QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A nurse who has completed a 1-year nursing program and has passed a licensing test -
ANS licensed practical nurse (LPN)
Provides health care and nursing care to persons who need regular or continuous care -
ANS nursing center/nursing home
A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover - ANS acute illness
a facility that provides nursing care for residents who have many or severe health problems or
who need rehabilitation - ANS skilled nursing facility
ongoing illness, slow or gradual in onset, that has no cure but can be managed and
complications prevented with proper treatment - ANS chronic illness
provides housing, personal care, supportive services, health care, and social activities in a
home-like setting - ANS assisted living residence (ALR)
who makes up the nursing team? - ANS RNs, LPNs, and nursing assistants
being responsible for one's actions and the actions of others who performed tasks -
ANS accountable
a disease that affects the brain tissue
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, - increasing memory loss and confusion - ANS Alzheimer's disease
to authorize another person to performa nursing task in a certain situation - ANS delegate
a federal health insurance plan to persons 65+ and younger people with certain disabilities -
ANS Medicare
provides rooms, meals, laundry, and supervision to independent residents in a home-like
setting; group home - ANS board and care home
a person who has completed a 2, 3, or 4 year nursing program and has passed a licensing test -
ANS registered nurse (RN)
nursing care that can be delegated to nursing assistants when it does not require an RN's
professional knowledge or judgment - ANS nursing task
nursing care pattern where an RN coordinates a person's care - ANS case management
gives basic nursing care under the supervision of a licensed nurse - ANS nursing assistant
health care payment program sponsored by state and federal governments - ANS Medicaid
a health care agency or program for persons who are dying - ANS hospice
The duty or obligation to perform some act or function - ANS responsibility
STATE laws that regulate nursing assistant roles and functions are determined by _____ -
ANS The Nurse Practice Act
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