CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT Final Exam Review Sheet latest edition (2024)

CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT Final Exam Review Sheet latest edition (2024) 1. Holistic care ▪ Focuses on the care of the whole person, not just the person’s physical condition or disease. 2. OBRA – (Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987) ▪ Improves the quality of life for people who live in long-term care facilities by making sure that residents receive a certain standard of care. 3. The purpose of OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) ▪ Is a government agency that is responsible for protecting the health and safety of American workers by enforcing standards and providing education to improve conditions in the workplace. 4. Family doctor ▪ Attended to a person from birth to death is now called a general practitioner or family physician. 5. Health care team ▪ Is to provide holistic care (care of the whole person, physically and emotionally). 6. Assisted living facilities (residents) – is a type of long-term care facility. ▪ Able to provide most of the own care but they may need some limited help with medications, transportation, meals, and housekeeping. 7. Scope of practice for nursing assistants ▪ Range of tasks the assistant is legally permitted to do ▪ If the assistant fails to perform the task properly, then the nursing assistant is responsible for any injury to the patient or resident that occurs. ▪ Hygiene, comfort, exercise may be delated by the nurse to the assistant ▪ An assistant may also be asked to do data collection and documentation ▪ OUT OF SCOPE – assessment, planning or evaluating 8. The Registry ▪ OBRA requires every state to maintain a registry, an official record of the people who have successfully completed the nursing assistant training program. The registry contains the following: • Name • Address • Registry number and date of expiration • DOB • Date the competency evaluation was passed • Last known employer and dates of employment • Reported incidents of resident abuse or neglect, or theft of resident property