Nursing Assisting: A Foundation in Caregiving chapter 1,2,3
Graded A+ Answers
accountable
answerable for one's actions.
ADLs (activities of daily living)
personal daily care tasks, including bathing, skin, nail, and hair care, walking, eating, and
drinking, mouth care, dressing, transferring, and toileting.
acute care
24- hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries; generally given in hospitals and
ambulatory surgical centers.
adaptive devices
special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform activities of daily living; also
called assistive devices.
assistive devices
special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform activities of daily living; also
called adaptive devices.
care team
the group of people with different kinds of education and experience who provide resident care.
chain of command
the order of authority within a facility.
charge nurse (nurse-in-charge)
a nurse responsible for a team of healthcare workers.
chronic
long-term or long lasting
cite
in a long-term care facility, to find a problem through a survey.
conscientious
, guided by a sense of right and wrong; principled.
continuity of care
an ongoing coordination of a resident's care over time, during which the care team is regularly
exchanging information and is working toward shared goals.
courteous
polite, kind, considerate
delegation
transferring responsibility to a person for a specific task.
diagnosis
the identification of disease or other problems by its signs and symptoms and from the results
of different tests.
empathetic
identifying with and understanding another's feelings.
first impression
a way of classifying or categorizing someone or something at the first meeting.
functional nursing
method of care that involves assigning specific tasks to each team member.
holistic
care that involves that whole person; this includes his or her physical, social, emotional, and
spiritual needs.
home health care
care that takes place in a person's home.
hospice care
care for people who have approximately six months or less to live; care is available until the
person dies.
inter-generational care
mixing children and the elderly in the same care setting.
Graded A+ Answers
accountable
answerable for one's actions.
ADLs (activities of daily living)
personal daily care tasks, including bathing, skin, nail, and hair care, walking, eating, and
drinking, mouth care, dressing, transferring, and toileting.
acute care
24- hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries; generally given in hospitals and
ambulatory surgical centers.
adaptive devices
special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform activities of daily living; also
called assistive devices.
assistive devices
special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform activities of daily living; also
called adaptive devices.
care team
the group of people with different kinds of education and experience who provide resident care.
chain of command
the order of authority within a facility.
charge nurse (nurse-in-charge)
a nurse responsible for a team of healthcare workers.
chronic
long-term or long lasting
cite
in a long-term care facility, to find a problem through a survey.
conscientious
, guided by a sense of right and wrong; principled.
continuity of care
an ongoing coordination of a resident's care over time, during which the care team is regularly
exchanging information and is working toward shared goals.
courteous
polite, kind, considerate
delegation
transferring responsibility to a person for a specific task.
diagnosis
the identification of disease or other problems by its signs and symptoms and from the results
of different tests.
empathetic
identifying with and understanding another's feelings.
first impression
a way of classifying or categorizing someone or something at the first meeting.
functional nursing
method of care that involves assigning specific tasks to each team member.
holistic
care that involves that whole person; this includes his or her physical, social, emotional, and
spiritual needs.
home health care
care that takes place in a person's home.
hospice care
care for people who have approximately six months or less to live; care is available until the
person dies.
inter-generational care
mixing children and the elderly in the same care setting.
