Health Care Settings
Care that takes place in a person's home
Home Health Care
For people who have a low income
Medicaid
The NA has this characteristic that helps them identify with the feelings of others
Empathy
Health Professional who diagnoses and treats disease or injury
Physician/MD/DO
Long term or long lasting illness
Chronic
24-hour skilled care in hospital or ambulatory centers
Acute care
Will only pay for care it determines to be medically necessary
Medicare
Daily personal tasks the NA helps patients perform
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
A licensed health care professional who assesses patients, creates care plans, coordinates care, monitors progress and gives treatments and medications, operates independently under their own license
Registered Nurse
The state of being legally responsible for something
liability
Care given in facilities or homes for people who have approximately 6 months or less to live.
Hospice care
Must qualify for the program
Medicaid
An NA should admit when they make a mistake and apologize, this is called being...
accountable
A licensed health care professional who works with people who need help adapting to disabilities and performing ADLs
Occupational Therapist (OT)
the assignment of tasks to another person
Delegation
Care given by specialists to help restore or improve function after illness or injury
Rehabilitation
Fo people 65 years of age or older
Medicare
The NA is required to report suspected or observed abuse this is called a...
Mandated reporter
Assesses a patients nutritional status, develops a dietary care plan
Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist
A course of action to be followed every time a certain situation occurs, within a facility
Policy
Care in hospital or care facilities for people who need less care than for an acute illness but a higher level of care than long term care facility could offer. Often called a SNF
Subacute care
This part of Medicare covers medications
Medicare Part D
The NA provides person-centered care to address the physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being. This concept is called...
Holistic care
An unlicensed healthcare worker that gives medications to patients. Requires additional state training
Medication aide
the use of proper standards of conduct at work
Professionalism