DCF SPECIAL NEEDS APPROPRIATE PRACTICES
SNP ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉Home Health Agencies . Answer: allows patients home care services
in order to remain at home
◉OBRA . Answer: Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act - Federal law
applies to all 50 states - sets standards for care and requires nursing
assistant training and competency training
◉HIPAA . Answer: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- 1996- written to protect the privacy of health info.
◉Ethics . Answer: Codes of conduct by which actions are judged as
right or wrong, fair or unfair, honest or dishonest. Varies from profession
to profession
◉Assault . Answer: A threatened or attempted physical attack by
someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
,◉Battery . Answer: an assault in which the assailant makes physical
contact. Unlawful touching of another person.
◉False imprisonment . Answer: ...Holding someone against their will
◉Neglect . Answer: Failure to provide goods and services necessary to
avoid physical harm, mental anguish or mental illness.
◉Abuse . Answer: Causing or attempting to cause physical injury;
sexual assault; placing another in fear of imminent physical harm
◉Medicare . Answer: A federal program of health insurance for persons
65 years of age and older
◉Medicaid . Answer: A public assistance program designed to provide
healthcare to poor Americans.
◉aphasia . Answer: Absence or impairment of the ability to
communicate through speech, writing, or signs because of brain
dysfunction.
◉cheyne-stokes respirations . Answer: Respiratory pattern that involves
alternating periods of apnea and deep, rapid breathing
, ◉agonal breathing . Answer: irregular, gasping breaths that precede
apnea and death
◉stages of grief . Answer: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression,
Acceptance
◉Alzheimer's disease . Answer: A progressive and irreversible brain
disorder characterized by gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning,
language, and finally, physical reasoning
◉dementia . Answer: Long-term decline in mental faculties such as
memory, concentration, and judgment; often seen in the elderly
◉diaphoresis . Answer: Sweating
◉q2h . Answer: Every 2 hours
◉prn . Answer: As needed
◉stat . Answer: immediately
◉how often a client is turned . Answer: q2h
SNP ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉Home Health Agencies . Answer: allows patients home care services
in order to remain at home
◉OBRA . Answer: Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act - Federal law
applies to all 50 states - sets standards for care and requires nursing
assistant training and competency training
◉HIPAA . Answer: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- 1996- written to protect the privacy of health info.
◉Ethics . Answer: Codes of conduct by which actions are judged as
right or wrong, fair or unfair, honest or dishonest. Varies from profession
to profession
◉Assault . Answer: A threatened or attempted physical attack by
someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
,◉Battery . Answer: an assault in which the assailant makes physical
contact. Unlawful touching of another person.
◉False imprisonment . Answer: ...Holding someone against their will
◉Neglect . Answer: Failure to provide goods and services necessary to
avoid physical harm, mental anguish or mental illness.
◉Abuse . Answer: Causing or attempting to cause physical injury;
sexual assault; placing another in fear of imminent physical harm
◉Medicare . Answer: A federal program of health insurance for persons
65 years of age and older
◉Medicaid . Answer: A public assistance program designed to provide
healthcare to poor Americans.
◉aphasia . Answer: Absence or impairment of the ability to
communicate through speech, writing, or signs because of brain
dysfunction.
◉cheyne-stokes respirations . Answer: Respiratory pattern that involves
alternating periods of apnea and deep, rapid breathing
, ◉agonal breathing . Answer: irregular, gasping breaths that precede
apnea and death
◉stages of grief . Answer: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression,
Acceptance
◉Alzheimer's disease . Answer: A progressive and irreversible brain
disorder characterized by gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning,
language, and finally, physical reasoning
◉dementia . Answer: Long-term decline in mental faculties such as
memory, concentration, and judgment; often seen in the elderly
◉diaphoresis . Answer: Sweating
◉q2h . Answer: Every 2 hours
◉prn . Answer: As needed
◉stat . Answer: immediately
◉how often a client is turned . Answer: q2h
