HARTMANS NURSING ASSISTANT CARE TERMINOLOGIES EXAM #1
Long-term care - correct answer Caregiving and long-term facilities for people need 24-
hour skilled care.
Skilled care - correct answer Medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or
therapist
Length of stay - correct answer The number of days a person stays in a healthcare
facility
Terminal illness - correct answer A disease or condition that will eventually cause death
Chronic - correct answer Long term or long lasting
Diagnosis - correct answer Positions determination of an illness
Home health care - correct answer Caravan is provided in a persons home
Assisted living - correct answer Residences for people who do not need skilled 24 hour
care but do you require some help with daily care
Adult day services - correct answer care for people who need some help during certain
hours, but who do not live in the facility where care is given
Acute care - correct answer 24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries;
generally given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers
Subacute care - correct answer care given in a hospital or in a long-term care facility for
people who need less care than for an acute illness, but more care than for a chronic
illness
Outpatient care - correct answer Care given for less than 24 hours for people who have
had treatments or surgery and need short-term skilled care.
Rehabilitation - correct answer That is given By specialist to help restore or improve
function after an illness or injury
Hospice care - correct answer Holistic compassionate care given to dying people and
their families
Activities of daily living - correct answer Daily personal care tasks such as bathing
caring for skin nails hair and teeth dressing toileting eating and drinking walking and
transferring
, Culture change - correct answer A term given to the process of transforming services
For elders so that they are based on the values and practices of the person receiving
care
Person directed care - correct answer A type of care that place is the emphasis on the
person needing care and his or her individuality and compatibility
Medicare - correct answer A federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or
older are disabled who are ill and cannot work
Medicaid - correct answer A medical assistance program for people with low incomes
as well as for people with disabilities
Charting - correct answer Documenting important information and observations about
residents
Assistive devices - correct answer Special equipment that helps a person who is ill or
disabled to perform activities of daily living also called adaptive devices
Chain of command - correct answer The line of authority within the facility
Liability - correct answer A logical term that means someone could be held responsible
for harming someone else
Scope of practice - correct answer defines the tasks that healthcare providers are
legally permitted to perform as allowed by state or federal law
Care plan - correct answer A plan developed for each resident to achieve certain goals;
it outlines the steps and tasks that the care team must perform.
Policy - correct answer A course of action that should be taken every time a certain
situation occurs
Procedure - correct answer A method or way of doing something
Professional - correct answer having to do with work or a job
Personal - correct answer Relating to life outside one's job, such as family, friends, and
home life.
Professionalism - correct answer How a person behaves when he is on the job it
includes how a person dresses the words he uses the things he talks about
Compassionate - correct answer Caring concerned considerate empathetic and
understanding
Long-term care - correct answer Caregiving and long-term facilities for people need 24-
hour skilled care.
Skilled care - correct answer Medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or
therapist
Length of stay - correct answer The number of days a person stays in a healthcare
facility
Terminal illness - correct answer A disease or condition that will eventually cause death
Chronic - correct answer Long term or long lasting
Diagnosis - correct answer Positions determination of an illness
Home health care - correct answer Caravan is provided in a persons home
Assisted living - correct answer Residences for people who do not need skilled 24 hour
care but do you require some help with daily care
Adult day services - correct answer care for people who need some help during certain
hours, but who do not live in the facility where care is given
Acute care - correct answer 24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries;
generally given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers
Subacute care - correct answer care given in a hospital or in a long-term care facility for
people who need less care than for an acute illness, but more care than for a chronic
illness
Outpatient care - correct answer Care given for less than 24 hours for people who have
had treatments or surgery and need short-term skilled care.
Rehabilitation - correct answer That is given By specialist to help restore or improve
function after an illness or injury
Hospice care - correct answer Holistic compassionate care given to dying people and
their families
Activities of daily living - correct answer Daily personal care tasks such as bathing
caring for skin nails hair and teeth dressing toileting eating and drinking walking and
transferring
, Culture change - correct answer A term given to the process of transforming services
For elders so that they are based on the values and practices of the person receiving
care
Person directed care - correct answer A type of care that place is the emphasis on the
person needing care and his or her individuality and compatibility
Medicare - correct answer A federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or
older are disabled who are ill and cannot work
Medicaid - correct answer A medical assistance program for people with low incomes
as well as for people with disabilities
Charting - correct answer Documenting important information and observations about
residents
Assistive devices - correct answer Special equipment that helps a person who is ill or
disabled to perform activities of daily living also called adaptive devices
Chain of command - correct answer The line of authority within the facility
Liability - correct answer A logical term that means someone could be held responsible
for harming someone else
Scope of practice - correct answer defines the tasks that healthcare providers are
legally permitted to perform as allowed by state or federal law
Care plan - correct answer A plan developed for each resident to achieve certain goals;
it outlines the steps and tasks that the care team must perform.
Policy - correct answer A course of action that should be taken every time a certain
situation occurs
Procedure - correct answer A method or way of doing something
Professional - correct answer having to do with work or a job
Personal - correct answer Relating to life outside one's job, such as family, friends, and
home life.
Professionalism - correct answer How a person behaves when he is on the job it
includes how a person dresses the words he uses the things he talks about
Compassionate - correct answer Caring concerned considerate empathetic and
understanding
