Which healthcare setting is for people who will die in six months or less.
What is: Hospice
100
Which member of the health care team diagnoses disease and prescribes treatment?
What is: Physician (will accept doctor or MD)
100
What are the three steps of the communication process, in order? (
What is:
Sender sends the message
Receiver receives the message
Receiver provides feedback
100
The elderly are at a higher risk of infection because...
(which answer did I specifically tell you to remember)
What is: they may have limited mobility
100
Restraints can be applied only with a
___________________ _______________________.
What is: Doctor's Order
200
Where is long term care offered?
What is: In skilled nursing facilities
200
Why is reporting a resident's changes and problems to the supervisor is a very important role of the nursing assistant?
What is: Because the care plan must be updated as the resident's condition changes.
200
Writing is a form of ________________________communication?
What is: verbal
200
With whom should a NA use Standard Precautions?
What is: with every resident in her care
200
When should a nursing assistant identify a resident?
What is: Before helping with feeding, before doing any type of care.
300
The abbreviation HMO means:
What is: Health maintenance organization
300
Which of the following tasks is outside the scope of practice for a nurse aide:
What is:
a) inserting tubes into a resident's body
b) giving a resident a bath
c) assisting a resident with their meal
d) transferring a resident from the bed to their chair
300
Which of the following statements is a "fact"?
What is:
a) Mrs. Silva needs more friends.
b) Mrs. Silva looks so happy when her daughter visits.
c) Mrs. Silva needed help getting to the bathroom today.
d) Mrs. Silva is too thin.
300
Under Standard Precautions, the term "body fluids" includes everything except ____________________.
What is: sweat
300
RACE is an acronym for a safety rule and means:
What is: Rescue or Remove residents, Alarm or call 911, Contain, Extinguish
400
A _______________________is a method or way of doing something.
What is: procedure
400
Define the term "empathy"
What is: being able to enter into the feelings of others, putting yourself in someone else's shoes.
400
Why is it important for an NA to consider a resident's cultural background when communicating with him?
What is: Because cultural background helps determine how people communicate and can help the NA communicate better with the resident.
400
If a nurse aide wears gloves, the ________________link in the chain of infection is broken.
What is: The Mode of Transmission
400
Another name for insulin reaction is:
What is: Hypoglycemia
500
Regular inspections performed in facilities to make sure they are following state and federal regulations are called:
What is: Surveys
500
What are the five steps of the nursing process in the correct order?
What is:
Assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation