Block Two Flashcards
The CNA in Long-Term Care.
Long-Term Care (LTC)
Care given in long-term care facilities for people who need 24-hour, skilled care.
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
An inpatient healthcare facility with the staff and equipment to provide skilled care, rehabilitation, and other related health services to patients who need nursing care, but do not require hospitalization.
Chronic
A long-term or long-lasting; constant.
Assisted Living
Residences for people who do not need skilled, 24-hour care, but do require some help with daily care.
Home Health
Care that is provided in a person’s home.
Acute Care
24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries; generally given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers.
Hospital
An institution providing medical and surgical treatment and nursing care for sick or injured people.
Outpatient Care/Resident
Care given for less than 24 hours for people who have had treatment or surgery and need short-term skilled care.
Patient
A person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment.
Client
A person receiving home health care, as opposed to patient in a hospital and resident in a long-term care facility.
Geriatrics
The branch of medicine or social science dealing with the health and care of old people.
Pediatric
Having to do with the branch of medicine dealing with children and their diseases.
Person-Directed Care
A type of care that places the emphasis on the person needing care and his or her individuality and capabilities.
Medicare
A federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older, are disabled, or are ill and cannot work.
Medicaid
A medical assistance program for people with low incomes, as well as for people with disabilities.
Certified Nursing Assistant(CNA)
A person who assists patients with healthcare needs and cares for a patient who is ill or recovering from a surgery or disease. CNA’s duties are assigned by nurse.
Licensed Practical Nurse(LPN)
A licensed nurse who has a completed one to two years of education; gives treatments and supervises daily care of residents.
Registered Nurse(RN)
A licensed health care professional who has completed two or more years of education in the care of residents and patients.
Medical Doctor(MD)
(also called a physician) Is a person who uses medicine to treat illness and injuries.
Respiratory Therapist(RT)
A professional who administers therapy that is concerned with the maintenance or improvement of respiratory functioning (as in patients with pulmonary disease).
Social Worker(SW)
A professional concerned with helping individuals, families, groups, and communities to enhance their individual and collective well-being.
Speech-Language Pathologist/Speech Therapist (SLP)
A professional who identifies communication disorders and evaluates a person’s ability to swallow food and drink.
Health Care Team
This is an increasingly diverse field where many specialties interact to provide patient care.
Interdisciplinary
Relating to more than one branch of knowledge.
Nursing Team
A model in which a group of healthcare professionals, including nurses, care for a group of patients in the acute care or inpatient setting.
Job Description
A formal account of an employees responsibilities.
Scope of Responsibility
Range of responsibilities that an employee is reasonably expected to carry out or fulfill within his or her job or position.
Scope of Practice
Defines the tasks that healthcare providers are legally allowed to do and how to do them correctly.
Delegation
The act or process of delegating or being delegate.
Liability
A legal term that means someone can be held responsible for harming someone else.
Care Plan
A plan developed for each resident to achieve certain goals; it outlines the steps and tasks that the care team must perform.
Professionalism
How a person behaves when he is on the job; it includes how a person dresses, the words he or she uses, and the things he or she talks about.
Ethics
The knowledge of right and wrong.
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)
Law passed by the federal government that includes minimum standards for nursing assistant training, staffing requirements, resident assessment instructions, and information on rights for residents.
Patient Rights
Encompasses legal and ethic issues in the provider-patient relationship, including the patients right to privacy, the right to quality medical care without prejudice, the right to make informed decisions about care and treatment options, and the right to refuse treatment.
Resident Rights
Numerous rights are identified in the OBRA law that relate to how residents must be treated while living in a facility; they provide an ethical code of conduct for healthcare workers.
Abuse
Purposeful mistreatment that causes physical, mental, or emotional pain or injury to someone.
Abandonment
The action of abandoning a helpless senior; this can be illegal.
Assault
A threat to harm a person, resulting in the person feeling fearful that he or she will be harmed.
Battery
The intentional touching of a person without his or her consent.
Defamation
Any communication, written or spoken, that is untrue and that inures the good name or reputation of another or that in any way brings that person into disrepute.
False Imprisonment
Unlawful restraint that affects a person’s freedom of movement; includes both the threat of being physically restrained and actually being physically restrained.
Fraud
A deception that could cause harm to another person.
Misappropriation of Property
The deliberate misplacement, exploitation, wrongful use, or damage of belongings or money without consent.
Neglect
The failure to provide needed care that results in physical, mental, or emotional harm to a person.
Sexual Harassment
Any unwelcome sexual advance or behavior that creates and intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment.
Ageism
A prejudice toward, stereotyping of, and/or discrimination against older persons or the elderly.
Exploitation
To take unfair advantage of another person’s vulnerability to one’s own benefit.
Misconduct
Mismanagement, intentional wrongdoing, or improper or unlawful behavior.
Willful Infliction of Harm
Unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment with resulting physical harm, pain, or mental anguish.
Malpractice
Injury to a person due to professional misconduct through negligence, carelessness, or lack of skill.
Adult Protective Services (APS)
Are social services provided to abused, neglected, or exploited older adults and adults with significant disabilities.
Mandated Reporter
A person with regular contact with vulnerable people and is therefore legally required to ensure a report is made when abuse is observed or suspected.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Health Insurance Probability and Accountability Act; a federal law that requires health information be kept private and secure and that organizations must take special steps to protect this information.
Ombudsman/Ombuds
A legal advocate for residents in long-term care facilities; helps resolve disputes and settle conflicts.
Confidentiality
The Legal and Ethical principle of keeping information private.
Protected Health Information (PHI)
A person’s private health information, which includes name, address, telephone number, social security number, email address, and medical record number.
Medical Record
A record of a patient’s medical information (such as medical history, care, or treatments received, test results, diagnoses, and medications taken).
Documentation
The creation of a digital or analog record detailing a medical treatment, medical trial, or clinical test.
Incident Report
A form that is filled out in order to record details of an unusual event that occurs at the facility, such as an injury to a patient.
