NCCAP NATIONAL STUDY EXAMS GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔HIPPA - ✔✔(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) US law designed to
offer privacy ethics to protect patients' medical records and other health info
✔✔Episodic Note - ✔✔(incident charting/focused note/clinical entry) notes entered in
response to an incident.
✔✔Participation/Attendance Record - ✔✔number of people attending and present t an
activity/event.
✔✔functional ability - ✔✔the capability to function (to do ADLS & IADLs)
✔✔precautions - ✔✔making alterations for individual participants & or groups of
participants
✔✔Goal - ✔✔measurable, specific, realistic, resident-focused tasks & achievements to
do
✔✔Intervention - ✔✔actions taken to assist or guide the person to achieve the goal
✔✔initial assessment - ✔✔data collector that is used for residents care plan
, ✔✔care plan - ✔✔(5 step process) a personalized established plan based on a
resident's problems, needs, interests, references, and or strengths
✔✔Interdisciplinary Team - ✔✔team that meets to discuss resident's quality of life
✔✔CAA - ✔✔(Care area assessment) problem identification tool: evaluate ensures &
data collected in MDS
✔✔progress note - ✔✔a note that is documenting resident/client response to
interventions made
✔✔MDS - ✔✔(minimum data set)- a screening tool that assists the HC professionals
identifying problems, needs & strength
✔✔RAI - ✔✔(resident assessment instrument) 2 part form utilized in nursing homes
(MDS & CAA)
✔✔Care plan meeting - ✔✔meeting involving clinical team which discusses
assessments, social history, cultural background, & resident's wants/needs/preferences
✔✔activities of daily living - ✔✔tasks breakdown for patients w/ cognitive impairments
✔✔self determination - ✔✔right to choose and control one's own life
✔✔dignity - ✔✔treating someone w/ respect & recognizing their individuality
✔✔quality of life - ✔✔the standard of wellbeing, contentment, and pleasure one
experiences
✔✔1 on 1 activity - ✔✔activities done with those who stay in there rooms and do not
usually socialize with others.
✔✔leader - ✔✔The one who facilitates the activity program, makes all the decisions,
takes authority and maintains responsibility
✔✔theraputic environment - ✔✔a comfortable environment, 2 types physical
environment- area around resident should be clean social environment- includes the
comfort level between the activity professionals
✔✔adaptation - ✔✔adjusting to change
✔✔activity analysis - ✔✔defined as a procedure for breaking down and examining as
activity to find inherent characteristics that contributes to program objectives
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔HIPPA - ✔✔(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) US law designed to
offer privacy ethics to protect patients' medical records and other health info
✔✔Episodic Note - ✔✔(incident charting/focused note/clinical entry) notes entered in
response to an incident.
✔✔Participation/Attendance Record - ✔✔number of people attending and present t an
activity/event.
✔✔functional ability - ✔✔the capability to function (to do ADLS & IADLs)
✔✔precautions - ✔✔making alterations for individual participants & or groups of
participants
✔✔Goal - ✔✔measurable, specific, realistic, resident-focused tasks & achievements to
do
✔✔Intervention - ✔✔actions taken to assist or guide the person to achieve the goal
✔✔initial assessment - ✔✔data collector that is used for residents care plan
, ✔✔care plan - ✔✔(5 step process) a personalized established plan based on a
resident's problems, needs, interests, references, and or strengths
✔✔Interdisciplinary Team - ✔✔team that meets to discuss resident's quality of life
✔✔CAA - ✔✔(Care area assessment) problem identification tool: evaluate ensures &
data collected in MDS
✔✔progress note - ✔✔a note that is documenting resident/client response to
interventions made
✔✔MDS - ✔✔(minimum data set)- a screening tool that assists the HC professionals
identifying problems, needs & strength
✔✔RAI - ✔✔(resident assessment instrument) 2 part form utilized in nursing homes
(MDS & CAA)
✔✔Care plan meeting - ✔✔meeting involving clinical team which discusses
assessments, social history, cultural background, & resident's wants/needs/preferences
✔✔activities of daily living - ✔✔tasks breakdown for patients w/ cognitive impairments
✔✔self determination - ✔✔right to choose and control one's own life
✔✔dignity - ✔✔treating someone w/ respect & recognizing their individuality
✔✔quality of life - ✔✔the standard of wellbeing, contentment, and pleasure one
experiences
✔✔1 on 1 activity - ✔✔activities done with those who stay in there rooms and do not
usually socialize with others.
✔✔leader - ✔✔The one who facilitates the activity program, makes all the decisions,
takes authority and maintains responsibility
✔✔theraputic environment - ✔✔a comfortable environment, 2 types physical
environment- area around resident should be clean social environment- includes the
comfort level between the activity professionals
✔✔adaptation - ✔✔adjusting to change
✔✔activity analysis - ✔✔defined as a procedure for breaking down and examining as
activity to find inherent characteristics that contributes to program objectives
