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Which is not a sign of elder abuse?
A. Stiff joints and joint pain
B. Old bruises and new bruises
C. Poor personal hygiene
D. Frequent injuries correct answers A. Stiff joints and joint paint
You suspect a person was abused, what should you do?
A. Tell the family
B. Call a state agency
C. Tell the nurse
D. Ask the person if he/she was abused correct answers C. Tell the nurse
When recording information, you should do the following except
A. Use ink
B. Include date and time
C. Erase if you make an error
D. Sign all entries with your name and title correct answers C. Erase if you make an error
Which of the following statements about recording is false?
A. Use the person's exact words whenever possible
B. Record only what you have observed and done yourself
C. Do no skip lines
D. To save time, chart a procedure before it is completed correct answers D. To save time,
chart a procedure before it is completed
Which of the following statements about a person's records is false?
A. The record is used to communicate information about the person
B. The record is a written account of the person's illness and response to treatment
C. The record is a written account of the care given by the health team
D. Anyone working in the facility is allowed to read the person's record correct answers D.
Anyone working in the facility is allowed to read the person's record
A resident's care plan provides the nurse aide with information about
A. The financial arrangements made for the resident's care
B.Specific care required for the resident and the goals of care
C. Facility procedures for performing different nursing care procedures
D. The nurse aide's assignments and when care is provided to each resident correct answers
B. Specific care required for the resident and the goals of care
A resident who was admitted today is sitting in a chair in his room. He asks for help to go to
the bathroom. The nurse aide knows the resident's care plan has not been completed. To help
the resident the nurse aide should
A. Ask the resident to use a walker while assisting the resident to the bathroom
B. Get another nurse aide's help to walk the resident to the bathroom
C. Position a commode chair next to the chair the resident is sitting in
,D. Ask the charge nurse for instructions on what assistance the resident needs correct answers
D. Ask the charge nurse for instructions on what assistance the resident needs
Which member of the health care team counsels residents and their families and arranges for
needed services?
A. Dietician
B. Social Worker
C. Physical Therapist
D. Activities Director correct answers B. Social Worker
The nursing home is having a Christmas party. A resident who is Jewish is not interested in
going to the party. The nurse aide shoud
A. Remind the resident how much the resident enjoys parties
B. Encourage the resident to go since so many other residents are attending
C. Respect the resident's decision and ask what the resident would like to do
D. Ask if the resident participated in any activities for the Jewish Hanukah holiday correct
answers C. Respect the resident's decision and ask what the resident would like to do
A charge nurse asks a nurse aide to perform a task that is not part of the nurse aide's scope of
practice. What should the nurse aide do?
A. Consider if the task can be performed another way
B. Provide the care and perform the task as best as possible
C. Contact the ombudsman's office since resident's rights may be violated
D. Refuse to perform the task and explain it is not within the nurse aide's role correct answers
D. Refuse to perform the task and explain it is not within the nurse aide's role
The nurse aide receives resident assignments from the charge nurse at the beginning of the
shift. When planning priorities it will be most important for the nurse aide to
A. Decide break times with other nurse aides
B. Review assignments with others to check if residents are divided evenly
C. Check all assigned residents to see if anyone has immediate needs
D. Check what the activity department has scheduled for residents during the shift correct
answers C. Check all assigned residents to see if anyone has immediate needs
A nurse aide hears another staff member yelling and cursing at a resident. This is an example
of
A. Resident neglect
B. Resident abuse
C. Nurse aide carelessness
D. Nurse aide non-compliance correct answers B. Resident abuse
Failure to give proper care resulting in physical or emotional harm to the resident is
______________. Ex: Upon arriving for your shift, you find a resident lying in a soiled bed
with fecal matter dried on his skin:
A. Slander
B. Battery
C. Code of ethics
D. Negligence correct answers D. Negligence
,While caring for Mrs. Jones the nursing assistant discovers that she became less combative
when provided with a washcloth. The best way to communicate this with other staff is to:
A. Report your findings to the nurse before you leave
B. Keep the information to yourself
C. Remember to report it at next week's care conference
D. Post a note in the shower room correct answers A. Report your findings to the nurse
before you leave
The nursing assistant sees a medical abbreviation she is unfamiliar with on the work
assignment. What should she do?
A. Check with co-workers to see what it may mean
B. Check with the charge nurse to see what it means
C. Ask the housekeeper what she thinks
D. Ask the resident leading questions to figure it out correct answers B. Check with the
charge nurse to see what it means
If the patient speaks of different dialect or language, how does the nurse aide respond?
A, Do sign language or use visual aids like photographs
B. Get an interpreter
C. Try to learnt he language
D. Nod often to give the message that he or she is understood correct answers B. Get an
interpreter
An open-ended question requires ____________ answer. An open-ended question encourages
a person to talk
A. A simple "yes" or "no"
B. A negative
C. More than a simple "yes" or "no"
D. A written correct answers C. More than a simple "yes" or "no"
When speaking with residents and their families, a nursing assistant should
A. Use medical terms so that they will understand more easily
B. Use simple, non-medical terms
C. Use a different language
D. Talk over their heads to other staff members correct answers B. Use simple, non-medical
terms
A client gives the nurse aide a twenty dollar bill as a thank you for all that the nurse aide has
done. The nurse aide SHOULD:
A. Take the money so as not to offend the client
B. Politely refuse the money
C. Take the money and buy something for the unit
D. Ask the nurse in charge what to do correct answers B. Politely refuse the money
The nurse aide notices that a client's mail has been delivered to the client's room. The nurse
aide SHOULD
A. Open the mail and leave it on the client's table
B. Open the mail and read it to the client
C. Read the mail to make sure it doesn't contain upsetting news
, D. Give the client the unopened mail and offer help as needed correct answers D. Give the
client the unopened mail and offer help as needed
If a client is sitting in a chair in his room masturbating, the nurse aide SHOULD:
A. Report the incident to the other nurse aides
B. Tell the client to stop
C. Laugh and tell the client to go in the bathroom
D. Leave the client alone and provide privacy correct answers D. Leave the client alone and
provide privacy
The nurse aide is in the employee dining room. A group of nurse aides are eating lunch
together and begin discussing how rude a certain client was acting. The nurse aide SHOULD:
A. Join the conversation
B. Suggest that this is not the place to discuss the client
C. Be quiet and not say anything to the other nurse aides
D. Return to the unit and tell the client what was said correct answers B. Suggest that this is
not the place to discuss the client
A person in your care says he doesn't understand the medical procedure he is supposed to
have tomorrow. You should:
A. Tell him not to worry about it
B. Tell him it will be painless
C. Tell your supervising nurse about his concerns
D. Tell your supervising nurse that he is afraid of the procedure correct answers C. Tell your
supervising nurse about his concers
Physiological needs are:
A. Beds, tables, and chairs
B. Independence, dignity, and self-esteem
C. Oxygen, food, water, elimination, and rest
D. Blankets, ice cream, and television correct answers C. Oxygen, food, water, elimination,
and rest
Which of the following basic needs is most essential?
A. Self actualization
B. Self esteem
C. Love and belonging
D. Safety and security correct answers D. Safety and security
Which statement is true about the effects of aging?
A. The aging process can be revered with good health care
B. Bladder incontinence is normal part of aging
C. Joints tend to be less flexible as a person ages
D. Sensitivity to pain increases with age correct answers C. Joints tend to be less flexible as a
person ages
Besides hearing, the ear is involved with
A. Regulating body movements
B. Balance
C. Smoothness of body movements