Acute illness -correct answera sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
Chronic illness -correct answeran on-going illness, slow or gradual in onset; it has no known
cure; it can be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment
Terminal illness -correct answeran illness or injury from which the person will not likely
recover
Residents -correct answerPersons in long-term care facilities are called what?
Assisted living residence -correct answerprovides housing, personal care, support services,
health care, and activities in a home-like setting
Assisted Living Residence -correct answerALR
Nursing center -correct answerprovides healthcare and nursing care to persons who need
regular or continuous care
Hospice -correct answera health care agency or program for persons who are dying
Board of trustees or board of directors -correct answerA hospital's governing body
Health team -correct answerthe many health care workers whose skills and knowledge focus
on the person's total care
Director of Nursing -correct answerDON
Audiologist -correct answerone who studies and specializes in hearing
Cleric -correct answerAssists with spiritual needs
Podiatrist -correct answera specialist in care for the feet
Nursing assitant -correct answerPerform delegated tasks under the supervision of a licensed
nurse
Nursing assistant training and competency evaluation program -correct answerNATCEP
Deficiency -correct answerA problem in a healthcare agency
Representative -correct answerA person who has the legal right to act on the patient's or
resident's behalf when he or she cannot do so for himself or herself
refuse treatment -correct answerThe person has the right to....?
Advance directive -correct answerWritten instructions about health care when the person is
not able to make such decisions
Involuntary seclusion -correct answerseparating a person from others against his or her will,
keeping the person to a certain area, or keeping the person away from his or her room
without consent
, Assault -correct answerIntentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person's body
without the person's consent
Battery -correct answerTouching a person's body without his or her consent
Malpractice -correct answerNegligence by a professional person
24 months -correct answerNursing assistants have to re-train in a program again if they
haven't worked in.....?
Reporting -correct answerOral account of care and observations
Recording -correct answerCharting
Anterior -correct answerAt or toward the front of the body
Posterior -correct answerAt or toward the back of the body or body part
Proximal -correct answerThe part nearest to the center or to the point of attachment
Distal -correct answerThe part farthest from the center or from the point of attachment
Lateral -correct answerAway from the mid-line; at the side of the body or body part
Medial -correct answerAt or near the middle of mid-line of the body or body part
Osteo- -correct answerBone
Derm- -correct answerSkin
-algia -correct answerPain
Holism -correct answera concept that considers the whole person; the whole person has
physical, social, psychological, and spiritual parts that are woven together and cannot be
separated
Comatose -correct answerbeing unable to respond to stimuli; coma
Organs -correct answerGroup of tissue with the same function
Systems -correct answerFormed by organs that work together to perform special functions
Integumentary system -correct answerSkin
Epidermis -correct answerOuter layer of the skin
Dermis -correct answerInner layer of the skin
Ball and socket joint -correct answer
Hinge joint -correct answer
Pivot joint -correct answer
Chronic illness -correct answeran on-going illness, slow or gradual in onset; it has no known
cure; it can be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment
Terminal illness -correct answeran illness or injury from which the person will not likely
recover
Residents -correct answerPersons in long-term care facilities are called what?
Assisted living residence -correct answerprovides housing, personal care, support services,
health care, and activities in a home-like setting
Assisted Living Residence -correct answerALR
Nursing center -correct answerprovides healthcare and nursing care to persons who need
regular or continuous care
Hospice -correct answera health care agency or program for persons who are dying
Board of trustees or board of directors -correct answerA hospital's governing body
Health team -correct answerthe many health care workers whose skills and knowledge focus
on the person's total care
Director of Nursing -correct answerDON
Audiologist -correct answerone who studies and specializes in hearing
Cleric -correct answerAssists with spiritual needs
Podiatrist -correct answera specialist in care for the feet
Nursing assitant -correct answerPerform delegated tasks under the supervision of a licensed
nurse
Nursing assistant training and competency evaluation program -correct answerNATCEP
Deficiency -correct answerA problem in a healthcare agency
Representative -correct answerA person who has the legal right to act on the patient's or
resident's behalf when he or she cannot do so for himself or herself
refuse treatment -correct answerThe person has the right to....?
Advance directive -correct answerWritten instructions about health care when the person is
not able to make such decisions
Involuntary seclusion -correct answerseparating a person from others against his or her will,
keeping the person to a certain area, or keeping the person away from his or her room
without consent
, Assault -correct answerIntentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person's body
without the person's consent
Battery -correct answerTouching a person's body without his or her consent
Malpractice -correct answerNegligence by a professional person
24 months -correct answerNursing assistants have to re-train in a program again if they
haven't worked in.....?
Reporting -correct answerOral account of care and observations
Recording -correct answerCharting
Anterior -correct answerAt or toward the front of the body
Posterior -correct answerAt or toward the back of the body or body part
Proximal -correct answerThe part nearest to the center or to the point of attachment
Distal -correct answerThe part farthest from the center or from the point of attachment
Lateral -correct answerAway from the mid-line; at the side of the body or body part
Medial -correct answerAt or near the middle of mid-line of the body or body part
Osteo- -correct answerBone
Derm- -correct answerSkin
-algia -correct answerPain
Holism -correct answera concept that considers the whole person; the whole person has
physical, social, psychological, and spiritual parts that are woven together and cannot be
separated
Comatose -correct answerbeing unable to respond to stimuli; coma
Organs -correct answerGroup of tissue with the same function
Systems -correct answerFormed by organs that work together to perform special functions
Integumentary system -correct answerSkin
Epidermis -correct answerOuter layer of the skin
Dermis -correct answerInner layer of the skin
Ball and socket joint -correct answer
Hinge joint -correct answer
Pivot joint -correct answer
