term/statement-correct answers format. Excel (2025)
Nurse Practice Act - Correct Answers-Practical or vocational nurses, licensed under specific state
laws to care for clients I various settings in the same manner as RN`s
NCLEXPN - Correct Answers-National Council Licensure Exam Practical Nurse
Home Healthcare - Correct Answers-A service provided by an acute care facility or a service
provided by an agency.
Hospice - Correct Answers-Specializes in the care of the terminally ill. This service also maybe
part of the service available from an acute care facility or separate private agency.
Medicare - Correct Answers-Insurance for 65yrs & older; younger patients with disabilities &
people with end stage renal disease.
Medicaid - Correct Answers-Joint effort of federal & state government state design their own
programs.
Gerontology - Correct Answers-Study of the efforts of normal aging and age related processes
including disease & disorders.
Geriatrics - Correct Answers-Branch concerned with problems, illnesses of aging & their
treatment.
Kyphosis - Correct Answers-Curvature of spine associated with osteoporosis. "Humpback"
, Proprioception - Correct Answers-Awareness of posture, movement & changes in equilibrium in
relation to other objects.
Presbycusis - Correct Answers-Hearing disorder of aging starting around age 40yrs & progresses.
1st starts with inability to hear high frequency noises.
Presbyopia - Correct Answers-Impaired vision that results from normal aging.
Integumentary - Correct Answers-The skin system
SNF - Correct Answers-Skilled Nursing Facility
Endorsement - Correct Answers-Process in which a licensed Nurse In one state may receive a
license in another state without retaking the licensure exam.
Joint Commission - Correct Answers-independent, not-for-profit group in the United States that
administers voluntary accreditation programs for hospitals and other healthcare organizations.
Cognition - Correct Answers-Involving knowledge, understanding and perception in the mind.
Dysphagia - Correct Answers-difficulty swallowing
Adult Protective Services - Correct Answers-Social services provided to abused, neglected, or
exploited older adults and adults with significant disabilities.
-itis - Correct Answers-inflammation of