Instructor’s Guide For: Hartman’s
NURSING ASSISTANT CARE, Table of
Contents Preface Lesson The Nursing
Assistant in Long-Term Care Newest
Version Study Guide
Long-term care - ANSWER-Given in long term care facilities for persons who need 24-
hour skilled care
Skilled care - ANSWER-Medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist
Length of stay - ANSWER-Number of days a person stays in a care facility
Terminal illness - ANSWER-An illness that will eventually cause death
Chronic condition - ANSWER-A condition lasting a long period of time, even a lifetime
Diagnoses - ANSWER-Medical conditions determined by a doctor
Home health care - ANSWER-Provided in a person's home
Assisted living - ANSWER-Residences for people who need some help with daily care
Adult day services - ANSWER-people who need some help and supervision during
certain hours
Acute care - ANSWER-24 hour skilled care given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical
centers.
Subacute care - ANSWER-Care given in a hospital or in a long-term care facility
Outpatient care - ANSWER-Usually given for less than 24 hours
Rehabilitation - ANSWER-Care given by specialists to help restore or improve function
after an illness or injury.
Hospice care - ANSWER-Given in facilities or homes for people who have about six
months or less to live
ADL's - ANSWER-Activities of Daily Living
,Culture change - ANSWER-A term given to the process of transforming services for
elders so they are based on the values and practices of the person receiving care
Person-directed care - ANSWER-Emphasizes the individuality of the person who needs
care and seeks to build community by recognizing and developing each person's
capabilities
Assistive or Adaptive Devices - ANSWER-Equipment to assist in ADL's
Chain of command - ANSWER-Describes the line of authority and helps to make sure
that residents get proper health care
Scope of practice - ANSWER-Tasks that health-care providers are allowed to do and
how to do them correctly
Medicare - ANSWER-A federal health insurance program established in 1965 for people
aged 65 or older, also covers people of any age with permanent kidney failure or certain
disabilities
Medicaid - ANSWER-Medical assistance program for low-income people as well as for
people with disabilities.
Care plan - ANSWER-Developed to achieve the goals of care
Policy - ANSWER-A course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation
occurs
Procedure - ANSWER-A method, or way, of doing something
Professionalism - ANSWER-Behaving properly when on the job
Compassionate - ANSWER-Being caring, concerning, empathetic, and understanding
Empathy - ANSWER-Identifying with feelings of others
Sympathy - ANSWER-Sharing in the feelings and difficulties of others
Tactful - ANSWER-Showing sensitivity and having a sense of what is appropriate when
dealing with others
Conscientious - ANSWER-Trying to do your best, guided by a sense of right and wrong.
Ethics - ANSWER-Knowledge of right and wrong
Laws - ANSWER-Rules set by the government to help people live peacefully together
and to ensure order and safety
, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act - ANSWER-Requires that the Nurse Aid Training
and Competency Evaluation Program set minimum standards for nursing assistant
training
Residents' Rights - ANSWER-An ethical code of conduct for healthcare workers, relates
to how residents must be treated while living in a facility
Informed consent - ANSWER-Process in which a person, with the help of a doctor,
makes informed decisions about his or her health care.
Abuse - ANSWER-Purposeful mistreatment that causes physical, mental, or emotional
pain or injury to someone
Neglect - ANSWER-Failure to provide needed care that results in physical, mental, or
emotional harm to a person
Physical abuse - ANSWER-Any treatment, intentional or not, that causes harm to a
person's body. Includes slapping, bruising, cutting, burning, physically restraining,
pushing, shoving, or even rough handling.
Psychological abuse - ANSWER-Emotional harm caused by threatening, caring,
humiliating, intimidating, isolating, or insulting a person, or treating him or her as a child,
includes verbal abuse
Sexual abuse - ANSWER-Forcing of a person to perform or participate in sexual acts
against his or her will. Includes unwanted touching and exposing oneself to a person
and sharing of pornographic material
Financial abuse - ANSWER-The improper or illegal use of a person's money,
possessions, property, or other assets
Assault - ANSWER-A threat to harm a person, resulting in the person feeling fearful that
he or she will be harmed
Battery - ANSWER-The intentional touching of a person without his or her consent.
