Hartman's CNA Final Review Questions With Correct Answers

Another name for a long-term care facility is: A. Extended care facility B. Home health care facility C. Assisted living facility D. Adult day services facility - Answer A. Extended care facility Assisted living facilities are initially for: A. People who need 24-hour, intensive care B. People who need some help with daily care C. People who will die within six months D. People who need acute care - Answer B. People who need some help with daily care Which of the following statements is true of adult day services? A. This type of care is for people who need to live in the facility where the care is provided. B.This type of care is for people who need some help and supervision during certain hours. C. Most people who need adult day services are seriously ill or disabled. D. Many types of surgery are performed at adult day services centers. - Answer B. This type of care is for people who need some help and supervision during certain hours. Care given by specialists to restore or improve function after an illness or injury is called: A. Acute care B. Subacute care C. Rehabilitation D. Hospice care - Answer C. Rehabilitation Care given to people who have about six months or less to live is called A. Acute care B. Subacute care C. Rehabilitative care D. Hospice care - Answer D. Hospice care People who live in long-term care facilities are usually called____________ because it is where they live for the duration of their stay. A. Patients B. Healthcare providers C. Regulators D. Residents - Answer D. Residents Two groups of people who qualify for Medicare are A. Sick & Elderly B. Elderly & Disabled C. Young Children & Infants - Answer B. Elderly & Disabled There are four parts of Medicare, what does part A help pay for? A. Liability B. Medication C. Hospital/Nursing Home - Answer C. Hospital/Nursing Home There are four parts of Medicare, what does part B help pay for? A.ADLs B. Other insurance C. Doctor's Office/Equipment - Answer C. Doctor's Office/Equipment There are four parts of Medicare, what does part C help pay for? A.Other Insurance B. Training C. Health Info - Answer A. Other Insurance There are four parts of Medicare, what does part D help pay for? A. Nursing Home B. Prescription Medication C. Equipment - Answer B.Prescription/Medicine Nursing assistants will help with_____ care, such as bathing and hair care. A. Basic B. Personal C. Oral D. Eye - Answer B. Personal Nursing assistants will help with ________ needs A. Daily B. Tolieting C. Health D. Bathing - Answer B. Tolieting Nursing assistants will help residents move around___________ A. Safely B.Carefully C. Slowly D. Evenly - Answer A. Safely Nursing assistants will assist with _______ A. Diet B. Meals C. Tolieting D. Walking - Answer B. Meals Nursing assistants will help promote self-care and__________ A. Body image B. Independence - Answer B. Independence Activities Director A. Helps residents socialize and stay active B. Creates diets C. Diagnoses and treats illnesses D. Help patient with social and financial issues - Answer A.Helps residents socialize and stay active Licensed practical nurse is A. Licensed professional who has completed one to two years of education and is able to administer medications and give treatments. B. Diagnoses patients C. Helps patients readjust to being disabled D. Helps patients with their legal issues - Answer A. Licensed professional who has completed one to two years of education and is able to administer medications and give treatments. Medical Social Worker - Answer Helps resident get support services, such as counseling Nursing Assistant (NA or CNA) - Answer Performs assigned tasks, such as taking vital signs and providing personal care Occupational Therapist (OT) - Answer Helps residents learn to adapt to disabilities by training residents to perform ADLs and other activities Physical Therapist (PT or DPT) - Answer Administers therapy in the form of heat,cold,massage,ultrasound, electrical stimulation, and exercise to muscles, bones, and joints Physician or Doctor(MD or DO) - Answer Diagnoses disease or disability and prescribes treatment Registered Dietitian (RDT) - Answer Creates diets for residents with special needs Registered Nurse (RN) - Answer Licensed professional who has graduated from a two to four year nursing program and coordinates,manages, and provides skilled nursing care Resident - Answer Person whose condition, treatment, and progress are what the care team revolves around Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) - Answer Teaches exercises to help the resident improve or overcome speech problems Which of the following statements is true of the chain of command? - Answer It describes the line of authority in a facility. Liability is a legal term that means? - Answer Someone can be held responsible for harming someone else Why should a nursing assistant (NA) not do tasks that are not assigned to him? - Answer The NA may put himself or someone else in danger. What is one reason that other members of the care team will show great interest in the work that a nursing assistant does? - Answer The NA will be working under the authority of others' licenses. A policy is - Answer A course of action to be followed. For example, all health information