2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔passive neglect - ✔✔the unintentional failure to provide needed care, resulting in
physical, mental, or emotional harm to a person
✔✔An Ombudsman - ✔✔is assigned by law as the legal advocate for residents
✔✔OAA (Older Americans Act) - ✔✔Federal law that requires all states to have an
ombudsman program
✔✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - ✔✔A comprehensive
set of standards and practices designed to give patients specific rights regarding their
personal health information.
✔✔Protected Health Information (PHI) - ✔✔Information that can be used to identify a
person and relates to the patients condition, any health care that the person has had
and payment for that health care
✔✔military time - ✔✔To change the hours between 1:00 pm to 11:59 pm to military
time, add 12 to the regular time
✔✔1600 as regular time - ✔✔4 pm
✔✔2100 as regular time - ✔✔9 pm
✔✔0900 as regular time - ✔✔9 a.m.
✔✔0000 as regular time - ✔✔12 am
✔✔1200 as regular time - ✔✔12 pm
✔✔Minimum Data Set (MDS) - ✔✔a detailed form with guidelines for assessing
residents in long-term care facilities; also details what to do if resident problems are
identified
✔✔Incident reporting guidelines - ✔✔-tell what happened (state the time and the mental
and physical condition of the person)
-describe the persons reaction to the incident
-state the facts; do not give opinions
-do not document that an incident report was completed on the medical record
-describe the action taken to give care
, ✔✔Anything the endangers the resident should be - ✔✔Reporter immediately (ex: falls,
chest pain, severe headache, trouble breathing)
✔✔Objective information - ✔✔based on what a person sees, hears, touches, or smells
✔✔subjective information - ✔✔something a person cannot or did not observe, but is
based on something the resident reported that may or may not be true
✔✔"Mr Hartman says he has a headache" - ✔✔Subjective information
✔✔"Mr Hartman is holding his head and rubbing his temples" - ✔✔Objective information
✔✔brady- - ✔✔slow
✔✔-pathy - ✔✔disease
✔✔body mechanics - ✔✔the way the parts of the body work together when a person
moves
✔✔base of support - ✔✔The foundation that supports an object
✔✔scalds - ✔✔burns caused by hot liquids
✔✔Always check the water temperature with.. - ✔✔A water thermometer or on the
inside of your wrist before using
✔✔Residents must always be identified before - ✔✔Giving care or serving food
✔✔Anytime you are feeding a resident they should be - ✔✔Sitting at a 75-90 degrees
angle
✔✔OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - ✔✔a federal government
agency that makes rules to protect workers from hazards on the job
✔✔Abrasion - ✔✔an injury in which superficial layers of skin are scraped or rubbed
away
✔✔P.A.S.S. (acronym for using fire extinguisher) - ✔✔Pull the pin
Aim at the base of fire when spraying
Squeeze the handle
Sweep back and forth at the base of the fire
✔✔RACE acronym for fire - ✔✔Remove anyone in danger if you are not in danger
Activate alarm or call 911