Domestic violence - ANSWER-Abuse by spouses, intimate partners, or family members
False imprisonment - ANSWER-Unlawful restraint that affects a person's freedom of
movement
Involuntary seclusion - ANSWER-The separation of person from others against the
person's will
NURSING ASSISTANT CARE, Table of
Contents Preface Lesson The Nursing
Assistant in Long-Term Care Newest
Version Study Guide
Long-term care - ANSWER-Given in long term care facilities for persons who need 24-
hour skilled care
Skilled care - ANSWER-Medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist
Length of stay - ANSWER-Number of days a person stays in a care facility
Terminal illness - ANSWER-An illness that will eventually cause death
Chronic condition - ANSWER-A condition lasting a long period of time, even a lifetime
Diagnoses - ANSWER-Medical conditions determined by a doctor
Home health care - ANSWER-Provided in a person's home
Assisted living - ANSWER-Residences for people who need some help with daily care
Adult day services - ANSWER-people who need some help and supervision during
certain hours
Acute care - ANSWER-24 hour skilled care given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical
centers.
Subacute care - ANSWER-Care given in a hospital or in a long-term care facility
Outpatient care - ANSWER-Usually given for less than 24 hours
Rehabilitation - ANSWER-Care given by specialists to help restore or improve function
after an illness or injury.
Hospice care - ANSWER-Given in facilities or homes for people who have about six
months or less to live
ADL's - ANSWER-Activities of Daily Living
,Culture change - ANSWER-A term given to the process of transforming services for
elders so they are based on the values and practices of the person receiving care
Person-directed care - ANSWER-Emphasizes the individuality of the person who needs
care and seeks to build community by recognizing and developing each person's
capabilities
Assistive or Adaptive Devices - ANSWER-Equipment to assist in ADL's
Chain of command - ANSWER-Describes the line of authority and helps to make sure
that residents get proper health care
Scope of practice - ANSWER-Tasks that health-care providers are allowed to do and
how to do them correctly
Medicare - ANSWER-A federal health insurance program established in 1965 for people
aged 65 or older, also covers people of any age with permanent kidney failure or certain
disabilities
Medicaid - ANSWER-Medical assistance program for low-income people as well as for
people with disabilities.
Care plan - ANSWER-Developed to achieve the goals of care
Policy - ANSWER-A course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation
occurs
Procedure - ANSWER-A method, or way, of doing something
Professionalism - ANSWER-Behaving properly when on the job
Compassionate - ANSWER-Being caring, concerning, empathetic, and understanding
Empathy - ANSWER-Identifying with feelings of others
Sympathy - ANSWER-Sharing in the feelings and difficulties of others
Tactful - ANSWER-Showing sensitivity and having a sense of what is appropriate when
dealing with others
Conscientious - ANSWER-Trying to do your best, guided by a sense of right and wrong.
Ethics - ANSWER-Knowledge of right and wrong
Laws - ANSWER-Rules set by the government to help people live peacefully together
and to ensure order and safety
, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act - ANSWER-Requires that the Nurse Aid Training
and Competency Evaluation Program set minimum standards for nursing assistant
training
Residents' Rights - ANSWER-An ethical code of conduct for healthcare workers, relates
to how residents must be treated while living in a facility
Informed consent - ANSWER-Process in which a person, with the help of a doctor,
makes informed decisions about his or her health care.
Abuse - ANSWER-Purposeful mistreatment that causes physical, mental, or emotional
pain or injury to someone
Neglect - ANSWER-Failure to provide needed care that results in physical, mental, or
emotional harm to a person
Physical abuse - ANSWER-Any treatment, intentional or not, that causes harm to a
person's body. Includes slapping, bruising, cutting, burning, physically restraining,
pushing, shoving, or even rough handling.
Psychological abuse - ANSWER-Emotional harm caused by threatening, caring,
humiliating, intimidating, isolating, or insulting a person, or treating him or her as a child,
includes verbal abuse
Sexual abuse - ANSWER-Forcing of a person to perform or participate in sexual acts
against his or her will. Includes unwanted touching and exposing oneself to a person
and sharing of pornographic material
Financial abuse - ANSWER-The improper or illegal use of a person's money,
possessions, property, or other assets
Assault - ANSWER-A threat to harm a person, resulting in the person feeling fearful that
he or she will be harmed
Battery - ANSWER-The intentional touching of a person without his or her consent.
Domestic violence - ANSWER-Abuse by spouses, intimate partners, or family members
False imprisonment - ANSWER-Unlawful restraint that affects a person's freedom of
movement
Involuntary seclusion - ANSWER-The separation of person from others against the
person's will
