signs. Data gained through observation and other senses
about a client's health
✔✔signs - ✔✔AKA objective data. Data gained through observation and other senses
about a client's health
✔✔nursing diagnosis - ✔✔a statement describing health problem that is treated by
nursing measures
✔✔medical diagnosis - ✔✔identification of disease or condition by a Dr.
✔✔intervention - ✔✔an action taken to help the client meet a goal in the care plan
✔✔implementation - ✔✔carrying out or performing
✔✔evaluation - ✔✔assessing, measuring
✔✔documentation - ✔✔recording the care given to the client & observations made
during care. A legal requirement for health care workers in the home--may not be done
by HCA in the hospital
✔✔chart - ✔✔document that details client's condition or illness & response to care AKA
record
✔✔record - ✔✔document that details client's condition or illness & response to care
AKA chart
✔✔Care Planning Process - ✔✔AKA Nursing Process. Method used by nursing team to
plan client's care
✔✔Nursing Process - ✔✔AKA Care Planning Process. Method used by nursing team to
plan client's care
, ✔✔Care Plan - ✔✔details of the care and services client needs
✔✔assessment - ✔✔collecting info about a patient. A step in the care planning process
✔✔team - ✔✔a group of people who work toware a common goal
✔✔transfer of function - ✔✔a process by which an RN authorizes another health care
provider to perform certain tasks
✔✔wellness - ✔✔the achievement of the best possible health in all dimensions of one's
life
✔✔stigma - ✔✔a characteristic that marks a person as different or flawed
✔✔social support system - ✔✔an informal group of people who help one another
✔✔social health - ✔✔well-being where people have stable & satisfying relationships
✔✔secondary prevention - ✔✔strategies designed to intervene when rish factors or
early indicators of a health related problem are present
✔✔prognosis - ✔✔the expected course of recovery-may range from recovery to death,
based on the usual outcome of the illness
✔✔physical health - ✔✔well-being where the body is strong, fit, disease free.
✔✔marginalize - ✔✔the act of excluding people who are not part of the majority culture
✔✔informal giving practice - ✔✔ways of giving which are not part of formal celebration
eg. random acts of kindness
✔✔holism - ✔✔a concept that considers the whole person, physical, social, emotional,
intellectual & spiritual dimensions
✔✔health - ✔✔the state of well-being in all dimensions of one's life
✔✔genetic endowment - ✔✔the gene makeup that predisposes the individual to a wide
range of responses that affect health
✔✔equitable - ✔✔fair, reasonable, just
✔✔discrimination - ✔✔behaviour that treats people unfairly based on their group
membership
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
Verbal report - ✔✔spoken account of care and observations
✔✔symptoms - ✔✔AKA subjective data. Information about client that can't be directly
observed by others..what he tells you
✔✔subjective data - ✔✔AKA symptoms. Information about client that can't be directly
observed by others..what he tells you
✔✔objective data - ✔✔AKA signs. Data gained through observation and other senses
about a client's health
✔✔signs - ✔✔AKA objective data. Data gained through observation and other senses
about a client's health
✔✔nursing diagnosis - ✔✔a statement describing health problem that is treated by
nursing measures
✔✔medical diagnosis - ✔✔identification of disease or condition by a Dr.
✔✔intervention - ✔✔an action taken to help the client meet a goal in the care plan
✔✔implementation - ✔✔carrying out or performing
✔✔evaluation - ✔✔assessing, measuring
✔✔documentation - ✔✔recording the care given to the client & observations made
during care. A legal requirement for health care workers in the home--may not be done
by HCA in the hospital
✔✔chart - ✔✔document that details client's condition or illness & response to care AKA
record
✔✔record - ✔✔document that details client's condition or illness & response to care
AKA chart
✔✔Care Planning Process - ✔✔AKA Nursing Process. Method used by nursing team to
plan client's care
✔✔Nursing Process - ✔✔AKA Care Planning Process. Method used by nursing team to
plan client's care
, ✔✔Care Plan - ✔✔details of the care and services client needs
✔✔assessment - ✔✔collecting info about a patient. A step in the care planning process
✔✔team - ✔✔a group of people who work toware a common goal
✔✔transfer of function - ✔✔a process by which an RN authorizes another health care
provider to perform certain tasks
✔✔wellness - ✔✔the achievement of the best possible health in all dimensions of one's
life
✔✔stigma - ✔✔a characteristic that marks a person as different or flawed
✔✔social support system - ✔✔an informal group of people who help one another
✔✔social health - ✔✔well-being where people have stable & satisfying relationships
✔✔secondary prevention - ✔✔strategies designed to intervene when rish factors or
early indicators of a health related problem are present
✔✔prognosis - ✔✔the expected course of recovery-may range from recovery to death,
based on the usual outcome of the illness
✔✔physical health - ✔✔well-being where the body is strong, fit, disease free.
✔✔marginalize - ✔✔the act of excluding people who are not part of the majority culture
✔✔informal giving practice - ✔✔ways of giving which are not part of formal celebration
eg. random acts of kindness
✔✔holism - ✔✔a concept that considers the whole person, physical, social, emotional,
intellectual & spiritual dimensions
✔✔health - ✔✔the state of well-being in all dimensions of one's life
✔✔genetic endowment - ✔✔the gene makeup that predisposes the individual to a wide
range of responses that affect health
✔✔equitable - ✔✔fair, reasonable, just
✔✔discrimination - ✔✔behaviour that treats people unfairly based on their group
membership
