Complete Test Bank Fundamental Concepts and Skills
for the Patient Care Technician 1st Edition Townsend
Questions & Answers
Affordable Care Act - ANSWER The landmark health reform legislation passed by
the 111th Congress and generally referred to as Obamacare.
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - ANSWER Someone who helps patients with
healthcare needs under the direction of a nurse.
Health - ANSWER -A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being.
-To be without illness or to be free from disease.
Healthcare System - ANSWER A network of agencies, facilities, and providers
involved with healthcare in a specified geographic area.
Health Disparity - ANSWER A greater difference that has been discovered between
one group compared with another group, meaning that one group is suffering more
than another group.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - ANSWER Enacted in
1996 as a way to protect everyone's privacy.
Health Promotion - ANSWER Strategies that aim at keeping a person healthy from
the beginning.
Holistic Healthcare - ANSWER A system of comprehensive or total patient care that
considers the physical, emotional, social, economic, and spiritual needs of a person.
Injury Prevention - ANSWER Strategies that focus on the prevention of injuries in
the first place.
Nurse - ANSWER A licensed person trained to care for the sick.
Ombudsman - ANSWER Someone who is appointed to represent a person to
ensure that the rights of the person are being maintained.
Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA '90) - ANSWER Standards for long-
term care facilities and nursing homes or assisted living facilities to ensure that
residents would be able to achieve their highest level of well-being possible.
Patient - ANSWER A person who is receiving medical treatment.
Physician - ANSWER A person who provides and practices medicine.
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