FINAL EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
Larry is a care recipient at a healthcare organization. He has told
several care recipients he has cancer. Another care recipient
comes to the office to learn more about Larry's situation.
Regarding Larry's personal information, staff:
1. must tell Larry not to discuss his condition with anyone but the
physician
2. may not discuss Larry's situation without his permission
3. must explain to Larry about keeping his medical information
confidential
4. can talk about Larry's situation to other care recipients Correct
Answer 2. may not discuss Larry's situation without his
permission
Which of the following statements about care recipient needs is
most accurate?
1. Most care recipients need to adjust to placement in a
healthcare organization and to adapt to the routines and patterns
of the healthcare organization
2. The care recipient's needs are identified through a review of
the care recipient's physical, mental, and emotional history
,3. The healthcare organization must seek to collaborate
information provided by the care recipient, since people tend to
overlook their own shortcomings
4. Factors to be considered in identifying care recipient needs
include former occupation, leisure activities, and cultural factors
Correct Answer 2. The care recipient's needs are identified
through a review of the care recipient's physical, mental, and
emotional history
Hospice care is usually provided to those care recipients
determined to be terminally ill and who have approximately how
long to live?
1. 1 month '
2. 3 months
3. 6 months
4. 12 months Correct Answer 3. 6 months
An individual that a person can designate to make complex
healthcare decisions on their behalf is known as a:
1. personal representative
2. proxy decision maker
3. surrogate decision maker
4. legal representative Correct Answer 4. legal representative
,Alternatives to an advance directive include a:
1. living will, Healthcare Power of Attorney, and Do Not
Resuscitate (DNR) order
2. Durable Power of Attorney, last will and testament, and living
trust
3. right of survivorship, Do Not resuscitate (DNR) order, and
appointment of executor
4. living trust, living will, and medical order for life-sustaining
treatment Correct Answer 1. living will, Healthcare Power of
Attorney, and Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order
A symptom of dehydration is:
1. difficulty walking
2. diarrhea
3. vomiting
4. poor skin turgor Correct Answer 4. poor skin turgor
One goal of effective dementia care is to:
1. protect care recipients from all safety hazards regardless of
abilities and needs
2. treat all care recipients the same to avoid favoritism and
prevent staff from getting too close to care recipients
3. provide personalized care based on knowledge of care
recipients abilities and needs
, 4. ensure that all decisions are made by a care recipient's family
members Correct Answer 3. provide personalized care based
on knowledge of care recipients abilities and needs
An administrator decides to have care recipients participate in
menu planning and grocery shopping. This policy would:
1. free staff members for other duties
2. violate sanitation regulations
3. reduce dietary costs
4. help care recipients to maintain a sense of involvement and of
being needed Correct Answer 4. help care recipients to
maintain a sense of involvement and of being needed
ROM is an abbreviation for:
1. range of motion
2. rehabilitative outcome measurement
3. rehabilitative outcome management
4. range of measurement Correct Answer 1. range of motion
What word is defined as an acquired, persistent impairment of
intellectual function with compromise in at least three spheres of
mental activity?
1. Alzheimer's
2. Delirium