Ch's 1-3
What determines if a person qualifies for Medicaid?
What is the name of the document that transfers decision-making power from the patient to another person?
Durable power of attorney
Give an example of an open-ended question
Any question that doesn't require a yes or no response
Which method of payment is most commonly used for Assisted Living patients?
Private pay
What does PAR mean?
Post-anesthesia recovery
What is the purpose of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act?
To improve the quality of care given to residents in long-term care.
During your shift you accidentally forget to tell a patient that the coffee is very hot. The patient takes a sip and severely scalds their lip and the inside of their mouth. This is considered:
Assault
Battery
Unintentional tort
Intentional tort
Unintentional tort
A dr calls the facility you're working at, you answer, and the dr wants to prescribe a new pain patch for a resident. What should you do?
Transfer the call to the nurse. A CNA can't take a dr's order or place them on hold
A wife has been providing all the care for her husband at home for the past 2 years. She is having a hard time letting the CNAs do everything. What can the CNAs do to help her adjust to the change?
Allow her to help, listen to her advice and input, treat the wife with patience and give quality care to the husband
What does NWB mean?
Non-weight bearing
In the course of a shift, one nurse is administering all the clients' medications while another nurse is conducting all of the necessary assessments. What does this best represent?
a- Team nursing
b- Primary nursing
c- Functional nursing
Functional nursing
You are working a night shift and you have a patient with dementia that won't stop wandering the building. You help them into bed and tuck their blankets tightly around them making it difficult to get out of bed. This is considered:
a- False imprisonment
b- Negligence
c-Malpractice
False imprisonment
Which step of the nursing process involves checking the effectiveness of the care plan?a- Implementation
b- Assessment
c- Planning
d- Evaluation
Evaluation
A resident has been very friendly with you, but has started flirting more and more. They are making comments that make you feel uncomfortable. What should you do?
Set boundaries with the resident. Let them know it makes you feel uncomfortable. If their behavior doesn't change you will have to report it to your supervisor.
What does RLQ mean?
Right lower quadrant
Who does OSHA protect?
The health-care worker
A family is filing a lawsuit against a facility for negligence. They threaten to include all health team members. Which member of the healthcare team cannot be included in the lawsuit?
a- RN
b- Nursing assistant
c- Pharmacist
Nursing assistant; they are not a licensed employee
What are some things a CNA should not do if documenting in writing?
Use white-out fluid, erase something, scribble through something
Name some activities of daily living that you may have to assist a patient with (not IADLs).
Bathing, grooming, shaving, dressing, brushing teeth, denture care, toileting, feeding
All of the following are parts of a word except:
a- Root
b- Stem
c- Prefix
d- Suffix
Stem
Where would find information about a patient's weight?
a- MDS
b- Kardex
c- Nurse's notes
MDS
You are in a patient room providing care when the spouse comes in and starts talking about some legal issues the couple are facing. What should you do?
Provide privacy as soon as you are able
What are some precautions you need to take with Electronic Health Records?
Don't give anyone your password, don't leave a patient's chart open when you are not around, log out when you leave the station
Name some IADLs
Cooking, shopping, housekeeping, managing finances
Define:
-megaly
hepa-
-ology
large or enlargement
liver
study of