Hartman's Nursing Assistant Care The
Basics Questions and Complete
Solutions Graded A+
Beginning steps for client care - Answer: -Knock and wait for permission to enter
-Introduce yourself as Nurse Aide Student
-identify the patient by name
-wash your hands
-Explain procedure and ask for permission
-Provide privacy (cutain, screen, or door)
-Adjust bed to a safe level, usually waist high.
-Lock the bed wheels
Ending steps for client care - Answer: -Return to lowest position
-Remove privacy
-Place call light in reach
-wash your hands
-Report any changes in the client to the nurse
-Document procedure
Long Term Care (LTC) - Answer: care given in long-term care facilities for people who need 24-hour
skilled care
skilled care - Answer: medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist, it is available 24
hours a day, and it is ordered by a doctor and involved a treatment plan
chronic condition - Answer: any disease or condition that lasts a long time (usually longer than six
months). It usually can't be cured and therefore requires ongoing treatment and management.
Examples include arthritis and asthma.
,Example of chronic condition - Answer: Physical disabilities
terminal illness - Answer: a disease or condition that will eventually cause death
acute care - Answer: 24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries; generally given in hospitals
and ambulatory surgical centers
subacute care - Answer: care for an illness or condition given to people who need less care than for an
acute (sudden onset, short-term) illness or injury but more than for a chronic (long-term) illness
Example of chronic condition - Answer: Heart disease
Example of chronic condition - Answer: Dementia
outpatient care - Answer: Care given for less than 24 hours for people who have had treatments or
surgery and need short-term skilled care. They do not require an overnight stay in a hospital or other
care facility
Rehabilitation - Answer: Restore or improve function after an illness or injjury
hospice care - Answer: treatment of the terminally ill in their own homes, or in special hospital units or
other facilities, with the goal of helping them to die comfortably, without pain. For people who have
about 6 months or less to live
Medicare - Answer: A federal health insurance program for persons 65 years of age and older
Medicaid - Answer: A medical assistance program that pays for health care services for people who
cannot afford them. For people who have low income, as well as for people with disabilities.
Nursing assistants are not allowed to - Answer: Insert or remove tubes, give tube feedings, or change
sterile dressings
, Nursing assistants are part of - Answer: A team of health professionals
assistive or adaptive devices - Answer: special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled
perform activities of daily living (ex: occupational therapy)
occupational therapist - Answer: assess and plan for the client to regain ADLs, esp motor skills of the
upper extremities; direct care of occupational therapy assistants
The chain of command protects employees from - Answer: Liability
chain of command - Answer: the line of authority that moves from the top of a hierarchy to the lowest
level
In continence is - Answer: Not a normal part of aging
transmission-based precautions - Answer: CDC precautions used in patients known or suspected to be
infected with pathogens that can be transmitted by airborne, droplet, or contact routes; used in addition
to standard precautions
scope of practice - Answer: defines the tasks that healthcare providers are legally permitted to perform
as allowed by state or federal law
care plan - Answer: is individualized for each resident. It lists the tasks that team members, including
NAs, must preform.
policy - Answer: Is a course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation occurs
procedure - Answer: a method, or way of doing something
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) - Answer: Passed in 1987 in response to reports of poor care
and aside in long-term care facilities.
Basics Questions and Complete
Solutions Graded A+
Beginning steps for client care - Answer: -Knock and wait for permission to enter
-Introduce yourself as Nurse Aide Student
-identify the patient by name
-wash your hands
-Explain procedure and ask for permission
-Provide privacy (cutain, screen, or door)
-Adjust bed to a safe level, usually waist high.
-Lock the bed wheels
Ending steps for client care - Answer: -Return to lowest position
-Remove privacy
-Place call light in reach
-wash your hands
-Report any changes in the client to the nurse
-Document procedure
Long Term Care (LTC) - Answer: care given in long-term care facilities for people who need 24-hour
skilled care
skilled care - Answer: medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist, it is available 24
hours a day, and it is ordered by a doctor and involved a treatment plan
chronic condition - Answer: any disease or condition that lasts a long time (usually longer than six
months). It usually can't be cured and therefore requires ongoing treatment and management.
Examples include arthritis and asthma.
,Example of chronic condition - Answer: Physical disabilities
terminal illness - Answer: a disease or condition that will eventually cause death
acute care - Answer: 24-hour skilled care for short-term illnesses or injuries; generally given in hospitals
and ambulatory surgical centers
subacute care - Answer: care for an illness or condition given to people who need less care than for an
acute (sudden onset, short-term) illness or injury but more than for a chronic (long-term) illness
Example of chronic condition - Answer: Heart disease
Example of chronic condition - Answer: Dementia
outpatient care - Answer: Care given for less than 24 hours for people who have had treatments or
surgery and need short-term skilled care. They do not require an overnight stay in a hospital or other
care facility
Rehabilitation - Answer: Restore or improve function after an illness or injjury
hospice care - Answer: treatment of the terminally ill in their own homes, or in special hospital units or
other facilities, with the goal of helping them to die comfortably, without pain. For people who have
about 6 months or less to live
Medicare - Answer: A federal health insurance program for persons 65 years of age and older
Medicaid - Answer: A medical assistance program that pays for health care services for people who
cannot afford them. For people who have low income, as well as for people with disabilities.
Nursing assistants are not allowed to - Answer: Insert or remove tubes, give tube feedings, or change
sterile dressings
, Nursing assistants are part of - Answer: A team of health professionals
assistive or adaptive devices - Answer: special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled
perform activities of daily living (ex: occupational therapy)
occupational therapist - Answer: assess and plan for the client to regain ADLs, esp motor skills of the
upper extremities; direct care of occupational therapy assistants
The chain of command protects employees from - Answer: Liability
chain of command - Answer: the line of authority that moves from the top of a hierarchy to the lowest
level
In continence is - Answer: Not a normal part of aging
transmission-based precautions - Answer: CDC precautions used in patients known or suspected to be
infected with pathogens that can be transmitted by airborne, droplet, or contact routes; used in addition
to standard precautions
scope of practice - Answer: defines the tasks that healthcare providers are legally permitted to perform
as allowed by state or federal law
care plan - Answer: is individualized for each resident. It lists the tasks that team members, including
NAs, must preform.
policy - Answer: Is a course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation occurs
procedure - Answer: a method, or way of doing something
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) - Answer: Passed in 1987 in response to reports of poor care
and aside in long-term care facilities.
