CNA: Chapter 3: The Nursing Assistant questions and answers well illustrated.

CNA: Chapter 3: The Nursing Assistant questions and answers well illustrated. C. - correct answers.Until the 1980s, nursing assistants A. Attended nursing assistant classes approved by the state B. Were not used to provide basic nursing care C. Received on the job training from nurses D. Only worked in hospitals C. - correct answers.Efforts to reduce health care costs include A. Nursing shortages B. Changes made by OBRA of 1987 C. Hospital closings and mergers D. Changes in the nurse practice acts B. - correct answers.When staff members are given training to perf orm basic skills that are provided by other health team members, it is called A. Staff mixing B. Cross training C. Managed care D. Scope of practice D. - correct answers.An example of cross -training would be A. A nursing assistant is delegated to give bas ic care to a patient B. Blood is drawn by a medical technician sent from the labroratory C. An RN gives medications to a group of patients D. A member of the nursing team draws blood when the order is given C. - correct answers.Nurse Practice Acts A. Only affect RNS and LPNs/ LVNs B. Teach classes for nurses and nursing assistants C. Define RNs, LPN/LVNs and sometimes also regulate nursing assistants D. Are exactly the same in every state B. - correct answers._______decides what nursing assistants can do A. Joint Commission of Hospital Accreditation B. The nurse practice act C. The state medical society D. The hospital board of directors B. - correct answers.If you do something beyond the legal limits of your role, you could be A. Protected by the nurse who supervises your work B. Practicing nursing without a license C. Protected by the nurse who supervises your work work D. Accused of a criminal act D. - correct answers.Nursing assistants can have their certification, license, or registration denied, revoked, or suspended for A. Violating the privacy of a patient or resident B. Failing to maintain the confidentiality of patient or resident information C. Abusing a patient or resident D. All of the above B. 75 - correct answers .OBRA requires that the nursing assistant training and competency evaluation program have atleast _____ hours of instruction A. 16 B. 75 C. 120 D. 200 D. - correct answers.Which of these areas of study is not included in a training program for nursing ass istants? A. Communication B. Elimination procedures C. Resident rights D. Phlebotomy A. - correct answers.The competency evaluation for nursing assistants has two parts. They are a A. Written test and a skill test B. Multiple -choice test and a true -false test C. Skills test and a complete bed bath demonstration D. Written test and an oral question - and- answer test B. - correct answers.If you fail the competency evaluation the first time it is taken, you A. May ret est a second time B. Can retest two or more times for a total of three times C. Must repeat as often as necessary, free of charge D. Can retest as often as necessary, free of charge C. - correct answers.All of the following information is contained in the nursing assistant registry except A. Information about findings of abuse or neglect and of dishonest use of property B. Date of birth C. Number of dependents D. Date the company test was passed