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Certified Nursing Assistant Exam 2024/2025 (100% guaranteed pass)
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Certified Nursing Assistant ExamAcute illness - ANSa sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
Chronic illness - ANSan on-going illness, slow or gradual in onset; it has no known cure; it can
be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment
Health team - ANSthe many health care workers whose skills and knowledge focus on the
person's total care
Licensed practical nurse (LPN) - ANSa nurse who has completed a one year nursing program
and has passed a licensing test
Nursing assistant - ANSa person who has passed a nursing assistant training and competency
evaluation program; performs delegated nursing tasks under the supervision of a licensed nurse
Nursing team - ANSthose who provide nursing care- RNs, LPNs, and nursing assistants
Terminal illness - ANSan illness or injury from which the person will not likely recover
DON - ANSdirector of nursing
LPN - ANSlicensed practical nurse
RN - ANSRegistered Nurse
Nurse Team Hierarchy (from most control to least) - ANSDON....nursing
supervisors/managers...charge nurse....staff RNs...LPNs....nursing assistants
The governing body of a hospital - ANSboard of directors (or board of trustees)
Medicare - ANSfederal health insurance program for persons 65 years of age or older
Medicaid - ANShealth care payment program sponsored by federal government
Involuntary seclusion - ANSseparating a person from others against his or her will, keeping the
person to a certain area or keeping the person away from his or her room without consent
ombudsman - ANSsomeone who supports or promotes the needs and interests of another
person (for resident/patient)
,Representative - ANSa person who has the legal right to act on the patient's or resident's behalf
when he or she cannot do so for himself or herself
OBRA - ANSOmnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (federal)
Rights of patients and residents - ANSthe right to information
to refuse treatment
to personal privacy
to make their own choices
to voice concerns, questions, and complaints about treatment/care
to work or perform services if he/she wants to do so
to form and take part in resident groups
to keep and use personal items
to be free from verbal, sexual, physical, and mental abuse
to not have body movements restricted
to quality of life
abuse - ANSthe willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment
that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish; depriving the person (or the person's
caregiver) of the goods or services needed to attain or maintain well-being
assault - ANSintentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person's body without the
person's consent
battery - ANStouching a person's body without his or her consent
boundary crossing - ANSa brief act or behavior outside of the helpful zone
boundary violation - ANSan act or behavior that meets your needs, not the person's
civil law - ANSlaws concerned with relationships between people
defamation - ANSinjuring a person's name or reputation by making false statements to a third
person
delegate - ANSto authorize another person to perform a nursing task in a certain situation
elder abuse - ANSany knowing, intentional, or negligent act by a caregiver or any other person
to an older adult; the act causes harm or serious risk of harm
ethics - ANSknowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct
false imprisonment - ANSunlawful restraint or restriction of a person's freedom of movement
, fraud - ANSsaying or doing something to trick, fool, or deceive a person
invasion of privacy - ANSviolating a person's right not to have his or her name, photo, or private
affairs exposed or made public without giving consent
job description - ANSa document that describes what the agency expects you to do
malpractice - ANSnegligence by a professional person
negligence - ANSan unintentional wrong in which a person did not act in a reasonable and
careful manner and a person or the person's property was harmed
nursing task - ANSnursing care or a nursing function, procedure, activity, or work that can be
delegated to nursing assistants when it does not require an RNs professional knowledge or
judgement
professional sexual misconduct - ANSan act, behavior, or comment that is sexual in nature
protected health information - ANSidentifying information and information about the person's
health care that is maintained or sent in any form (paper, electronic, oral)
self-neglect - ANSa person's behaviors and way of living that threaten his or her health, safety,
and well-being
slander - ANSmaking false statements orally
vulnerable adult - ANSa person 18 years old or older who has a disability or condition that
makes him or her at risk to be wounded, attacked, or damaged
confidentiality - ANStrusting others with personal and private information
preceptor - ANSa staff member who guides another staff member
professionalism - ANSfollowing laws, being ethical, having good work ethics, and having the
skills to do your work
length of meal time and other breaks - ANSthirty minutes (usually) for meals; fifteen minutes for
other breaks
communication - ANSthe exchange of information - a message sent is received and correctly
interpreted by the intended person
end-of-shift report - ANSa report that the nurse gives at the end of the shift to the on-coming
shift; change-of-shift report
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