PSW (NACC Final Exam) – Questions & Solutions
HOLISTIC CARE ✔️Ans - Holistic Care/Health Is Caring For The Whole
Person ( Physical, Emotional, Social, Intellectual, Spiritual) A State Of Well-
Being In All Dimensions Of One's Life
PROFESSIONALISM ✔️Ans - is an approach to work that demonstrates
respect for others ,commitment competence and appropriate behavior.
PROFESSIONAL BOUNDARIES ✔️Ans - appropriate limitations on
behavior meant to protect the vulnerable client from the caregiver who has
access to private knowledge about him or her.
EXPLAIN THE REGULATION OF A PSW ✔️Ans - PSW's work under a
regulated healthcare provider. You must follow and know the scope of
practice. Never act beyond the legal limits of your role.
THE REGULATED HEALTH PROFESSIONS ACT ✔️Ans - Health regulatory
colleges are responsible for ensuring that regulated health professionals
provide health services in a safe, professional and ethical manner. This
includes, among other things, setting standards of practice for the profession
and investigating complaints about members of the profession and, where
appropriate, disciplining them. the HPA also lists the tasks that can be
delegated to PSW
ROLE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST ✔️Ans - focuses on the
rehabilitation and teaches clients skills needed to perform ADLs, designs
adaptive equipment for ADLs, they are regulated
ROLE OF PHYSICAL THERAPIST ✔️Ans - focuses on rehabilitation, assist
clients with muscular-skeletal impairments, focuses on restoring function and
preventing disability from illness also they are regulated.
ROLE OF RN ✔️Ans - Assesses, makes nursing diagnosis, plans,
implements, and evaluates nursing care, tends to clients who have unstable
health conditions provides direct client care and administers medication
supervisors support workers, they are regulated
,ROLE OF RPN ✔️Ans - assesses, makes nursing diagnoses, plans,
implements and evaluates nursing care, tends to clients who have stable
health conditions provides direct client care, administers medications and
supervisors support workers they are also regulated
UNDERSTAND PROCESS OF DELEGATION OF AN ACT TO A PSW ✔️Ans -
The process of delegation of an act to an personal support worker has to
follow the five rights of delegation Those five Rights are , The right task , the
right circumstances , the right person , the right directions and
communication, and the right supervision and evaluation . a nurse is the only
one who can delegate to a personal support worker
CULTURE ✔️Ans - refers to the characteristics of a group of people,
language, values, beliefs, habits and ways of life
RELIGION ✔️Ans - relates to spiritual beliefs needs and practices. may
promote beliefs and practices related to daily living habits, behaviors
relationships with others, diet, healing, days of worship, birth and birth
control, medicines and also death.
CULTURE AND RELIGION AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE CLIENT ✔️Ans -
impacts the client by how healthcare can be performed and given to someone
or may give the health service.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs ✔️Ans - It is described as a persons basic
needs must be met for a person to survive and function. There are five levels
and the lower level must be met before the higher need levels are achieved
those levels are as follows physical needs, the need for safety, the need for
love and belonging, the need for self-esteem, and the need for self-
actualization or fulfillment.
Assault ✔️Ans - initially attempting to or threatening to touch a person's
body without consent, causing the person to fear bodily harm
Battery ✔️Ans - the touching of a persons body without the person's
consent
Slander ✔️Ans - the making of false verbal statements that hurt the
reputation of a person
, Negligence ✔️Ans - failure to act in the careful and confident manner
resulting in harm to a person or damage to property
False imprisonment ✔️Ans - an unlawful restraint or restrictions of a
person's freedom of movement
Harassment ✔️Ans - troubling tormenting offending or worrying a person
through one's behavior or comments
Autonomy ✔️Ans - also called self determination means having the
freedom and choice to make decisions that affect one's life
Dependence ✔️Ans - the state of relying on others for support, being
unable to manage without help
Interdependence ✔️Ans - the state of relying on one another
Independence ✔️Ans - The state of not relying on others for control or
authority
Active listening ✔️Ans - means paying close attention to the clients verbal
and nonverbal communication Face the client, make eye contact, lean toward
the client, respond to the client, avoid communication barriers
Paraphrasing ✔️Ans - restating another persons message in your own
words
Empathetic listening ✔️Ans - being intuitive to the speakers feelings
closed questions ✔️Ans - focuses on information that you need to learn
that require a yes or no answer
open-ended questions ✔️Ans - Invites the person to share thoughts and
feelings or ideas that must be more than a yes or no
Clarifying ✔️Ans - helps you make sure you understand what the person's
messages
HOLISTIC CARE ✔️Ans - Holistic Care/Health Is Caring For The Whole
Person ( Physical, Emotional, Social, Intellectual, Spiritual) A State Of Well-
Being In All Dimensions Of One's Life
PROFESSIONALISM ✔️Ans - is an approach to work that demonstrates
respect for others ,commitment competence and appropriate behavior.
