Chapter 1 terms

Question 1

Accountable

Answer 1

Answerable for ones actions

Question 2

Activities Of Daily Living (ADLs)

Answer 2

Daily personal Care Tasks; bathing, caring for skin, eating and drinking, dressing, walking, etc.

Question 3

Acute Care

Answer 3

24-hour skilled care, Located at the hospital

Question 4

Adult Day Services

Answer 4

Care for people who need assistance during certain hours

Question 5

Allergies

Answer 5

A condition when the immune response is triggered to an allergen.

Question 6

Symptoms of Allergies

Answer 6

Sneezing, Difficulty breathing, and skin issues.

Question 7

Animal - Assisted Therapy (AAT)

Answer 7

Bringing pets into a facility to provide stimulation

Question 8

Assisted Living

Answer 8

They don’t need 24-hour service but still require daily care

Question 9

Assistance Devices

Answer 9

Equipment that helps an ill or disabled person perform activities

Question 10

Care Team

Answer 10

People with different education levels and experiences that provide care

Question 11

Chain of Command

Answer 11

The order of authority within a facility

Question 12

Charge Nurse

Answer 12

A nurse responsible for a team of healthcare workers

Question 13

Chronic

Answer 13

Long-term or long-lasting

Question 14

Cite

Answer 14

Find a problem through a survey

Question 15

Conscientious/Ethics

Answer 15

Sense of right or wrong; principled

Question 16

Continuity of care

Answer 16

Coordination of a resident’s care over time

Question 17

Courteous

Answer 17

Polite, kind, and considerate

Question 18

Delegation

Answer 18

Transferring responsibility to a person for specific tasks

Question 19

Dementia

Answer 19

Loss of mental abilities, such as thinking, remembering, reasoning, and communicating.

Question 20

Diagnosis

Answer 20

Identification of disease or condition by the signs and symptoms.

Question 21

Empathetic

Answer 21

Able to identify with and understand the feelings of others

Question 22

First Impression

Answer 22

The first meeting of someone and classifying them

Question 23

Functional Nursing

Answer 23

Method of nursing care that is assigning tasks to each team member

Question 24

Holistic Care

Answer 24

Care of the patience as a whole body

Question 25

Home Health Care

Answer 25

Provided in someone's home

Question 26

Hospice Care

Answer 26

Roughly six months or less to live, and care until they die.

Question 27

Intergenerational Care

Answer 27

Caring for children and the elderly in the same setting

Question 28

Joint Commission

Answer 28

Non-profit organization that and evaluates facilities

Question 29

Length of Stay

Answer 29

The number of days a person stays in a healthcare facility

Question 30

Liability

Answer 30

A legal term that means a person can be held responsible for harming someone else

Question 31

LPN, LVN

Answer 31

A licensed nurse who provides care and gives treatments.

Question 32

Long-Term Care

Answer 32

24-hour care in long-term facilities

Question 33

Medicaid

Answer 33

For people with low incomes, and disabilities

Question 34

Medicare

Answer 34

65 years or older, or permanent kidney failure

Question 35

Nursing Assistant

Answer 35

A person who performs assigned nursing tasks and gives personal care

Question 36

Outpatient care

Answer 36

The care given to people who have had treatments, procedures, or surgeries, is short-term care.

Question 37

Person-centered care

Answer 37

An emphasis on the person needing care and his or her individuality and capabilities

Question 38

Policy

Answer 38

A course of action to be followed every time a certain situation occurs

Question 39

Primary nursing

Answer 39

A method of care where registered nurses provide a lot of daily care.

Question 40

Procedure

Answer 40

A method or way of doing something

Question 41

Registered Nursing (RN)

Answer 41

Assesses residents, creates care plans, monitors progress, etc.

Question 42

Professionalism

Answer 42

The use of proper standards of behavior at work and in work-related settings

Question 43

Rehabilitation

Answer 43

Care is given to restore functions after illness or injury

Question 44

Resident

Answer 44

A person living in a long-term care facility

Question 45

Sandwich Generation

Answer 45

People responsible for the care of both their children and aging relatives

Question 46

Skilled Care

Answer 46

Medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist

Question 47

Subacute Care

Answer 47

The care given in hospitals or long-term care needs less care than for an acute condition.

Question 48

Team Leader

Answer 48

A nurse in charge of a group of residents for one shift of duty

Question 49

Team Nursing

Answer 49

Method of nursing in which a nurse acts as a leader of a group of people giving care

Question 50

Trustworthy

Answer 50

Deserving the trust of others