EXAM 1 SRNA – Student Registered Nurse Aide Study Guide & Practice Exam
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Accountable - ✔✔Being responsible for one's actions and the actions of others who performed
delegated tasks; answering questions about and explaining ones actions and the actions of
others
Acute illness - ✔✔A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
Alzheimer's disease (AD) - ✔✔A disease that affects brain tissue; memory loss and confusion
increase until the person cannot tend to simple personal needs
Assisted living residence (ALR) - ✔✔Provide housing, personal care, support services,
healthcare, and activities in a home-like setting
Board and care home - ✔✔Provides rooms, meals, laundry, and supervision to independent
residents in a home-like setting; Group home
Case management - ✔✔A nursing care pattern; A case manager(an RN). Courtney a persons
care from admission discharge and into the home setting
Chronic illness - ✔✔And ongoing illness, slow or gradual and onset; it has no cure; The illness
can be controlled and complications for bed with proper treatment
Delegate - ✔✔To authorize another person to perform a nursing test in a certain situation
Hospice - ✔✔A healthcare agency or program for persons who are terminally ill
,Independence - ✔✔Not relying on or requiring care from others
Interdisciplinary team - ✔✔The many healthcare workers who skills and knowledge focus on
these persons total care; healthcare team
Job description - ✔✔A document that describes what the center expects you to do
Licensed practical nurse (LPN) - ✔✔A nurse who has completed a one year nursing program
and has passed a licensing test called licensed vocational nurse (LVN) and some states
License vocational nurse - ✔✔Another name for a Licensed practical nurse
Medicaid - ✔✔A healthcare payment program sponsored by the federal government and
operated by the states
Medicare - ✔✔A federal health insurance program for a person 65 years of age or older and
younger people with certain disabilities
Nursing assistant - ✔✔A person who gives basic nursing chair under the supervision of a
licensed nurse; nurse aide, nursing attendant, orderly, unlicensed assistive personnel and
healthcare system are some other titles
Nursing center - ✔✔Provides healthcare and nursing care to persons who need regular or
continuous care; Licensed nurses are required; nursing facility or nursing home
Nursing task - ✔✔Nursing care for nursing functioning, procedure, activity, or work that can be
delegated to nursing assistance when it does not require an RN's professional knowledge or
judgment
, Nursing team - ✔✔Those who provide nursing care--RNs, LPNs/LVNs, and nursing assistants
Registered nurse (RN) - ✔✔A nurse who has completed a 2-,3-, or 4- year nursing program and
has passed a licensing test
Responsibility - ✔✔Do you duty or obligation to perform some or function
Skilled nursing facility (SNF) - ✔✔Provides healthcare and nursing care for residents who have
many or serve Health problems or who need rehabilitation; May be part of a nursing center of a
hospital
AD - ✔✔Alzheimer's disease
ALR - ✔✔Assisted living residence
CNA - ✔✔Certified nursing assistant, certified nurse aide
DON - ✔✔Director of nursing
HMO - ✔✔Health maintenance organization
LNA - ✔✔Licensed nursing assistant
LPN - ✔✔License practical nurse
LVN - ✔✔License vocational nurse
Review Material
Accountable - ✔✔Being responsible for one's actions and the actions of others who performed
delegated tasks; answering questions about and explaining ones actions and the actions of
others
Acute illness - ✔✔A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
Alzheimer's disease (AD) - ✔✔A disease that affects brain tissue; memory loss and confusion
increase until the person cannot tend to simple personal needs
Assisted living residence (ALR) - ✔✔Provide housing, personal care, support services,
healthcare, and activities in a home-like setting
Board and care home - ✔✔Provides rooms, meals, laundry, and supervision to independent
residents in a home-like setting; Group home
Case management - ✔✔A nursing care pattern; A case manager(an RN). Courtney a persons
care from admission discharge and into the home setting
Chronic illness - ✔✔And ongoing illness, slow or gradual and onset; it has no cure; The illness
can be controlled and complications for bed with proper treatment
Delegate - ✔✔To authorize another person to perform a nursing test in a certain situation
Hospice - ✔✔A healthcare agency or program for persons who are terminally ill
,Independence - ✔✔Not relying on or requiring care from others
Interdisciplinary team - ✔✔The many healthcare workers who skills and knowledge focus on
these persons total care; healthcare team
Job description - ✔✔A document that describes what the center expects you to do
Licensed practical nurse (LPN) - ✔✔A nurse who has completed a one year nursing program
and has passed a licensing test called licensed vocational nurse (LVN) and some states
License vocational nurse - ✔✔Another name for a Licensed practical nurse
Medicaid - ✔✔A healthcare payment program sponsored by the federal government and
operated by the states
Medicare - ✔✔A federal health insurance program for a person 65 years of age or older and
younger people with certain disabilities
Nursing assistant - ✔✔A person who gives basic nursing chair under the supervision of a
licensed nurse; nurse aide, nursing attendant, orderly, unlicensed assistive personnel and
healthcare system are some other titles
Nursing center - ✔✔Provides healthcare and nursing care to persons who need regular or
continuous care; Licensed nurses are required; nursing facility or nursing home
Nursing task - ✔✔Nursing care for nursing functioning, procedure, activity, or work that can be
delegated to nursing assistance when it does not require an RN's professional knowledge or
judgment
, Nursing team - ✔✔Those who provide nursing care--RNs, LPNs/LVNs, and nursing assistants
Registered nurse (RN) - ✔✔A nurse who has completed a 2-,3-, or 4- year nursing program and
has passed a licensing test
Responsibility - ✔✔Do you duty or obligation to perform some or function
Skilled nursing facility (SNF) - ✔✔Provides healthcare and nursing care for residents who have
many or serve Health problems or who need rehabilitation; May be part of a nursing center of a
hospital
AD - ✔✔Alzheimer's disease
ALR - ✔✔Assisted living residence
CNA - ✔✔Certified nursing assistant, certified nurse aide
DON - ✔✔Director of nursing
HMO - ✔✔Health maintenance organization
LNA - ✔✔Licensed nursing assistant
LPN - ✔✔License practical nurse
LVN - ✔✔License vocational nurse
