Role of the Health Care Aide
Daily tasks like eating, dressing, bathing, and mobility are called this.
What are Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)?
Protecting client information and not sharing it is called this.
What is confidentiality?
The person who oversees the HCA and supports safe task completion.
Who is the supervisor?
The technique used to reduce or prevent infection.
What is asepsis?
A key skill for HCAs that involves listening, observing, and sharing accurate information.
What is effective communication?
HCA must follow this to provide safe, ethical, and legal care.
What is competent practice?
This Alberta Act allows someone to appoint a representative for personal decisions.
What is the Personal Directives Act?
Team members working together, sharing knowledge, and respecting each other is called this.
What is collaboration?
Observing and reporting changes in a client’s condition is part of this.
What is monitoring or reporting?
This principle means giving clear instructions and checking understanding with the client or team.
What is feedback?
HCAs observe and report changes to this person.
Who is the supervisor or nurse?
Consent given after full disclosure of information is called this.
What is informed consent?
A disagreement between team members due to personality differences is called this.
What is a personality conflict?
Reducing symptoms and improving quality of life for clients with serious illness is called this.
What is palliative care?
The way an individual looks at the world based on family, culture, religion, and experience.
What is frame of reference?
Providing care that addresses emotional, social, spiritual, and physical needs is called this.
What is holistic care?
This law ensures workplace safety, including hazard assessments.
What is the Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Act?
HCAs contribute to care where all members, including the client, have input; this is called this.
What is collaborative care?
A client’s ability to recover positively from illness or change is called this.
What is resilience?
Using nonverbal cues like posture, gestures, and facial expressions to communicate is called this.
What is body language?
The limits of what HCAs can legally do are defined by this.
What is the HCA scope of practice?
HCAs must answer for their professional, ethical, and legal actions; this is called this.
What is accountability?
The ability to adapt, problem-solve, and provide input within the team is called this.
What is critical thinking in a team?
A health condition requiring ongoing care over a long period is called this.
What is a chronic condition?
A method to pass on structured information between healthcare team members (e.g., Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation).
What is SBAR?