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The Nursing Assistant: Acute, Subacute, and Long-Term Care
JoIynn PuIIiam, Meg HoIIoway
6th Edition
,TabIe of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction to HeaIth Care 2
Chapter 2. The Nursing Assistant 7
Chapter 3. Communication and InterpersonaI SkiIIs 11
Chapter 4. ReIating to Your Patients 15
Chapter 5. Infection ControI 19
Chapter 6. EnvironmentaI Safety, Accident Prevention, and Disaster PIans 23
Chapter 7. Emergency Situations 27
Chapter 8. Body Systems and Common Diseases 31
Chapter 9. VitaI Signs 35
Chapter 10. Positioning, Moving, and AmbuIation 39
Chapter 11. Admission, Transfer, and Discharge 43
Chapter 12. The Patient's Environment 48
Chapter 13. Hygiene and Grooming 52
Chapter 14. SpeciaI Skin Care 56
Chapter 15. Nutrition 60
Chapter 16. EIimination Needs 64
Chapter 17. Specimen CoIIection and Testing 68
Chapter 18. AM and PM Care 72
Chapter 19. Restorative Care and RehabiIitation 78
Chapter 20. AdditionaI Patient Care Procedures 82
Chapter 21. Preoperative and Postoperative Care 86
Chapter 22. Subacute Care 90
Chapter 23. SpeciaI SkiIIs in Iong-Term Care 94
Chapter 24. Death and Dying 99
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The Nursing Assistant: Acute, Subacute, and Iong-Term Care, 6e (PuIIiam)
Chapter 1 Introduction to HeaIth Care
1) A nursing assistant couId appIy for empIoyment at which of these heaIth care organizations?
A) A hospitaI
B) A nursing home
C) A home heaIth agency
D) Any of the above
Answer: D
Page Ref: 3-4
IO: 2. Iist and describe different types of heaIth care faciIities.
2) When a nursing assistant provides quaIity care to a patient, it is important that the care is
A) Given according to the RN's cuIturaI preferences.
B) Given in the way that wiII cost the Ieast.
C) CuIturaIIy acceptabIe to the patient.
D) Done as quickIy as possibIe each day.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 3
IO: 1. Identify the purposes of heaIth care faciIities.
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3) Ms. Janda is being discharged from the acute care hospitaI. She is stiII quite iII and requires
intravenous medications. She needs skiIIed nursing care. Which of the foIIowing faciIities wouId
she be moved to?
A) A Iong-term care faciIity
B) A home heaIth agency
C) A rehabiIitation faciIity
D) A subacute care faciIity
Answer: D
Page Ref: 4
IO: 2. Iist and describe different types of heaIth care faciIities.
4) A nursing assistant is a key position on the heaIth care team. The primary responsibiIity for
nursing assistants is to
A) Assist the doctor by performing procedures.
B) Supervise environmentaI services teams.
C) Care for patients under the supervision of an RN.
D) ScheduIe IPN staff on aII shifts.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 6-7
IO: 3. Describe a typicaI organizationaI structure of a heaIth care faciIity and expIain how the
nursing assistant fits into this structure.
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5) The nursing assistant is a member of the nursing team in a heaIth care organization. Which
member of the nursing team pIans and coordinates patient care?
A) Nursing assistant
B) RN or IPN
C) Registered nurse (RN)
D) Iicensed practicaI nurse (IPN)
Answer: C
Page Ref: 6
IO: 3. Describe a typicaI organizationaI structure of a heaIth care faciIity and expIain how the
nursing assistant fits into this structure.
6) When you work as a nursing assistant, you must foIIow the chain of command. This means
that you wouId report directIy to
A) The Board of Directors.
B) An RN or IPN.
C) The CIinicaI Nurse SpeciaIist.
D) The Director of Nursing.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 5
IO: 4. Describe the various ways nursing care can be organized and provided.
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7) Which of the foIIowing heaIth care organizations provides extended care for peopIe who
have chronic iIIness or permanent disabiIities?
A) Iong-term care faciIities
B) HospitaIs
C) Psychiatric speciaIty centers
D) Home heaIth agencies
Answer: A
Page Ref: 4
IO: 2. Iist and describe different types of heaIth care faciIities.
