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Long-Term Care
Multiple Choice. Choose the correct answer
Chapter : The Nursing Assistant in 7. The amount that Medicare and Medicaid will
Long-Term Care pay long-term care facilities for services is
based on
Multiple Choice. Choose the correct answer. (A) The resident’s background
(B) The resident’s need upon admission and
1. Long-term care is offered in
throughout his stay
(A) Hospitals
(C) The size of the facility
(B) Adult day services facilities
(D) The financial contributions from the resi-
(C) Skilled nursing facilities
dent’s family
(D) Ambulatory surgical centers
8. The residents with the longest average stay in
2. Residents in _____ are usually more indepen-
long-term care facilities are
dent and do not need skilled care.
(A) Residents admitted for terminal care
(A) Acute care facilities
(B) Residents admitted for rehabilitation or
(B) Assisted living facilities
temporary illness
(C) Subacute care facilities
(C) Residents who are developmentally disabled
(D) Hospice facilities
(D) Residents who have dementia
3. Which of the following types of health care is
generally for people who will die in six months 9. A disorder in which a person has a serious
or less? loss of mental abilities, including the ability to
think, remember, and reason, is known as
(A) Long-term care
(A) A terminal illness
(B) Outpatient care
(B) Dementia
(C) Intergenerational care
(C) Heart disease
(D) Hospice care
(D) Chronic disorder
4. _____ is a federal health insurance program
for people who are 65 years of age o following is a typical task that
people of any age with permanent kidney fail- nursing assistants perform?
ure or certain disabilities. (A) Administering medication
(A) Medicare (B) Bathing a resident
(B) Medicaid (C) Changing sterile dressings
(C) Occupational Safety and Health (D) Giving tube feedings
Administration 11. Which of the following is a task that nursing
(D) Health and Human Services assistants do not perform?
5. _____ is a medical assistance program for (A) Shaving a resident
people who have a low income or certain (B) Inserting tubes into a resident’s body
disabilities. (C) Helping a resident with elimination needs
(A) Medicare (D) Caring for equipment
(B) Medicaid 12. Professionalism is related to
(C) Department of the Treasury (A) How a person behaves at home
(D) Committee on the Budget (B) How a person behaves at work
6. Medicare will pay for (C) How well a person performs on tests
(A) All care requested by the recipient (D) How a resident behaves in a facility
(B) All care requested by the doctor
(C) All care requested by the facility
(D) Care that it determines to be medically
necessary
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13. A resident has purchased a special gift for her 17. What does the term empathetic mean?
nursing assistant (NA). Which of the follow- (A) Empathetic means being alert around
ing would be the best response by the nursing others.
assistant? (B) Empathetic means being able to document
(A) The NA should refuse the gift but thank the accurately.
resident for thinking of her. (C) Empathetic means identifying with and
(B) The NA should refuse the gift and let the understanding the feelings of others.
resident know her employer is very unfair (D) Empathetic means taking responsibility for
about employees accepting gifts from one’s own actions.
residents.
18. Which of the following is part of proper per-
(C) The NA should accept the gift if the resi-
sonal grooming by a nursing assistant?
dent will keep it confidential.
(A) Bathing once every other day
(D) The NA should accept the gift and thank
(B) Applying perfume daily
the resident for thinking of her.
(C) Keeping hair neatly tied back away from
14. One example of professional behavior by nurs- the face
ing assistants when working with residents is (D) Wearing polished artificial nails to work
(A) Keeping all resident information
19. The best type of jewelry for an NA to wear to
confidential
work is
(B) Sharing funny stories about coworkers with
(A) A broach
the residents
(B) A watch
(C) Giving gifts to favorite residents
(C) A bracelet
(D) Asking residents for advice about personal
(D) A necklace
problems
20. The most important member of the care
15. Which of the following is the
a nursing assistant demonstrating that she is
(A) The nurse
dependable?
(B) The nursing assistant
(A) The nursing assistant shows an interest in
(C) The physician
others and their problems.
(D) The resident
(B) The nursing assistant performs tasks that
she does not know how to do so she does 21. Which member of the care team assesses
not bother her supervisor. residents, monitors progress, and gives
(C) The nursing assistant avoids excessive treatments and medication?
absences from work. (A) The nurse
(D) The nursing assistant respects an individu- (B) The nursing assistant
al’s background and beliefs. (C) The medical social worker
(D) The registered dietitian
16. To hold oneself accountable means to
(A) Admit mistakes and apologize for them 22. Which member of the care team has the most
(B) Always speak positively about situations direct contact with the residents?
and people (A) The nursing assistant
(C) Be able to work with people of many differ- (B) The nurse
ent backgrounds (C) The physician
(D) Care about the problems of others (D) The activities director