Hartman's Nursing assistant Care The Basics Chapter 1 Updated Exam!!

Long-term care - Given in long term care facilities for persons who need 24-hour skilled care Skilled care - Medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist Length of stay - Number of days a person stays in a care facility Terminal illness - An illness that will eventually cause death Chronic condition - A condition lasting a long period of time, even a lifetime Diagnoses - Medical conditions determined by a doctor Home health care - Provided in a person's home Assisted living - Residences for people who need some help with daily care Adult day services - people who need some help and supervision during certain hours Acute care - 24 hour skilled care given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers. Subacute care - Care given in a hospital or in a long-term care facility Outpatient care - Usually given for less than 24 hoursRehabilitation - Care given by specialists to help restore or improve function after an illness or injury. Hospice care - Given in facilities or homes for people who have about six months or less to live ADL's - Activities of Daily Living Culture change - 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 - 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 - Equipment to assist in ADL's Chain of command - Describes the line of authority and helps to make sure that residents get proper health care Scope of practice - Tasks that health-care providers are allowed to do and how to do them correctly Medicare - 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 - Medical assistance program for low-income people as well as for people with disabilities. Care plan - Developed to achieve the goals of care Policy - A course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation occursProcedure - A method, or way, of doing something Professionalism - Behaving properly when on the job Compassionate - Being caring, concerning, empathetic, and understanding Empathy - Identifying with feelings of others Sympathy - Sharing in the feelings and difficulties of others Tactful - Showing sensitivity and having a sense of what is appropriate when dealing with others Conscientious - Trying to do your best, guided by a sense of right and wrong. Ethics - Knowledge of right and wrong Laws - Rules set by the government to help people live peacefully together and to ensure order and safety Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act - Requires that the Nurse Aid Training and Competency Evaluation Program set minimum standards for nursing assistant training Residents' Rights - An ethical code of conduct for healthcare workers, relates to how residents must be treated while living in a facility Informed consent - Process in which a person, with the help of a doctor, makes informed decisions about his or her health care.Abuse - Purposeful mistreatment that causes physical, mental, or emotional pain or injury to someone Neglect - Failure to provide needed care that results in physical, mental, or emotional harm to a person Physical abuse - 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.