CNA training Chapter 1-6 (Test 1) Study Guide 2023 /2024

CNA training Chapter 1-6 (Test 1) Study Guide 2023 /2024 activities of daily living (ADLs) - personal daily care tasks, including bathing, skin, nail, and hair care, walking, eating and drinking, mouth care, dressing, transferring, and toileting acute care - 24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries; generally given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers adult day services - care for people who need some assistance or supervision during certain hours, but who do not live in the facility where care is given assisted living - residences for people who do not need skilled, 24-hour care, but do require help with daily care care team - the group of people with different kinds of education and experience who provide resident care chain of command - the order of authority within the facility charge nurse - a nurse responsible for a team of healthcare workers chronic - long lasting or long term cite - in a long term care facility, to find a problem through a survey delegation - transferring responsibility to a person for a specific task dementia - the serious loss of mental abilities, such as thinking and remebering functional nursing - method of care that involves assigning specific tasks to each team member holistic - care that involves the whole person; this includes his physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs home health care - care that takes place in the home hospice care - care for people who have approximately six months or less to live; care is available until the person dies Joint Commission - a not-for-profit organization that evaluates and accredits different types of healthcare facilities