must remain confidential. Facilities will... - Answer Have procedures for reporting information about residents Being on time for work - Answer Professional Being neatly dressed and groomed - Answer Professional Doing extra tasks that have not been assigned - Answer Unprofessional Keeping resident information confidential - Answer Professional Telling a resident about a date that the NA had over the weekend - Answer Unprofessional Explaining care before providing it - Answer Professional Accepting a birthday gift from a resident - Answer Unprofessional Following policies and procedures - Answer Professional Asking questions when the NA is not sure of something - Answer Professional Compassionate - Answer Being caring, concerned, considered, empathetic, and understanding Conscientious - Answer Being guided by a sense of right and wrong and having principles Dependable - Answer Getting to work on time and doing assigned tasks skillfully Emphathetic - Answer Sharing in the feelings and difficulties of others Honest - Answer Being truthful Patient - Answer Not rushing residents or being irritated if they take a long time do things;not losing one's temper easily Respectful - Answer Showing sensitivity and having a sense of what is appropriate when dealing with others Sympathetic - Answer Identifying with the feelings of others Tactful - Answer Valuing other people's individuality and treating others politely and kindly Tolerant - Answer Putting aside personal opinions and not judging others Unprejudiced - Answer Giving the same quality of care regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation,religion, race, ethnicity, or condition Abuse - Answer Purposeful mistreatment that causes physical ,mental or emotional pain or injury to someone Active Neglect - Answer Intentional or unintentional treatment that causes harm to a person's body-includes slapping, bruising, cutting, burning, physically restraining, pushing, shoving, and rough handling Assault - Answer A threat to harm a person, resulting in the person feeling fearful that he will be harmed Battery - Answer The intentional touching of a person without his consent Domestic Violence - Answer Physical, sexual, or emotional abuse by spouses, intimate partners or family members False imprisonment - Answer Unlawful restraint that affects a person's freedom of movement Financial Abuse - Answer The improper or illegal use of a persons money,possessions, property, or other assets Involuntary Seculsion - Answer The separation of a person from others against the person's will Malpractice - Answer When a person is injured due to professional misconduct through negligence,carelessness, or lack of skill. Negligence - Answer Actions, or the failure to act or provide the proper care for a resident, resulting in unintended injury. Passive neglect - Answer The unintentional failure to provide needed care, resulting in physical, mental, or emotional harm to a person Physical abuse - Answer Any treatment, intentional or not, that causes harm to a person's body. Sexual abuse - Answer The forcing of a person to perform or participate in sexual acts against his or her will. Substance abuse - Answer The use of legal or illegal drugs, cigarettes, or alcohol in a way that harms oneself or others. Verbal abuse - Answer The use of spoken or written words, pictures, or gestures that threaten, embarrass, or insult a person Workplace Violence - Answer Abuse of staff by other staff members, residents, or visitors. OBRA - Answer Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act Quality of life - Answer Residents have the right to the best care available. Services and activities to maintain a high level of wellness - Answer Residents must receive the correct care. The right to participate in their own care - Answer Residents have the right to participate in planning their treatment, care, and discharge. The right to make independent choices - Answer Residents can make choices about their doctors,care, and treatments. The right to privacy and confidentiality. - Answer Residents have a right to privacy when care is given. The right to dignity, respect, and freedom. - Answer Residents must be respected and treated with dignity by caregivers. The right to security of possessions. - Answer Residents' personal possessions must be safe at all times. Rights during transfers and discharges - Answer Location changes must be made safely and with the resident's knowledge and consent. Right to complain - Answer Residents have the right to make complaints without fear of punishment. Right to visits - Answer Residents have the right to have visits from doctors, family, friends, clergy members, ombudsmen, legal representatives, or any other person. Rights with social services - Answer The facility must provide residents with access to social services. Minimum Data Set(MDS) - Answer A detailed form with guidelines for assessing residents. It must be completed within 14 days of admission and again each year. Medicare - Answer A federal health insurance program that was established in 1965 for people aged 65 and older. It only pays for what it determines to be medically necessary. Medicaid - Answer A medical assistance program for low-income people, as well as for people with disabilities. Eligibility and coverage