Hartmans Nursing Assistant Care Chapter 7 Questions and Answers 100 Correct
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Hartman's Nursing Assistant Care - Chapter 7 Questions and Answers 100% Correct
long-term care (LTC)
skilled care
length of stay
chronic
diagnoses
home health care
assisted living
adult day services
acute care
subacute care
outpatient care
rehabilitation
activities of daily living
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Hartman's Nursing Assistant Care - Chapter 7
Questions and Answers 100% Correct
1). Long-term care (ltc)
Ans: care given in long-term care facilities for people who need 24-hour, skilled care.
2). Skilled care
Ans: medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist.
3). Length of stay
Ans: the number of days a person stays in a healthcare facility.
4). Chronic
Ans: long-term or long-lasting.
5). Diagnoses
Ans: physicians' determinations of an illness.
6). Home health care
Ans: care that is provided in a person's home.
7). Assisted living
Ans: residences for people who do not need skilled, 24-hour care, but do require some
help with daily care.
8). 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.
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, 9). Acute care
Ans: 24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries; generally given in
hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers.
10). 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 chronic illness.
11). Outpatient care
Ans: care is given for less than 24 hours for people who have had treatment or
surgery and need short-term skilled care.
12). Rehabilitation
Ans: care that is given by specialists to help restore or improve function after an
illness or injury.
13). Activities of daily living
Ans: daily personal care tasks such as bathing; caring for skin, nails, hair, and teeth;
dressing; toileting; eating and drinking; walking, and transferring.
14). 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; core values include
choice, dignity, respect, self-determination, and purposeful living.
15). Person-directed care
Ans: a type of care that places the emphasis on the person needing care and his or
her individuality and capabilities.
16). Medicare
Ans: a federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older, are disabled,
or are ill and cannot work.
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, 17). Medicaid
Ans: a medical assistance program for people with low incomes, as well as for people
with disabilities.
18). Charting
Ans: documenting important information and observations about residents
19). Assistive devices
Ans: special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled to perform activities
of daily living; also called adaptive devices.
20). Chain of command
Ans: the line of authority within a facility.
21). Liability
Ans: a legal term that means someone can be held responsible for harming someone
else.
22). Scope of practice
Ans: defines the tasks that healthcare providers are legally allowed to do and how to
do them correctly.
23). 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.
24). Policy
Ans: a course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation occurs
25). Professional
Ans: having to do with work or a job
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, 26). Procedure
Ans: a method, or way, of doing something.
27). Personal
Ans: relating to life outside one's job, such as family, friends, and home life.
28). Professionalism
Ans: how a person behaves when he is on the job; it includes how a person dresses,
the words he uses, and the things he talks about.
29). Ethics
Ans: the knowledge of right and wrong.
30). Laws
Ans: rules set by the government to help people live peacefully together and to ensure
order and safety.
31). Omnibus budget reconciliation act (obra)
Ans: a law passed by the federal government that includes minimum standards for
nursing assistant training, staffing requirements, resident assessment instructions, and
information on rights for residents.
32). Cite
Ans: in a long-term care facility, to find a problem through a survey.
33). Residents' rights
Ans: numerous rights identified in the OBRA law that relate to how residents must be
treated while living in a facility; they provide an ethical code of conduct for healthcare
workers.
34). Informed consent
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