NAC- QUIZ Chapters 1, 2, 4

Most health care organizations are governed by a board of trustees.

A long-tern care facility may become a person’s permanent home.

Medicare is a type of insurance funded by the state.

Medicaid helps people with low incomes pay for health care.

Providing holistic care means recognizing that each person is unique and special.

The word __________ is used to describe a person who is being cared for in a hospital.

A person who is being cared for in his or her own home is called the __________.

__________ provides care for people who are dying and their families.

__________ patients are children and adolescents.

People with mental health disorders are called __________ patients.

In functional nursing, each member of the nursing team carries out the same assigned task for all patients or residents.

Health care workers are legally and ethically responsible for respecting the right of patients and residents.

Violations of civil law with the intent to do harm are called intentional torts.

Confidentiality only applies to written information.

Assault is the touching of a person without his or her consent.

The ________ process is used to create the nursing care plan.

________ is to authorize another person to perform a task on your behalf.

In ________ nursing, one nurse is assigned for several patients or residents and is responsible for planning and carrying out all aspects of care for those people.

________ are moral principles or standards that govern conduct.

________ is a cherished belief or principle.

Objective data are information that you get secondhand.

Communicating is not just about telling someone something.

Verbal communication tends to be more direct.

The receiver is the person with the information to share.

Subjective data are called symptoms.

Ask “yes or no” questions when all you need is ________ information.

________ is discord resulting from differences between people.

________ data are called signs.

________ is the spoken exchange of information between health care team members.

The ________ ________ ________ is a computer information system that stores and saves a person’s medical information.