CNA: Chapter 1 Questions and Answers
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another name for a long term care facility ✔✔extended care facility
assisted livinf facilites are initially for ✔✔people who need some help with daily care
what is
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CNA: Chapter 1 Questions and Answers
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another name for a long term care facility ✔✔extended care facility
assisted livinf facilites are initially for ✔✔people who need some help with daily care
what is adult day services ✔✔this type of care is for people who need some help an supervision
during certain hours
what is care given by specialist to restore or improve funtion after illness or injuy
✔✔rehabilitation
what care given to people who have about 6 months or less of life ✔✔hospice care
people who live in long term care facilities are usually called ✔✔residents
most conditions in long term care are chronic this means ✔✔condition last a long time
waht two groups of people qualify for medicare ✔✔elderly of over 65 an people with kidney
failure or certain disability's
what are the four parts of medicare ✔✔part a; pay for care in hospital of facility part b; doctor
services part c private company provide benifits part d medication
how is medicaid eligibility determined ✔✔by income or special circumstances
what is chain of command ✔✔the line of authority in a facility
liability is a legal term that means what ✔✔someone can be held responsible for harming
someone else
why should a NA not do tasks that are not assigned ✔✔put him/ her self or someone else in
danger
one task of ombudsman ✔✔investigate an resolve residents complaints
what is the purpose of HIPPA ✔✔to protect an secure the privacy of health information
what is included under PHI (protected health info) ✔✔patients SS #
what is a residents medical cahrt ✔✔legal record of residents medical care
when should care be documented ✔✔immediate after care is given
how soon after a resident is admitted does an MDS need to be completed ✔✔14 days an
reviewed every 3 month if no changes in between
an incident is ✔✔an accident or unexpected even in the course of care
incidents should be reported to ✔✔charge nurse
documentation of incidents helps protect who ✔✔residents, employer, an individual staff
members
information in an incident report is ✔✔confidential
incident reports should be ✔✔factual
changes in residents should be reported to ✔✔the nurse
what is a policy ✔✔course of action to be followed
culture change means ✔✔basing care on each individuals needs
person-directed care means ✔✔staff should recognize each persons capability
long term care facilities may offer ✔✔assisted living, subacute care or specialized care
activities director is ✔✔helps residents socialize an stay active
MSW (medical social worker) is ✔✔helps residents get support services such as conceling
O.T. (occupational therapist) ✔✔helps residents learn to adapt to disabilities by training
residents to perform adl's an other activities
P.T. (physical therapist) ✔✔administer therapy in the form of heat, cold, message, ultrasound,
electrical stimulation, an exercise to muscles bones am joints
MD (physician or doctor) ✔✔diagnosis disease or disabilities an prescribes treatment
RDT (registered dietitian) ✔✔creates diets for resident with special needs
SLP (speech language pathologist) ✔✔teaches exercise to help the resident improve or over
come speech problems
compassionate means ✔✔being caring, concerned, considerate, empathetic, an understanding
conscientious means ✔✔being guided by a sense of right an wrong an having principles
dependable means ✔✔getting to work on time an doing assigned tasks skillfully
patient means ✔✔not rushing residents
honest means ✔✔being truthfull
respectful means ✔✔valuing other peoples individuality an treating others polity an kindly
empathetic means ✔✔identifying with the feelings of others
sympathetic means ✔✔sharing in the feelings an difficulties of others
tactful means ✔✔showing sensitivity an having a sense of what is appropriate when dealing with
others
tolerant means ✔✔putting aside personal opinions an not judging others
unprejudiced mean ✔✔treating everyone equally
passive neglect means ✔✔the unintentional failure to provide needed care resulting in physical
emotional or mental harm
active neglect means ✔✔purposeful failure to give needed care resulting in harm to a person
abuse means ✔✔purposeful mistreatment that causes physical, mental, or emotional pain or
injury to someone
assault means ✔✔a threat to harm someone resulting in someone becoming fearful
malpractice means ✔✔injury caused by proffessional misconduct through negligence
carelessness or lack of skill
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