CNA State Board Exam For Guaranteed Success

CNA State Board Exam For Guaranteed Success Rehabilitation What is rehabilitation? Helping persons return to their highest physical and mental function Nursing Centers Who provides 24-hour nursing care? Nursing centers Policy Control Who controls policy in a nursing center? The owner Hospice What is a healthcare program for terminally ill people called? Hospice Nursing Team What does the nursing team include? Nursing assistants, RNs, LPNs/LVNs (does not include doctors) Director of Nursing Who is in charge of the entire nursing staff? The director of nursing Supervision Who supervises nursing assistants? RNs, LPNs/LVNs Nursing Assistant Role What is the role of a nursing assistant? Assistant to nurses in giving care Medicare and Medicaid What is Medicare for? For persons over the age of 65 What is Medicaid for? For the disabled and those under 65 with limited income and resources Surveys What should you do if a survey team asks you questions? Answer them completely and honestly State Law What state law affects what nursing assistants can do? Nurse practice act, which describes education requirements Certification Revocation Why can your nursing assistant certification be revoked? For performing acts beyond your role Training and Competency Evaluation Program Which requires a training and competency evaluation program for nursing assistants? OBRA (Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) Job Description What do you need as a nursing assistant before employment? A written job description Assignment and Supervision Who assigns and supervises your work as a nursing assistant? Nurses Responsibility What are you responsible for as a nursing assistant? Completely delegated tasks safely Job Tasks If a task is in your job description, do you need a nurse to delegate it to you? No, you can perform it without delegation Task Refusal Why can you refuse to perform a task as a nursing assistant? -Task is beyond the legal limits of your role; -Task is not in your job description; -A nurse is not available to supervise you Refusal Procedure What should you do if you decide to refuse a task as a nursing assistant? Communicate your concerns with the nurse OBRA Law What is OBRA? A federal law that regulates long-term care facilities and requires training and competency evaluation programs for nursing assistants and other staff members. A daughter wants to read her fathers medical records. what should you do? ️tell the nurse A resident refuses to have a shower. what should you do? ️tell the nurse A resident has a phone in his room. He wants to make a phone call. what should you do? ️leave the room who decides how to style a persons hair? ️the person residents have the right to? ️-refuse treatment -contact an ombudsman -make personal choice -DO NOT have the right to a private room residents have the right to be free from the following? ️-abuse -involuntary seclusion -neglect -DO NOT have the right to be free from disease Who selects activities for a resident? ️the resident A long- term care ombudsman? ️investigates resident complaints which actions promote personal dignity? ️-providing privacy during personal care -making sure the person has needed assist devices -listening to the person -knocking before entering the room -closing the bathroom door when in use -assisting with bathroom/hygiene preferences -DO NOT- Restrain the person, move persons items as you prefer what is the correct way to address a person? ️Hello, Mr. Smith Ethics is? ️knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct which is ethical behavior? ️reporting errors to maintain professional boundaries, your behaviors must? ️help the person which is a crime? ️-abuse, murder, robbery