PROFESSIONAL BOUNDARIES ✔️Ans - appropriate limitations on
behavior meant to protect the vulnerable client from the caregiver who has
access to private knowledge about him or her.
EXPLAIN THE REGULATION OF A PSW ✔️Ans - PSW's work under a
regulated healthcare provider. You must follow and know the scope of
practice. Never act beyond the legal limits of your role.
THE REGULATED HEALTH PROFESSIONS ACT ✔️Ans - Health regulatory
colleges are responsible for ensuring that regulated health professionals
provide health services in a safe, professional and ethical manner. This
includes, among other things, setting standards of practice for the profession
and investigating complaints about members of the profession and, where
appropriate, disciplining them. the HPA also lists the tasks that can be
delegated to PSW
ROLE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST ✔️Ans - focuses on the
rehabilitation and teaches clients skills needed to perform ADLs, designs
adaptive equipment for ADLs, they are regulated
ROLE OF PHYSICAL THERAPIST ✔️Ans - focuses on rehabilitation, assist
clients with muscular-skeletal impairments, focuses on restoring function and
preventing disability from illness also they are regulated.
ROLE OF RN ✔️Ans - Assesses, makes nursing diagnosis, plans,
implements, and evaluates nursing care, tends to clients who have unstable
health conditions provides direct client care and administers medication
supervisors support workers, they are regulated
,ROLE OF RPN ✔️Ans - assesses, makes nursing diagnoses, plans,
implements and evaluates nursing care, tends to clients who have stable
health conditions provides direct client care, administers medications and
supervisors support workers they are also regulated
UNDERSTAND PROCESS OF DELEGATION OF AN ACT TO A PSW ✔️Ans -
The process of delegation of an act to an personal support worker has to
follow the five rights of delegation Those five Rights are , The right task , the
right circumstances , the right person , the right directions and
communication, and the right supervision and evaluation . a nurse is the only
one who can delegate to a personal support worker
CULTURE ✔️Ans - refers to the characteristics of a group of people,
language, values, beliefs, habits and ways of life
RELIGION ✔️Ans - relates to spiritual beliefs needs and practices. may
promote beliefs and practices related to daily living habits, behaviors
relationships with others, diet, healing, days of worship, birth and birth
control, medicines and also death.
CULTURE AND RELIGION AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE CLIENT ✔️Ans -
impacts the client by how healthcare can be performed and given to someone
or may give the health service.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs ✔️Ans - It is described as a persons basic
needs must be met for a person to survive and function. There are five levels
and the lower level must be met before the higher need levels are achieved
those levels are as follows physical needs, the need for safety, the need for
love and belonging, the need for self-esteem, and the need for self-
actualization or fulfillment.
Assault ✔️Ans - initially attempting to or threatening to touch a person's
body without consent, causing the person to fear bodily harm
Battery ✔️Ans - the touching of a persons body without the person's
consent
Slander ✔️Ans - the making of false verbal statements that hurt the
reputation of a person
, Negligence ✔️Ans - failure to act in the careful and confident manner
resulting in harm to a person or damage to property
False imprisonment ✔️Ans - an unlawful restraint or restrictions of a
person's freedom of movement
Harassment ✔️Ans - troubling tormenting offending or worrying a person
through one's behavior or comments
Autonomy ✔️Ans - also called self determination means having the
freedom and choice to make decisions that affect one's life
Dependence ✔️Ans - the state of relying on others for support, being
unable to manage without help
Interdependence ✔️Ans - the state of relying on one another
Independence ✔️Ans - The state of not relying on others for control or
authority
Active listening ✔️Ans - means paying close attention to the clients verbal
and nonverbal communication Face the client, make eye contact, lean toward
the client, respond to the client, avoid communication barriers
Paraphrasing ✔️Ans - restating another persons message in your own
words
Empathetic listening ✔️Ans - being intuitive to the speakers feelings
closed questions ✔️Ans - focuses on information that you need to learn
that require a yes or no answer
open-ended questions ✔️Ans - Invites the person to share thoughts and
feelings or ideas that must be more than a yes or no
Clarifying ✔️Ans - helps you make sure you understand what the person's
messages
