Hartman’s Nursing Assistant Care: The Basics |
2025/2026 Exam Prep & Practice Questions
Beginning steps for client care - correct answer-Knock and wait for permission to enter
-Introduce yourself as Nurse Aide Student
-identify the patient by name
-wash your hands
-Explain procedure and ask for permission
-Provide privacy (cutain, screen, or door)
-Adjust bed to a safe level, usually waist high.
-Lock the bed wheels
Ending steps for client care - correct answer-Return to lowest position
-Remove privacy
-Place call light in reach
-wash your hands
-Report any changes in the client to the nurse
-Document procedure
Long Term Care (LTC) - correct answercare given in long-term care facilities for people
who need 24-hour skilled care
skilled care - correct answermedically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or
therapist, it is available 24 hours a day, and it is ordered by a doctor and involved a
treatment plan
chronic condition - correct answerany disease or condition that lasts a long time (usually
longer than six months). It usually can't be cured and therefore requires ongoing
treatment and management. Examples include arthritis and asthma.
Example of chronic condition - correct answerPhysical disabilities
terminal illness - correct answera disease or condition that will eventually cause death
acute care - correct answer24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries;
generally given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers
subacute care - correct answercare for an illness or condition given to people who need
less care than for an acute (sudden onset, short-term) illness or injury but more than for
a chronic (long-term) illness
Example of chronic condition - correct answerHeart disease
, Example of chronic condition - correct answerDementia
outpatient care - correct answerCare given for less than 24 hours for people who have
had treatments or surgery and need short-term skilled care. They do not require an
overnight stay in a hospital or other care facility
Rehabilitation - correct answerRestore or improve function after an illness or injjury
hospice care - correct answertreatment of the terminally ill in their own homes, or in
special hospital units or other facilities, with the goal of helping them to die comfortably,
without pain. For people who have about 6 months or less to live
Medicare - correct answerA federal health insurance program for persons 65 years of
age and older
Medicaid - correct answerA medical assistance program that pays for health care
services for people who cannot afford them. For people who have low income, as well
as for people with disabilities.
Nursing assistants are not allowed to - correct answerInsert or remove tubes, give tube
feedings, or change sterile dressings
Nursing assistants are part of - correct answerA team of health professionals
assistive or adaptive devices - correct answerspecial equipment that helps a person
who is ill or disabled perform activities of daily living (ex: occupational therapy)
occupational therapist - correct answerassess and plan for the client to regain ADLs,
esp motor skills of the upper extremities; direct care of occupational therapy assistants
The chain of command protects employees from - correct answerLiability
chain of command - correct answerthe line of authority that moves from the top of a
hierarchy to the lowest level
In continence is - correct answerNot a normal part of aging
transmission-based precautions - correct answerCDC precautions used in patients
known or suspected to be infected with pathogens that can be transmitted by airborne,
droplet, or contact routes; used in addition to standard precautions
scope of practice - correct answerdefines the tasks that healthcare providers are legally
permitted to perform as allowed by state or federal law
2025/2026 Exam Prep & Practice Questions
Beginning steps for client care - correct answer-Knock and wait for permission to enter
-Introduce yourself as Nurse Aide Student
-identify the patient by name
-wash your hands
-Explain procedure and ask for permission
-Provide privacy (cutain, screen, or door)
-Adjust bed to a safe level, usually waist high.
-Lock the bed wheels
Ending steps for client care - correct answer-Return to lowest position
-Remove privacy
-Place call light in reach
-wash your hands
-Report any changes in the client to the nurse
-Document procedure
Long Term Care (LTC) - correct answercare given in long-term care facilities for people
who need 24-hour skilled care
skilled care - correct answermedically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or
therapist, it is available 24 hours a day, and it is ordered by a doctor and involved a
treatment plan
chronic condition - correct answerany disease or condition that lasts a long time (usually
longer than six months). It usually can't be cured and therefore requires ongoing
treatment and management. Examples include arthritis and asthma.
Example of chronic condition - correct answerPhysical disabilities
terminal illness - correct answera disease or condition that will eventually cause death
acute care - correct answer24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries;
generally given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers
subacute care - correct answercare for an illness or condition given to people who need
less care than for an acute (sudden onset, short-term) illness or injury but more than for
a chronic (long-term) illness
Example of chronic condition - correct answerHeart disease
, Example of chronic condition - correct answerDementia
outpatient care - correct answerCare given for less than 24 hours for people who have
had treatments or surgery and need short-term skilled care. They do not require an
overnight stay in a hospital or other care facility
Rehabilitation - correct answerRestore or improve function after an illness or injjury
hospice care - correct answertreatment of the terminally ill in their own homes, or in
special hospital units or other facilities, with the goal of helping them to die comfortably,
without pain. For people who have about 6 months or less to live
Medicare - correct answerA federal health insurance program for persons 65 years of
age and older
Medicaid - correct answerA medical assistance program that pays for health care
services for people who cannot afford them. For people who have low income, as well
as for people with disabilities.
Nursing assistants are not allowed to - correct answerInsert or remove tubes, give tube
feedings, or change sterile dressings
Nursing assistants are part of - correct answerA team of health professionals
assistive or adaptive devices - correct answerspecial equipment that helps a person
who is ill or disabled perform activities of daily living (ex: occupational therapy)
occupational therapist - correct answerassess and plan for the client to regain ADLs,
esp motor skills of the upper extremities; direct care of occupational therapy assistants
The chain of command protects employees from - correct answerLiability
chain of command - correct answerthe line of authority that moves from the top of a
hierarchy to the lowest level
In continence is - correct answerNot a normal part of aging
transmission-based precautions - correct answerCDC precautions used in patients
known or suspected to be infected with pathogens that can be transmitted by airborne,
droplet, or contact routes; used in addition to standard precautions
scope of practice - correct answerdefines the tasks that healthcare providers are legally
permitted to perform as allowed by state or federal law