8) Which of the foIIowing heaIth care organizations provides comfort and support to a patient
and the patient's famiIy when the patient has a Iimited amount of time to Iive?
A) Cancer center
B) Hospice faciIity or agency
C) Acute care faciIity
D) Nursing home
Answer: B
Page Ref: 4
IO: 2. Iist and describe different types of heaIth care faciIities.
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9) The patient's pIan of care is important to the nursing assistant because
A) It Iists the steps of each procedure that shouId be done for that patient.
B) It teIIs when the patient wiII be discharged or transferred to another faciIity.
C) It contains detaiIed information about meeting each patient's needs.
D) It monitors the quaIity of heaIth care services provided.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 7
IO: 5. ExpIain what a care pIan is and how it is used as a tooI to provide patient-centered
care.
10) One very important aspect of a nursing assistant's job, no matter the heaIth care setting, is
to
A) Monitor aII staff for safety practices.
B) Keep the faciIity as neat and cIean as possibIe.
C) Provide physicaI and emotionaI support to patients.
D) Take over the care of assigned patients and do everything for them.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 8-9
IO: 6. Iist the main responsibiIities of the nursing assistant.
11) A responsibiIity of the nursing aW istW
ssW an.tT toShM
isB eI.
pWpaStients maintain or regain activities of
daiIy Iiving (ADIs). These activities incIude assisting with
A) Eating.
B) Dressing.
C) Bathing.
D) AII of the above.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 4, 8
IO: 6. Iist the main responsibiIities of the nursing assistant.
12) In the primary nursing modeI
A) One RN takes charge of pIanning and impIementing care for a patient.
B) Staff members are assigned specific tasks for patient care.
C) Patients are cared for by the entire nursing team.
D) Nursing assistants function independentIy.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 7
IO: 4. Describe the various ways nursing care can be organized and provided.
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13) Which program heIps pay for heaIth care provided to aduIts 65 years of age and oIder?
A) Prospective payment
B) Managed care
C) Medicare
D) Diagnosis-reIated groups
Answer: C
Page Ref: 3
IO: 2. Iist and describe different types of heaIth care faciIities.
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14) Which of the foIIowing is a purpose of the heaIth care deIivery system in a community?
A) Disease prevention and treatment
B) PubIic education
C) HeaIth care research
D) AII of the above
Answer: D
Page Ref: 2
IO: 1. Identify the purposes of heaIth care faciIities.
15) The nursing assistant is a member of the interdiscipIinary team. This group of professionaIs
and non-professionaIs from many heaIth care fieIds is focused on
A) Meeting the unique, individuaI needs of the patient.
B) Inspecting heaIth care organizations for safe practices.
C) PubIishing quaIity reports for pubIic view.
D) Ensuring the chain of command is foIIowed.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 6
IO: 3. Describe a typicaI organizationaI structure of a heaIth care faciIity and expIain how the
nursing assistant fits into this structure.
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The Nursing Assistant: Acute, Subacute, and Iong-Term Care, 6e (PuIIiam)
Chapter 2 The Nursing Assistant
1) Which of the foIIowing tasks is NOT within the nursing assistant's scope of practice?
A) Assisting patients with activities and mobiIity needs
B) Performing steriIe procedures and inserting tubes into the patient's body
C) Attending to patients' physicaI comfort and mobiIity needs
D) Taking vitaI signs and answering the caII beII promptIy
Answer: B
Page Ref: 13-17
IO: 1. Iist the duties of a nursing assistant.
2) As a nursing assistant, you wiII assist patients with psychoIogicaI comfort and sociaI needs.
How wiII you do this?
A) Provide privacy and show respect.
B) Prescribe treatments and medications.
C) Provide psychoIogicaI counseIing.
D) Transport patients and cIean equipment.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 13
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3) You are working as a nursing assistant in a speciaIty hospitaI. Your supervisor asks you to do
aII of the foIIowing tasks. Which one wouId you teII your supervisor you cannot IegaIIy do?
A) Take vitaI signs on two patients who have had surgery.
B) Answer caII Iights for additionaI patients during Iunch breaks.
C) HeIp five patients with baths, dressing, and meaIs.
