NACC - PSW Exam Review 200 Questions and solutions

NACC - PSW Exam Review 200 Questions and
solutions


The Canada Health Act - answersWhich law ensures that every citizen has access to health care?
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Rising costs of providing technology, drugs and services - answersThe most pressing cause of health care
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reform has been :
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Support services provided through home care DO NOT include - answersRespiratory Therapy
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A holistic approach to health - answersTakes into account the whole person
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Do people with strong emotional health show their emotions easily? - answersPeople with strong emotional
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health do not show their emotions easily.
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Acute Illness - answersAppears suddenly and lasts a short time
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People usually recover from chronic illness - answersThis is not true of chronic illness
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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - answersA system that arranges human needs into categories
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Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - answersthe bill identifying human rights that are guaranteed to
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everyone in Canada; on every level and embedded in the Constitution of Canada
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Provincial Human Rights Codes - answersFreedom from discrimination, harassment. Equal treatment with
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respect to services and facilities, age, sex, ethnicity. Does not promote the right to vote
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informed consent - answersMust include information about the nature of the treatment, discuss potential risks
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and side effects, likely consequences of not having the treatment. Does not include reassurance that this is the
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best and only option.
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Negligence - answerscareless neglect, often resulting in injury. Prison term is unlikely. vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc




Assault - answersIntentional attempt or threat to touch a persons body without the persons consent.
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False Imprisonment - answersthe illegal restraint of another person's movement
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prejudice - answerspreconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
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Activities of Daily Living - answersSelf care activities that people perform to remain independant and function in
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society
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Unregulated Health Care Provider - answersPersonal Support Worker vc vc vc vc vc vc vc




Professionalism - answersAn approach to work that demonstrates a respect for others, commitment, vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc




competence and appropriate behaviour
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, Hospitals - answersWork settings that provide acute care vc vc vc vc vc vc vc




respite services - answersservice that provides a temporary break to family caregivers
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Residents in retirement facilities - answersolder adults with limited care needs
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Membership of the healthcare team - answersdetermined by the clients needs vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc




opportunity for collaboration - answersbenefits of team approach to health care vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc




Case manager - answersevaluates a clients needs and coordinates the services of the health care in a
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community team
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Delegated task responsibility - answersYou, and the RN are responsible vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc




Stress - answersthe emotional, behavioural, or physical response to an event or situation. Not influenced by
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gender.
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Displacement - answersWhen you respond in anger to someone who was not the person who angered you. vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc




S.M.A.R.T - answersSpecific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timely vc vc vc vc vc vc




Non-maleficence - answersduty to do no harm, provide a safe environment vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc




Autonomy - answersself-government, respecting personal preferences vc vc vc vc vc




Function of the Care Plan - answersProvide central reference point on the clients health problems, needs and
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care for communication and to ensure everyone provides the same care. NOT to provide information that never
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changes.
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Subjective Data - answersthings a person tells you about that you cannot observe through your senses;
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symptoms
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Graphic sheet - answersused to record measurements and observations made three to four times per day.
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Speaker to reciever - answersexchange of information vc vc vc vc vc vc




Verbal communication - answersexpressing ideas to others by using spoken words, NOT the truest reflection
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of a persons feelings.
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Closed questions - answersQuestions that can usually be answered with yes or no.
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Focussing as a communication tool - answersWhen a person is rambling vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc




Questions - answersUsed to promote good communication vc vc vc vc vc vc




receptive aphasia - answersdifficulty understanding spoken or written words, language
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apraxia of speech - answerscaused by brain injury
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Dysarthria - answersdifficulty forming words, slurred speech but can understand what is said.
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