SRNA Course Exam 1 Study Guide – Student Registered Nurse Aide Foundational Course
Review & Practice Material
acute illness - ✔✔a sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
Alzheimer’s disease - ✔✔a disease that affects brain tissue; memory loss and confusion
increase until the person cannot tend to simple personal needs
assisted living residence - ✔✔provides housing, personal care, support services, health care,
and activities in a home-like setting
board and care home - ✔✔provides rooms, meals, laundry, and supervision to independent
residents in a home-like setting; group home
case management - ✔✔a nursing care pattern; a case manager (an RN) coordinates a person's
care from admission through discharge and into the home setting
chronic illness - ✔✔an ongoing illness, slow or gradual in onset; it has no cure; the illness can
be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment
functional nursing - ✔✔a nursing care pattern focusing on tasks and jobs; each nursing team
member has certain tasks and jobs to do
group home - ✔✔board and care home
hospice - ✔✔a health care agency or program for persons who are dying
independence - ✔✔not relying on or requiring care from others
Review & Practice Material
acute illness - ✔✔a sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
Alzheimer’s disease - ✔✔a disease that affects brain tissue; memory loss and confusion
increase until the person cannot tend to simple personal needs
assisted living residence - ✔✔provides housing, personal care, support services, health care,
and activities in a home-like setting
board and care home - ✔✔provides rooms, meals, laundry, and supervision to independent
residents in a home-like setting; group home
case management - ✔✔a nursing care pattern; a case manager (an RN) coordinates a person's
care from admission through discharge and into the home setting
chronic illness - ✔✔an ongoing illness, slow or gradual in onset; it has no cure; the illness can
be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment
functional nursing - ✔✔a nursing care pattern focusing on tasks and jobs; each nursing team
member has certain tasks and jobs to do
group home - ✔✔board and care home
hospice - ✔✔a health care agency or program for persons who are dying
independence - ✔✔not relying on or requiring care from others