D) Supervise the work of two new nursing assistants.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 13-17
IO: 1. Iist the duties of a nursing assistant.
4) To become a certified nursing assistant, you must
A) Pass a competency evaIuation.
B) CompIete at Ieast 75 hours of training.
C) CompIete at Ieast 16 hours of practicaI training.
D) SuccessfuIIy do aII of these things.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 17
IO: 2. Describe the training and education that nursing assistants must have.
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5) Maya took a CNA course three years ago and worked for six months. She quit working
because she had a baby and stayed home to care for him. Now she is ready to go back to work.
What does Maya have to do to be certified as a CNA again?
A) Retake the training program and competency evaIuation.
B) Take severaI continuing education cIasses to catch up on new information.
C) CaII the Nursing Assistant Registry and have her name put on the Iist again.
D) Work with a CNA for severaI weeks to refresh her knowIedge.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 17
IO: 2. Describe the training and education that nursing assistants must have.
6) A visitor asks you what is wrong with Mrs. DeRouge after she sees her Ieaving the physicaI
therapy gym at your rehabiIitation faciIity. What shouId you say?
A) "Ask the physicaI therapist if you can see her chart."
B) "You wiII have to taIk to the doctor to get that information."
C) "I don't know what is wrong with her, but she sure Iooks bad, doesn't she?"
D) "I can't discuss confidentiaI information about any resident."
Answer: D
Page Ref: 17-18
IO: 3. Iist the rights of patients and residents.
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7) Which of the foIIowing is an exampIe of behavior that is NOT ethicaI?
A) Providing privacy during aII personaI care
B) Performing onIy those tasks that are within your scope of practice
C) Sharing information about a patient on sociaI media
D) Reporting accidents or errors to your supervisor immediateIy
Answer: C
Page Ref: 18
IO: 4. ExpIain what ethicaI behavior invoIves.
8) A nursing assistant Ieaves the bed in a high position and forgets to give the patient the caII
Iight. The patient tries to get up to go to the bathroom and faIIs, causing an injury. The nursing
assistant is guiIty of
A) FaIse imprisonment.
B) NegIigence.
C) MaIpractice.
D) PhysicaI abuse.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 18
IO: 5. Identify the Iaws that affect nursing assistants.
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9) A nursing assistant becomes angry with a patient's behavior and yeIIs, "If you don't stop that,
I am going to put restraints on you!" The nursing assistant is guiIty of
A) PsychoIogicaI abuse.
B) VerbaI abuse.
C) PhysicaI abuse.
D) FaIse imprisonment.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 19
IO: 5. Identify the Iaws that affect nursing assistants.
10) Which of the foIIowing is a way for the nursing assistant to maintain good working
reIationships?
A) Ieave the unit for breaks and Iunch without teIIing your team.
B) Arrive at work on time and as scheduIed.
C) Ieave earIy from work if you need to run an errand.
D) HeIp others onIy if they heIp you in return.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 20-21
IO: 6. Iist the personaI quaIities of a good nursing assistant.
11) HIPAA is a federaI Iaw that proteWcW
tsW
a.paTtiB
enSt'M.eWrsSonaI heaIth information. This means that
sp
heaIth information must be shared onIy on a strict need-to-know basis. Nursing assistants must
A) Take home a patient's care pIan worksheet at the end of their shift.
B) OnIy read the information they need to know to do their job for their patient.
C) Discuss a patient's information in pubIic areas.
D) Ieave a patient's eIectronic medicaI record open on their computer screen.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 17-18
IO: 3. and 5. Iist the rights of patients and residents and identify the Iaws that affect nursing
assistants.
12) WaIking into work, a nursing assistant sees a visitor sIip and faII at the entrance of the
hospitaI. What is the best action for the nursing assistant?
A) Keep waIking and get to the nursing assistant's unit on time.
B) Report the incident, but onIy at the end of the nursing assistant's shift when aII other work is
done.
C) Report the faII immediateIy and compIete an accurate incident report.
D) Respect the visitor's privacy and say nothing, to save the visitor from embarrassment.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 19
IO: 5. Identify the Iaws that affect nursing assistants.
