Home Health Aide Competency Test T/F Questions with Complete Solutions, A+

An aide may Reinforce a dressing - True An aide may apply a hot pack - False An aide may give an enema - False An aide may administer medication - False An aide may change sterile dressing - False An aide may assist with change of a colostomy bag - True An aide may give rectal suppository - False An aide may give tubal feeding - False An aide may give insulin - False An aide may cut nails - False In the home, it's important to be a good listener. - True Always tell the patient what you are going to do before starting a procedure. - True You only communicate through words - False If you do not chart a task that you do for a patient, legally, it was not done. - True If the patient has a new area of skin breakdown, and the nurse is coming in two days, you do not need to report the skin breakdown to your supervisor. - False A rapid pulse and shortness of breath in a patient usually indicates the patient is excited and does not need to be reported to the nurse. - False Always report a pulse rate if the beats per min are under 60 or over 100. - True The temperature of an unconscious patient should be taken orally since they are not moving about. - False Recording a patients "TPR" or vital signs is not important as long as you remember what they were. - False