Alia Healthcare STNA Midterm Flashcards

Medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist.

Lasts a long period of time, even a lifetime.

<p>A disease or condition that will eventually cause death.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Care that takes place in a person's home.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A residence for people who require some help with daily care.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Services for people who need some help and supervision during certain hours.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Care for an illness or condition given to people who need less care than for an acute illness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Care given for less than 24 hours.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Treatment that requires a person to stay overnight at a facility.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Care given to restore or improve function after an illness or injury.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Holistic, compassionate care given to dying people.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Transforming services for elders based on their values and practices.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Type of care that emphasizes the individual’s needs and capabilities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Personal daily care tasks including bathing, eating, and toileting.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A federal program of health insurance for persons 65 years or older or with certain disabilities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A federal and state assistance program for healthcare services for those who cannot afford them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Writing down important information and observations about residents.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Provides treatment to prevent disability or restore function.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Helps residents learn to adapt to disabilities and perform daily activities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Assesses and treats persons with speech, language, and swallowing disorders.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Helps residents get support services such as counseling.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The line of authority that moves from top to lowest level.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Defines the tasks healthcare providers are legally permitted to perform.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A written plan for each resident created by a nurse.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Identification with and understanding of another's situation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sharing in the feelings and difficulties of others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Law that includes minimum standards for nursing assistant training.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Intentionally causing physical harm to another person.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Emotional harm caused through threats or intimidation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The use of words that threaten, embarrass, or insult a person.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Forcing a person to participate in sexual acts against their will.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Stealing or improperly using another person's assets.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A threat to harm a person, causing fear.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The intentional touching of a person without consent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any act of violence involving family members.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Unlawful restraint or restriction of a person's freedom.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The separation of a person from others against their will.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Verbal, physical, or sexual abuse of staff by others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Overindulgence in or dependence on addictive substances.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Failing to care for someone properly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The purposeful failure to provide needed care, resulting in harm.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The unintentional failure to provide needed care, resulting in harm.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Failure to take proper care in doing something.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Injury due to professional misconduct through negligence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A legal advocate for residents in long-term care facilities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any information that can be linked to an individual’s health status.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A detailed form for assessing residents in long-term care facilities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Accident or unexpected event during the course of care.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Based on what a person sees, hears, touches, or smells.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Something a person cannot or did not observe.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Inability to control the bladder or bowels.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A broken bone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>105 degrees.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Occupational Safety and Health Administration.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Immediate, temporary care given to an ill or injured person.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Actions taken to revive a person by maintaining heart and lung function.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Blue-tinged skin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Quick inward and upward pulls into the diaphragm to clear an obstruction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Condition where organs and tissues do not receive adequate blood supply.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Heart attack caused by inadequate oxygen to heart muscle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Difficulty breathing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fainting.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hypoglycemia; can result from too much insulin or too little food.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Condition from having too little insulin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Stroke.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A warning sign of a CVA resulting from temporary lack of oxygen in the brain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Vomiting.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Living things so small they can only be seen under a microscope.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Harmful or disease-causing microorganisms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Infection limited to a specific location in the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An infection throughout the entire body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An infection acquired in a healthcare setting.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Describes how disease is transmitted from one being to another.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Transmission of a communicable disease through physical contact.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Transmission of disease through contact with contaminated objects.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The lining of various body cavities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Measures used to reduce and prevent the spread of pathogens.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Techniques used to destroy all pathogenic organisms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mucus coughed up.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Antibacterial agent that kills bacteria or suppresses their growth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Protective equipment that blocks exposure to pathogens.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gown, mask, goggles, gloves.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gloves, goggles, gown, mask.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process of destroying all microbes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process of destroying pathogens.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or toxin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An infection caused by bacteria resistant to many antibiotics.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Infectious bacterial disease commonly affecting the lungs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Caring for the whole person, including the mind and body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Care focused on comfort and dignity rather than curing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The organ system that forms a protective covering on the outside of the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Widen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Narrow.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The system of bones and skeletal muscles that supports the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When the muscle wastes away and decreases in size.</p> Signup and view all the answers