MATC CNA Unit 1 Vocabulary-Intro/Orientation Certification Review Exam Questions And Answers.

Abandonment - correct answers to leave or desert someone you are in charge of Abuse - correct answers The repetitive and deliberate infliction of injury on another person Acute - correct answers A disorder with a rapid onset and a relatively short recovery time, usually unexpected. Sudden onset, expect a cure. Adult Protective Service - correct answers (APS) government agency that oversees the welfare of the elderly Assisted Living - correct answers Provides care for people who are able to provide most of their own care but need limited help Residents CNA's 24/7 nurses-PRN Assault - correct answers Threatening or attempting to touch a person without their consent Battery - correct answers Touching a person without their consent Care Plan - correct answers Outlines the nursing care to be provided to a patient Chronic - correct answers A disorder that is ongoing and often needs to be controlled through continuous medication or treatment. Slow onset, long lasting, No cure. Client - correct answers A person who is being cared for in their home Confidentiality - correct answers Ensuring that information is accessible only to those authorized Defamation - correct answers Making untrue statements that hurt another persons reputation Dehydration - correct answers Too little fluid in the tissues of the body Delegation - correct answers To authorize another person to perform a task on your behalf Disability/disabled - correct answers Impaired physical or emotional function Ethics - correct answers Moral principles or standards that govern our actions False Imprisonment - correct answers Confining another person against their will Fraud - correct answers Deception that could cause harm to another person Geriatrics - correct answers The branch of medicine that focuses on health care of the elderly Health Care Team - correct answers Healthcare professionals with different kinda of education and experience make a plan to help a specific patient HIPAA - correct answers Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. To insure a patients privacy. Hospice - correct answers Care provided by a health care organization for people who are dying and their families. Hospital - correct answers An institution for health care providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment Interdisciplinary Team - correct answers (IDT) a group that consists of specialists from several different fields combining skills and resources to present guidance and information-write care plan Job Description - correct answers A list of the general tasks, or functions, and responsibilities of a position. Licensed Practical Nurse - correct answers (LPN)'s work in a variety of health care settings. They are often found working under the supervision of physicians in clinics and hospitals, or in a private home health care, in long term care facilities, the sometimes supervise nursing assistants. Libel - correct answers Written statements that injure someone's reputation; a form of defamation. These false statements can be in writing, print, pictures, or drawings. Long Term Care - correct answers A variety of services which help meet both the medical and non-medical need of people with a chronic illness or disability that can not care for themselves. Malpractice - correct answers Negligence committed by people who hold licenses to practice their profession, such as doctors, nurses, lawyers, dentists, and pharmacists. Medicaid - correct answers A federally funded and state-regulated plan designed to help people with low incomes to pay for health care Medical Doctor - correct answers (MD)-practices the ancient profession or medicine, which is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease or injury. Medicare - correct answers A federally funded insurance plan to help all people 65 and older and some younger disabled people. Mental Health - correct answers How we think, feel, and act as we cope with life Mental Illness - correct answers Impairment of an individuals normal cognitive, emotional, or behavioral functioning. Misappropriation of Property - correct answers Intentional, illegal use of property. Neglect - correct answers Harming a person physically, mentally, or emotionally by failing to provide needed care. Nursing Team - correct answers Consists of a RN-DON-Case Manager LPN CNA Occupational Safety and Health Administration - correct answers (OSHA) an agency that establishes health and safety for the work place Ombudsman - correct answers Receives and resolves complaints, advocate for resident rights, inform residents and their families of their rights, and advocate for good individualized care. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act - correct answers OBRA-an act to improve the quality of life for people who live in long term faculties by making sure residents receive a certain standard of care Patient - correct answers A person who is being cared for in a hospital Patient Rights - correct answers A patient has certain rights. Pediatric - correct answers A branch of medical care that deals with children, infants, and adolescents. Registered Nurse - correct answers RN-a health care professional responsible for implementing the practice of nursing through the use of nursing process in conjunction with other health care professionals. Registry - correct answers The official record, maintained by the state of the people who have successfully completed the nursing assistant program. Resident - correct answers A person who is being cared for in a long-term facility. Residents Rights - correct answers Under OBRA's '87 guidelines for resident rights were created, reinforcing that long-term care residents should be given the same value, respect, and opportunities-the same rights-that an individual enjoys in the larger communities. Scope of practice - correct answers What you are legally allowed to do under your job description. Skilled Nursing facility - correct answers Residents Nurses 24/7 & CNA's An establishment that houses chronically ill, usually elderly patients, and provides long-term nursing care, rehabilitation, and other services. Terminal illness - correct answers An illness or condition from which recovery is not expected. Willful infliction of harm - correct answers Abuse