CNA DEFINITIONS
PREPARATION
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025-2026
Activities of daily living ADL's - ANS-personal daily care tasks, including bathing,
dressing, mouth care, hair care, toileting, and eating and drinking.
acute care - ANS-24 hour skilled care for temporary illnesses of injuries; generally
given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers.
adaptive devices/assistive devices - ANS-special equipment that helps a person who is
ill of disabled perform ADL's also called assistive devices.
adult daycare - ANS-care given to adults at a facility during daytime work hours.
assisted living - ANS-a setting for people who require some help with daily care, but
who need less care than a long-term care facility offers.
care team - ANS-the group of people with different kinds of education and experience
who provide resident care.
chain of command - ANS-the order of authority within a facility.
, charge nurse (nurse-in-charge) - ANS-a nurse responsible for a team of healthcare
workers.
chronic - ANS-the term for an illness of condition that is long-term of long-lasting.
site - ANS-to find a problem through a survey.
conscientious - ANS-guided by a sense of right and wrong; principled.
continuity of care - ANS-coordination of care for a resident over time, during which the
care team is always exchanging information about the resident and working toward
shared goals.
delegation - ANS-transferring authority to a person for a specific task.
dementia - ANS-the loss of mental abilities, such as thinking, remembering, reasoning
and communicating.
diagnosis - ANS-the identification of a disease by its signs and symptoms and from the
results of different tests.
functional nursing - ANS-method of care assigning specific tasks to each team member.
holistic - ANS-care that involves the whole person; this includes his of her physical,
social, emotional, and spiritual needs.
home health care - ANS-care that take place in a person's home.
hospice care - ANS-care for people who have six months of less to live.
inter-generational care - ANS-mixing children and the elderly in the same care setting.
PREPARATION
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025-2026
Activities of daily living ADL's - ANS-personal daily care tasks, including bathing,
dressing, mouth care, hair care, toileting, and eating and drinking.
acute care - ANS-24 hour skilled care for temporary illnesses of injuries; generally
given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers.
adaptive devices/assistive devices - ANS-special equipment that helps a person who is
ill of disabled perform ADL's also called assistive devices.
adult daycare - ANS-care given to adults at a facility during daytime work hours.
assisted living - ANS-a setting for people who require some help with daily care, but
who need less care than a long-term care facility offers.
care team - ANS-the group of people with different kinds of education and experience
who provide resident care.
chain of command - ANS-the order of authority within a facility.
, charge nurse (nurse-in-charge) - ANS-a nurse responsible for a team of healthcare
workers.
chronic - ANS-the term for an illness of condition that is long-term of long-lasting.
site - ANS-to find a problem through a survey.
conscientious - ANS-guided by a sense of right and wrong; principled.
continuity of care - ANS-coordination of care for a resident over time, during which the
care team is always exchanging information about the resident and working toward
shared goals.
delegation - ANS-transferring authority to a person for a specific task.
dementia - ANS-the loss of mental abilities, such as thinking, remembering, reasoning
and communicating.
diagnosis - ANS-the identification of a disease by its signs and symptoms and from the
results of different tests.
functional nursing - ANS-method of care assigning specific tasks to each team member.
holistic - ANS-care that involves the whole person; this includes his of her physical,
social, emotional, and spiritual needs.
home health care - ANS-care that take place in a person's home.
hospice care - ANS-care for people who have six months of less to live.
inter-generational care - ANS-mixing children and the elderly in the same care setting.
