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Which of these steps would be helpful in caring for a confused person?
A: have no clocks and calendars in the persons room
B: maintain a daily routine of activities
C: explain all of the days planned activities in the morning
D: call the person "sweetie" - CORRECT ANSWER-B: maintain a daily routine of activities
Caring for eyeglasses is a nursing assistants responsibility. Which of the following is TRUE:
A: clean the glasses with water and a soft cloth
B: use cleaning fluid
C: dry the lens with an abrasive cloth
D: use hot water to clean the glasses - CORRECT ANSWER-A: clean the glasses with water and a
soft cloth
The medical abbreviation for "before meals" is:
A: BM
B: NPO
C: pc
D: ac - CORRECT ANSWER-D: ac
Paralysis on one side of the body is called
A: hemiplegia
B: quadriplegia
, C: hemiplegia
D: paraplegia - CORRECT ANSWER-A: hemiplegia
The medical abbreviation for "twice a day" is
A: bid
B: qid
C: tid
D: qd - CORRECT ANSWER-A: bid
The physician has ordered that Mrs. Jones is "to go to physical therapy qd" that means that she
will go
A: every day
B: four times a day
C: every other day
D: every four hours - CORRECT ANSWER-A: every day
Your client has a very cluttered home and is reluctant to throw anything away. Your main safety
goal should be to
A: use many soft scatter rungs to cushion falls
B: throw away anything you feel is not needed
C: encourage the client to enter a nursing home
D: maintain a clear pathway through the home - CORRECT ANSWER-D: maintain a clear pathway
through the home
your client has been placed on I&O. This means that you should,
A: keep track of the solid foods the client eats
B: keep the patient NPO