nursing assistant vocab

Question 1

accountable

Answer 1

answerable for ones actions

Question 2

chronic

Answer 2

long term or long lasting

Question 3

ADLs

Answer 3

personal daily care tasks: bathing, hair, eating, transfering and toileting ect.

Question 4

acute care

Answer 4

24 hour skilled care for short term illnesses or injuries

Question 5

adaptive devices

Answer 5

special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform activites

Question 6

adult day services

Answer 6

care for people who need assistance during certain hours but also do not live in the facility where care is given

Question 7

animal assisted therapy

Answer 7

bringing pets into a facility or home to provide stimulation and companionship

Question 8

assisted living

Answer 8

residence for people who do not need 24 hour care but do need some help with daily care

Question 9

care team

Answer 9

group of people with different kinds of education and experience who provide resident care

Question 10

chain of command

Answer 10

the order of authority within a facility

Question 11

charge nurse

Answer 11

a nurse responsible for a team of health care wokers

Question 12

cite

Answer 12

a long term care facility to find a problem through a survery

Question 13

conscientious

Answer 13

guided by a sense of right and wrong

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continuity of care

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ongoing coordination of a resident, care is regularly exchanged and is working toward shared goals

Question 15

courteous

Answer 15

polite, kind, considerate

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delegation

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transferring responsibility to a person for a spacific task

Question 17

dementia

Answer 17

loss of mental abilities, thinking, remembering, reasoning and communicating

Question 18

diagnosis

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identification of disease from results of different tests

Question 19

empathetic

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identifying with and understanding another persons feelings

Question 20

first impression

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way of classifying with someone or something at the first meeting

Question 21

functional nursing

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method of care that involves assigning specific tasks to each team member

Question 22

holistic

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care that involves the whole person: mentally physically and emotionally

Question 23

home health care

Answer 23

care that takes place in the persons home

Question 24

hospice care

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care for people who have approximately 6 months or less to live

Question 25

inter-generational care

Answer 25

mixing children and elderly in the same care setting

Question 26

joint commission

Answer 26

not for profit organization that evaluates and accredits different types of health care facilities

Question 27

length of stay

Answer 27

the number of days a person stays in a healthcare facility

Question 28

LPN

Answer 28

a licensed nurse who administers medications, gives treatment and supervise daily care of residents

Question 29

long term care

Answer 29

24 hour care provided for people with ongoing conditions

Question 30

medicaid

Answer 30

medical assistance program for people with low income and people with disabilities

Question 31

medicare

Answer 31

federal health insurance program for people 65 and older and with disabilities

Question 32

CNA

Answer 32

person who performs assigned nursing, tasks, and gives personal care

Question 33

outpatient care

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care for people who have had treatments, procedures\, or surgery and do not require an overnight stay

Question 34

person-centered care

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type of care that places the emphasis on the person needing care and his or her individuality and capabilitied

Question 35

policy

Answer 35

a course of action to be followed

Question 36

primary nursing

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method of care in which the registered nurse gives much of the daily care to residents

Question 37

procedure

Answer 37

a method or way of doing something

Question 38

professionalism

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the act of behaving properly for a certain job

Question 39

RN

Answer 39

lisensed nurse who assess residents creates the care plan, monitors progress provides skilled nursing care, treatments and medications

Question 40

rehabilitation

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program of care given by a specialist or a team of specialist or a team of specialists to restore or improve function after an illness

Question 41

resident

Answer 41

person living in a long term care facility

Question 42

sandwich generation

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people responsible for the care of both their children adn aging relatives

Question 43

skilled care

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medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist

Question 44

subacute care

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care for an illness or condition given to people who need less care then for a acute illness or injury but more than for a chronic illness

Question 45

team leader

Answer 45

nurse in charge of a group of residents for one shift of duty

Question 46

team nursing

Answer 46

method of care in which a nurse acts as a leader of a group of people giving care

Question 47

trustworthy

Answer 47

deserving the trust of others