Hartman's CNA Chapter 1-5

Hartman's CNA Chapter 1-5 Accountable - Correct Answer-answerable for one's actions activities of daily living (ADLs) - Correct Answer-personal daily care task, including bathing, skin, nail, and hair care, walking, eating and drinking, mouth care, dressing, transferring, and toileting acute care - Correct Answer-24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries; generally given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers adaptive devices - Correct Answer-special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled to perform ADLs; also called assistive devices. adult day services - Correct Answer-care for people who need some assistance or supervision during certain hours, but who do not live in the facility where care is given animal-assisted therapy (AAT) - Correct Answer-the practice of bringing pets into a facility or home to provide stimulation and companionship assistive devices - Correct Answer-Special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled to perform ADLS; also called adaptive devices. care team - Correct Answer-the group of people with different kinds of education and experience who provide resident care chain of command - Correct Answer-the order of authority within a facility charge nurse (nurse-in-charge) - Correct Answer-a nurse responsible for a team of healthcare workers chronic - Correct Answer-long-term or long-lasting cite - Correct Answer-in a long-term care facility, to find a problem through a survey conscientious - Correct Answer-guided by a sense of right and wrong; principled continuity of care - Correct Answer-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 - Correct Answer-polite, kind, considerate Delegation - Correct Answer-transferring responsibility to a person for a specific task Dementia - Correct Answer-the serious loss of mental abilities, such as thinking, remembering, reasoning, and communicating diagnosis - Correct Answer-the identification of disease or other problems by its signs and symptoms and from the results of different tests empathetic - Correct Answer-identifying with and understanding another's feelings first impression - Correct Answer-a way of classifying or categorizing someone or something at the first meeting functional nursing - Correct Answer-method of care that involves assigning specific tasks to each team member holistic care - Correct Answer-care that involves the whole person; this includes his or her physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs home health care - Correct Answer-care that takes place in a person's home hospice care - Correct Answer-care for people who have approximately six months or less to live; care is available until the person dies inter-generational care - Correct Answer-mixing