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Long Term Care Centers ✔✔Designed for persons who cannot care for themselves: Medical,
nursing, dietary, recreational, rehabilitative, and social services are provid
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CNA study guide latest 2023 with
verified solutions
Long Term Care Centers ✔✔Designed for persons who cannot care for themselves: Medical,
nursing, dietary, recreational, rehabilitative, and social services are provided
Residents ✔✔Persons in long-term care centers; Center is their permanent or temporary home;
Most residents are older and have chronic diseases, poor nurtrition, or poor health; Some
residents are disabled from birth defects, accidents, or diseases;
Alert, oriented residents ✔✔Resident knows who & where they are, the year, and time of day.
They have physical problems. Disability level affects the amount of care required. Some require
complete care, others need help with daily activities
Confused & disoriented residents ✔✔Resident is mildly to severely confused & disoriented.
Some simply have trouble remembering where the dining room is, the month, or year. Others are
more confused & disoriented--they do not know who or where they are. Sometimes the problem
is short term. For others it is permanent and becomes worse
Complete care residents ✔✔Residents who are disabled, confused, and disoriented. They cannot
meet their own needs or tell you what they need. They need to be kept clean, safe, and
comfortable
Short-term residents/Respite Care ✔✔Residents who need to recover from surgery, fractures, or
illnesses and regain strength & mobility to return to their former living situations. Home caregiver is given a rest.
Life-long Residents ✔✔Residents with birth defects & childhood injuries & diseases can cause
disabilities such as mental retardation & Down syndrome. Person has limited function in at least
3 ares: self-care, understanding, or expressing language, learning, mobility, self-direction,
independent living, & financial support. Person needs lifelong assistance, support and special
services.
Developmental Disability ✔✔A disability occurring before 22 years of age; May be a physical
impairment, intellectual impairment, or both
Mentally ill residents ✔✔Residents with problems coping or adjusting to stress affecting
behavioral and function.
Terminally ill residents ✔✔Residents who are going to die from terminal illness (cancer, AIDS,
liver/heart/kidney/respiratory disease.
Nursing Team ✔✔RN's, LPN's (LVN's), & Nursing Assistant's
Nursing Process ✔✔1) Assessment - Collects information. 2) Nursing Diagnosis - Describes
health problems. 3) Planning - Setting priorities and goals. 4)
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