NACC-PSW Questions and Answers
1.Which heart chamber receives freshly oxygenated blood from the lungs?
Right Atrium
Left Atrium
Right Ventricle
Left ventricle
2.What does the abbreviation NPO mean?
Whenever necessary
No people allowed
Nothing by mouth
Not permitted
3.The rhythmic, muscular movement that pushes the food through the stomach and intestines is called
1. Vomiting
2. Swallowing
3. Penstalses
4. None of above
4.A colostomy is located in the
duodenum
Rectum
lleum
Colon
5.Who is at greatest risk of burns from local heat applications?
a young girl
A fair-skinned teenager
A 40 year-old man
A frail elderly person
,6. A seoaration of bone at the joint refers to
Strain
Sprain
Dislocation
Fracture
7.Clients who do not perform deep-breathing and coughing exercises risk developing
Orthopnea
Atelectasis
Dyspnea
Hypoventilation
8.Aproximately how many muscles form the human body?
200
350
580
650
9.A chronic inflammatory disease in which th airways become sensitive to allergens,and often take the formof
'Attacks"is called?
Asthma
Pneumonia
Chronic bronchitis
Emphysema
10.COPD is an abbreviation for In the lungs, oxygen and carbon
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Chronic occlusive parietal disease
Chronic ocular pressure disease
Chronic obstructive prickly disease
11.The eye and ear are part for which body system?
Endocrine system
Cardiovascular system
Nervous sysem
,Digestive system
12. A complication of vomiting is
Myocardial infarction
Liquid retention
Duodenal ulcer
Aspiration
13.The common early signs of parkinson's Disease are
Painful limp
Tremors and a mask like facial expression
Soft, monotonous speec h and a mask like facial expression
Depression and withdrawal
14.CVAis also known as a
Stroke
Heart attack
Pneumonia
Diabetes
15. Multiple Sclerosis is a persistent,slowly progressive disease in which the body's immune system attacks
Myelin sheath
Spinal cord
Never cells of the brain
All of the above
16. What does dysuria mean?
glucose in the blood
Difficulty speaking
Pain or difficulty urinating
Voiding at night
17.Change in bowel or hladder hahlts,a sore that doesn't heal,unusual bleeding or discharge,thickening or lump
in the breast or or ing ,obvious change in a wart or mole, or a
naggingcough or hoarseness are all warning signs of:
Cancer
, Arthritis
Cardiac arrest
Angina
18. Diabetes is condition of which body system?
Circulatory
Respiratory
Endocrine
Nervous
19.Death of tissue in part of the body refers to:
Cyanosis
Gangrene
Amputation
Reduction
20Your resident is o NPO. You should
Provide a variety of fluids
Offer fluids in small amounts
Remove all liquids from the bedside
Prevent the resident from having oral hygiene
21.Aresident's wife asks the PSW when her husband was last seen by the doctor. ThePSW should tell her;
To speak with the nurse in charge
To call the doctor
That the doctor visits her husband often
That her husband has been doing fine and does not need a doctor
22.When caring for person with an ostomy bag, it is important to
Change the bag every other day
Apply the bag loosely
Use disinfectant spray on the skin
Prevent skin breakdown
23.A condition associated with aching,stiffness, and fatigue in muscles,ligaments,tendons refers to:
1.Which heart chamber receives freshly oxygenated blood from the lungs?
Right Atrium
Left Atrium
Right Ventricle
Left ventricle
2.What does the abbreviation NPO mean?
Whenever necessary
No people allowed
Nothing by mouth
Not permitted
3.The rhythmic, muscular movement that pushes the food through the stomach and intestines is called
1. Vomiting
2. Swallowing
3. Penstalses
4. None of above
4.A colostomy is located in the
duodenum
Rectum
lleum
Colon
5.Who is at greatest risk of burns from local heat applications?
a young girl
A fair-skinned teenager
A 40 year-old man
A frail elderly person
,6. A seoaration of bone at the joint refers to
Strain
Sprain
Dislocation
Fracture
7.Clients who do not perform deep-breathing and coughing exercises risk developing
Orthopnea
Atelectasis
Dyspnea
Hypoventilation
8.Aproximately how many muscles form the human body?
200
350
580
650
9.A chronic inflammatory disease in which th airways become sensitive to allergens,and often take the formof
'Attacks"is called?
Asthma
Pneumonia
Chronic bronchitis
Emphysema
10.COPD is an abbreviation for In the lungs, oxygen and carbon
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Chronic occlusive parietal disease
Chronic ocular pressure disease
Chronic obstructive prickly disease
11.The eye and ear are part for which body system?
Endocrine system
Cardiovascular system
Nervous sysem
,Digestive system
12. A complication of vomiting is
Myocardial infarction
Liquid retention
Duodenal ulcer
Aspiration
13.The common early signs of parkinson's Disease are
Painful limp
Tremors and a mask like facial expression
Soft, monotonous speec h and a mask like facial expression
Depression and withdrawal
14.CVAis also known as a
Stroke
Heart attack
Pneumonia
Diabetes
15. Multiple Sclerosis is a persistent,slowly progressive disease in which the body's immune system attacks
Myelin sheath
Spinal cord
Never cells of the brain
All of the above
16. What does dysuria mean?
glucose in the blood
Difficulty speaking
Pain or difficulty urinating
Voiding at night
17.Change in bowel or hladder hahlts,a sore that doesn't heal,unusual bleeding or discharge,thickening or lump
in the breast or or ing ,obvious change in a wart or mole, or a
naggingcough or hoarseness are all warning signs of:
Cancer
, Arthritis
Cardiac arrest
Angina
18. Diabetes is condition of which body system?
Circulatory
Respiratory
Endocrine
Nervous
19.Death of tissue in part of the body refers to:
Cyanosis
Gangrene
Amputation
Reduction
20Your resident is o NPO. You should
Provide a variety of fluids
Offer fluids in small amounts
Remove all liquids from the bedside
Prevent the resident from having oral hygiene
21.Aresident's wife asks the PSW when her husband was last seen by the doctor. ThePSW should tell her;
To speak with the nurse in charge
To call the doctor
That the doctor visits her husband often
That her husband has been doing fine and does not need a doctor
22.When caring for person with an ostomy bag, it is important to
Change the bag every other day
Apply the bag loosely
Use disinfectant spray on the skin
Prevent skin breakdown
23.A condition associated with aching,stiffness, and fatigue in muscles,ligaments,tendons refers to:
