Test 1--Chapter 1 Working in Long Term Care Flashcards
What facility provides health care and nursing care to persons who need regular or continuous care?
- Nursing care
- nursing centers
- nursing home
Purposes and goals of nursing centers are:
- Promoting _______ and _____ health
- Treating _______ illness
- Preventing _____________ diseases
- Providing rehabilitation or ___________ care
- Promoting physical and mental health
- Treating chronic illness
- Preventing communicable diseases
- Providing rehabilitation or restorative care
By law, nursing centers must have a _________ director.
medical
Who is responsible for the entire nursing staff?
nursing director
Who assists the director of nursing?
Nurse managers
Who reports to the charge nurse?
staff RNs
Who reports to the staff RN?
LPN and LVN
What is it called when each nursing team member has certain tasks and jobs to do?
Functional nursing
focuses on tasks and jobs
What is it called when the RN delegates care to other nurses, and some nursing tasks and procedures are delegated to nursing assistants?
team nursing
What is it called when an RN is responsible for the person’s total care, and the nursing team assists as needed?
primary nursing–involved total care
What is the interdisciplinary health care team?
Involves the many health care workers whose skills and knowledge focus on the person’s total care
- The overall goal is quality resident care.
- Coordinated care is needed.
- An RN leads the team.
What is the federal healthcare program for citizens over age 65?
Medicare
Who sets standards for nursing care centers?
- federal and state agencies
- accrediting agencies
Who issues a license to operate a nursing home?
a state
What is required to receive medicare or medicaid funds?
certification
