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Is allowing visitors to remain in the room when care is given? - answer-:No, visitors must leave
the room.
Who can you share information with about your client? - answer-:You can share information
about a client with a nurse.
How can a client give informed consent? - answer-:To give informed consent the client must
know all information relevant to he procedure
What is advanced care directive? - answer-:Advanced care directive is a legal document about
end-of-life care.
Define advanced care planning - answer-:Advanced care planning is the plan initiated by the
person so that everyone is aware of their desire if they cannot make decisions for themselves
Autonomy is also called what? - answer-:Self-determination
what is an example of beneficence? - answer-:If your client had a large BM and soiled their
clothing even though they do not have a scheduled bath that day, but you offer to give them a
bath
, What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms? - answer-:Federal legislation that applies
to all Canadians, regardless of where they live.
Explain a clients right to receive care in privacy - answer-:The right to privacy involves keeping
information about the client confidential, exposing only the body part involved in the treatment
or procedure, screening the client when giving care.
Give an example of autonomy - answer-:Respecting a client's personal preferences or asking a
client what she would like to eat for dinner is respecting their right to autonomy.
To be liable is? - answer-:to be legally responsible
Give three examples while working as an HCA that could be examples of negligence? - answer-
:1. If a client's call-bell goes unanswered and the client is laying on sheets soaked with urine.
2. If an HCA fails to check the temperature of the bathwater and their client gets burned.
3. The client gets pressure sores from sitting in bed for extended periods of time
Define assault - answer-:intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person's body
without the person's consent, causing the person to fear bodily harm.
give two examples of assault - answer-:Examples are threatening to tie down an uncooperative
client and threatening to touch someone's body without their consent
define battery - answer-:battery is the actual touching of a persons body without the persons
consent.
How can you protect yourself from charges of assault and battery? - answer-:You can protect
yourself from a charge of assault or battery by explaining to the client what you are going to do
and getting consent.