Chapter 1 Flashcards
Whom does Medicare insurance cover?
People over the age of 65
Who makes up the majority of residents in long-term care facilities- men or women?
Females
What are 3 tasks that NA’s don’t usually preform?
Insert or remove tubes, give tube feeding, or change sterile wounds
What is one way that an NA can demonstrate professionalism?
Dressing appropriately
List each of the nine qualities in Learning Objective 7.
- Patient and understanding
- Honest and trustworthiness
- Conscientious
- Enthusiastic
- Courteous and respectful
- Empathetic
- Dependable and responsible
- humble
- unprejudiced
Who is the most important member of the care team?
The resident
List the Five Rights of Delegation
Right task, right circumstance, right person, right direction/communication, and right supervisor/evaluation
Define person centered care
Revolves arounds person preference, choices, dignity, and interest
When surveyors visit a facility, what do they study and observe?
They study how staff treats residents
When a surveyor asks an NA a question she does not know the answer is to, how should she respond?
Say they do not know and find out as soon as possible.
Define long term care facility
Assists people with ongoing, chronic medical conditions
One common NA task is to __
Bathe residents
What is proper grooming for an NA?
A simple waterproof watch should be worn
If an NA is following the chain of command, to whom would she normally report a problem?
Nurse
If an NA has forgotten the correct order in which to preform a procedure, which of the following would be the best way for her to proceed.
The NA should review the procedure manual before the beginning.
Activities of daily living (ADLs)
Daily personal care tasks
Acute care
24-hour skilled care for people who need assistance or supervision during certain hours
Assistive living
Residents for people who do not need 24-hour skilled care but who do require help with daily care
Assisted devices
Special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform ADLs
Care Team
Group of people with different kinds of education and experience who provide residents care.
Chain of Command
The order of authority within a facility
Delegation
The assignment of tasks to another person that are within their scope of practice
Dementia
The serious loss of mental abilities, such as thinking remembering, reasoning, and communicating
Empathetic
Being able to identity with and understand feelings of others.
Functional nursing
Method of nursing care that involves assigning specific tasks to each team member
Holistic care
Care involves the whole person; includes physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs
Hospice Care
Holistic, compassionate care given to people who have approximately six months or less to live
Joint Commission
independent, non-profit organization that evaluates and accredits different types of healthcare facilities
Liability
State of being legally responsible for something
Outpatient care
Care given to people who have had treatments, procedures, or surgeries and need short-term skilled care.
Person-centered care
A type of care that places the emphasis on the person needing care and their individuality and capabilities
Primary nursing
Method of nursing care in which the RN provides much of the daily care to the residents.
Subacute Care
Care given in hospitals or long term care facilities for people who need less care than acute illness but higher level of care than a chronic illness
Team nursing
method o f nursing care in which a nursing acts as a leader of a group giving care