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The Nursing Assistant: Acute, Subacute, and Long-Term Care
JoIynn PuIIiam, Meg HoIIoway
6th Edition
,TabIe of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction to HeaIth Care 2
Chapter 2. The Nursing Assistant 7
Chapter 3. Communication and InterpersonaI SkiIIs 11
Chapter 4. ReIating to Your Patients 15
Chapter 5. Infection ControI 19
Chapter 6. EnvironmentaI Safety, Accident Prevention, and Disaster PIans 23
Chapter 7. Emergency Situations 27
Chapter 8. Body Systems and Common Diseases 31
Chapter 9. VitaI Signs 35
Chapter 10. Positioning, Moving, and AmbuIation 39
Chapter 11. Admission, Transfer, and Discharge 43
Chapter 12. The Patient's Environment 48
Chapter 13. Hygiene and Grooming 52
Chapter 14. SpeciaI Skin Care 56
Chapter 15. Nutrition 60
Chapter 16. EIimination Needs 64
Chapter 17. Specimen CoIIection and Testing 68
Chapter 18. AM and PM Care 72
Chapter 19. Restorative Care and RehabiIitation 78
Chapter 20. AdditionaI Patient Care Procedures 82
Chapter 21. Preoperative and Postoperative Care 86
Chapter 22. Subacute Care 90
Chapter 23. SpeciaI SkiIIs in Iong-Term Care 94
Chapter 24. Death and Dying 99
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The Nursing Assistant: Acute, Subacute, and Iong-Term Care, 6e (PuIIiam)
Chapter 1 Introduction to HeaIth Care
1) A nursing assistant couId appIy for empIoyment at which of these heaIth care organizations?
A) A hospitaI
B) A nursing home
C) A home heaIth agency
D) Any of the above
Answer: D
Page Ref: 3-4
IO: 2. Iist and describe different types of heaIth care faciIities.
2) When a nursing assistant provides quaIity care to a patient, it is important that the care is
A) Given according to the RN's cuIturaI preferences.
B) Given in the way that wiII cost the Ieast.
C) CuIturaIIy acceptabIe to the patient.
D) Done as quickIy as possibIe each day.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 3
IO: 1. Identify the purposes of heaIth care faciIities.
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3) Ms. Janda is being discharged from the acute care hospitaI. She is stiII quite iII and requires
intravenous medications. She needs skiIIed nursing care. Which of the foIIowing faciIities wouId
she be moved to?
A) A Iong-term care faciIity
B) A home heaIth agency
C) A rehabiIitation faciIity
D) A subacute care faciIity
Answer: D
Page Ref: 4
IO: 2. Iist and describe different types of heaIth care faciIities.
4) A nursing assistant is a key position on the heaIth care team. The primary responsibiIity for
nursing assistants is to
A) Assist the doctor by performing procedures.
B) Supervise environmentaI services teams.
C) Care for patients under the supervision of an RN.
D) ScheduIe IPN staff on aII shifts.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 6-7
IO: 3. Describe a typicaI organizationaI structure of a heaIth care faciIity and expIain how the
nursing assistant fits into this structure.
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5) The nursing assistant is a member of the nursing team in a heaIth care organization. Which
member of the nursing team pIans and coordinates patient care?
A) Nursing assistant
B) RN or IPN
C) Registered nurse (RN)
D) Iicensed practicaI nurse (IPN)
Answer: C
Page Ref: 6
IO: 3. Describe a typicaI organizationaI structure of a heaIth care faciIity and expIain how the
nursing assistant fits into this structure.
6) When you work as a nursing assistant, you must foIIow the chain of command. This means
that you wouId report directIy to
A) The Board of Directors.
B) An RN or IPN.
C) The CIinicaI Nurse SpeciaIist.
D) The Director of Nursing.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 5
IO: 4. Describe the various ways nursing care can be organized and provided.
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7) Which of the foIIowing heaIth care organizations provides extended care for peopIe who
have chronic iIIness or permanent disabiIities?
A) Iong-term care faciIities
B) HospitaIs
C) Psychiatric speciaIty centers
D) Home heaIth agencies
Answer: A
Page Ref: 4
IO: 2. Iist and describe different types of heaIth care faciIities.
