Hartman's CNA Chapter 1-5 Questions And Answers!!

Accountable - Answer-answerable for one's actions activities of daily living (ADLs) - Answer-personal daily care task, including bathing, skin, nail, and hair care, walking, eating and drinking, mouth care, dressing, transferring, and toileting acute care - Answer-24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries; generally given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers adaptive devices - Answer-special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled to perform ADLs; also called assistive devices. adult day services - 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) - Answer-the practice of bringing pets into a facility or home to provide stimulation and companionship assistive devices - Answer-Special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled to perform ADLS; also called adaptive devices. care team - Answer-the group of people with different kinds of education and experience who provide resident care chain of command - Answer-the order of authority within a facility charge nurse (nurse-in-charge) - Answer-a nurse responsible for a team of healthcare workers chronic - Answer-long-term or long-lastingcite - Answer-in a long-term care facility, to find a problem through a survey conscientious - Answer-guided by a sense of right and wrong; principled continuity of care - 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 - Answer-polite, kind, considerate Delegation - Answer-transferring responsibility to a person for a specific task Dementia - Answer-the serious loss of mental abilities, such as thinking, remembering, reasoning, and communicating diagnosis - Answer-the identification of disease or other problems by its signs and symptoms and from the results of different tests empathetic - Answer-identifying with and understanding another's feelings first impression - Answer-a way of classifying or categorizing someone or something at the first meeting functional nursing - Answer-method of care that involves assigning specific tasks to each team member holistic care - Answer-care that involves the whole person; this includes his or her physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs home health care - Answer-care that takes place in a person's home hospice care - Answer-care for people who have approximately six months or less to live; care is available until the person diesinter-generational care - Answer-mixing elderly and children in the same care setting Joint Commission - Answer-a not-for-profit organization that evaluates and accredits different types of healthcare facilities length of stay - Answer-the number of days a person stays in a healthcare facility liability - Answer-a legal term that means someone can be held responsible for harming someone else Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or licensed vocational nurse (LVN) - Answer-a licensed nurse who administers medications, gives treatment, and may supervise daily care of residents long term care - Answer-24-hour care provided for people with ongoing conditions who are generally unable to manage their ADLs Medicaid - Answer-a medical assistance program for low-income people, as well as for people with disabilities Medicare - Answer-the federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older, are disabled or are ill and cannot work Medicare Part A - Answer-helps pay for care in a hospital or skilled nursing facility or for care from a home health agency or hospice Medicare Part B - Answer-helps pay for doctor services and other medical services and equipment Medicare Part C - Answer-combines insurance