Care Team All-Stars
This care team member diagnoses disease and prescribes treatment.
Who is the physician (MD)?
A healthcare setting for people expected to die in six months or less.
What is hospice care?
Brushing teeth is an example of this kind of task.
What is an ADL?
A method or way of doing something.
What is a procedure?
ADL stands for this.
What are Activities of Daily Living?
These licensed professionals can assign jobs to nursing assistants.
Who are nurses (RN/LPN/LVN)?
Care given in long-term care facilities for people needing 24-hour skilled care.
What is long-term care?
ADLs include bathing, dressing, and this body function category.
What is elimination?
A course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation occurs.
What is a policy?
NA stands for this job title.
What is Nursing Assistant?
The care team revolves around this person’s condition, treatment, and progress.
Who is the resident?
Most conditions seen in long-term care facilities are usually this type.
What are chronic conditions?
Special equipment that helps ill/disabled people perform ADLs.
What are assistive devices?
Needs related to emotions, intellect, spirituality, and social interaction.
What are psychosocial needs?
SNF stands for this type of facility.
What is Skilled Nursing Facility?
Identifying with the feelings of others is called this.
What is empathy?
A disease or condition that will eventually cause death.
What is terminal illness?
This is a great way for an NA to promote independence
What is allowing the resident to do it themselves?
Needs related to the processes that keep living things alive.
What are physiological needs?
LPN (or LVN) stands for this.
What is Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse?
The range of tasks healthcare providers can legally do is called this.
What is scope of practice?
Medicare pays only for care it determines to be this.
What is medically necessary care?
Daily personal tasks such as bathing, walking, transferring, and eating are called this.
What are Activities of Daily Living?
A plan developed for each resident to achieve goals, outlining tasks the care team performs.
What is a care plan?
DON stands for this leadership role.
What is Director of Nursing?