is determined by income and special circumstances The largest organ and system in the body is: - Answer The skin Skin prevents_______ to internal organs - Answer Injury Skin also prevents the loss of too much______ which is essential to life - Answer Water The skin is also a ______ organ that feels heat, cold, pain, touch, and pressure - Answer Sense Blood vessels_________ or widen, when the outside temperature is too high - Answer Dilate Blood vessels__________ or narrow, when the outside temperature is too cold - Answer Constrict Normal or Sign: Thinning Skin - Answer Normal Normal or Signs: Bruises - Answer Sign Normal or Signs: Cut in Skin - Answer Sign Normal or Sign: Wrinkles - Answer Normal Normal or Sign: Brown Spots - Answer Normal Normal or Sign :Thinning of fatty tissue - Answer Normal Normal or Sign:Flaking skin - Answer Sign Normal or Sign:Thinning Skin - Answer Normal Normal or Sign:Less elastic skin - Answer Normal Normal or Sign: Reddened Skin - Answer Sign Normal or Sign:Swollen Skin - Answer Sign Normal or Sign: Gray Hair - Answer Normal Normal or Sign:Orange-peel look or skin - Answer Sign The body is shaped by - Answer muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons, and cartilage. The human body has_______ bones - Answer 206 Bones _______ the body's organs - Answer Protect Two _____meet at a joint. - Answer Bones Muscles allow ___________ - Answer movement of body parts Range of motion exercises help______ - Answer Prevent problems related to immobility Atrophy occurs when the muscle _________ - Answer Weakens, decreases in size, and wastes away. Falls can be prevented by ______ - Answer Keeping paths clear no keeping walkers or canes within easy reach Normal or Sign:Bruising on Skin - Answer Sign Normal or Sign: Weakening of Muscles - Answer Normal Normal or Sign: loss of muscle tone - Answer Normal Normal or Sign: Change in ability to do routine movements or ROM exercises - Answer Sign Normal or Sign: Loss of bone density - Answer Normal Normal or Sign: Increased brittleness of bones - Answer Normal Normal or Sign: aches & Pains - Answer Sign Normal or Sign: Loss of height - Answer Normal Normal or Sign:pain during movement - Answer Sign Normal or Sign:increased swelling of joints - Answer Sign Normal or Sign: white, shiny, and worn area over a joint - Answer Sign Normal or Sign:Slowing or body movement - Answer Normal Arthritis is a general term referring to _________ of the joints - Answer Swelling What happens with an autoimmune illness? - Answer The immune system attacks normal tissue in the body Osteoarthritis is common in - Answer The elderly If an NA sees NWB on a residents car plan, the resident ________ - Answer Is unable to support any weight on one or both legs Which side should residents recovering from hip replacements dress first? - Answer Affected (weaker side) Fractures are broken bones and are often caused by - Answer Osteoarthritis What kind of pillow immobilizes and positions the hips and lower extremities after a hip replacement? - Answer An abduction pillow Which of the following statements is true of a knee replacement? - Answer A knee replacement can help restore motion to the knee. The nervous system - Answer Controls and coordinates body functions The two main pars of the nervous system are - Answer The two main parts of the nervous system are - Answer Central nervous system and peripheral nervous system Normal or Sign: inability to move one side of the body - Answer Sign Normal or Sign: depression - Answer Sign Normal or Sign:fatigue with movement - Answer Sign Normal or Sign: shaking - Answer Sign Normal or Sign:Decreased sense of heat and cold - Answer Sign Normal or Sign:slurred speech - Answer Sign Normal or Sign: decreased ability to perform ADLs - Answer Sign Normal or Sign: slower responses and reflexes - Answer Normal Normal or Sign: trouble swallowing - Answer Sign Normal or Sign: confusion - Answer Sign Normal or Sign: decrease sensitivity of nerve endings in skin - Answer Normal Normal or Sign: violent behavior - Answer Sign Normal or Sign: violent behavior - Answer Sign Normal or Sign: minor short term memory loss - Answer Normal Normal or Sign: changes in vision or hearing - Answer Sign Residents with paralysis or loss of movement - Answer Need physical therapy Leg exercises help - Answer Improve circulation When helping with transfers or ambulation, - Answer The NA should stand on the resident's stronger side The NA should always use a fair belt for safety when - Answer Helping a resident who has had a stroke to walk Gestures are important in - Answer communicating with a resident who has had a stroke Residents who suffer confusion or memory loss due to a stroke may feel more secure if - Answer The NA keeps a routine of care Residents with a loss of sensation - Answer could easily but themselves The NA should an questions that CNA be answered with - Answer A yes or no when communicating with a resident who has had a stroke Parkinson's disease is a progressive disease that causes - Answer A section of the brain to degenerate Parkinson's disease causes a - Answer shuffling gait and a mask life facial expression Multiple sclerosis causes the protective ______ for the nerves, spinal cord, and white mater of the brain to break down over time - Answer Covering