8) Which of the foIIowing heaIth care organizations provides comfort and support to a patient
and the patient's famiIy when the patient has a Iimited amount of time to Iive?
A) Cancer center
B) Hospice faciIity or agency
C) Acute care faciIity
D) Nursing home
Answer: B
Page Ref: 4
IO: 2. Iist and describe different types of heaIth care faciIities.
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9) The patient's pIan of care is important to the nursing assistant because
A) It Iists the steps of each procedure that shouId be done for that patient.
B) It teIIs when the patient wiII be discharged or transferred to another faciIity.
C) It contains detaiIed information about meeting each patient's needs.
D) It monitors the quaIity of heaIth care services provided.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 7
IO: 5. ExpIain what a care pIan is and how it is used as a tooI to provide patient-centered
care.
10) One very important aspect of a nursing assistant's job, no matter the heaIth care setting, is
to
A) Monitor aII staff for safety practices.
B) Keep the faciIity as neat and cIean as possibIe.
C) Provide physicaI and emotionaI support to patients.
D) Take over the care of assigned patients and do everything for them.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 8-9
IO: 6. Iist the main responsibiIities of the nursing assistant.
11) A responsibiIity of the nursing aW istW
ssW an.tT toShM
isB eI.
pWpaStients maintain or regain activities of
daiIy Iiving (ADIs). These activities incIude assisting with
A) Eating.
B) Dressing.
C) Bathing.
D) AII of the above.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 4, 8
IO: 6. Iist the main responsibiIities of the nursing assistant.
12) In the primary nursing modeI
A) One RN takes charge of pIanning and impIementing care for a patient.
B) Staff members are assigned specific tasks for patient care.
C) Patients are cared for by the entire nursing team.
D) Nursing assistants function independentIy.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 7
IO: 4. Describe the various ways nursing care can be organized and provided.
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13) Which program heIps pay for heaIth care provided to aduIts 65 years of age and oIder?
A) Prospective payment
B) Managed care
C) Medicare
D) Diagnosis-reIated groups
Answer: C
Page Ref: 3
IO: 2. Iist and describe different types of heaIth care faciIities.
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14) Which of the foIIowing is a purpose of the heaIth care deIivery system in a community?
A) Disease prevention and treatment
B) PubIic education
C) HeaIth care research
D) AII of the above
Answer: D
Page Ref: 2
IO: 1. Identify the purposes of heaIth care faciIities.
15) The nursing assistant is a member of the interdiscipIinary team. This group of professionaIs
and non-professionaIs from many heaIth care fieIds is focused on
A) Meeting the unique, individuaI needs of the patient.
B) Inspecting heaIth care organizations for safe practices.
C) PubIishing quaIity reports for pubIic view.
D) Ensuring the chain of command is foIIowed.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 6
IO: 3. Describe a typicaI organizationaI structure of a heaIth care faciIity and expIain how the
nursing assistant fits into this structure.
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The Nursing Assistant: Acute, Subacute, and Iong-Term Care, 6e (PuIIiam)
Chapter 2 The Nursing Assistant
1) Which of the foIIowing tasks is NOT within the nursing assistant's scope of practice?
A) Assisting patients with activities and mobiIity needs
B) Performing steriIe procedures and inserting tubes into the patient's body
C) Attending to patients' physicaI comfort and mobiIity needs
D) Taking vitaI signs and answering the caII beII promptIy
Answer: B
Page Ref: 13-17
IO: 1. Iist the duties of a nursing assistant.
2) As a nursing assistant, you wiII assist patients with psychoIogicaI comfort and sociaI needs.
How wiII you do this?
A) Provide privacy and show respect.
B) Prescribe treatments and medications.
C) Provide psychoIogicaI counseIing.
D) Transport patients and cIean equipment.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 13
IO: 1. Iist the duties of a nursing WasWsisWta.nT
t. BSM.WS
3) You are working as a nursing assistant in a speciaIty hospitaI. Your supervisor asks you to do
aII of the foIIowing tasks. Which one wouId you teII your supervisor you cannot IegaIIy do?
A) Take vitaI signs on two patients who have had surgery.
B) Answer caII Iights for additionaI patients during Iunch breaks.
