Helping persons return to their highest physical and mental function is called?
A. maintaining independence
B. promoting health
C. preventing disease
D. Rehabilitation ANS: Rehabilitation
Which provides 24-hour nursing care?
A.Board and Care homes
B. assisted living residences
C.nursing centers
D. residential care facilities ANS: nursing centers
who controls policy in a nursing center? ANS: the owner
A health care program for terminally ill person is called? ANS: Hospice
The nursing team includes ANS: Nursing assistants, RNS, LPNs/LVNs
Does not include doctors
Who is in charge of the entire nursing staff? ANS: the director of nursing
nursing assistants are supervised by ANS: RNS, LPNs, LVNs
The nursing assistants role is? ANS: is assistant nurses in giving care
, Medicare is for?
Medicaid is for? ANS: persons over the age of 65/
the disabled
A survey team is at your center. A team member asked you some questions. you should ANS: answer
them completely and honestly
What state law affects what nursing assistants can do? ANS: Nurse practice act, describes education
requirements
your nursing assistant certification can be revoked for ? ANS: performing acts beyond your role
which requires a training and competency evaluation program for nursing assistants? ANS: OBRA
as a nursing assistant you need a ? ANS: written job description before employment
who assigns and supervises your work? ANS: Nurses
you are responsible for? ANS: completely delegated tasks safely
A task is in your job description... ANS: you do not need a nurse to delegate the task to you.
you can refuse to perform a task for these reasons ANS: -task is beyond the legal limits of your role
-task is not in your job description
-a nurse is not available to supervise you