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NA: FIC Unit 1
Nursing Assistant: A Foundation in Caregiving, Unit 1
Question | Answer |
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accountable | answerable for one's actions |
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 care centers. |
adaptive devices | special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform ADLs; also called assistive devices |
adult daycare | care given to adults at a facility during daytime hours |
assisted living | a residence for people who require some help with daily care, but who need less care than a long-term care facility offers |
assistive devices | special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform ADLs; also called adaptive devices |
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 a facility |
charge nurse (nurse-in-charge) | a nurse responsible for a team of healthcare workers |
chronic | the term for an illness or condition that is long-term or long-lasting |
cite | in a long-term facility, to find a problem through a survey |
conscientious | guided by a sense of right and wrong; principled |
continuity of care | coordination of care for a resident over time, during which the care team is always exchanging information about the resident and working toward shared goals |
courteous | polite, kind, considerate |
delegation | transferring authority to a person for a specific task |
dementia | the loss of mental abilities, such as thinking, remembering,reasoning, and communicating |
diagnosis | the identification of a disease by its signs and symptoms and from the results of different tests |
empathetic | identifying with and understanding another's feelings |
first impression | a way of classifying or categorizing people at the first meeting |
functional nursing | method of care assigning specific tasks to each team member |
holistic | care that involves the whole person; this includes his or her physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs |
home health care | care that takes place in a person's home |
hospice care | care for people who have approximately six months or less to live; care is available until the person dies |
inter-generational care | mixing children and the elderly in the same care setting |
Joint Commission | a not-for-profit organization that evaluates and accredits different types of healthcare facilities |
length of stay | the number of days a person stays in a facility |
liability | a legal term that means a person can be held responsible for harming someone else |
licensed practical nurse (LPN) or licensed vocational nurse (LVN) | licensed nurse who has completed one to two years of education; LPN/LVN administers medications, gives treatments, and may supervise daily care of residents |
long-term care | 24-hour care provided for people with ongoing conditions who are generally unable to manage their ADLs |
nursing assistant (NA/CNA) | a person who performs assigned nursing tasks and gives personal care |
outpatient care | care usually given for less that 24 hours to people who have had treatments, procedures, or surgery |
pet therapy | the practice of bringing pets into a facility or home to provide stimulation and companionship |
policy | a course of action to be followed |
primary nursing | a method of care in which the registered nurse gives much of the daily care to residents |
procedure | a method, or way, of doing something |
professionalism | the act of behaving properly for a certain job |
registered nurse (RN) | a licensed nurse who has completed two to four years of education;RNs assess residents, create the care plan, monitor progress, provide skilled nursing care, give treatments, and supervise care given by nursing assistants and others from the care team |
rehabilitation | a program of care given by a specialist or a team of specialists to restore or improve function after an illness or injury |
resident | a person living in a long-term care facility |
resident-focused care | method of care in which the resident is the primary focus; residents and their families actively participate in care and their choices are honored by caregivers whenever possible |
sandwich generation | people responsible for the care of both their children and aging relatives |
skilled care | medically-necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist |
subacute care | care for an illness or condition given to people who need less care than for an acute (sudden onset, short-term) illness or injury but more than for a chronic (long-term) illness |
team leader | a nurse in charge of a group of residents for one shift of duty |
team nursing | method of care in which a nurse acts as a leader of a group of people giving care |
trustworthy | deserving of the trust of others |
Medicare Type D | Covers medications used in treatments |
CMS | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
Medicaid | Federal $ administered through the state; any age IF income qualifies |
Medicare | Federal $, Federal Regulation; 65+ years old or Disabled |
Medicare Type A | Covers Hospital Stay, nursing homes, home health care & hospice |
Medicare Type B | Covers Dr.'s office, outpatient, equipment |
Medicare Type C | Covers Private company allowed to provide Medicare services |