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Which is NOT a sign of elder abuse?
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A. Stiff joints and joint pain
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B. Old bruises and new bruises
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C. Poor personal hygiene
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D. Frequent injuries - Answer A. Stiff joints and joint pain
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You suspect a person was abused, what should you do?
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A. Tell the family
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B. Call a state agency
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C. Tell the nurse
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D. Ask the person if he/she was abused - Answer C. Tell the nurse
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When recording information, you should do the following except
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B. Include date and time
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C. Erase if you make an error
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D. Sign all entries with your name and title - Answer C. Erase if you make an error
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Which of the following statements about recording is FALSE?
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A. Use the person's exact words whenever possible.
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B. Record only what you have observed and done yourself.
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C. Do not skip lines.
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D. To save time, chart a procedure before it is completed. - Answer D. To save time, chart a
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procedure before it is completed.
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Which of the following statements about a person's records is FALSE?
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A. The record is used to communicate information about the person.
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B. The record is a written account of the person's illness and response to treatment.
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C. The record is a written account of the care given by the health team.
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D. Anyone working in the facility is allowed to read the person's record. - Answer D. Anyone
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working in the facility is allowed to read the person's record.
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A resident's care plan provides the nurse aide with information about
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,A. The financial arrangements made for the resident's care
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B. Specific care required for the resident and the goals of care
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C. Facility procedures for performing different nursing care procedures
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D. The nurse aide's assignments and when care is provided to each resident - Answer B.
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Specific care required for the resident and the goals of care
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A resident who was admitted today is sitting in a chair in his room. He asks for help to go to
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the bathroom. The nurse aide knows the resident's care plan has not been completed. To
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help the resident the nurse aide should
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A. Ask the resident to use a walker while assisting the resident to the bathroom
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B. Get another nurse aide's help to walk the resident to the bathroom
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C. Position a commode chair next to the chair the resident is sitting in
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D. Ask the charge nurse for instructions on what assistance the resident needs - Answer D.
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Ask the charge nurse for instructions on what assistance the resident needs
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Which member of the health care team counsels residents and their families and arranges
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for needed services?
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A. Dietician
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B. Social worker
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C. Physical Therapist
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D. Activities Director - Answer B. Social worker
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The nursing home is having a Christmas party. A resident who is Jewish is not interested in
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going to the party. The nurse aide should
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A. Remind the resident how much the resident enjoys parties.
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B. Encourage the resident to go since so many other residents are attending.
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C. Respect the resident's decision and ask what the resident would like to do.
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D. Ask if the resident participated in any activities for the Jewish Hanukkah holiday. -
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Answer C. Respect the resident's decision and ask what the resident would like to do.
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A charge nurse asks a nurse aide to perform a task that is not part of the nurse aide's scope
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of practice. What should the nurse aide do?
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A. Consider if the task can be performed another way
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B. Provide the care and perform the task as best as possible
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C. Contact the ombudsman's office since resident's rights may be violated
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D. Refuse to perform the task and explain it is not within the nurse aide's role - Answer D.
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Refuse to perform the task and explain it is not within the nurse aide's role
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The nurse aide receives resident assignments from the charge nurse at the beginning of
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the shift. When planning priorities it will be most important for the nurse aide to
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A. Decide break times with other nurse aides
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,B. Review assignments with others to check if residents are divided evenly
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C. Check all assigned residents to see if anyone has immediate needs
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D. Check what the activity department has scheduled for residents during the shift - Answer
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C. Check all assigned residents to see if anyone has immediate needs
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A nurse aide hears another staff member yelling and cursing at a resident. This is an
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example of
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A. Resident neglect
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B. Resident abuse
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C. Nurse aide carelessness
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D. Nurse aide non-compliance - Answer B. Resident abuse
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Failure to give proper care resulting in physical or emotional harm to the resident is
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______________. Ex: Upon arriving for your shift, you find a resident lying in a soiled bed
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with fecal matter dried on his skin:
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C. Code of ethics
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D. Negligence - Answer D. Negligence
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While caring for Mrs. Jones the nursing assistant discovers that she became less
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combative when provided with a washcloth. The best way to communicate this with other
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staff is to:
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A. Report your findings to the nurse before you leave
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B. Keep the information to yourself
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C. Remember to report it at next week's care conference
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D. Post a note in the shower room - Answer A. Report your findings to the nurse before you
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leave
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The nursing assistant sees a medical abbreviation she is unfamiliar with on the work
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assignment. What should she do?
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A. Check with co-workers to see what it may mean
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B. Check with the charge nurse to see what it means
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C. Ask the housekeeper what she thinks
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D. Ask the resident leading questions to figure it out - Answer B. Check with the charge
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nurse to see what it means
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If the patient speaks a different dialect or language, how does the nurse aide respond?
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A. Do sign language or use visual aids like photographs
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B. Get an interpreter
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C. Try to learn the language
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, D. Nod often to give the message that he or she is understood - Answer B. Get an
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interpreter
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An open-ended question requires ___________ answer. An open-ended question
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encourages a person to talk.
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A. A simple "yes" or "no"
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B. A negative
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C. More than a simple "yes" or "no"
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D. A written - Answer C. More than a simple "yes" or "no"
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When speaking with residents and their families, a nursing assistant should
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A. Use medical terms so that they will understand more easily
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B. Use simple, non-medical terms
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C. Use a different language
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D. Talk over their heads to other staff members - Answer B. Use simple, non-medical terms
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A client gives the nurse aide a twenty dollar bill as a thank you for all that the nurse aide has
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done. The nurse aide SHOULD:
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A. Take the money so as not to offend the client
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B. Politely refuse the money
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C. Take the money and buy something for the unit
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D. Ask the nurse in charge what to do - Answer B. Politely refuse the money
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The nurse aide notices that a client's mail has been delivered to the client's room. The
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nurse aide SHOULD:
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A. Open the mail and leave it on the client's table
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B. Open the mail and read it to the client
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C. Read the mail to make sure it doesn't contain upsetting news
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D. Give the client the unopened mail and offer help as needed - Answer D. Give the client
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the unopened mail and offer help as needed
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If a client is sitting in a chair in his room masturbating, the nurse aide SHOULD:
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A. Report the incident to the other nurse aides
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B. Tell the client to stop
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C. Laugh and tell the client to go in the bathroom
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D. Leave the client alone and provide privacy - Answer D. Leave the client alone and
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provide privacy
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The nurse aide is in the employee dining room. A group of nurse aides are eating lunch
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together and begin discussing how rude a certain client was acting. The nurse aide
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SHOULD:
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