CNA CHAPTER 1 VOCAB EXAM QUESTIONS

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CNA CHAPTER 1 VOCAB EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: policy

Answer:

a course of action to be followed

Question 2: first impression

Answer:

a way of classifying or categorizing people at the first meeting

Question 3: sandwich generation

Answer:

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

Question 4: liability

Answer:

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

Question 5: acute care

Answer:

24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries; generally given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers

Question 6: subacute care

Answer:

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

Question 7: licensed practical nurse (LPN) or licensed vocational nurse (LVN)

Answer:

licensed nurse who has completed one to two years of education; LPN/LVN administers medications, gives treatments, and may supervise daily care of residents

Question 8: nursing assistant (NA/CNA)

Answer:

person who performs assigned nursing tasks and gives personal care

Question 9: trustworthy

Answer:

deserving the trust of others

Question 10: empathetic

Answer:

identifying with and understanding another's feelings

Question 11: hospice care

Answer:

care for people who have approximately six months or less to live; care is available until the person dies

Question 12: assisted living

Answer:

a residence for people who require some help with daily care, but who need less care than a long-term care facility offers

Question 13: team nursing

Answer:

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

Question 14: chain of command

Answer:

the order of authority within a facility

Question 15: functional nursing

Answer:

method of care assigning specific tasks to each team member

Question 16: activities of daily living (ADLs)

Answer:

personal daily care tasks including bathing, skin, nail, and hair care, walking, eating and drinking, mouth care, dressing, transferring, and toileting

Question 17: skilled care

Answer:

medically-necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist

Question 18: rehabilitation

Answer:

a program of care given by a specialist or a team of specialists to restore or improve function after an illness or injury

Question 19: holistic

Answer:

care that involves the whole person; this includes his or her physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs

Question 20: primary nursing

Answer:

a method of care in which the registered nurse gives much of the daily care to residents

Question 21: cite

Answer:

in a long-term care facility, to find a problem through a survey

Question 22: long-term care

Answer:

24-hour care provided for people with ongoing conditions who are generally unable to manage their ADLs

Question 23: team leader

Answer:

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

Question 24: courteous

Answer:

polite, kind, considerate

Question 25: pet therapy

Answer:

the practice of bringing pets into a facility or home to provide stimulation and companionship

Question 26: conscientious

Answer:

guided by a sense of right and wrong; principled

Question 27: dementia

Answer:

the loss of mental abilities, such as thinking, remembering, reasoning, and communicating

Question 28: diagnosis

Answer:

the identification of a disease by its signs and symptoms and from the results of different tests