HARTMAN'S NURSING ASSISTANT
CARE LONG-TERM CHAPTER 3 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Workplace violence -Answer-is abuse of staff by residents or other staff members.
Involuntary seclusion -Answer-is separating a person from others against the
person's will.
Sexual harassment -Answer-is any unwelcome sexual advance or behaviour that
creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
Substance abuse -Answer-is the use of legal or illegal drugs, cigarettes, or alcohol in
a way that harms oneself or others.
Mandated reporters -Answer-are people who are legally required to report suspected
or observed abuse or neglect because they have regular contact with vulnerable
populations, such as the elderly in facilities.
Ombudsman -Answer-is assigned by law as the legal advocate for residents.
Confidentiality -Answer-means to keep private things private.
HIPAA -Answer-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
PHI -Answer-Protected Health Information. Examples of PHI include the patient's
name, address, telephone number, social security number, email address, and
medical record number.
PSDA -Answer-The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) was passed in 1990 as
an amendment to OBRA. PSDA requires all the healthcare agencies receiving
Medicare and Medicaid money to give adults, during admission or enrolment,
information about their rights relating to advance directives.
Advance directives -Answer-are legal documents that allow people to choose what
medical care they wish to have if they cannot make those decisions themselves.
Living will -Answer-states the medical care a person wants, or does not want, in case
he or she becomes unable to make those decisions him- or herself. A will is a legal
declaration of how a person wishes his or her possessions to be disposed of after
death.
Durable power of attorney for health care -Answer-is a signed, dated and witnessed
paper that appoints someone else to make the medical decisions for a person in the
event he or she becomes unable to do do.
CARE LONG-TERM CHAPTER 3 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Workplace violence -Answer-is abuse of staff by residents or other staff members.
Involuntary seclusion -Answer-is separating a person from others against the
person's will.
Sexual harassment -Answer-is any unwelcome sexual advance or behaviour that
creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
Substance abuse -Answer-is the use of legal or illegal drugs, cigarettes, or alcohol in
a way that harms oneself or others.
Mandated reporters -Answer-are people who are legally required to report suspected
or observed abuse or neglect because they have regular contact with vulnerable
populations, such as the elderly in facilities.
Ombudsman -Answer-is assigned by law as the legal advocate for residents.
Confidentiality -Answer-means to keep private things private.
HIPAA -Answer-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
PHI -Answer-Protected Health Information. Examples of PHI include the patient's
name, address, telephone number, social security number, email address, and
medical record number.
PSDA -Answer-The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) was passed in 1990 as
an amendment to OBRA. PSDA requires all the healthcare agencies receiving
Medicare and Medicaid money to give adults, during admission or enrolment,
information about their rights relating to advance directives.
Advance directives -Answer-are legal documents that allow people to choose what
medical care they wish to have if they cannot make those decisions themselves.
Living will -Answer-states the medical care a person wants, or does not want, in case
he or she becomes unable to make those decisions him- or herself. A will is a legal
declaration of how a person wishes his or her possessions to be disposed of after
death.
Durable power of attorney for health care -Answer-is a signed, dated and witnessed
paper that appoints someone else to make the medical decisions for a person in the
event he or she becomes unable to do do.
