PSW NACC EXAMINATION PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Verbal communication - ✔✔expressing ideas to others by using spoken words, NOT
the truest reflection of a persons feelings.
✔✔Closed questions - ✔✔Questions that can usually be answered with yes or no.
✔✔Focussing as a communication tool - ✔✔When a person is rambling
✔✔Questions - ✔✔Used to promote good communication
✔✔receptive aphasia - ✔✔difficulty understanding spoken or written words, language
✔✔apraxia of speech - ✔✔caused by brain injury
✔✔Dysarthria - ✔✔difficulty forming words, slurred speech but can understand what is
said.
✔✔Speech and language disorders - ✔✔Can cause problems relating to family and
friends
✔✔Meniere's disease - ✔✔disorder of inner ear causing vertigo, tinnitus, and hearing
loss
✔✔Not obvious hearing problems - ✔✔loneliness and isolation
✔✔If the hearing aid is not working - ✔✔check that it is turned on
✔✔Distal - ✔✔the point farthest from the point of origin
✔✔medial - ✔✔relating or located at or near the middle or midline of the body or body
part
✔✔BRP - ✔✔bathroom privileges
✔✔STAT - ✔✔At once, immediately
✔✔Falls - ✔✔the most common accident in all settings
✔✔Fall prevention - ✔✔wipe up spills, use nightlights, encourage hand rails and grab
bars, keep bed in lowest position
, ✔✔Bed rails - ✔✔a device that serves as a guard or barrier along the side of the bed.
Only use when supervisor and the care plan tell you to.
✔✔Fire alarm sounds - ✔✔turn off oxygen, move clients to a safe place. Close windows
and doors. Do NOT use elevators.
✔✔restraint - ✔✔a physical or chemical way to restrict voluntary movement or behavior.
Can not be used to make work easier.
✔✔When a restraint is used - ✔✔Check on the client and the position of the restraint
every 15 minutes. Report a pulse in the restrained extremities. Must be able to slide an
open hand between the restraint and the client.
✔✔Signs of Infection - ✔✔fever, nausea, rash, pain, swelling, redness. NOT bleeding.
✔✔Aseptic practices - ✔✔reduce the number of microbes
✔✔Standard Precautions - ✔✔Used for all clients
✔✔Gloves are worn - ✔✔For blood, body fluids, secretions and excretions, NOT sweat
✔✔Good body alignment - ✔✔Having the head, trunk, arms, and legs aligned with one
another.
✔✔qid - ✔✔four times a day
✔✔bid - ✔✔twice a day
✔✔Support Workers at risk for - ✔✔Back injuries
✔✔Friction - ✔✔A force that opposes motion, skin rubbing on bed sheet
✔✔When transferring a client - ✔✔Move the strong side first
✔✔Plantar flexion - ✔✔bends the foot downward at the ankle. Use a foot board.
✔✔Trochanter Roll - ✔✔rolled up towel or blanket, to control external rotation of the hip
✔✔Contracture - ✔✔The lack of joint mobility caused by abnormal shortening of a
muscle
✔✔Flexion - ✔✔Bending the body part
AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Verbal communication - ✔✔expressing ideas to others by using spoken words, NOT
the truest reflection of a persons feelings.
✔✔Closed questions - ✔✔Questions that can usually be answered with yes or no.
✔✔Focussing as a communication tool - ✔✔When a person is rambling
✔✔Questions - ✔✔Used to promote good communication
✔✔receptive aphasia - ✔✔difficulty understanding spoken or written words, language
✔✔apraxia of speech - ✔✔caused by brain injury
✔✔Dysarthria - ✔✔difficulty forming words, slurred speech but can understand what is
said.
✔✔Speech and language disorders - ✔✔Can cause problems relating to family and
friends
✔✔Meniere's disease - ✔✔disorder of inner ear causing vertigo, tinnitus, and hearing
loss
✔✔Not obvious hearing problems - ✔✔loneliness and isolation
✔✔If the hearing aid is not working - ✔✔check that it is turned on
✔✔Distal - ✔✔the point farthest from the point of origin
✔✔medial - ✔✔relating or located at or near the middle or midline of the body or body
part
✔✔BRP - ✔✔bathroom privileges
✔✔STAT - ✔✔At once, immediately
✔✔Falls - ✔✔the most common accident in all settings
✔✔Fall prevention - ✔✔wipe up spills, use nightlights, encourage hand rails and grab
bars, keep bed in lowest position
, ✔✔Bed rails - ✔✔a device that serves as a guard or barrier along the side of the bed.
Only use when supervisor and the care plan tell you to.
✔✔Fire alarm sounds - ✔✔turn off oxygen, move clients to a safe place. Close windows
and doors. Do NOT use elevators.
✔✔restraint - ✔✔a physical or chemical way to restrict voluntary movement or behavior.
Can not be used to make work easier.
✔✔When a restraint is used - ✔✔Check on the client and the position of the restraint
every 15 minutes. Report a pulse in the restrained extremities. Must be able to slide an
open hand between the restraint and the client.
✔✔Signs of Infection - ✔✔fever, nausea, rash, pain, swelling, redness. NOT bleeding.
✔✔Aseptic practices - ✔✔reduce the number of microbes
✔✔Standard Precautions - ✔✔Used for all clients
✔✔Gloves are worn - ✔✔For blood, body fluids, secretions and excretions, NOT sweat
✔✔Good body alignment - ✔✔Having the head, trunk, arms, and legs aligned with one
another.
✔✔qid - ✔✔four times a day
✔✔bid - ✔✔twice a day
✔✔Support Workers at risk for - ✔✔Back injuries
✔✔Friction - ✔✔A force that opposes motion, skin rubbing on bed sheet
✔✔When transferring a client - ✔✔Move the strong side first
✔✔Plantar flexion - ✔✔bends the foot downward at the ankle. Use a foot board.
✔✔Trochanter Roll - ✔✔rolled up towel or blanket, to control external rotation of the hip
✔✔Contracture - ✔✔The lack of joint mobility caused by abnormal shortening of a
muscle
✔✔Flexion - ✔✔Bending the body part
