Home Health Aide Final Exam Questions with Answers

Role of each healthcare team member - Home Health Aide (HHA) - Case Manager or Supervisor - Registered Nurse (RN) - Medical Social Worker (MSW) Role of The Home Health Aide • Bathing • Dressing • Grooming • Toileting • Assisting with ROM • Vitals sign • Feeding • Using medical supplies and equipment • Changing sample dressing • Teaching home management Laws and Regulations OF HHA • Scope of Practice • Federal regulations that apply to HHA -complete 75 hours of training or must pass competency evaluation - training in specific areas as well as certification through standardized test -at least 12 hours of in service training every year -comply with Occupational safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rules about bloodborne pathogens, Standard precautions, and tuberculosis Chain of command • The line of authority and helps ensure that the client receives proper care • Liability -Policy and procedure Policy-course of action that should be taken every time in certain situation Procedure-particular method or way of doing something Professional relationship with a client: - Examples maintaining a positive attitude, being cleanly and neatly dressed, arriving on time, finishing assignment, keep all client's information confidential, and speaking politely and cheerfully to the client .Professional relationship with an employer: Examples consistently following procedures and policies, documenting and reporting, taking direction and criticism, being on time, following chain of command, and being a positive role model Organizing care assignments: • Work efficiently • Make list of tasks and in order you will do them • Work quickly • Include client in planning • Avoid running late with completing task Personal grooming habits Good employees have the following personal grooming habits:: • Bathing or showering daily • Brushing teeth • Keep hair clean and neatly brushed • Dressing neatly in clothes that are washed and ironed • Avoid tightly, baggy, torn, or stained clothes • Fingernails short and clean • Cover visible tattoos and no extra piercing, except for the ear lobe Qualities of home health aide: • Compassionate • Empathetic • Empathy • Sympathy • Conscientious • Dependable • Respectful • Unprejudiced • Tolerant Employer's responsibility of HHA • Provide written job description • Provide competency testing and skills evaluation • Provide appropriate preparation for each assignment • Provide supervision • Provide adequate equipment and supplies