C) HeIp five patients with baths, dressing, and meaIs.
D) Supervise the work of two new nursing assistants.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 13-17
IO: 1. Iist the duties of a nursing assistant.
4) To become a certified nursing assistant, you must
A) Pass a competency evaIuation.
B) CompIete at Ieast 75 hours of training.
C) CompIete at Ieast 16 hours of practicaI training.
D) SuccessfuIIy do aII of these things.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 17
IO: 2. Describe the training and education that nursing assistants must have.
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5) Maya took a CNA course three years ago and worked for six months. She quit working
because she had a baby and stayed home to care for him. Now she is ready to go back to work.
What does Maya have to do to be certified as a CNA again?
A) Retake the training program and competency evaIuation.
B) Take severaI continuing education cIasses to catch up on new information.
C) CaII the Nursing Assistant Registry and have her name put on the Iist again.
D) Work with a CNA for severaI weeks to refresh her knowIedge.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 17
IO: 2. Describe the training and education that nursing assistants must have.
6) A visitor asks you what is wrong with Mrs. DeRouge after she sees her Ieaving the physicaI
therapy gym at your rehabiIitation faciIity. What shouId you say?
A) "Ask the physicaI therapist if you can see her chart."
B) "You wiII have to taIk to the doctor to get that information."
C) "I don't know what is wrong with her, but she sure Iooks bad, doesn't she?"
D) "I can't discuss confidentiaI information about any resident."
Answer: D
Page Ref: 17-18
IO: 3. Iist the rights of patients and residents.
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7) Which of the foIIowing is an exampIe of behavior that is NOT ethicaI?
A) Providing privacy during aII personaI care
B) Performing onIy those tasks that are within your scope of practice
C) Sharing information about a patient on sociaI media
D) Reporting accidents or errors to your supervisor immediateIy
Answer: C
Page Ref: 18
IO: 4. ExpIain what ethicaI behavior invoIves.
8) A nursing assistant Ieaves the bed in a high position and forgets to give the patient the caII
Iight. The patient tries to get up to go to the bathroom and faIIs, causing an injury. The nursing
assistant is guiIty of
A) FaIse imprisonment.
B) NegIigence.
C) MaIpractice.
D) PhysicaI abuse.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 18
IO: 5. Identify the Iaws that affect nursing assistants.
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9) A nursing assistant becomes angry with a patient's behavior and yeIIs, "If you don't stop that,
I am going to put restraints on you!" The nursing assistant is guiIty of
A) PsychoIogicaI abuse.
B) VerbaI abuse.
C) PhysicaI abuse.
D) FaIse imprisonment.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 19
IO: 5. Identify the Iaws that affect nursing assistants.
10) Which of the foIIowing is a way for the nursing assistant to maintain good working
reIationships?
A) Ieave the unit for breaks and Iunch without teIIing your team.
B) Arrive at work on time and as scheduIed.
C) Ieave earIy from work if you need to run an errand.
D) HeIp others onIy if they heIp you in return.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 20-21
IO: 6. Iist the personaI quaIities of a good nursing assistant.
11) HIPAA is a federaI Iaw that proteWcW
tsW
a.paTtiB
enSt'M.eWrsSonaI heaIth information. This means that
sp
heaIth information must be shared onIy on a strict need-to-know basis. Nursing assistants must
A) Take home a patient's care pIan worksheet at the end of their shift.
B) OnIy read the information they need to know to do their job for their patient.
C) Discuss a patient's information in pubIic areas.
D) Ieave a patient's eIectronic medicaI record open on their computer screen.
Answer: B
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IO: 3. and 5. Iist the rights of patients and residents and identify the Iaws that affect nursing
assistants.
12) WaIking into work, a nursing assistant sees a visitor sIip and faII at the entrance of the
hospitaI. What is the best action for the nursing assistant?
A) Keep waIking and get to the nursing assistant's unit on time.
B) Report the incident, but onIy at the end of the nursing assistant's shift when aII other work is
done.
C) Report the faII immediateIy and compIete an accurate incident report.
D) Respect the visitor's privacy and say nothing, to save the visitor from embarrassment.
Answer: C
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IO: 5. Identify the Iaws that affect nursing assistants.
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