Home Health Aide Practice TEST Questions
and Answers(A+ Solution guide)
Which of the following is most appropriate practice to promote good skin
care in the elderly: - Answers -✔✔ Keep the skin clean and well
moisturized
If dentures are not worn when sleeping, where should you store them? -
Answers -✔✔ Place in a clean container in clean water
Why is it important that a patient have good mouth care? - Answers -✔✔
Bacteria in the mouth can cause tooth decay and mouth infections
An elderly male patient occasionally wets his trousers. What should the
home health aide do? - Answers -✔✔ Encourage him to go to the bathroom
at least every two hours.
If a patient is to have a fluid intake record kept, the right time to record the
patient's fluid is: - Answers -✔✔ When the patient has drank the fluid
Patient on low salt diets on usually allowed to have which of these foods? -
Answers -✔✔ Rasins
Patients sometimes express religious beliefs with which the home health
aide does not agree. In dealing with these situations, which of these
understanding should the aide use as a guide? - Answers -✔✔ Patients
have a right to their own beliefs, which should be respected?
Which of these statement describes good body mechanics? - Answers -✔✔
Bend the knees when lifting an object off the floor.
When caring for a patient who is on bed rest, what should the aide do to
prevent bedsores? - Answers -✔✔ Use only sheets that are 100% cotton
on the patient's bed.
Physical therapy has started range of motion exercise. Which of these
statements about eyxcersice is true? - Answers -✔✔ It is important to
, support the body parts above and below the joints when they are moved
during eyxcersice.
True or False
Soy sauce is good to spice up a low salt diet. - Answers -✔✔ False
True or False
A regular diet is a well balanced diet with no restrictions. - Answers -✔✔
True
True or False
Bread and potatoes are a good source of proteins. - Answers -✔✔ False
While giving a bath on a shower chair, the patient suddenly gasps and
becomes unresponsive. The home health aide should: - Answers -✔✔
Lower the patient to the floor, call for the family to call 911, determine if
CPR is needed and initiate it if indicated.
For which of these emergencies is a knowledge of a pressure points
essential? - Answers -✔✔ Bleeding
The telephone numbers of all of the following are important to a patient.
Which number must the home health aide have next to the telephone? -
Answers -✔✔ The emergency medical squad
True or False
Every patient is the same and has the same needs and wants. - Answers -
✔✔ False
True or False
It is all right to use any item in the home without asking as long as it is for
the patients personal care. - Answers -✔✔ False
True or False
You may use the telephone in the patient's home without asking
permission. - Answers -✔✔ False
and Answers(A+ Solution guide)
Which of the following is most appropriate practice to promote good skin
care in the elderly: - Answers -✔✔ Keep the skin clean and well
moisturized
If dentures are not worn when sleeping, where should you store them? -
Answers -✔✔ Place in a clean container in clean water
Why is it important that a patient have good mouth care? - Answers -✔✔
Bacteria in the mouth can cause tooth decay and mouth infections
An elderly male patient occasionally wets his trousers. What should the
home health aide do? - Answers -✔✔ Encourage him to go to the bathroom
at least every two hours.
If a patient is to have a fluid intake record kept, the right time to record the
patient's fluid is: - Answers -✔✔ When the patient has drank the fluid
Patient on low salt diets on usually allowed to have which of these foods? -
Answers -✔✔ Rasins
Patients sometimes express religious beliefs with which the home health
aide does not agree. In dealing with these situations, which of these
understanding should the aide use as a guide? - Answers -✔✔ Patients
have a right to their own beliefs, which should be respected?
Which of these statement describes good body mechanics? - Answers -✔✔
Bend the knees when lifting an object off the floor.
When caring for a patient who is on bed rest, what should the aide do to
prevent bedsores? - Answers -✔✔ Use only sheets that are 100% cotton
on the patient's bed.
Physical therapy has started range of motion exercise. Which of these
statements about eyxcersice is true? - Answers -✔✔ It is important to
, support the body parts above and below the joints when they are moved
during eyxcersice.
True or False
Soy sauce is good to spice up a low salt diet. - Answers -✔✔ False
True or False
A regular diet is a well balanced diet with no restrictions. - Answers -✔✔
True
True or False
Bread and potatoes are a good source of proteins. - Answers -✔✔ False
While giving a bath on a shower chair, the patient suddenly gasps and
becomes unresponsive. The home health aide should: - Answers -✔✔
Lower the patient to the floor, call for the family to call 911, determine if
CPR is needed and initiate it if indicated.
For which of these emergencies is a knowledge of a pressure points
essential? - Answers -✔✔ Bleeding
The telephone numbers of all of the following are important to a patient.
Which number must the home health aide have next to the telephone? -
Answers -✔✔ The emergency medical squad
True or False
Every patient is the same and has the same needs and wants. - Answers -
✔✔ False
True or False
It is all right to use any item in the home without asking as long as it is for
the patients personal care. - Answers -✔✔ False
True or False
You may use the telephone in the patient's home without asking
permission. - Answers -✔✔ False
