Hartman's Nursing Assistant
Care Chapter's 1-3 Exam 100%
Pass
Activities of daily living - ANS-Daily personal care tasks such as bathing caring for
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skin nails hair and teeth dressing toileting eating and drinking walking and
transferring
Culture change - ANS-A term given to the process of transforming services For
elders so that they are based on the values and practices of the person receiving
care
Person directed care - ANS-A type of care that place is the emphasis on the
person needing care and his or her individuality and compatibility
Medicare - ANS-A federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or
older are disabled who are ill and cannot work
Medicaid - ANS-A medical assistance program for people with low incomes as well
as for people with disabilities
Charting - ANS-Documenting important information and observations about
residents
Assistive devices - ANS-Special equipment that helps a person who is ill or
disabled to perform activities of daily living also called adaptive devices
Chain of command - ANS-The line of authority within the facility
liability - ANS-A logical term that means someone could be held responsible for
harming someone else
Scope of practice - ANS-defines the tasks that healthcare providers are legally
permitted to perform as allowed by state or federal law
Care plan - ANS-A plan developed for each resident to achieve certain goals; it
outlines the steps and tasks that the care team must perform.
Policy - ANS-A course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation
occurs
Long-term care - ANS-Caregiving and long-term facilities for people need 24-hour
skilled care.
Skilled care - ANS-Medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist
length of stay - ANS-The number of days a person stays in a healthcare facility
Terminal illness - ANS-A disease or condition that will eventually cause death
Chronic - ANS-Long term or long lasting
diagnosis - ANS-Positions determination of an illness
Home health care - ANS-Caravan is provided in a persons home
Assisted living - ANS-Residences for people who do not need skilled 24 hour care
but do you require some help with daily care
Adult day services - ANS-care for people who need some help during certain
hours, but who do not live in the facility where care is given
Acute care - ANS-24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries; generally
given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers
subacute care - ANS-care given in a hospital or in a long-term care facility for
people who need less care than for an acute illness, but more care than for a
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