Home Health Aide Competency Test T/F – Answers

Home Health Aide Competency Test T/F – Answers

An aide may Reinforce a dressing True
An aide may apply a hot pack False
An aide may give an enema False
An aide may administer medication False
An aide may change sterile dressing False
An aide may assist with change of a colostomy bag True
An aide may give rectal suppository False
An aide may give tubal feeding False
An aide may give insulin False
An aide may cut nails False
In the home, it's important to be a good listener. True
Always tell the patient what you are going to do before
True
starting a procedure.
You only communicate through words False
If you do not chart a task that you do for a patient, legally,
True
it was not done.
If the patient has a new area of skin breakdown, and the
nurse is coming in two days, you do not need to report False
the skin breakdown to your supervisor.
A rapid pulse and shortness of breath in a patient usually
indicates the patient is excited and does not need to be False
reported to the nurse.
Always report a pulse rate if the beats per min are under
True
60 or over 100.
The temperature of an unconscious patient should be
False
taken orally since they are not moving about.
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