Nursing Assistant and the Care Team
Which type of care required by a resident confined to bed may be done by the nursing assistant?
A. Changing a sterile dressing
B. Helping to use a bedpan
What is - B. Helping to use a bedpan
A resident has not been informed about how much a medical procedure will cost and what her options are. What Resident Right has been violated?
What is - The right to be fully informed about rights and services
This type of question that encourages the resident to communicate
What is - open-ended
improper or illegal use of a resident's money, possessions, or property
What is Financial Abuse
instructs medical personnel not to perform CPR
What is a DNR
Which of the following would make a positive first impression on your first day of a new job?
A. Long, clean nails
B. Hair neatly tied back away from face
What is - B. Hair neatly tied back away from face
number of in-service education hours OBRA requires every year for NA.
What is 12
Which of the following is the appropriate way to chart on paper?
A. Neatly write the resident's pulse and respiration in pencil
B. Record the resident's blood pressure in black ink
What is - B. Record the resident's blood pressure in black ink
harming a person physically, mentally, or emotionally by failing to provided needed care
What is Neglect
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
What is an Advance Directive
Care team members that may assign tasks to nursing assistants.
What is - RN, PT, and OT
A nursing assistant sees another nursing assistant handle a resident roughly during a transfer. What is the NA's legal responsibility?
What is - report the abuse immediately to the nurse
A good guideline to follow when communicating with a resident who is hearing impaired is?
A. The NA should sit or stand facing the resident and make sure there is proper lighting in the room.
B. The NA should speak loudly to make sure she is understood
What is - A. The NA should sit or stand facing the resident and make sure there is proper lighting in the room
required of a NA if he suspects abuse
What is report to the charge nurse immediately
to give adults information about their rights related to advance directives
What is Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)
On the first day of his new job, a nursing assistant is asked to insert a resident's feeding tube. Which would be his best response.
A. The NA should ask another NA to show him how
B. The NA should explain that this is beyond his scope of practice
What is - B. The NA should explain that this is beyond his scope of practice
Which of the following would be reported in a nursing assistant's record in her states nursing registry?
A. An investigation showed that abuse occurred while she worked with the resident's.
B. She missed a mandatory in-service about abuse and neglect
A. An investigation showed that abuse occurred while she worked with the resident's.
The NA is behind schedule and concerned she will not complete all tasked assigned to her, which includes measuring each resident's vital signs. Which of the following is the best choice she can make?
A. The NA should ask the resident's who are able to do so to take their own vital signs and report them to her.
B. The NA should notify the nurse and explain her concerns.
What is - B. The NA should notify the nurse and explain her concerns.
telling a resident her grandchildren are noisy and should stay home when her daughter visits
What is Right to Visitors
order that instructs medical professionals not to perform CPR
What is DNR
Which of the following describes the line of authority
A. Liability
B. Chain of Command
B. Chain of Command
A resident refuses a bath. Which of the following is the best response by the NA?
A. The NA should insist the resident take a bath, telling her it will make her feel better.
B. The NA should respect the resident's refusal and report to the nurse.
What is - B. The NA should respect the resident's refusal and report to the nurse.
A good guideline for the NA to follow when helping a visually impaired resident?
A. The NA should use the face of an imaginary clock to explain the position of objects
B. The NA should speak more loudly than normal
What is -A. The NA should use the face of an imaginary clock to explain the position of objects
people legally required to report suspected or observed abuse or neglect because they have regular contat with vulnerable population
What is Mandated Reporter
physician's order fo life sustaining treatment
What is POLST